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Reds Deal Chiefs a Tough Loss, 1-0
Posted by Chiefs Baseball at Jul 17, 2006 5:00PM PDT
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Medford- It was as tough of a loss as this young tribe of Chiefs have experienced this season.
The Chiefs outhit the Reds.
The Chiefs outpitched the Reds.
And the Chiefs even out defensed the Reds.
The only thing they didn't do was outscore the Reds.
The end result was a tough to take 1-0 loss at Playstead Park on Tuesday night.
Chiefs starter Mike Chandler wiggled his way out of several jams and kept the Chiefs in the ballgame working into the seventh inning. Chandler allowed only two hits but had some control issues walking a half dozen and hitting three others. He pulled enough escapes to keep it a 1-0 game into the seventh.
Chandler got out of a first and second, two out situation in the top of the first, and the Chiefs went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the inning against Reds starter Joe Chiodo.
Nothing doing for the Reds in the top of the second and Chiefs cleanup man Mike Andre got the Chiefs second off to a good start with a line single to right. Chiodo got Jeff DeCarlo to fly out and catcher Sean O'Brien to bounce into a 5-4-3 doubleplay.
The Reds scored their only run of the night in the top of the third. Luke Begley dropped a bunt single and Will Bissonnette walked. Jason Hoye then drilled a single to left scoring Begley and giving the Reds a 1-0 lead. Chandler escaped further damage when he got Matt McEvoy on a flyout, Brian Shapiro on groundout and John Lynch to pop up.
Chandler and Chiodo kept matching zeros until the Chiefs threatened in the sixth. After one out, Justin Crisafulli walked and Mark Blake pinch ran. Andre singled again to right but Chiodo got DeCarlo to line out to third for the second out. He then walked O'Brien on four pitches and gave way to reliever Brian Shapiro. The former Chiefs closer then struck out Rich Montecalvo looking with the bases loaded to end the inning.
Chandler gave up a leadoff walk in the seventh and was relieved by Mike DiCato. After a sacrifice bunt, an intentional walk to McEvoy and a single by Shapiro, DiCato worked out of the bases loaded jam by striking out Brendan Eygabroat and getting Lynch on an infield grounder.
A Phil Costello pinch hit infield single is all the Chiefs could muster against Shapiro in the seventh.
The Chiefs outhit the Reds.
The Chiefs outpitched the Reds.
And the Chiefs even out defensed the Reds.
The only thing they didn't do was outscore the Reds.
The end result was a tough to take 1-0 loss at Playstead Park on Tuesday night.
Chiefs starter Mike Chandler wiggled his way out of several jams and kept the Chiefs in the ballgame working into the seventh inning. Chandler allowed only two hits but had some control issues walking a half dozen and hitting three others. He pulled enough escapes to keep it a 1-0 game into the seventh.
Chandler got out of a first and second, two out situation in the top of the first, and the Chiefs went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the inning against Reds starter Joe Chiodo.
Nothing doing for the Reds in the top of the second and Chiefs cleanup man Mike Andre got the Chiefs second off to a good start with a line single to right. Chiodo got Jeff DeCarlo to fly out and catcher Sean O'Brien to bounce into a 5-4-3 doubleplay.
The Reds scored their only run of the night in the top of the third. Luke Begley dropped a bunt single and Will Bissonnette walked. Jason Hoye then drilled a single to left scoring Begley and giving the Reds a 1-0 lead. Chandler escaped further damage when he got Matt McEvoy on a flyout, Brian Shapiro on groundout and John Lynch to pop up.
Chandler and Chiodo kept matching zeros until the Chiefs threatened in the sixth. After one out, Justin Crisafulli walked and Mark Blake pinch ran. Andre singled again to right but Chiodo got DeCarlo to line out to third for the second out. He then walked O'Brien on four pitches and gave way to reliever Brian Shapiro. The former Chiefs closer then struck out Rich Montecalvo looking with the bases loaded to end the inning.
Chandler gave up a leadoff walk in the seventh and was relieved by Mike DiCato. After a sacrifice bunt, an intentional walk to McEvoy and a single by Shapiro, DiCato worked out of the bases loaded jam by striking out Brendan Eygabroat and getting Lynch on an infield grounder.
