Blue Sox Beat Americans, Maddogs Over Expos 16-9

Josue Feliciano’s single to right drove in Pat Casserly with the go-ahead run in the fourth as the Lexington Blue Sox defeated the Melrose Americans 5-2 on Tuesday night in Lexington. Julian Alvarez (double) and D.J. Johnson (single) drove in runs in the first inning for a 2-0 Blue Sox lead. Jake Elbeery in the fifth and Eric LeBreaux in the sixth closed out the scoring with solo home runs for the Blue Sox. Americans Cory Bright and Aidan Barry had RBI singles in the third to knot the score at 2-2. Pat McGowan (2-2) earned his second win with a five inning, eight strikeout outing. Harper Flint (1-1) started for Melrose and took the loss. Flint went 4.1 innings, gave up eight hits, four runs and struck out four.

In Tuesday’s other game, the Malden Maddogs beat the Sabertooth Expos in a 16-9 slugfest at Maplewood. More info on the this game soon.

On Wednesday, the Americans host the Expos at Morelli Field at 7:30 PM and the Lexington Bulldogs and Andre Chiefs play at Maplewood at 8:00 PM. The Bulldogs-Chiefs game will be broadcast live on LSP. Click on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqXSYg6PbAU to watch the game.