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Medford- It seems that a full week cannot go by without a host of rainouts playing havoc with the ICL schedule.

The Chiefs-Gately A's game fell victim to Wednesday's rain along with the rest of the ICL slate. As a result of then unusual amount of rain, the ICL's Board of Directors have voted to extend the calendar for regular season games to Friday, August 4.

The Chiefs hope Playstead Park will dry out enough so that they can at least have a chance to play Thursday's game  against the Wakefield Merchants. Mike Lanciani, who was scheduled to start against Gately, will get the start vs. Wakefield. The Chiefs have pencilled in righty Mike Coppinger to face the Americans on Saturday at 5:30 PM. 

Fans should check this website often for weather upadates and possible schedule changes.
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Justin Crisafulli Records 400th Chiefs Hit

Posted by Chiefs Baseball at Jul 10, 2006 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

Medford- His first hit came in 1994 on a rainy night at Alumni Stadium in Lowell when he was a shy 18 year old rookie a few days removed from his Medford High graduation.

His 400th came in the second inning of last Thursday's game at Woburn's Ferullo Field.

In his almost eleven Chiefs seasons in between, Justin Crisafulli has established himself as one the greatest and most feared Chiefs hitters of all time.

Crisafulli reached the lofty ICL 400 hit plateau with a two RBI single down the left field line and now trails only Mike Langston (530) on the Chiefs all time hit list. Along the way, Justin has ripped 78 home runs and knocked in 324 runs. Add to those impressive totals the fact that he has a career .369 batting average, it becomes obvious to see why he is considered among one of the Intercity League's all time best. And for Chiefs fans the good news is that he is still going strong and will be an odds on bet to break every ICL batting record before he hangs up the spikes.

Crisafulli emerged as a star at Medford High School in the early 1990's. His baseball ability was not limited to the plate as he was considered one of the state's top high school pitchers of that era. In fact, he was actually selected by the Boston Red Sox as a pitcher in the 17th round of the 1995 major league draft. He opted to attend Western Arizona Junior College instead. That decison rewarded him with a trip to the JUCO World Series. Following his career in Arizona, Crisafulli accepted a baseball scholarship to Divison II powerhouse Central Missouri State and once again found himself playing for post season honors, this time in the D-2 World Series.

After one of the the most incredible individual ICL season's of all time, when he hit a remarkable .515 (70 for 136) with 13 homers and 57 RBI's, leading the Chiefs to a 36-6 record and another championship, Justin signed with the Cleveland Indians on the day after the 1997 season ended.

At 30, Justin still puts fear into ICL pitchers. Although his home runs totals have decreased, along with the rest of the ICL, since the league's wood bat era began in 2002, he still is always among the home run leaders.

A "True Chief" in every sense of the term, Crisafulli has now become the elder statesman of the Chiefs franchise. When his playing days are over, hopefully not for many more years, he will be remembered as not only one of the greatest hitter's in ICL history but also one of the most classiest guys to ever to wear the Chiefs uniform.
Justin Crisafulli's Road to 400 Chiefs Hits

YEAR

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

AVG

2006

44

9

11

2

5

.250

2003

79

7

21

1

13

.266

2002

110

13

39

3

27

.355

2001

106

35

43

6

34

.406

2000

109

36

44

13

41

.404

1999

114

34

44

13

32

.386

1998

105

24

32

9

40

.305

1997

136

50

70

13

57

.515

1996

110

24

38

9

33

.345

1995

129

36

47

8

35

.364

1994

50

10

14

1

7

.280

Totals

1,092

278

403

78

324

.369




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Medford-Mike DiCato threw a complete game three hitter and fellow rookie Mike Andre drilled a three run homer to lead the Chiefs past the Medford Americans 6-1 on Monday night at Playstead Park.

The Chiefs started quickly against Americans starter Alex Sosnowski of Sam Houston State. Sosnowski got leadoff man Rick Sotiropoulos to fly out but trouble began when Phil Costello reached on an infield error. Justin Crisafulli then singled to left and Andre gave the Chiefs a quick 3-0 lead when he hit a towering home run over the right field fence. Singles from Jeff DeCarlo, Sean O'Brien and Jimmy Buldini increased the Chiefs lead to 4-0 and drove Sosnowski from the mound after just 2/3rds of an inning.

The Americans closed the gap to 4-1 with an unearned run in the bottom of the first. Mike Burgoyne reached on an error by shortstop Rich Montecalvo went to second on a Charlie Pagliarulo single, to third on an infield groundout and eventually scored on a Steve Tamoush grounder to DeCarlo at first.

The Chiefs increased their lead to 6-1 in the third on RBI singles from Buldini and Doug Heald.

DiCato was in control all evening long and needed just 72 pitches to pick up his first ICL win. The former Malden Catholic and present UMass star struck out three and walked just one.

Chiefs Notes...The Chiefs are off until Wednesday when they host Gately at Playstead at 6:00 PM. Mike Lanciani is expected to come off the DL and get the start....DiCato lowered his ERA to 2.80 with the win.....Andre remains among the ICL leaders in hitting with a .390 average.....
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Lexington- Veteran righty Ben Simon (Tufts), winner of eight games for the Blue Sox in 2005, took a perfect game into the fifth inning while his mates pounded out 11 hits and 11 runs on the way to a 11-0 whitewash of the Chiefs at Lexington on Sunday evening.