A Phil Costello pinch hit infield single is all the Chiefs could muster against Shapiro in the seventh.
Medford- The Medford Americans won their third straight game when they knocked off the Chiefs last night 7-6 at Playstead Park . The game was a darkeness shortened six inning affair.
The Chiefs took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first off Americans starter Ryan Maguire. Phil Costello singled with one out and went to second on a Justin Crisafulli fielders chocie. Mike Andre then singled to left scoring Costello to give the Chiefs a 1-0 lead. Jeff DeCarlo then launched a long double to left center that scored Andre all the way from first base giving the Chiefs a 2-0 lead.
The Americans came right back with a five spot in the top of the second off Chiefs starter and loser Mike Coppinger. Steve Panza, Jay Christman and Erik Zarrella all singled, Ryan Burke hit into a fielders choice scoring Panza, Mike Burgoyne drew a walk to reload the bases, Charlie Pagliarulo singled and went to third when right fielder Jeff DeCarlo let the ball skip by him making it 4-2. Johnny Welch then lifted a sacrifice fly scoring Pagliarulo for a 5-2 Americans lead.
The Chiefs closed the gap to 5-4 in the bottom of the second when Sean O'Brien singled, Rich Montecalvo sacrificed him to second, Doug Heald walked and Jim Buldini delivered them both with a long double to left.
The Americans added a run in the third to take a 6-4 lead on Christman RBI double. It went to 7-4 in the fourth on a Steve Napier RBI single.
The Chiefs made it a 7-6 game in the sixth on singles from O'Brien and Montecalvo, a Heald fielder's choice and a Buldini sacrifice fly. Lefty Nolan Boike came on in relief of Maguire to get Crisafulli to fly to right for the last out of the sixth.
The game was called due to darkness with the Americans batting in the top of the seventh.
Righty Mike Chandler will draw the start for the Chiefs when they host the Watertown Reds on Tuesday night at Playstead at 6:00 PM.
The Chiefs took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first off Americans starter Ryan Maguire. Phil Costello singled with one out and went to second on a Justin Crisafulli fielders chocie. Mike Andre then singled to left scoring Costello to give the Chiefs a 1-0 lead. Jeff DeCarlo then launched a long double to left center that scored Andre all the way from first base giving the Chiefs a 2-0 lead.
The Americans came right back with a five spot in the top of the second off Chiefs starter and loser Mike Coppinger. Steve Panza, Jay Christman and Erik Zarrella all singled, Ryan Burke hit into a fielders choice scoring Panza, Mike Burgoyne drew a walk to reload the bases, Charlie Pagliarulo singled and went to third when right fielder Jeff DeCarlo let the ball skip by him making it 4-2. Johnny Welch then lifted a sacrifice fly scoring Pagliarulo for a 5-2 Americans lead.
The Chiefs closed the gap to 5-4 in the bottom of the second when Sean O'Brien singled, Rich Montecalvo sacrificed him to second, Doug Heald walked and Jim Buldini delivered them both with a long double to left.
The Americans added a run in the third to take a 6-4 lead on Christman RBI double. It went to 7-4 in the fourth on a Steve Napier RBI single.
The Chiefs made it a 7-6 game in the sixth on singles from O'Brien and Montecalvo, a Heald fielder's choice and a Buldini sacrifice fly. Lefty Nolan Boike came on in relief of Maguire to get Crisafulli to fly to right for the last out of the sixth.
The game was called due to darkness with the Americans batting in the top of the seventh.
Righty Mike Chandler will draw the start for the Chiefs when they host the Watertown Reds on Tuesday night at Playstead at 6:00 PM.
Americans Rallly to Knock Off Chiefs, 6-2
Posted by Chiefs Baseball at Jul 15, 2006 5:00PM PDT
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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.
Andre, Lanciani Selected to Represent Chiefs at ICL-BPL All-Star Game
Posted by Chiefs Baseball at Jul 15, 2006 5:00PM PDT
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Wakefield- League President Les DeMarco and ICL manager Rick DeAngelis announced yesterday that third baseman Mike Andre and pitcher Mike Lanciani will be the Chiefs representatives at the ICL-Boston Park League all-star game. The game will be played on Sunday, July 23 at Walsh Field in Wakefield at 2:00 PM.
