2024 Intercity League Champions – Andre Chiefs
Americans and Expos Grab Sunday Wins
INTERCITY LEAGUE NEWS & NOTES
Draper (Immaculate 2nd Inning) Pitches Blue Sox Past BPL’s Palmer Club, 12-3
Matt Draper dominated the Palmer Club as he was perfect through four innings, taking a a no-hitter into the seventh, when the Blue Sox knocked off the Palmer Club 12-3 in Lexington on Friday night. Draper (3-1) finished with a two-hitter and a Blue Sox career-best 12 strikeouts. Draper pitched an immaculate inning in the second when he struckout the side on nine pitches. Jake McElroy hit his first home run of the season and finished with 2 hits, 2 RBI and 2 runs. Will Norris had 3 RBI on a double and a sac fly. Erick Ramirez had 2 runs, 2 hits (doubles), 2 RBI. It was only ICL game played on Friday.
Blue Sox and Expos Win, Americans and Maddogs Suffer Inter-League Losses
Seventh inning singles from Erick Ramirez and Nick Anderson brought the Lexington Blue Sox back from a two run defecit and propelled them to a 7-5 comeback win over ADSL at Town Field. Ramirez drove in three runs on the night and Jake McElroy added two doubles and Julian Alvarez hit a two-run homer in the top of the first. Josh Becker (2-0) fired two innings of shutout ball to get his second win…..The Melrose Americans saw their six game winning streak snapped in a 14-9 loss to Mass Envelope/GM at Fallon Field. Aidan Lynch had a triple and three RBI’s for Melrose…..In other games, the Middlesex Expos won their third straight with a 15-5 victory over the Brighton Black Sox at Ferullo Field and the E.I. Braves beat the Malden Maddogs 6-1 at Maplewood…..
American’s Stay Hot, Chiefs, Bulldogs and Expos Win in Wednesday’s ICL Sweep
Nick Giangregorio’s lead off seventh inning homer gave the first place Melrose Americans a 6-5 walk off win over the Brighton Braves at Morelli Field. It was the sixth straight win for the Americans. Jack Simpson (2-0) got the win with 2.2 innings of one run relief…..The Andre Chiefs got a complete game four-hitter from A.J. Rourke to beat the Boston Padres 5-1 at Maplewood. Joe Bova went 4-4 for the Chiefs…..Emilio Berntwent banged out three doubles and drove in a couple of runs to lead the Lexington Bulldogs to a 14-2 win over the Palmer Club at Fallon Field. Brett Stone added three hits, including a triple and three RBI’s, while Will Cacciatore (1-1) went four innings to grab the win…..The Middlesex Expos scored 17 runs and rung out 16 hits on the way to a 17-1 win over the Al Thomas A’s at Roberts Playground in Dorchester…….
Tuesday’s Inter-League Roundup
In Tuesday’s all inter-league play, the Malden Maddogs won their third straight when they beat the YBL’s McKay Club 12-4 at Maplewood……The Middlesex Expos turned back ADSL of the Boston Park League 7-3 at Ferullo Field in Woburn……The BPL’s TJO Sports knocked off the Stoneham Sabers 7-1 at Fallon Field. Dylan Louviaux had the Sabers’ lone RBI….The Boston A’s of the YBL and the Andre Chiefs battled to a 5-5 tie at East Boston Stadium. Matt Doherty and Michael Soares combined to strikeout 14 batters in the eight inning deadlock……