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Intercity League All-Stars Beat Boston Park League, 4-1
Posted by Chiefs Baseball at Jul 23, 2006 5:00PM PDT
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By Bruce Hack Lexington Blue Sox Director of Media Relations WAKEFIELD – All-Star games feature the best of the best and fans expect to see exceptional performances. The fans who witnessed the best of the Boston Park League square off against the best of the Intercity League at Wakefield on Sunday afternoon were not disappointed as the host Intercity team came away with a 4-1 win. In the renewal of an annual summer event, the ICL players used timely hitting, quality pitching and great defense to come away with the win over their brethren from the city. The Intercity League struck first in the bottom of the second. With one out Dan Powers (Lexington/Holy Cross) walked. After a fly out he moved to second on John Welch’s (Medford/St. Anselm) single. Powers scored when Lexington teammate Eric Poling (Greenville College) singled to center and the home team was up 1-0. The hosts, who were guided by Lexington manager Rick DeAngelis, scored again in the third when Lexington leadoff hitter Jake Dillard (Southwestern Oklahoma) doubled down the leftfield line and went to third on a throwing error by Jamie Dahill (Irish Village/St. Anselm). After an infield out held Dillard at third, Josh Klimkiewicz (Cassell/Harvard), second in the ICL with 19 RBI, drove in Dillard on a ground out to first. Both teams had runners on in every inning until the Park League’s Jay Turner (Stockyard/UMass-Boston) turned in a 1-2-3 fourth inning for his manager, Steve Busby who managed the BLP team. The Intercity League’s Aram Manoukian (Watertown/Bentley) followed Turner’s lead and set down the Park League in order in the fifth including striking out of Bill Andruskevich (Towne Club/Holy Cross). Both starting shortstops showed their defensive talent early in the game. The BPL Dorian Rojas (Carlson Club/Cumberland) made a great stop and tossed out Klimkiewicz at second in the first inning. Zach Golden (Cassell/Brandeis) stretched to take a throw from Klimkiewicz and get a force out at second. Great defense was not limited to the shortstops. Derek Cotoni (Gately/Bridgeport) helped himself in the sixth when he turned a line drive off the bat of Jim Pierce (ADSL/Thomas) into a double play. The Intercity League scored its final two runs in the sixth when they loaded the bases. Jamie Gath (Gately/Bentley) reached on catcher’s interference and consecutive singles by Jeff Paquette (Cassell/Fitchburg St.) and Dan Hughes (Lexington/Brown) put three ICL players on with no outs. After a strikeout, Mike Andre (Andre Chiefs/Merrimack) drove in Gath with a deep drive to right for a sacrifice fly. Paquette scored the fourth run when he came home on a passed ball. Solid pitching by the Intercity League kept the Park League off the scoreboard until the ninth. The eight hurlers scattered five hits, walked one and struck out five. Lexington’s Ben Simon (Providence, RI/Tufts), 2-1 with a 0.41 ERA, earned the win by pitching the second inning and striking out two. The Park League broke through in the ninth when Evan Tardugno (Stockyard/UMass-Boston) reached on an error to start off the inning. A. J. Turner (Mass Envelope/Eastern Nazarene) had his second hit of the game, the only player to get two hits in the game, to put runners at first and third. Turner stole second putting both runners in scoring position. Tardugno scored on Matt Moyen’s (Mass Envelope/Wentworth) infield out to make it 4-1. Jim Pierce hit a sinking line drive o center that Tim Dempsey (Cassell/UMass-Lowell) made the catch on and then threw a perfect strike to catcher Matt Fiore (Mooney Dental/WPI) to retire Turner at the plate and end the game. Pierce had two at bats in the game and made four outs hitting into double plays both times up. Both teams had outstanding plays and players, but two were recognized as “best-of-the best”. For the Park League A. J. Turner earned outstanding hitter as he went 2-for-2. The Intercity League’s Jake Dillard earned the same award for his league. Dillard had a double, the only extra-base hit of the game, and scored a run. Medford Based Players Shine in ICL All-Star Game All-Stars representing the Andre Chiefs and the Medford Americans performed very well in Sunday’s Intercity League’s win over the Boston Park League at Wakefield. Medford Americans John Welch (Medford/St. Anselm) and Ryan Maguire (Arlington/Marist) both had singles for the ICL. Lefty Jeff Keefe (Arlington/St. Anselm), who had a no-hitter earlier this year, pitched a scoreless fourth