COACH STEVE CALABRESI WILL NOW BE REMEMBERED ON TUESDAY, AUG. 8 Longtime Chiefs’ Coach Steve Calabresi, who passed away suddenly in April, will now be remembered on Tuesday evening, August 8 in an on-field ceremony at Morelli Field in Melrose. The event was originally scheduled for this past Wednesday but was rained out. “Coach Cal” will have his number 38 retired prior to the Chiefs-Americans make-up game which will be played at 7:30 PM. Steve had served the Chiefs as their Bench Coach since 1989. He also was an Assistant Coach at Arlington Catholic and served for over a decade on the M.I.T. baseball staff under Head Coach Fran O’Brien. Many of Steve’s family and friends are expected to attend the ceremony which is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM.

The Watertown Reds and Somerville Royals split a doubleheader at Trum. Soren Hanson (3-0) went the distance in the opener to give the Royals a 4-3 win. Sean Cameron’s fifth inning grand slam erased a 3-0 Reds lead. The Reds came back and took the second game 16-10. Will Breenan led the way with two homers, three hits, and five RBI’s. Mac Jacobson and Cal Christofori each added three hits and three RBI’s for the Reds. In Wakefield, the Lexington Blue Sox won their fifth straight behind the pitching of Ryan Filipowicz (3-1) over the Merchants 9-1.  Alex Voitik homered in his third straight game and drove in four runs. Taylor Ferguson had two doubles and three RBI’s and Jake Willsey added three hits and scored three runs for Lexington. The Melrose Americans got three hits and three RBI’s from Malcolm Nachmanoff, and two hits each from Nick Herzog and Charlie Huegi, to get past the Arlington Trojans 9-6 at Summer Street. Ronnie Luke (2-1) picked up the win with three innings of relief. In the second game of a three team doubleheader at Summer Street, Josh Desai (5-0) threw his second straight shutout, striking out 12 and scattering five hits, to give the Andre Chiefs a 2-0 win over the Trojans. Tony Serino and Shane Stande drove in the Chiefs’ runs. On Monday, the Merchants visit the Americans at Morelli Field at 7:30 PM, the Reading Bulldogs host the Chiefs at Endicott College in Beverly at 8:00 PM, and the Royals and Blue Sox meet at Lexington High at 8:00 PM.

The Reds got three RBI’s from Kyle LaVigne, and two each from Blaise Cormier and Will Breenan, to lead them to a 12-3 win over the Reading Bulldogs at Victory Field. Matt Horan (5-1) allowed six hits and struck out six, in his six innings of work, to record the win. Logan Gillis added a couple of hits and an RBI for Watertown and Chris Seidl had two of the Bulldogs’ hits. The Andre Chiefs at Lexington Blue Sox games were postponed due to wet grounds in Lexington. On Friday, the Arlington Trojans host the Melrose Americans at Summer Street Field at 7:00 PM and the Somerville Royals visit the Blue Sox in Lexington at 8:00 PM.

Josh Desai (4-0) threw a complete game two-hitter, striking out nine and facing only 23 batters, in a 7-0 Chiefs shutout win over the Arlington Trojans on Tuesday at Pine Banks. Matt Nuzzo and Tony Serino each had two RBI’s for the Chiefs. At Morelli, Drew Brzozowski (1-0) got the win, and the Lexington Blue Sox got home runs from Jake Willsey, Alex Voitik, and Taylor Ferguson, on the way to a 10-2 win over the Melrose Americans. The Wakefield Merchants at Somerville Royals game was postponed due to wet grounds at Trum Field. On Wednesday, the Merchants host the Americans at Walsh Field in Wakefield at 6:00 PM and the Royals visit the Chiefs at Maplewood/Malden Catholic at 8:15 PM.

Southpaw Andrew Hamel allowed just three hits in six innings to lead the Trojans to a 4-0 shutout win over the Andre Chiefs at Summer Street. Ryan Hood, Brendan Rocha, Kyle Boudrias, Kyle Dembroski, and Aaron Wilson, had the five hits for Arlington. Nate Witkowski had two of the Chiefs four hits and Peter Copa and Mike Andre had the other two. Hamel (1-0) struck out four before giving way to Matt Wesolowski, who allowed one hit in a scoreless seventh. Joe Saia (1-1) took the loss. In Watertown, the Reds edged the Wakefield Merchants 7-6. Bill Sullivan (3-0) went the distance to get the win. Justin Forman had two hits, including a triple and three RBI’s, and Mike Samko also had two hits and a triple and drove in a couple to lead the Reds’ offense. Mike Sorrentino and Mark Webber each had a double and two hits for the Merchants. There are no ICL games on Saturday.