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Chiefs Miss Opportunities, Lose to Blue Sox, 6-2
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Jun 11 2006
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05:00PM PDT
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Medford- Unable to come up with a clutch hit despite banging out 11 of them, the young Chiefs went down to their second straight defeat, 6-2 to the defending ICL Champion Lexington Blue Sox at Playstead Park on Monday evening.
Veteran Blue Sox southpaw Bill Cooke (2-0) was just sharp enough to go the distance, escaping major jams in both the sixth and seventh innings.
Lexington took a 1-0 lead in the first off Chiefs rookie starter and loser Connor Bishop of Arlington, MA on a RBI single by Dan Hughes.
The Chiefs went 1-2-3 in the home half of the first and Bishop allowed a lead off second inning double to Eric Poling of Greenville College but stranded him there getting the next three Sox batters in order.
The Chiefs ran themselves out of a potential scoring threat in their half of the second. After two were out, Mike Andre lined a single to left center and catcher Ryan Sheehan blooped a hit to right. With Jim Buldini at the plate, Poling picked Sheehan off first to end the inning.
Lexington made it a 3-0 game in the third, the key blow being a Sean McElroy RBI double.
It went to 4-0 in the fourth on a Brian Abraham (Holy Cross) sacrifice fly as the Sox chased Bishop from the mound in favor of Matt Phelan. The Chiefs left a couple of more runners (Mike Chandler, Phil Costello singles) stranded in the bottom of the inning.
Phelan and Cooke both worked scoreless fifth innings. Paul Bratton took over for Phelan in the sixth before the Chiefs closed the gap to 4-2 on singles from Brian Macrina and Andre (2 for 3) and a double off the bat of Chandler (2 for 4) and had the tying runs on base before Cooke got pinch hitter Matt Boleski to ground out.
The Sox added two big insurance runs in the seventh off Bratton compliments of a Abraham double, a HBP and a Jake Dillard (SW Oklahoma) RBI single.
The Chiefs welcomed Cook to the seventh with three consecutive singles from Doug Heald, Rich Montecalvo and Macrina (2 for 4) to load the bases with no outs. Cooke came up big and got Justin Crisafulli to foul out, Chandler to fly to left and Costello to sharply ground out to short to end the frustrating night for the now 2-2-1 Chiefs. Lexington stayed perfect on the season and in first place at 4-0-0.
Chiefs Notes....The Chiefs host the Watertown Reds at Playstead on Tuesday at 6:00 PM. Righty Mike Chandler (Hamilton, MA, Merrimack) is expected to make his first Iintercity pitching start...Rookie third baseman Mike Andre (8 for 14, .571) leads the Intercity League in hits with eight follwed by the Cassell Club's Zack Golden with 7.....
Veteran Blue Sox southpaw Bill Cooke (2-0) was just sharp enough to go the distance, escaping major jams in both the sixth and seventh innings.
Lexington took a 1-0 lead in the first off Chiefs rookie starter and loser Connor Bishop of Arlington, MA on a RBI single by Dan Hughes.
The Chiefs went 1-2-3 in the home half of the first and Bishop allowed a lead off second inning double to Eric Poling of Greenville College but stranded him there getting the next three Sox batters in order.
The Chiefs ran themselves out of a potential scoring threat in their half of the second. After two were out, Mike Andre lined a single to left center and catcher Ryan Sheehan blooped a hit to right. With Jim Buldini at the plate, Poling picked Sheehan off first to end the inning.
Lexington made it a 3-0 game in the third, the key blow being a Sean McElroy RBI double.
It went to 4-0 in the fourth on a Brian Abraham (Holy Cross) sacrifice fly as the Sox chased Bishop from the mound in favor of Matt Phelan. The Chiefs left a couple of more runners (Mike Chandler, Phil Costello singles) stranded in the bottom of the inning.
Phelan and Cooke both worked scoreless fifth innings. Paul Bratton took over for Phelan in the sixth before the Chiefs closed the gap to 4-2 on singles from Brian Macrina and Andre (2 for 3) and a double off the bat of Chandler (2 for 4) and had the tying runs on base before Cooke got pinch hitter Matt Boleski to ground out.
The Sox added two big insurance runs in the seventh off Bratton compliments of a Abraham double, a HBP and a Jake Dillard (SW Oklahoma) RBI single.
The Chiefs welcomed Cook to the seventh with three consecutive singles from Doug Heald, Rich Montecalvo and Macrina (2 for 4) to load the bases with no outs. Cooke came up big and got Justin Crisafulli to foul out, Chandler to fly to left and Costello to sharply ground out to short to end the frustrating night for the now 2-2-1 Chiefs. Lexington stayed perfect on the season and in first place at 4-0-0.
Chiefs Notes....The Chiefs host the Watertown Reds at Playstead on Tuesday at 6:00 PM. Righty Mike Chandler (Hamilton, MA, Merrimack) is expected to make his first Iintercity pitching start...Rookie third baseman Mike Andre (8 for 14, .571) leads the Intercity League in hits with eight follwed by the Cassell Club's Zack Golden with 7.....
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