2025 Intercity League Champions – Lexington Blue Sox
Blue Sox Sweep Bulldogs to Take 2025 Championship
INTERCITY LEAGUE NEWS & NOTES
Monday’s Inter-League Roundup
Ruben Rodriguez Jr went 4-4, including a double and triple, and had five RBI’s, to lead the Andre Chiefs to a 12-0 win over the Brighton Braves of the Yawkey League at Maplewood. Righty Silas Reed (2-0) was immense in his five innings of work, striking out 13 and allowing just three hits. Nick Valdario, Miles Reid and Nate Witkowski each had two hits for the Chiefs. Nick Anderson had a homer, triple, double and six RBI’s when the Lexington Blue Sox knocked off the Yawkey League’s McKay Club 13-1 at LHS. Yemer Pineda (1-0) and Pat McGowan combined on a nine strikeout three-hitter. Louis Cespedes (1-0) sttuck out eight in six innings and Brayan Garre got the save in the Middlesex Expos’ 6-5 win over the Palmer Club of the Boston Park League at Fallon Field in Roslindale. Jose Paulino had a double and two RBI’s for the Expos. ADSL of the Boston Park League scored a couple of runs in each of the first two innings and then held off the Stoneham Sabers 4-1 at Town Field in Dorchester. Nelson Correa drove in the Sabers only run in the top of the fifth inning. Chris Knight (0-1) and Julian Murray allowed just four hits in the loss.
Americans Win Third Straight, 10-3
The Melrose Americans put up crooked numbers in the first and fourth innings to stay perfect (3-0) and hand the Blue Sox their first loss (1-1-1) in a 10-3 win in Lexington on Friday night. It was the only game on the iCL schedule. The Americans scored all the runs they’d need on four consecutive two-out hits in the top of the 1st, punctuated by Tad Giardina’s three-run homer to dead center. After allowing three runs on two hits in the bottom of the first, Brandon McMahon (1-0) allowed no runs and two hits over the next five innings to pick up his first win. Ryan Dolan struck out the Blue Sox in order in the bottom of the seventh. Jon Leuders and Anderson Jimenez each had a double and scored a run for the Blue Sox. There are no ICL games on Saturday.
Bulldogs and Chiefs Win on Thursday
The Lexington Bulldogs overcame a 2-1 deficit, scoring six runs in the fourth inning, and then held off the Middlesex Expos 7-5 in Lexington. The Bulldogs took advantage of 10 walks issued by Expos pitching and got RBI’s from Graham Seed, Dylan Steinkrauss, and Nana Adu. Ezra Charles (1-0) went five innings to get the win. At Maplewood, the Andre Chiefs scored 10 times in the fifth inning and came away with a 12-1 win over the Al Thomas A’s of the Yawkey League in their first inter-league game in history. Juan Parra led the Chiefs, going 3-4 with three RBI’s Tim Dunphy (1-0) pitched five innings to gain the win. The Blue Sox will host the Melrose Americans in Lexington on Friday starting at 8:00 PM.
Nestor, Jennings Lead Americans, Blue Sox & Maddogs Gain Wednesday Wins
Mike Nestor allowed just one hit over 6.1 innings to lead the Melrose Americans to a 3-1 win over the Andre Chiefs at Morelli Field on Wednesday night. John Jennings drove in all three of the runs. Nestor struck out nine before giving way to Nick Colucci who picked up the save in the seventh. Shai Cohen (0-1) took the loss. The Lexington Blue Sox got four RBI’s from Jean Ramirez and three hits, including a triple, from Ben Leonard to beat the Stoneham Sabers 11-5 in Lexington. In other action, the Malden Maddogs scored six times in the bottom of the fifth inning to beat the Lexington Bulldogs 13-10. The Bulldogs scored seven runs of their own in the top of the fifth to take a 10-7 lead. On Thursday the Bulldogs host the Middlesex Expos at LHS at 7:00 PM and the Al Thomas A’s of the Yawkey League visit the Chiefs at Maplewood at 8:00 PM.