2024 Intercity League Champions – Andre Chiefs
Chiefs and Blue Sox Gain Shutout Wins, Maddogs Beat ADSL
INTERCITY LEAGUE NEWS & NOTES
Bulldogs, Americans and Chiefs Keep ICL Unbeaten in Inter-League Play
The Lexington Bulldogs, Melrose Americans and Andre Chiefs all took wins in inter-league play on Monday night. The victories gave the ICL a combined 5-0 record over the first two days of crossover games………In Lexington, Coley Schaefer (2-0) tossed six innings and struck out nine to lead the Bulldogs to a 4-3 win over Mass Envelope/GM. Shane Costello scored two runs and had a double for Lexington……Shawn Nestor and Nick Giaagregorio rung out two hits each and Ted Giardina added an RBI triple to lead the Americans to a 5-3 eight inning win over TJO Sports at Fallon Field in Roslindale. Luke Yorba (1-0) threw two innngs of one hit ball to grab the win……The Andre Chiefs got five innings of no-run, three-hit ball from Dominic Monico (2-0) to turn back ADSL 3-1 at Maplewood. Byron Woodman (double), Ruben Rodriguez Jr. and Nick Valdario drove in the Chiefs’ runs. A.J. Rourke allowed just one hit over the final two frames to record the save…..
Sabers and Expos Open Inter-League Play with Father’s Day Wins
The Stoneham Sabers came from behind three times and took an eventual 9-8 extra inning win over the Al Thomas A’s of the Yawkey League at Recreation Park on Sunday. It was the opening game of inter-league play. Austin Brune’s bunt single in the bottom of the ninth gave Stoneham the win. Nick Bartalini was a single away from the cycle as he led the Sabers’ offense with homer, double, triple and two RBI’s. Bryan Beneke, Tommy Shimchak and Angelo Colucci all had two hits for Stoneham. Lorenzo Figueroa went four innings in relief to get his first ICL win………In Sunday’s other game, the Middlesex Ezpos beat the YBL’s McKay Club 6-3 at English High School in Jamaica Plain…….
Chiefs & Sabers Take Thursday Wins
The Andre Chiefs moved into first place with a 14-5 win over the Middlesex Expos on Thursday at Ferullo Field in Woburn. Yariel Salinas hit his league leadung fourth homer of the season. Miles Reid went 3-4, and Teddy Dziuba, Ruben Rodriguez, Jr, Joe Bova and Michael McCarthy each had two hits to lead the Chiefs 15 hit offense. Vance Serrano (2-1) struck out seven in four innings to record the win…….The Stoneham Sabers got home runs from Nick Bartalini (3 RBI’s), Tommy Shimchak and Austin Brune to get by the Malden Maddogs 10-7 in a six inning affair at Maplewood. Caden Smith (1-2) cahlked up his first mound win of the year four four innings of four-hit ball……
Blue Sox Over Maddogs, Expos-Americans Play to 7-7 Tie
Jesse McCullough went 3-3 and Nick Anderson and Jake McElroy drove in two runs each to lead the Blue Sox to an 8-4 win over the Malden Maddogs in Lexington. Chris Wanat (1-0) went four innings to get the win. Luke Miele and and Sam Browning had a couple of hits each for Malden………The Middlesex Expos and Melrose Americans played to a nine inning 7-7 tie at Morelli Field. The Americans rallied for four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to force the extra frames. Eduardo Soto hit a solo homer for Middlesex while Shawn Nestor led the Melrose bats with two hits that included a double and RBI…..