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Freni Picks Up Second Win as Chiefs Knock Off Reds, 7-5
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Jul 31 2006
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Watertown-Eighteen year old Jared Freni picked up his second win in as many starts and his teammates backed him up with a ten hit attack, including five doubles, as the Chiefs knocked off the second place Reds 7-5 at sultry Victory Field on Monday night.
Freni, the former Malden Catholic star who is UMass-Amherst bound this fall, worked six full innings before giving way to Mike DiCato and Jeff DeCarlo who preserved his win in the seventh.
After Reds starter Joe Chiodo set the Chiefs down in the top of the first, Watertown jumped out to 2-0 in the bottom of the inning. Luke Begley led off with a single. Will Bissonnette flew to left for the first out and Freni got Brian Shapiro striking out swinging as Begley stole second. Matt McEvoy then singled to right scoring Begley for a 1-0 Reds lead. Freni then issued three consecutive walks that forced home McEvoy for a 2-0 Watertown lead.
It stayed that way until the Chiefs cut the margin in half in the top of the third. Doug Heald got things going when he singled to right. Matt Boleski moved him up a base with a sacrifice bunt. Jimmy Buldini delivered Heald with a long RBI double to left center. DiCato then drew a walk and Justin Crisafulli was hit by a pitch to load the bases for cleanup man Mike Andre.
The Chiefs looked as if they were going to take the lead but Chiodo escaped the jam when Andre's hard liner was stabbed by shortstop Bissonnette who doubled up DiCato at second.
Freni left Brendan Eygabroat (two out double) stranded at secondbse in the Reds third when he struck out Ben Chang swinging .
The Chiefs came up with one of their biggest innings of the year in the top of the fourth when they put up a half dozen runs to take a 7-2 lead. Chiodo got Jeff DeCarlo to pop up for the first out. Catcher Rob Noe (St. John's Prep) sparked the big inning when he drilled the first hit of ICL career, a long double to left. Phil Costello then drew a walk. Rich Montecalvo then delivered the second double of the inning to rightcenter scoring Noe to knot the game at two. Chiodo came up temporarily large when he struck out Heald swinging with runners on second and third for the second out of the inning. The Chiefs then caught a huge break when the usually sure handed Begley bobbled Boleski's apparent inning ending grounder to second which allowed Costello to score and give the Chiefs a 3-2 lead. Buldini then made it hurt when he roped a single to left scoring Montecalvo to make it 4-2. DiCato then singled sharply to center scoring Montecalvo to run the lead to 5-2. Crisafulli unloaded on a Chiodo fastball and drilled it to deep center for the inning's third double and a 7-2 Chiefs lead. Brain Shapiro replaced Chiodo and walked Andre before getting DeCarlo to fly to deep left to end the inning.
Freni worked an easy bottom of the fourth and Shapiro worked a 1-2-3 top of the fifth.
The Reds came up with two runs off Freni in the bottom of the fifth and threatened for more before the big righty settled down and got out of a major league bases loaded jam.
Shapiro and McEvoy led the inning off with two sharp singles. Dan Chaisson then drew a walk that loaded the bases with nobody out. Freni then walked Eygabroat that forced in a run cutting the Chiefs lead to 7-3. Chang singled to center scoring McEvoy making it 7-4, still with the bases loaded and still nobody out. That's where Freni, who led EMass this past spring with 119 strikeouts, bulled his neck and struck out both John Lynch and Dave Wang and got Begley to ground to Andre at third to keep the Chiefs lead intact.
Shapiro escaped a Chiefs threat in the sixth when Heald reached on an error and went to third when Boleski doubled into the right field corner. The Chiefs then botched a suicide bunt attempt with Buldini at the plate and Heald was tagged out. Buldini eventually struck out but DiCato followed with his second single of the night to center that moved Boleski to third. Shapiro then got Crisafulli to line sharply to short to end the inning.
A McEvoy single was all that the Reds could muster against Freni in the sixth and the Chiefs threatened to add to their lead in the top of the seventh. Andre led things off with a line single to center off Reds reliever Aram Manoukian. The righty then struck out DeCarlo and Noe followed by drawing a walk. Costello then lined sharply to right where Wang made a nice running catch and doubled Noe off first to end the inning.
The Reds did not go quietly in the seventh. DiCato came on in relief of Freni and walked Eygabroat on four "extremely close" pitches. He then hit Chang to put runners at first and second with nobody out. DeCarlo came on to pitch to Lynch and got him to pop up to Heald at second for out number one. Wang then singled to right scoring Eygabroat to make it a 7-5 lead. That was all the Reds were to get as DeCarlo got Begley to fly to center and Bissonnette to ground to third to notch his first save of the year and end the game.
