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Late Rally Comes Up Short as Cassell Deals Chiefs First Loss, 7-5
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Jun 05 2006
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05:00PM PDT
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Medford- The Chiefs furious sixth and seventh inning rally came up just a few feet short as the Cassell Club handed the tribe their first loss of the season, 7-5 Tuesday night at Playstead Park.
Matt Boleski's bid to tie the game in the seventh ended at the right field warning track with a couple of Chiefs aboard.
Cassell scored a single run in the first, a couple of more in the second and a put up a three spot in the third against Chiefs starter and loser Mike Coppinger (1-1) to take a 6-0 lead.
Connor Bishop pitched a scoreless fifth in relief of Coppinger
(5 IP, 6 R, 9 H, 2BB, 4 K's) but the Cassell lead went to 7-0 in the sixth off Matt Phelan before the Chiefs began their comeback.
Cassell southpaw Tim Dunphy cruised along through the first five innings allowing only two singles to Phil Costello and Mike Andre.
With out one in the sixth, Justin Crisafulli got the Chiefs going when he doubled down the left field line and Boleski pinch ran for him. Mike DiCato followed with a single to right putting runners on the corners. Mike Chandler then singled to right scoring Boleski to make it a 7-1 game. Andre ( 2 for 3, RBI) then lined a single to left to score DiCato to make it 7-2. An infield throwing error allowed two more runs to score and make it 7-4 before Dunphy regained his form and got pinch hitter Jim Swift to bounce back to him.
Phelan got the first two outs of the Cassell seventh before lefty Dean Corsi came on to retire pinch hitter Tim Dempsey.
The Chiefs made things mighty interesting in the bottom of the seventh when Richie Montecalvo led off with a double and Costello singled to left. Boleski came to the plate and launched a long drive to right that Mike Maguire made a nice over the shoulder catch on at warning track. Maguire then fired a strike to first baseman Dan Neczypor to double Costello off first. On the play Montecalvo tagged and scored from third. Dunphy settled down and got the last out putting and end to the Chiefs comeback bid.
Chiefs Notebook....The Chiefs played Tuesday's game with two key starters out of the lineup. Centerfielder Brian Macrina (hamstring) and catcher Sean O'Brien (elbow) were both out of action and are listed as day to day.....The Merrimack duo of Mike Lanciani (1-0) 13 IP, 0.00 ERA and Mike Andre (6 for 11, 3RBI's, .545) are among the ICL's early leaders....The Chiefs were rained out on Wednesday at Watertown and are off until Monday evening when they host the Lexington Blue Sox at Playstead Park at 6:00 PM.
Matt Boleski's bid to tie the game in the seventh ended at the right field warning track with a couple of Chiefs aboard.
Cassell scored a single run in the first, a couple of more in the second and a put up a three spot in the third against Chiefs starter and loser Mike Coppinger (1-1) to take a 6-0 lead.
Connor Bishop pitched a scoreless fifth in relief of Coppinger
(5 IP, 6 R, 9 H, 2BB, 4 K's) but the Cassell lead went to 7-0 in the sixth off Matt Phelan before the Chiefs began their comeback.
Cassell southpaw Tim Dunphy cruised along through the first five innings allowing only two singles to Phil Costello and Mike Andre.
With out one in the sixth, Justin Crisafulli got the Chiefs going when he doubled down the left field line and Boleski pinch ran for him. Mike DiCato followed with a single to right putting runners on the corners. Mike Chandler then singled to right scoring Boleski to make it a 7-1 game. Andre ( 2 for 3, RBI) then lined a single to left to score DiCato to make it 7-2. An infield throwing error allowed two more runs to score and make it 7-4 before Dunphy regained his form and got pinch hitter Jim Swift to bounce back to him.
Phelan got the first two outs of the Cassell seventh before lefty Dean Corsi came on to retire pinch hitter Tim Dempsey.
The Chiefs made things mighty interesting in the bottom of the seventh when Richie Montecalvo led off with a double and Costello singled to left. Boleski came to the plate and launched a long drive to right that Mike Maguire made a nice over the shoulder catch on at warning track. Maguire then fired a strike to first baseman Dan Neczypor to double Costello off first. On the play Montecalvo tagged and scored from third. Dunphy settled down and got the last out putting and end to the Chiefs comeback bid.
Chiefs Notebook....The Chiefs played Tuesday's game with two key starters out of the lineup. Centerfielder Brian Macrina (hamstring) and catcher Sean O'Brien (elbow) were both out of action and are listed as day to day.....The Merrimack duo of Mike Lanciani (1-0) 13 IP, 0.00 ERA and Mike Andre (6 for 11, 3RBI's, .545) are among the ICL's early leaders....The Chiefs were rained out on Wednesday at Watertown and are off until Monday evening when they host the Lexington Blue Sox at Playstead Park at 6:00 PM.
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