2025 Intercity League Champions – Lexington Blue Sox
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INTERCITY LEAGUE NEWS & NOTES
Mitchell Gets 5th Win for Americans, Expos Beat Bulldogs
Chris Mitchell went 4.2 innings to get his league best fifth win when the Melrose Americans beat the Malden Maddogs 6-2 at Morelli Field. Aidan Barry led the Americans with two hits and two RBI’s while Gianni Zarrilli chipped in with a couple of hits and an RBI. Mitchell, now 5-1, struck out four and allowed just three hits. Jack McLaughlin (1-3) took the loss. In Wednesday’s other game the Middlesex Expos knocked off the Reading Bulldogs 9-6. The Expos host the Lexington Blue Sox at Brandeis University in tonight’s only game starting at 8:15 PM.
Blue Sox and Expos Take Tuesday Wins
Cam Myers drove in five runs, including a three run homer, to lead the Blue Sox to a 12-5 win over the Andre Chiefs in Lexington. John Fritz added three RBI’s as the Blue Sox unleashed a 17 hit offense. Ryan Noone drove home three of the Chiefs five runs. Gavin Dauer (2-1) picked up the win as Lexington sent six different pitchers to the mound. Chiefs’ starter Paul Frisoli (1-1) took the loss. At Maplewood, the Middlesex Expos used two homers from Leon Paulino and single dingers from Mike Golankiewicz and Dionys Quezada (4 RBI’s) on the way to a 15-5 win over the Malden Maddogs. Dan Shaw (1-1) went five innings and struck out six to gain the win. On Wednesday, the Maddogs and Melrose Americans meet at Morelli Field at 7:30 PM and Expos host the Reading Bulldogs at Brandeis at 8:15 PM.
Chiefs Rally to Take 5-4 Walk Off Over Expos
Teddy Dziuba had a third inning solo homer and a game tying two out two RBI double in the seventh inning to lead the Andre Chiefs to a dramatic 5-4 come from behind eight inning win over the Middlesex Expos at Maplewood on Monday night. The Chiefs scored three times in the seventh to erase a 4-1 Expos lead and tie the game at 4-4. They won it an inning later on a Ryan Noone leadoff triple and a Kyle DeRoma sacrifice fly. Veteran righty Anthony Del Prete (1-0), the fourth Chiefs pitcher of the night, picked up the win throwing two innings of one-hit shutout relief. Ryan Cloutier (0-1) took the loss. On Tuesday, the Chiefs meet the Blue Sox in Lexington and the Expos visit the Malden Maddogs at Maplewood. Both games will start at 8:00 PM.
Barry (5 RBI’s), Americans Edge Maddogs 10-9
Aidan Barry had a huge game with a homer, four hits, and five RBI’s to lead the Americans to a wild 10-9 win over the Malden Maddogs on Sunday afternoon in Melrose. Pat Costigan, John Jennings, and Mike Nestor all contributed two hits to the Americans’ 15 hit offense. The Americans took a 4-0 first inning lead only to see the Maddogs put up eight runs in the top of the fifth to move in front 9-5. The furious Melrose comeback started with three runs in the sixth and they added a couple more in the bottom of the seventh when the walked off with the win. Quinton Copeland had three of the Maddogs’ dozen hits. Nick Colucci (1-1) picked up the win with 2.1 innings of scoreless relief.