Van Emon Fires 16 K No-Hitter, Chiefs Beat Americans in Monday Action

Lefty Gabe Van Emon fired a no-hitter to give the Reading Bulldogs a 1-0 win over the Middlesex Expos on Monday night at Lexington High.

Van Emon dominated the game striking out 16 Expos. Ryan Boyle drove in the only run of the game.

Van Emon is coming off a banner 8-1 spring season for Endicott College. The southpaw struck out 87 batters in just 72.1 innings while posting a 2.74 ERA in 18 appearances for the Gulls.

The Bulldogs’ win was the first for new manager Eric Steinkrauss.

In other action, Christian Rosati made his Andre Chiefs’ debut a winning one, going five innings, to lead the club to a 13-2 win over the Melrose Americans on Monday night at Maplewood. Ryan Noone (3-4, 2 doubles, 4 RBI) and Teddy Dziuba (2-4, 3 RBI) combined to drive in seven runs to pace the Chiefs’ offense. The duo had plenty of support as leadoff man Juan Parra (3-4, 2 RBI) and Nick Valdario both had multiple hit games for the Chiefs. Bobby Losanno, Gianni Zarelli, Jackson Stanton and Adam Barry each had two hits for the Americans.
Rosati (1-0), gave up five hits in his stint and struck out five. Gabriel Valdez worked the final two frames and had four K’s. Melrose starter Ronnie Luke (0-1) took the loss.

The Malden Maddogs host the Chiefs tonight (8:00 PM) at Maplewood in the lone ICL game on the docket.