Chiefs veteran slugger Justin Crisafulli was named to the team but had to decline due to a previous commitment with the Boston Typos. It was the tenth time that Crisafulli was named an ICL all-star.
Pitcher Mike DiCato was then named by DeAngelis to replace Crisafulli as the second Chiefs representative. As luck would have it for the former Malden Catholic and present UMass-Amherst star, due to the recent scheduling of the game, DiCato had also made a prior commitment to join Crisafulli and play in the Union Printers tournament on all-star Sunday for the Typos in Ft. Myers,Florida.
Both Crisafulli and DiCato made their commitments to represent The City of Boston in the annual Florida tournament only after receiving permission and receiving the support of the Chiefs coaching staff. Both are expected to miss only two regular season games along with the all-star game.
Enter Mike Lanciani who made his return to the mound on Saturday with three more sharp innings of scoreless ball. Lanciani, with his recent performance, coupled with the fact that he has not allowed an earned run in 15 innings of work, then became the unanimous league wide choice to join Mike Andre as the Chiefs second representative on the ICL squad.
For the rookie Andre, who was the first Chief selected to the team, it will obviously be his first ICL all-star game as a player. The former GBL all-star just completed his freshman year at Merrimack College in May. Andre had recently declined a late invitation to play in the Typos tournament. The left hand swinging Andre was hitting a team leading .383 (18-47) with one home run at the time of his selection. He also leads the Chiefs in most offensive categories including hits (18), RBI's (9), OB% .420 and Slugging % .468. DiCato and Andre were teammates on the 2004 Metro Squad of the Bay State Games at Harvard University.
Lanciani along with having a 0.00 ERA, is 1-0 and has allowed just seven hits in 15 innings. He has struck out 11 batters and has issued just one walk. The Andover native was in the Merrimack College starting rotation as a senior this past spring.
Joining DeAngelis as coaches on the 2006 ICL staff will be Bob Nasson of the Cassell Club, Dave Ellegood of the Wakefield Merchants, Scott Blumsack of the Gately A's and Joe Chiodo of the Watertown Reds.
A complete list of the ICL all-stars will be available late Monday afternoon.
Chiefs veteran slugger Justin Crisafulli was named to the team but had to decline due to a previous commitment with the Boston Typos. It was the tenth time that Crisafulli was named an ICL all-star.
Pitcher Mike DiCato was then named by DeAngelis to replace Crisafulli as the second Chiefs representative. As luck would have it for the former Malden Catholic and present UMass-Amherst star, due to the recent scheduling of the game, DiCato had also made a prior commitment to join Crisafulli and play in the Union Printers tournament on all-star Sunday for the Typos in Ft. Myers,Florida.
Both Crisafulli and DiCato made their commitments to represent The City of Boston in the annual Florida tournament only after receiving permission and receiving the support of the Chiefs coaching staff. Both are expected to miss only two regular season games along with the all-star game.
Enter Mike Lanciani who made his return to the mound on Saturday with three more sharp innings of scoreless ball. Lanciani, with his recent performance, coupled with the fact that he has not allowed an earned run in 15 innings of work, then became the unanimous league wide choice to join Mike Andre as the Chiefs second representative on the ICL squad.
For the rookie Andre, who was the first Chief selected to the team, it will obviously be his first ICL all-star game as a player. The former GBL all-star just completed his freshman year at Merrimack College in May. Andre had recently declined a late invitation to play in the Typos tournament. The left hand swinging Andre was hitting a team leading .383 (18-47) with one home run at the time of his selection. He also leads the Chiefs in most offensive categories including hits (18), RBI's (9), OB% .420 and Slugging % .468. DiCato and Andre were teammates on the 2004 Metro Squad of the Bay State Games at Harvard University.
Lanciani along with having a 0.00 ERA, is 1-0 and has allowed just seven hits in 15 innings. He has struck out 11 batters and has issued just one walk. The Andover native was in the Merrimack College starting rotation as a senior this past spring.
