2025 Intercity League Champions – Lexington Blue Sox
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The Melrose Americans got a complete game three-hitter from Ronnie Luke to turn back the Al Thomas A’s 7-2 at Morelli Field. Jack Beverly led the way with a homer and four RBI’s while Chris Klein hit his fourth home run of the year and had a couple of RBI’s. Luke (2-0), struck out seven. It was the eighth straight win for the Americans. Robbie Cobb came on in relief in the bottom of the sixth inning and pitched out of a bases loaded nobody out jam, to spark the Lexington Blue Sox to a 3-2 win over the Middlesex Expos at Minuteman Vocational. Ben Leonard. Charlie Walsh, and Dylan Walsh drove in the Blue Sox runs. Cole Donato (2-0) got the win and Ryan O’Rourke threw a scoreless seventh for the save. Dan Shaw (2-3) went the distance for the Expos and struck out eleven. Mitchell Schroeder went 4-4, with two doubles, and drove in five runs, to lead the Andre Chiefs to a 13-1 five inning win over ADSL at Howard Park. Paul Frisoli (3-0) allowed just one hit in four innings, striking out six, to record the win. In other action, the Boston Padres edged the Lexington Bulldogs 5-4 and the EI Braves beat the Stoneham Sabers 21-6.
Cespedes Throws Second No-Hitter
Lou Cespedes fired the second no-hitter in his last three starts to lead the Middlesex Expos to a 7-0 win over the YBL’s Brighton Braves at Garvey Park in Dorchester on Wednesday night. Cespedes (pictured) struck out 13 batters and allowed three walks. On July 15 he threw a no-hitter vs. the Stoneham Sabers in a 10-1 win at East Boston Stadium. Cespedes raised his record to 6-1 on the year. He has now struck out 70 batters and allowed just 24 hits in 46.1 innings with an ERA of 1.81. In between no-hitters, the Merrimack College righty pitched a complete game 11 K, five-hitter in a 3-2 win over the Boston Padres 3-2 on July 24. The win was the 8th straight for the Expos. In other Wednesday games, Mass Envelope/GM beat the Sabers 7-4 at Maplewood despite two hits each from Tommy Shimchak and Danny Choate and the Al Thomas Athletics edged the Malden Maddogs 6-5 at West Roxbury High. The Lexington Blue Sox at Melrose Americans game was postponed due to wet grounds at Morelli Field.
Americans Win 7th in a Row, Bulldogs Rout Chiefs 12-2, Expos Hammer The BASE 13-1
The Melrose Americans broke a 6-6 tie, scoring three runs in the sixth and adding a couple more in the seventh, and beat the Boston Padres 11-6 at Cleveland Circle, Tad Giardina had a double and three RBI’s, Chris Klein had three hits, and Jackson Powers homered for Melrose. Brandon McMahon (4-1) got the win with Ben Cassavoy chalking up the three inning save. The win was the seventh straight for the Americans. The Lexington Bulldogs got a five-hit complete game effort from veteran Joe Perna to lead them to a 12-2 rout of the Andre Chiefs at LHS. Evan O’Rourke had a huge night at the plate going 4-4 with three doubles and six RBI’s. Reuben Siegel and John Nordman each added two hits for the Bulldogs. The Palmer Club scored six times in the top of the eighth inning to knock off the Stoneham Sabers 10-4 at Morelli Field. Nick Bartalini, Luis Quintero, Angelo Colucci and Tommy Shimchak each had two hits for the Sabers. In other action, the Middlesex Expos limited The BASE to two hits in a 13-1 win in Easr Boston and the Brighton Braves beat the Malden Maddogs 8-6 at Rogers Park.
Blue Sox and Sabers Get Monday Wins
The Lexington Blue Sox reversed a 3-0 deficit and came back to beat the Lexington Bulldogs 6-4 on Monday night. Jake McElroy and Nick Anderson drove in a couple of runs each for the Blue Sox. Pat McGowan (1-0) picked up the win with one inning of scoreless relief. Nick Favazzo had three hits (2 doubles) for the Bulldogs. The win was the 1oth in the last 11th games for the Blue Sox. The Stoneham Sabers got a route going effort from Julian Murray to turn back the East Boston Knights 12-6 at Maplewood. Nick Bartalini led the Sabers with three hts, including two triples, and two RBI’s. Murray, (2-2) struck out a dozen.