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.

In a game that produced 29 strikeouts, the Middlesex Expos held on to beat the Stoneham Sabers 3-2 at Maplewood. Louis Cespedes (1-0) struck out 10 in 5.1 innings to get the win. Eduardo Soto had a solo homer to lead the Expos. Caden Smith (0-1) K’d 11 in five innings but took the loss. Expos pitching stuck out 14 batters while the Sabers hurlers set down 15 on strikes……..In  Lexington, the Malden Maddogs edged the Blue Sox 7-6……….

The Melrose Americans got five RBI’s from Ryan Bourgeois and a three run homer from Zach Khozozian on the way to a 17-5 win over the Stoneham Sabers at Morelli Field. Nick Bamforth (1-0) picked up the win. Nick Bartalini and Austin Brune both homered for Stoneham……….Anderson Jimenez and Erick Ramirez each drove in a couple of runs to lead the Blue Sox to a 8-5 win over the Andre Chiefs in Lexington. Josh Becker  (1-0) chalked up the W in relief of starter Chris Wanat………..The Middlesex Expos opened their campaign with a 6-2 win over the Lexington Bulldogs at Ferullo Field in Woburn.