Announcement
Chiefs, Lunenberg Phillies in Sunday DH at Tufts University
Medford, MA- The Lunenberg Phillies of the Central Massachusetts League will travel to Medford on Sunday afternoon for a non-league doubleheader against the Chiefs. The first game at Huskins Field on the campus of Tufts University will get underway at 2:00 PM.
First year Southpaw David Garcia (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/ Colorado Rockies) will get the start in game one. Another lefty, Dylan Ellis (Gloucester, MA/ Merrimack College) will get the nod in the nightcap. Ellis was 2-3 for the Chiefs in 2007 with an ERA of 3.02 in nine starts.
The Chiefs will conclude the non-league portion of the schedule on Monday when they travel to Playstead Park to take on the Americans at 5:30 PM. The Chiefs Intercity League opener is on Tuesday when they will send righthander Keith Forbes (Newton, MA/San Diego Padres) to the mound against Woburn at Tufts University at 6:00 PM. Forbes was 3-1 last season for the Chiefs with a league leading 79 strikeouts in 44 innings. Forbes signed with the Sussex of the Cam-Am League following the 2007 season where he made two starts for the New Jersey based club.
