Landon White (left) and Packy Bradley-Cooney celebrate the Bourne Braves’ Cape League title. (Isabel Swindall/Bourne Braves)
Bourne for August, indeed. The Bourne Braves won their fifth-ever Cape Cod League championship and third in four summers under manager Scott Landers, completing a dominant best-of-three series sweep of the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox with a 19-2 Tuesday win in South Yarmouth, Mass.
After falling one run short to the Harwich Mariners in a deciding third title game in 2024, Bourne finished its path to the winner’s circle in convincing fashion. But it was not easy.
The Braves were just 20-18-2 in the regular season, but took the West Division lead in the final days and clinched the No. 1 seed. Their first two series against the Hyannis Harbor Hawks and Cotuit Kettleers both went to three games.
NEBJ’s latest summer collegiate watch list spotlights key contributors to the Braves and the Cape League’s postseason as a whole:
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