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Americans Rallly to Knock Off Chiefs, 6-2
Posted by Chiefs Baseball on
Jul 15 2006
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05:00PM PDT
in 2010 Season
Medford-Unfortunately for the Chiefs Mike Lanciani was on a short pitch count.
Fortunately for the Americans he was.
The righty cruised through his three innings of work facing just 10 batters and the Chiefs had him staked to a 2-0 lead.
Lanciani, making his first start in over six weeks, departed he game as planned after working a 1-2-3 third.
With his departure so went the Chiefs fortunes as the Americans put up six unanswered runs on the way to a 6-2 win on Saturday night at Playstead Park.
Lanciani set the Americans down in the top of the first and the Chiefs went right to work in the bottom of the inning.
Leadoff man Rick Sotiropoulos and Phil Costello both drew walks and moved up on a Ken Pescosolido wild pitch. Justin Crisafulli flew to short right for the first out. Cleanup man Mike Andre remained hot at the plate and delivered both runners with a line shot single to right center to give the Chiefs a 2-0 lead. After the second out, Jim Buldini singled to put runners at first and third but Pescosolido escaped further trouble when he got Rich Montecalvo to bounce out to third. Lanciani, who has been nursing a sore elbow, worked an easy second and third and left after throwing 34 pitches.
The Americans greeted reliever Mark Blake with four big runs in the top of fourth. A walk to Sam Shaughnessy, singles by John Welch and Steve Tamoush sandwiched around a hit batsman, followed by a Charlie Pagliarulo sacrifice fly and another single from veteran Steve Napier accounted for the big inning.
Paul Bratton relieved Blake in the fifth and the Americans loaded the bases with one out. Bratton experienced tightness in his arm and had to leave the mound. Mike DiCato came on and kept the Chiefs in the ballgame when he got them out of the bases loaded jam the with a popup and a groundout.
DiCato surrendered a leadoff double to Napier in the top of the sixth but left him right there when the UMass righty got Jake Christman and Ryan Buke to fly out and caught Mike Burgoyne looking.
Southpaw Nolan Boike, back from Lowell of the NECBL, came on to work the bottom of the sixth for the Americans. Buldini welcomed him with a long double off the fence in left and went to third on a passed ball with nobody out. The Chiefs left Buldini stranded when Boike got Montecalvo to pop up, Doug Heald to line softly to third and Boleski to strike out swinging.
The Americans added a couple of insurance runs off DiCato in the seventh on consecutive singles from Welch, Ryan Maguire, Tamoush and Pagliarulo.
Maguire worked the the seventh and got the Chiefs in order.
Fortunately for the Americans he was.
The righty cruised through his three innings of work facing just 10 batters and the Chiefs had him staked to a 2-0 lead.
Lanciani, making his first start in over six weeks, departed he game as planned after working a 1-2-3 third.
With his departure so went the Chiefs fortunes as the Americans put up six unanswered runs on the way to a 6-2 win on Saturday night at Playstead Park.
Lanciani set the Americans down in the top of the first and the Chiefs went right to work in the bottom of the inning.
Leadoff man Rick Sotiropoulos and Phil Costello both drew walks and moved up on a Ken Pescosolido wild pitch. Justin Crisafulli flew to short right for the first out. Cleanup man Mike Andre remained hot at the plate and delivered both runners with a line shot single to right center to give the Chiefs a 2-0 lead. After the second out, Jim Buldini singled to put runners at first and third but Pescosolido escaped further trouble when he got Rich Montecalvo to bounce out to third. Lanciani, who has been nursing a sore elbow, worked an easy second and third and left after throwing 34 pitches.
The Americans greeted reliever Mark Blake with four big runs in the top of fourth. A walk to Sam Shaughnessy, singles by John Welch and Steve Tamoush sandwiched around a hit batsman, followed by a Charlie Pagliarulo sacrifice fly and another single from veteran Steve Napier accounted for the big inning.
Paul Bratton relieved Blake in the fifth and the Americans loaded the bases with one out. Bratton experienced tightness in his arm and had to leave the mound. Mike DiCato came on and kept the Chiefs in the ballgame when he got them out of the bases loaded jam the with a popup and a groundout.
DiCato surrendered a leadoff double to Napier in the top of the sixth but left him right there when the UMass righty got Jake Christman and Ryan Buke to fly out and caught Mike Burgoyne looking.
Southpaw Nolan Boike, back from Lowell of the NECBL, came on to work the bottom of the sixth for the Americans. Buldini welcomed him with a long double off the fence in left and went to third on a passed ball with nobody out. The Chiefs left Buldini stranded when Boike got Montecalvo to pop up, Doug Heald to line softly to third and Boleski to strike out swinging.
The Americans added a couple of insurance runs off DiCato in the seventh on consecutive singles from Welch, Ryan Maguire, Tamoush and Pagliarulo.
Maguire worked the the seventh and got the Chiefs in order.
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