inning. Chiefs third baseman Mike Andre (Medford/Merrimack) hit the longest ball of the day, a long RBI sacrifice fly to deep right, that scored the Intercity League’s third run in the sixth inning. Welch moved into second place in the ICL home run category when he hit his third of the season against Woburn on Saturday in the Americans 7-1 win at Ferullo Field. He is hitting .278 with eight RBI’s on the season. Andre moved into the third spot last week in the ICL’s batting race, raising his average to a lofty .424, (25 for 59) with one home run. His 12 RBI’s put him in fifth place among the league leaders in that department. ICL All-Stars 4, Boston Park League 1 (July 23, 2006 at Wakefield, MA) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boston Park League.. 000 000 001 - 1 5 2 ICL All-Stars....... 011 002 00X - 4 7 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitchers: Boston Park League - R. Mercado; F. Emery(2); M. McDonough(3); J. Turner(4); E. Tardugno(5); M. Regan(6); J. Collins(7); J. Blandino(8) and A. Terista, A. Collins (5). ICL All-Stars - B. Cooke; B. Simon(2); D. Martin(3); J. Keefe(4); A. Manoukian(5); D. Cotoni(6); T. Dunphy(7); B. Shapiro(9) and E. Poling; M. Sorrentino (4); M. Fiore (7). Win-B. Simon(1-0) Loss-F. Emery(0-1) T-1:55 A-206
Freni Leads Chiefs to 6-5 Win in ICL Debut
Posted by Chiefs Baseball at Jul 18, 2006 5:00PM PDT
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Wakefield- A pair of former Malden Catholic aces teamed up on the mound to lead the Chiefs to a 6-5 win over the Merchants at Walsh Field on Wednesday night.
Jared Freni picked up the win in his Intercity debut going 5.1 innings before handing the ball to his old Lancer teammate Mike DiCato. DiCato picked up the save with some hard nosed pitching in the both the sixth and seventh innings and preserve Freni's first win.
On the complete opposite end of the spectrum, Freni was matched up against former Chicago Cub farmhand Steve Coffey, twenty years his senior, who has made over one hundred starts for the Merchants since 1991. The veteran fireballer retired the Chiefs in order in the first.
Freni started his ICL career by getting L.J. DiMaino to pop out to Doug Heald at second base. T.J. Sheedy grounded to short, Brown shortstop Rob Pappenhouse singled and Freni recorded his first ICL strikeout by getting catcher Mike Sorrentino looking to end the inning.
The Chiefs picked up a run off Coffey in the top of the second when Jeff DeCarlo singled and went to second on a passed ball. DiCato, who started the game at first base, then delivered the former St. John's star with a double to left giving the Chiefs a 1-0 lead.
Wakefield picked up an unearned run that tied the game in the bottom of the second. Freni got Chad Dwyer to fly to left and struck out Dana Dagostino for the inning's first two outs. Ageless veteran Andy Hartung, another former Chicago Cub product, reached on error by shortstop Rich Montecalvo. Freni then tried to pick Hartung off first but his throw sailed high allowing Hartung to go to second. Russo then lined a single to center scoring Hartung. Freni averted further trouble when he got Jeff Ericksen to fly to Jimmy Buldini in center.
Heald was hit by a Coffey pitch leading off the Chiefs third but Buldini flew out and Phil Costello bounced into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.
In the Merchants third, DeMaino grounded to Heald at second, Sheedy singled and was thrown out attempting to steal second by catcher Sean O'Brein. Freni ended the frame when he got Pappenhouse to strike out swinging.
The Chiefs threatened but could not score in the fourth. Justin Crisafulli and Mike Andre both drew walks but Coffey escaped the jam when he got DeCarlo to fly to center and DiCato to hit into a tailor made 6-4-3 double play.
Freni set down the Merchants in order in the bottom of the fourth inning and the Chiefs responded with three big runs in the top of the fifth sending Coffey to the showers. O'Brien led off with a single to left. Coffey struck out Montecalvo for the first out of the inning but Heald kept things going with a single to right center. Buldini then got his second hit of the night to left that loaded the bases. Costello then hit a slow bouncer to Pappenhouse at short and he flipped to Sheedy at second but had no chance of completing the doubleplay which allowed O'Brien to score. Crisafulli followed with a sharp single to left that scored Heald making it 3-1 Chiefs. Andre followed with a line single to right that reloaded the bases. DeCarlo then singled to left that scored Costello for a 4-1 lead. Kevin Flight replaced Coffey and he got DiCato to ground to second to end the inning.