The Sox jumped on Chiefs starter and loser Mike Chandler for seven runs and six hits in 2.1 innings. Paul Bratton, Dean Corsi and Mark Blake also worked for the Chiefs in the loss.

Simon retired the first 13 Chiefs batters he faced before cleanup man Mike Andre broke up his perfect game bid with a single up the middle with one out in the fifth inning.

Steve Bodnar (Babson) and Rob Oteiri (Holy Cross) worked the sixth and seventh innings respectively for Lexington. A Rich Montecalvo sixth inning single off Bodnar and a Mike DiCato seventh inning single off Oteiri accounted for the Chiefs other two hits of the game.
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Posted by Chiefs Baseball at Jul 7, 2006 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

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BATTING

  HOME RUNS       RBI    HITS  
 1  Justin Crisafulli  91  Justin Crisafulli  417  Justin Crisafulli  567 
 2  Mike Langston  44  Mike Langston  356  Mike Langston  538
 3  Warren Olson  41  Mike Andre  205  Mike Barnes  365
 4  Hank Landers  40  Mike Barnes  203  Mike Andre  344
 5  Steve Daley     32  Warren Olson  200  Dave Clivio  328 
 6  Johnny Welch  26  Steve Daley  192  Warren Olson  304
 7  Juan Portes  18  Hank Landers  186  Steve Daley  273
 8  Mike Barnes  16  Dave Clivio  167  Hank Landers  238
 9  Paul Stewart  14  Peter Copa  132  Brian Macrina  227
 10  Joe Rizzo  13  Joe Rizzo  118  Peter Copa  224
 11  Jeff Bercume  12  Alex Masel  116  Alex Masel  213
 12  Alex Masel  11  Mike Romano  109  Mike Romano  194
 13  Dave Clivio  10  Juan Portes   99  Mike Barbati  180
 14  Steve Puleo  10  Johnny Welch  96  Tony Serino  179
 15  Peter Copa  10  Matt Vecchio  91  Joe Rizzo  168
 16  Mike Andre   9  Mike Barbati  87  Matt Vecchio  166
 17  Brian Macrina   8  Brian Macrina  83  Juan Portes  153
 18  Matt Vecchio  8  Jeff Bercume   75  Jeff Bercume  150
 19  M.Baillargeon      7  Rob Zeytoonian  71  Jerry Tabler  148
20  Matt Boleski  7  Tony Serino  65  Eddie Carnes  139
 21  Mike Gedman  7  Jerry Tabler  64  Tony Deshler  132
 22  Paul Crisafulli  6  Paul Stewart  62  Rob Zeytoonian  129
 23  Mike Romano  6  Matt Boleski  61  Johnny Welch 127
 24  Matt Nuzzo  6  Steve Puleo  58  P.Yanakopulos  105
 25  Leivi Ventura    5  Eddie Carnes  57  Paul Stewart  104
 26  Ben Waldrip  5  Tony Deshler  55  Nate Witkowski    98
 27  Colin Young  4  Mike Gedman  51  Steve Puleo    92
 28  Tony Deshler  4  MIke Burgoyne  47  Steve Gambale    88
 29  Marc Rodriguez  4  Nate Witkowski  46  Brendn Pyburn    88
 30  Jerry Tabler  4  Steve Gambale  41  Mike Gedman    86

PITCHING

   WINS    APPEARANCES    STRIKEOUTS    INNINGS  
 1  Dave Marsters       99  Dave Marsters  204  Jared Freni   908  Dave Marsters 1028
 2  Jared Freni  71  Ari Koufos  120  Dave Marsters   778  Jared Freni  656
 3  Ari Koufos  49  Jared Freni  110  Ari Koufos  328  Ari Koufos  615
 4  Tim Dunphy  46  Tim Dunphy  104  Jon Drew  288  Tim Dunphy  496 
 5  Jon Drew  37  Mike DiCato  101  Mike DiCato  283  Mike DiCato  425
 6  Mike DiCato   32  John Drew   70  Tim Dunphy  249  Jon Drew  365
 7  Joe Santagate  28  Joe Santagate   69  Mitchell Clegg  215  JoeSantagate  274
 8  Mitchell Clegg  20  Jay Dillon   45  Joe Santagate  194  Dylan Ellis  224
 9  Jay Dillon  19  Rob Machado   42  Keith Forbes  192  Mitchell Clegg  215
 10  Dylan Ellis  17  Matt DiCato   41  Dylan Ellis  167  Jay Dillon  195
 11  Dave Martin  15  Mitchell Clegg   41  Jay Dillion  144  Dave Martin  167
 12  Matt DiCato  14  Dylan Ellis   38  Rob Machado  128  Rob Machado  152
 13  Ron Laham  13  Chris Foundas   38  Mike Carista  103  Matt DiCato   137
 14  Steve Silvio  12  Dave Martin   35  Steve Silvio  102  Steve Silvio  135
 15  Dave Piho  12  Eric Hopkins   32  Matt DiCato  100  Keith Forbes  125
 16  Mike Carista  11  Justin Crisafulli   31  Paul Koslowski   97  Paul Koslowski  112
 17  Keith Forbes  10  P. Koslowski   30  Dave Martin   88  Dave Piho  111
 18  S.McCormick   9  Keith Forbes   24  Doug Connolly   85  Ron Laham    92
 19  Paul Koslowski    9  Ron Laham   23  Ron Laham   83  Doug Connolly    92
 20  Rob Machado   9  Steve Silvio   23  Josh Desai   71  Mike Carista    83