2025 Intercity League Champions – Lexington Blue Sox
Blue Sox Sweep Bulldogs to Take 2025 Championship
INTERCITY LEAGUE NEWS & NOTES
Blue Sox and Maddogs Open Second Half with Wins
In the battle of Lexington bragging rights, Luis Atiles pinch-hit two-run home run in the top of the seventh delivered the 4-2 win for the Blue Sox. The Sox took a 2-0 lead in the first on Nick Andersen’s 2-run single that plated David VanderZouwen and Erick Ramirez. Andersen scored on Atiles’ HR. The Bulldogs tied the game in the bottom of the second. John Nordman’s bases-loaded walk brought in the first run and Jay Voica sac fly knotted the score. After Nordman’s walk only three Bulldogs reached base. Blue Sox starter Michael O’Brien set down 11 of the last 12 batters, including eight straight, he faced. Reliever Luke Descheneaux retired the first 5 batters he faced…….The Malden Maddogs got three RBI’s, on two hits, from Sam Browning on the way to a 7-2 win over the Brighton Black Sox at Brandeis University in Waltham. Luke Whitney (double, RBI, 2 runs) and Luke Miele added a couple of hits each to Malden’s nine-hit offense. Justin Posnik (3-2) struck out nine batters in his five innings to record the win……..In other Inter-League play, Mass Envelope/GM beat the Middlesex Expos 6-4 in Roslindale and the Boston Padres walked off the Melrose Americans 7-6 at Cleveland Circle. Chris Klein (homer), Nick Giangregorio, and Nate Galanis each had two hits for Melrose.,,,,,,,
Chiefs Blank Boston A’s 8-0, Sabers & Expos Lose as First Half Concludes
The Andre Chiefs moved into a first place tie with the Melrose Americans at 11-4-1 after blanking the Park League’s Boston A’s 8-0 on Wednesday night at Town Field in Dorchester. Michael Soares was a one man show for the Chiefs pitching five shutout innings and going 3-3 at the plate with two doubles, three runs scored, and an RBI. Tyler Ferdinand (double, 2 RBI), Nick Valdario, and Tim Catalano, each contributed a couple of hits to the Chiefs’ 13-hit offense while Ruben Rodriguez Jr added two RBI. Soares (1-0) got the win and Jonathan Chotkowski kept the shutout intact by working a scoreless sixth and seventh innings…….In other games, the BPL’s Palmer Club beat the Stoneham Sabers 6-0 at Maplewood and the E.I. Braves doubled up the Middlesex Expos 8-4 at Cleveland Circle….The Lexington Blue Sox-Mass Envelope/GM game scheduled for Fallon Field was postponed……
Monico Throws 1-Hitter for Chiefs, Sox Blank Boston Padres, Maddogs Edge ADSL
Dominic Monico came within one strike of a no-hitter when the Andre Chiefs shutout the Al Thomas A’s 5-0 at Maplewood on Monday. Monico, now 3-0, sruck out 12 and walked just one. Sam Browning broke up the no-hit bid with a two out, two strike, double in the top of the seventh. Ruben Rodriguez Jr and Michael Soares each had two hits and two RBI’s…..A.J. Lasko hit a three run homer to lead the Lexington Blue Sox to a 5-0 blanking of the Boston Padres at Cleveland Circle. Michael O’Brien (1-0) went four innings to get the win. He got relief help from Cole Donato (2 innings) and Josh Becker (1 inning). The trio combined to strike out a dozen…..In other games, the Malden Maddogs beat ADSL 8-6 at Town Field and the Melrose Americans lost to the E.I. Braves 8-6 at Morelli, despite a two-run homer from Ted Giardina and three hits from Owen Duggan….
Americans and Expos Grab Sunday Wins
The first place Melrose Anericans jumped out to 4-0 fourth inning lead then held on to beat the Al Thomas A’s 5-3 at Cunningham Park in Milton on Sunday. Pat Costigan and Shaun MacPhee led the way each going 3-3 and driving in two runs apiece. Alex Parisi (2-0) picked up the win with a complete game six-hitter. For the 11-3-1 Americans, it was their seventh win in their last eight games…..The Middlesex Expos overcame a 4-0 first inning deficit to go on and beat the Boston Padres 5-4 in extra innings at Center Street Field in Burlington. Nick Hart turned in a 7.2 inning relief effort giving up just two hits while striking out a dozen. A sacrifice fly off the bat of Imano Ramos gave the Expos the walk-off win in the bottom of the eighth inning…….The Lexington Bulldogs at McKay Club Beacons game was postponed and rescheduled for July 24…