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INTERCITY LEAGUE NEWS & NOTES

Blue Sox Clinch, Merchants & Maddogs Win

The Lexington Blue Sox clinched the regular season pennant and a first round bye with a 4-3 win over the Watertown Reds at Bentley University. (see separate story by Bruce Hack). The Wakefield Merchants got a three run homer from Ryan Collins and five solid innings from Domenic Nardone (2-3) to beat the Andre Chiefs 8-2 at Pine Banks. Chris Butler had three hits, including a triple, and Bobby Losanno and Joe Barry each had two hits for the Merchants. Jared Freni (3-3) took the loss. Derek Bauer drove in the winning run when the Malden Maddogs walked off with a 4-3 win over the Reading Bulldogs at Maplewood. Bauer had two hits and drove in all four of the Maddogs’ runs. Nick Berger (1-0) got the win. Dan Baker had a couple of the Bulldogs’ six hits. Mike Rainone (0-1) took the loss in relief of Alex Mandrus.

Lexington edges Watertown on Tuesday

Waltham – Richie Burgos singled in Josue Feliciano (double) in the top of the seventh to give Lexington a 4-3 lead and Manny Delcarmen pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh to give the Blue Sox the win over Watertown in a game played at Bentley University. In a game between the top two teams in the Intercity League, it gave the fans all they could want in a baseball game, as the teams played a tight, hard-fought, well-played game that displayed the best the ICL has to offer. The Reds got on the scoreboard quickly scoring in the bottom of the first. Kyle LaVigne started the rally with an infield single. He went to third on Mike Samko’s single to right, which placed Reds at the corners with no outs. Will Brennan grounded into a 6-3 double play that scored LaVigne. Lexington came back in the third scoring twice to take a 2-1 lead. Richie Burgos singled in Gray Goolsby (walk) with the first run. Burgos stole second and then came around to score on two wild pitches by Reds starter Nate Beck. The Blue Sox took a 3-1 lead in the fifth when Burgos again singled to drive in Goolsby, who had walked for the second time. Watertown tied the game in the sixth as Brennan snapped a streak of eight straight outs by Reds hitters with a single. After the first out, Jake Miller doubled to center to put runners on second and third. Justin Forman followed with a single to center to bring in both runs and it was 3-3. CJ McKinnit, 2-0, earned the win pitching an inning in relief. He gave up two runs, three hits and did not walk or strikeout a batter. Pitching the seventh Reds reliever Dan Haverty took the loss giving up a run on two hits with no walks or strikeouts. Neither started was around for the decision, but both pitched well and in and out of trouble. Reds starter, Nate Beck, left Blue Sox runners stranded in the first, second and third innings (one3 each) and then two more in the fifth. His only 1-2-3 inning was his last the sixth. In six innings of work he gave up four hits, walked five and struck out four. Lexington starter Drew Brzozowski, gave up five hits, one run, a walk and a strikeout. He faced runners at first and third with no outs in the first and only allowed the one run on a double play. In the second the Reds loaded the bases with one out and two outfield fly balls later Brzozowski was out of the jam. He finished his five inning stint by setting down the final eight Reds batters he faced. The win clinched first place for Lexington and gives the Blue Sox a first round bye and home field advantage through out the playoffs. Watertown is in second, but only a point ahead of Wakefield, 32-31. Each team has two games remaining.

Chiefs, Americans, Blue Sox & Bulldogs Take Monday Wins

Johnny Welch’s single in the bottom of the seventh inning scored pinch-runner Erick Ramirez with the winning run when the Chiefs walked off with a 3-2 win over the Somerville Royals at Maplewood. Danny DiMare’s two RBI’s had given the Chiefs a 2-0 lead until a Ryan Hood two RBI double tied the game up in the top of the seventh. Tim Dunphy (2-1) got the win while Chris Ramos (0-3) took the loss. Chris Hopkins had a homer and five RBI’s and John Jennings hit his fourth round-tripper of the year to lead the Americans to a 8-2 win over Alibrandis in Melrose. Kyle Autilio (4-3) went 4.1 innings to record the win. In Lexington, veteran Matt Karis (2-1) tossed six innings of shutout relief to get the win when the Blue Sox knocked off the Wakefield Merchants 11-1. Bobby Losanno’s leadoff homer gave the Merchants a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Chris Bosco’s single scored Joey Hodapp in the bottom of the eighth inning with the game’s only run when the Reading Bulldogs beat the Malden Maddogs 1-0 at Endicott College. Jack Burke (4-0) went the distance and allowed only three hits and struck out 12 batters. Kendall Chaves (0-2-1) was almost as good for the Maddogs giving up just five hits in the tough loss.

Blue Sox Sweep DH in Reading, Royals-Reds Split, Chiefs Win in Wakefield

The Lexington Blue Sox took both ends of a doubleheader in Reading, winning the opener 8-0 and then taking the nightcap over the Bulldogs 6-2. Alsis Herrera (1-0) threw five shutout innings and Dorian Rojas drove in three runs in the first game. Julian Alvarez homered and Taylor Ferguson had a double and two RBI’s in the second game. Casey Bussone (3-1) went five innings to get the win and Kevin Scanlon chalked up the two inning save. The Somerville Royals and Watertown Reds split a pair at Victory Field. The Royals won the first game 4-2 behind the three-hit pitching of Ryan Covelle (3-1). Brady Chant led the way with four hits and Jake Cintolo and James McConville added a couple of hits each for the Royals. The Reds rebounded to grab game two 5-1. In Wakefield, Evan Walsh (4-3) allowed just two earned runs and six hits when the Andre Chiefs edged the Merchants 4-3. Ben Waldrip had four hits and two RBI’s and Tony Serino, with three singles, led the Chiefs offense. Ryan Collins had two of the Merchants hits as Andrew Auld (0-1) took the loss.