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Cape bats come alive in scrimmage with the Raiders

Vikings to open against CR Thursday
Cape junior hurler Gage Joseph returns to the mound after missing 2022 with a knee injury. He sat down the Blue Raiders one-two-three in the first inning. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
March 20, 2023

The Cape baseball team had its final scrimmage of the preseason March 16, hosting Woodbridge at Chris Short Field.

Cape head coach Ben Evick used seven guns on his roster and no-hit the Blue Raiders. The Vikings’ bats powered 12 hits and scored 15 runs.

“Our pitchers did a great job getting ahead in counts and throwing competitive pitches,” said Evick. “We kept their hitters off balance and made plays when we had to. Offensively, we were able to string together some hits and produce some runs. Gage Joseph, Timmy Hitchcock and Lex Wescott all had triples. Brenn Scott added a double, and we capitalized on a string of singles.”

Woodbridge pitchers hit three Vikings batters.

The Vikings will begin their defense of the 2022 State Championship title Thursday, March 23, at Caesar Rodney.

Cape senior Timmy Hitchcock snags a hot shot at short.
Junior Isaac Terhune takes one for the team.
Cape senior Owen Daminger slams a hit.
Sophomore Jase Mitchell snags a ball at first.
Cape senior Nick Cox powers in a fastball.
Cape senior Timmy Hitchcock slides safely into third.
Brian Fleming slams a single into right for the Vikings.
Cape sophomore Jaxon Clampitt threw a no-hit inning.
Brady Kosc steals a base for the Vikings.
Gage Joseph steps in and slams a triple.
Jase Mitchell puts the tag on a Blue Raiders batter.
Woodbridge pitcher Austin Griffith delivers to the plate.
Cape junior Reed Thompson delivers a curveball.
Cape junior Lex Wescott slides safely into third for a triple.
Woodbridge’s CJ Walsh awaits a tag on Brady Kosc.
Woodbridge’s Parker Short snags a grounder.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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