Chiefs Notebook....Freni threw 120 pitches striking out six and walking six. He allowed eight hits in his six innings of work.....Boleski broke out of a season long slump with a sharp double to right in the sixth. He also had a sacrifice bunt and reached on an error.....The seven inning game was the longest that the Chiefs have played this season taking two hours and forty three minutes to complete.....
Freni, the former Malden Catholic star who is UMass-Amherst bound this fall, worked six full innings before giving way to Mike DiCato and Jeff DeCarlo who preserved his win in the seventh.
After Reds starter Joe Chiodo set the Chiefs down in the top of the first, Watertown jumped out to 2-0 in the bottom of the inning. Luke Begley led off with a single. Will Bissonnette flew to left for the first out and Freni got Brian Shapiro striking out swinging as Begley stole second. Matt McEvoy then singled to right scoring Begley for a 1-0 Reds lead. Freni then issued three consecutive walks that forced home McEvoy for a 2-0 Watertown lead.
It stayed that way until the Chiefs cut the margin in half in the top of the third. Doug Heald got things going when he singled to right. Matt Boleski moved him up a base with a sacrifice bunt. Jimmy Buldini delivered Heald with a long RBI double to left center. DiCato then drew a walk and Justin Crisafulli was hit by a pitch to load the bases for cleanup man Mike Andre.
The Chiefs looked as if they were going to take the lead but Chiodo escaped the jam when Andre's hard liner was stabbed by shortstop Bissonnette who doubled up DiCato at second.
Freni left Brendan Eygabroat (two out double) stranded at secondbse in the Reds third when he struck out Ben Chang swinging .
The Chiefs came up with one of their biggest innings of the year in the top of the fourth when they put up a half dozen runs to take a 7-2 lead. Chiodo got Jeff DeCarlo to pop up for the first out. Catcher Rob Noe (St. John's Prep) sparked the big inning when he drilled the first hit of ICL career, a long double to left. Phil Costello then drew a walk. Rich Montecalvo then delivered the second double of the inning to rightcenter scoring Noe to knot the game at two. Chiodo came up temporarily large when he struck out Heald swinging with runners on second and third for the second out of the inning. The Chiefs then caught a huge break when the usually sure handed Begley bobbled Boleski's apparent inning ending grounder to second which allowed Costello to score and give the Chiefs a 3-2 lead. Buldini then made it hurt when he roped a single to left scoring Montecalvo to make it 4-2. DiCato then singled sharply to center scoring Montecalvo to run the lead to 5-2. Crisafulli unloaded on a Chiodo fastball and drilled it to deep center for the inning's third double and a 7-2 Chiefs lead. Brain Shapiro replaced Chiodo and walked Andre before getting DeCarlo to fly to deep left to end the inning.
Freni worked an easy bottom of the fourth and Shapiro worked a 1-2-3 top of the fifth.
The Reds came up with two runs off Freni in the bottom of the fifth and threatened for more before the big righty settled down and got out of a major league bases loaded jam.
Shapiro and McEvoy led the inning off with two sharp singles. Dan Chaisson then drew a walk that loaded the bases with nobody out. Freni then walked Eygabroat that forced in a run cutting the Chiefs lead to 7-3. Chang singled to center scoring McEvoy making it 7-4, still with the bases loaded and still nobody out. That's where Freni, who led EMass this past spring with 119 strikeouts, bulled his neck and struck out both John Lynch and Dave Wang and got Begley to ground to Andre at third to keep the Chiefs lead intact.
Shapiro escaped a Chiefs threat in the sixth when Heald reached on an error and went to third when Boleski doubled into the right field corner. The Chiefs then botched a suicide bunt attempt with Buldini at the plate and Heald was tagged out. Buldini eventually struck out but DiCato followed with his second single of the night to center that moved Boleski to third. Shapiro then got Crisafulli to line sharply to short to end the inning.
A McEvoy single was all that the Reds could muster against Freni in the sixth and the Chiefs threatened to add to their lead in the top of the seventh. Andre led things off with a line single to center off Reds reliever Aram Manoukian. The righty then struck out DeCarlo and Noe followed by drawing a walk. Costello then lined sharply to right where Wang made a nice running catch and doubled Noe off first to end the inning.
The Reds did not go quietly in the seventh. DiCato came on in relief of Freni and walked Eygabroat on four "extremely close" pitches. He then hit Chang to put runners at first and second with nobody out. DeCarlo came on to pitch to Lynch and got him to pop up to Heald at second for out number one. Wang then singled to right scoring Eygabroat to make it a 7-5 lead. That was all the Reds were to get as DeCarlo got Begley to fly to center and Bissonnette to ground to third to notch his first save of the year and end the game.
Chiefs Notebook....Freni threw 120 pitches striking out six and walking six. He allowed eight hits in his six innings of work.....Boleski broke out of a season long slump with a sharp double to right in the sixth. He also had a sacrifice bunt and reached on an error.....The seven inning game was the longest that the Chiefs have played this season taking two hours and forty three minutes to complete.....
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