Joining DeAngelis as coaches on the 2006 ICL staff will be Bob Nasson of the Cassell Club, Dave Ellegood of the Wakefield Merchants, Scott Blumsack of the Gately A's and Joe Chiodo of the Watertown Reds.
A complete list of the ICL all-stars will be available late Monday afternoon.
Two more days of heavy rain have ICL General Managers scrambling to reschedule even more games in a season that has been plagued by rain, rain and more rain.....The Chiefs fell victim to the weather for the second day in a row. Thursday's game vs. Wakefield was called off yesterday morning when Chiefs Assistant Manager Paul Criasfulli, along with representatives of the Medford Park Department toured Playstead Park and deemed it unplayable for the game. Despite the clearing conditions late in the day, the field remained saturated ....Thursday's postponement was a franchise record high ninth on the Chiefs schedule this summer. With all of the rain that Eastern Massachusetts has received, the ICL's Board of Directors have been forced to extend the regular season slate until at least Friday, August 4. The Chiefs have already scheduled a makeup game that night against the Gately A's at Playstead at 6:00 PM....The ICL will be putting out a revised regular season and playoff schedule in the next few days....The Chiefs face the prospect of having to play thirteen games in the next nineteen days. In addition, all games that were scheduled for Sunday, July 23, including the Chiefs at Gately contest, must be rescheduled due to the all-star game with the Boston Park League at Wakefield at 2:00 PM.....The postponements have once again thrown the Chiefs pitching roatation into shambles.It is expected that Mike Lanciani, who has been on the DL since June 5, will now start for the Chiefs on Saturday vs. the Americans at Playstead at 5:30 PM. Mike Coppinger is now penciled in for his start against the Americans on Monday.....Cassell's Mike Parissi, who threw five innings of three hit ball against the Chiefs on June 30 at Trum, tossed a no-hitter against Wakefield on Monday night.....Veteran outfielder Brian Macrina remains hampered by a wrist injury that has had him in and out of the lineup since June 12. The former Merrimack star and four time ICL all-star is hitting .304 but has been able to make only 24 plate appearances.....Former GBL MVP Sean O'Brien of Arlington, MA had the first three hit game of his ICL career against the Americans...Chiefs Hall of Famer Mike Barnes was a visitor to the Chiefs dugout on Monday. Barnsey had his newborn baby and future Chief rightfielder, Tyler Ray, in tow. Barnes' #22 was retired by the Chiefs in 2003. He played twelve seasons with the Chiefs and won four ICL Chamoionships.....Former ICL star Tony Pappalardo, who spent many years with the Medford franchise in the late 1960's and 1970's, was also in attendence....Steve Howe, who co-captained the 1974 edition of the 24-1 GBL champion Medford High Mustangs along with Chiefs manager Chuck Andre, also made an appearance at Monday's game. Howe and Andre formed one of the top pitching duos in Mustang history with Howe going 11-1 and Andre 12-0.The second baseman on that team was none other than Chiefs Hall of Famer Dave Clivio......The ICL is awaiting today's announcemnt of the 2006 ICL all-star team by Lexington manager Rick DeAngelis who earned the honor of piloting the squad after winning the 2005 championship with his Blue Sox. Justin Crisafulli, Mike Andre and pitchers Mike DiCato, Mike Lanciani and Mike Coppinger could all be in contention to earn an all-star spot. Brain Macrina, certainly would have also vied for a spot if he was healthy. The team is expected to be announced by DeAngelis sometime late Friday.....It may be a good idea for those struggling at the plate to find out what the Cassell Club's Zack Golden has been eating lately. At last check the former Brandeis University shortstop is hitting an obscene .560, (28 for 50 ) wiith 23 RBI's, leading the ICL in those categories. Justin Crisafulli is tied with three others for the ICL home run lead with 2. Mike Andre is 3rd in the league in hits with 17 behind Matt McEvoy of Watertown (21) and Golden. Andre checks in at the sixth spot in the batting race with a .386 average (17-44) and fifth in on the home run list..... In the Mike's are wild deparment; Mike DiCato (2.80), Mike Coppinger (2.36) and Mike Lanciani (0.00) are all among the league leaders in ERA......
