Henne, Rosario continue strong summer in leading 'Fish to DH split

Cape Catfish hitter Moises Rosario connects with a pitch on Thursday at Capaha Field against Thrillville.

Tony Capobianco ~ Tcapobianco@semoball.com

The up-and-down Cape Catfish season was epitomized on Thursday in a doubleheader with its rival Thrillville at Capaha Field. The series has been dubbed the “Battle for the Border,” with the Catfish holding the trophy from last summer.

In Game One, the Catfish (20-23 overall, 6-8 second half) clicked offensively and defensively, as they have at times this summer, and routed the Thrillbillies 6-0.

In Game Two, Cape could not convert a single run out of its 10 hits and lost 8-0.

In both games, Cape got great production from leadoff hitter Owen Henne and cleanup hitter Moises Rosario.

Henne opened the first game with a single before stealing second.

That was the catalyst to a four-run first inning in which the Catfish had three hits.

He advanced to third base on a passed ball and eventually scored on a Thrillbilly error.

“He handles the bat well,” first-year Catfish manager Phil Butler said recently of Henne. “He is kind of a line drive, gap-to-gap guy.”

Former Jackson High standout Lane Crowden reached on that Thrillville error and following a double by JJ Williams, both came home on a two-run double by Rosario.

“I just want to get reps (at the plate) and get better at hitting,” Rosario said recently.

Henne, who is hitting .286, tallied one hit and one run in the opening game while Rosario, who is batting .306, connected for two hits, had a pair of RBI and scored a run.

Henne and Rosario had three and two hits in the nightcap, totaling half of the Cape offense.

Crowden finished with the one run in the opening game while Williams (two hits, two runs, one RBI), Owen Mandler (one hit, one RBI), Cordell Coburn (one RBI), Gunnar Doyle (one hit), Carson McCaleb (one hit, one run), and Wes Gingerich (one walk) were productive.

Williams, Rosario, and Mandler each had doubles while Henne and Williams each stole a base.

On the mound, Dylan Peck was tremendous, as he threw five innings of one-hit baseball. He walked just one hitter and struck out six.

Korey Bunselmeyer closed the final two innings and gave up just one hit, no runs or walks, and struck out one batter.

The two teams will meet tonight in Marion, Ill. at 7 p.m. to determine the three-game series winner.