Junior righthander Eric Cantrell ended his stint in the Cape Cod Summer League with an exclamation point, pitching his Bourne Braves team to a 5-1 victory in the series-winning game of the league’s championship last week.

Cantrell surrendered just one run while striking out six and walking two in 5 and 1/3 innings of work. It was Cantrell’s lone start of the postseason after making eight regular-season appearances, seven of which came as a starter. In the regular season he went 2-2 with a 3.08 ERA, 39 strikeouts and 15 walks in 38 innings for his first-place club.

Those numbers were an improvement from his spring performance with the Colonials, when he went 5-2 with a 4.46 ERA and 60 strikeouts in 72 and 2/3 innings over 10 starts and one relief appearance. He also missed a brief amount of time due to injury.

The Cape Cod Summer League is considered one of the premiere amateur summer leagues in the country, allowing many of the nation’s top collegiate baseball players to showcase their skills for professional scouts. More than 200 of the league’s alumni were on major league rosters last season.