Andre Chiefs

Courtesy of Bruce Hack
(Lexington, MA) The Chiefs sent veteran pitcher Tim Dunphy to the mound and he led his teammates to a 5-3 win over the Middlesex Expos on Saturday afternoon at Lexington High. The southpaw pitched 6 1/3 innings, giving up 7 hits, 3 runs, walked one and struck out eight. He retired six straight and 8 of 9 batters in the third through fifth innings.

The Chiefs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. With two outs Andrew Caulfield and Ryan Noone each walked and Joe Bova was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Caulfield scored on a wild pitch and Kyle DeRoma’s double drove in Noone and Bova for the 3-0 lead.

In the second the Chiefs added two more runs. Christian Rosatti was walked with one out and scored on an RBI single by Juan Parra. After a walk to Teddy Dziuba and a strikeout Noone singled to scored Parra for a 5-0 lead.

The Expos started chipping away at the lead in the bottom of the second. Eduardo Colemenares doubled with one out and scored on a two-out single by Amulfo Gonzalez to make it 5-1 Chiefs.

Middlesex cut the lead by 5-3 in the bottom of the fifth on RBI singles by Dionys Quezada in the third, driving in Tom Muizulis, and the fifth that scored Jose Paulino.

Roland Mendez came in in relief in the second inning for Middlesex and held the Chiefs to two hits with five strikeouts, giving his teammates a chance to comeback. Mendez set down the final 11 batters he faced, including the side in order in the fourth through sixth innings.

For the Chiefs it was their eighth straight win on Day of Baseball, all as the road team. This was the Expos first game on the Day of Baseball.

The Chiefs are back in action when they host the Melrose Americans at Maplewood at 8:00 PM.