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Cape baseball falls to Sallies 2-0

Pitching duel allows just seven hits in game
Cape junior Austin Elliott dives back to first on a Sallies pick-off attempt. DAN COOK PHOTO
Dan Cook
April 10, 2017
Cape second baseman Dwayne Harmon scoops up a Sallies grounder and throws to first for an out. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape junior Zach Dale gets one of the Vikings’ three hits in the game. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape senior catcher Richard Carey takes a walk. DAN COOK PHOTO
Senior Parker Savage takes a big cut. DAN COOK PHOTO
David Erickson tags out Sallies player John Aiello. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape’s Connor Thompson, right, avoids a Sallies tag at first. DAN COOK PHOTO
Zach Gelof pitched “the most efficient game of the year,” according to coach Ben Evick. DAN COOK PHOTO

Salesianum got two runs on three hits in the first inning of its April 8 game against the Vikings, and that was all they needed, as Sallies took a 2-0 victory over Cape in an epic pitching duel.

Cape starting pitcher Zack Gelof pitched six innings of four-hit baseball on Salesianum’s Eugene A. DelleDonne Memorial Field. After the first inning, Gelof shut down the Sals with 1-2-3 innings in the second, third, fourth and fifth. He finished the game with nine strikeouts. Three Ks came in the third inning.

“Both teams played a great game,” said Cape coach Ben Evick. “Zack [Gelof] had the most efficient pitched game of the season. He pitched great against Sallies’ Eugene Holler and Jack Fiala.”

Cape’s Austin Elliott, Zach Dale and Noah Piper had hits for the Vikings.

“It was very odd how fast the game went,” said Evick. “There were quite a few strikeouts.”

Cape will travel to Woodbridge Monday, April 10, then play host to Caesar Rodney Wednesday, April 12. 

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