2024 Intercity League Champions – Andre Chiefs
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INTERCITY LEAGUE NEWS & NOTES
Sabers-Expos to Meet in Monday’s Play-in Game
The Stoneham Sabers and Middlesex Expos will meet on Monday at 8:15 PM at Maplewood in the Intercity League’s 2024 Play-in game. The Expos finished the regular season in fourth place with a 15-8-2 mark while the Sabers finished in the fifth spot at 10-15-0. The winner of Monday’s Play-in game will move on to meet the #1 seed Lexington Blue Sox (19-4-1). The opening game of the Expos/Sabers vs. Blue Sox best of five semi-final series will be on Tuesday at 8:00 PM in Lexington. In the other seni-final series, the #3 seeded Melrose Americans (16-7-1) travel to meet the defending champion #2 seed Andre Chiefs (19-6-0). Game one of that series will be played at Maplewood on Tuesday at 8:00 PM. Sunday’s final regular season game between the Blue Sox and Americans was cancelled due to thunderstorms. The game will not be made up.
Blue Sox Clinch #1 Seed
Dom Gabardi (HR, 3 RBI). Andreson Jumenez (2 doubles, 2 RBI), and Jake McElroy (double) had three hits each to lead the Blue Sox to a 15-4 win over the East Boston Knights in Lexington on Friday night. With the win the Blue Sox clinch the number one seed in the upcoming ICL playoffs. Luke Descheneaux (1-0) got the win in relief of starter Chris Wanat. Five Lexington pitchers combined to strike out 10 Knights. On Saturday, The BASE visits the Lexington Bulldogs at LHS at 5:00 PM. The ICL regular season concludes on Sunday with the Blue Sox visiting the Melrose Americans at Morelli Field at 7:30 PM. The 2024 ICL Playoffs are scheduled to begin on Monday. The #4 seed Middlesex Expos will host the #5 Stoneham Sabers in a one game play-in game. The winner of that game will advance to meet the Blue Sox in a best of five semi-final series starting in Lexington on Tuesday at 8;00 PM. In the other semi-final series, the #3 Melrose Americans will meet the #2 Andre Chiefs . Game one of that best of five series is seheduled for Maplewood on Tuesday at 8:00 PM.
Thursday’s ICL Roundup
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.