(Medford, MA) A great day is planned for Sunday, June 8 at Playstead Park in West Medford to honor and remember former Medford High Baseball Coach and ex-Chiefs and Intercity League legend Fred Knox with a monument. Knox passed away last year. Many Medford High and ICL Hall of Famers will join the Knox Family, Fred’s former players, teammates, and friends for the dedication ceremony which begins at 1:00 PM. Everyone is invited to come down and join in the festivities. A reception will follow at the Ho Win Palace on Middlesex Ave. Click on the story below by Chris Hurley for more information. https://www.gottaknowmedford.com/20250523_medford-to-honor-fred-knox-with-baseball-memorial-at-playstead/    

It was the night the lights went out in Lexington. Power outages had been happening all day in Lexington as the hottest day of the year put a strain on the power grid. The lights went out 2 – 3 times before the game started. Darkness took over at least four more times, including the one that caused the game to be called. The game was finally stopped in the bottom of the third with two outs and a Lexington runner on first at 8:47 pm. Fortunately for both teams, the lights never went out during a play or pitch, but always in between plays or innings. The outages lasted between 30 – 60 seconds. Lexington had struck first scoring a run in the bottom of the second. AJ Lysko led off the inning with a single. He moved to third on two infield outs and then scored on a wild pitch. Melrose’s  Owen Duggan started the third with a leadoff double. The next batter Ryan Bourgeois singled to right and quickly knotted the score at 1-1. As of press time no date has been set for the game to finish.

The Malden Maddogs edged the Stoneham Sabers 8-7 in the only ICL game that was played on Tuesday. Marco Zirpolo went 4-4 and Colin Kinsella drove in three runs to lead the Malden offense. Austin Brune had a double and four RBI and Emanuel Cepada and Tommy Shimchak each added two hits for the Sabers. Brian Pelrine (1-0) got the win in relief of starter Matt Decarney while Brock Haynes chalked up the save.

The Stoneham Sabers jumped out to an 8-0 second inning lead then survived a seven run Melrose sixth inning to hold on and beat the Anericans 9-8 at Recreation Park on Sunday afternoon. Nicholas Genese (1-0) tossed five strong innings to grab the win while Syed Ali picked up the save. Lucas Arias led the Stoneham offense with three hits that included two doubles and a couple of RBI’s. Owen Duggan had two of the Americans six hits……..The Middlesex Expos at Lexington Bulldogs game was postponed due to wet grounds……On Monday, the Expos host the Lexington Blue Sox at Ferullo Field in Woburn and the Malden Maddogs visit the Andre Chiefs at Maplewood/Malden Catholic. Both games will start at 8:00 PM……

The Melrose Anericans got their second win in as many nights with a 13-8 score over the Lexington Bulldogs at LHS. The Americans only had three hits but took advantage of 14 walks to secure the victory. Ian Libby had two RBI’s while Brandon McMahon (1-0) went 3.2 innings to grab the win, Matthew Favazzo knocked in three of the Bulldogs runs……….Sam Browning and Marco Zirpolo had two RBI’s each to lead the Malden Maddogs to a 6-1 win over the Middlesex Expos at Maplewood……