August 16, 2011 E-MAIL PRINT

Cape League players earn weekly honors

by PR/Wire Report/

Yarmouth-Dennis pitcher Mark Appel (Stanford) has been named Cape Cod Baseball League Pitcher of the Week, while Harwich third baseman John Wooten (East Carolina) garnered Player of the Week honors.

Appel started Game 1 of Yarmouth-Dennis’ opening round series against Orleans, shutting down the Firebirds offense with eight shutout innings and 10 strikeouts.

Wooten blasted a home run in each game of Harwich’s series sweep of Falmouth to capture the 2011 Cape Cod Baseball League championship.

Wooten drove in a third of Harwich’s 12 total runs scored in the series. He batted .304 over the course of the entire 2011 playoffs.

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