Buldini made a spectacular diving catch of a Sorrentino sinking liner for the first out of the fifth. Freni stayed tough and got Russo to ground Montecalvo and Ericksen to pop to Andre.
Flight retired the Chiefs 1-2-3 in the top of the sixth.
DeMaino led off the Wakefield sixth by dropping a bunt single. Sheedy followed with a sharp single to right putting runners at first and second with nobody out. Freni then showed why he led all of Eastern Mass. this past spring with 119 strikeouts in 81 innings, when he got Pappenhouse swinging with a fastball. Sorrentino then singled to center scoring DeMaino to cut the Chiefs lead to 4-2. Dwyer then singled to right scoring Sheedy to make it 4-3. Dagostino drew a walk to load the bases. DiCato replaced Freni and got Hartung to ground to Andre at third who threw home to force out Sorrentino. With the count 2-2 on Russo, Dwyer attempted to steal home but was tagged out by O'Brien.
The Chiefs picked up two big insurance runs in the seventh when Buldini walked, Costello beat out a bunt, Crisafulli singled to left to load the bases for Andre who singled to left center scoring Buldini for a 5-3 Chiefs lead. Jared Marchese came on to get DeCarlo swinging before DiCato hustled down the line to beat a double play relay that allowed Costello to score and make it 6-3 Chiefs.
Wakefield came up with two runs in the bottom of the seventh before DiCato slammed the door by getting Dwyer to bounce out to Heald to end the game.
Chiefs Notes....The Chiefs host the Cassell Club at Playstead Thursday night at 6:00 PM. Mike Lanciani will get the start.....Former Chief great Steve Daley was in the crowd at Wakefield.....Mike Andre raised his average to .429 and has moved into second place in the ICL with 24 hits....
Jared Freni picked up the win in his Intercity debut going 5.1 innings before handing the ball to his old Lancer teammate Mike DiCato. DiCato picked up the save with some hard nosed pitching in the both the sixth and seventh innings and preserve Freni's first win.
On the complete opposite end of the spectrum, Freni was matched up against former Chicago Cub farmhand Steve Coffey, twenty years his senior, who has made over one hundred starts for the Merchants since 1991. The veteran fireballer retired the Chiefs in order in the first.
Freni started his ICL career by getting L.J. DiMaino to pop out to Doug Heald at second base. T.J. Sheedy grounded to short, Brown shortstop Rob Pappenhouse singled and Freni recorded his first ICL strikeout by getting catcher Mike Sorrentino looking to end the inning.
The Chiefs picked up a run off Coffey in the top of the second when Jeff DeCarlo singled and went to second on a passed ball. DiCato, who started the game at first base, then delivered the former St. John's star with a double to left giving the Chiefs a 1-0 lead.
Wakefield picked up an unearned run that tied the game in the bottom of the second. Freni got Chad Dwyer to fly to left and struck out Dana Dagostino for the inning's first two outs. Ageless veteran Andy Hartung, another former Chicago Cub product, reached on error by shortstop Rich Montecalvo. Freni then tried to pick Hartung off first but his throw sailed high allowing Hartung to go to second. Russo then lined a single to center scoring Hartung. Freni averted further trouble when he got Jeff Ericksen to fly to Jimmy Buldini in center.
Heald was hit by a Coffey pitch leading off the Chiefs third but Buldini flew out and Phil Costello bounced into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.
In the Merchants third, DeMaino grounded to Heald at second, Sheedy singled and was thrown out attempting to steal second by catcher Sean O'Brein. Freni ended the frame when he got Pappenhouse to strike out swinging.
The Chiefs threatened but could not score in the fourth. Justin Crisafulli and Mike Andre both drew walks but Coffey escaped the jam when he got DeCarlo to fly to center and DiCato to hit into a tailor made 6-4-3 double play.
Freni set down the Merchants in order in the bottom of the fourth inning and the Chiefs responded with three big runs in the top of the fifth sending Coffey to the showers. O'Brien led off with a single to left. Coffey struck out Montecalvo for the first out of the inning but Heald kept things going with a single to right center. Buldini then got his second hit of the night to left that loaded the bases. Costello then hit a slow bouncer to Pappenhouse at short and he flipped to Sheedy at second but had no chance of completing the doubleplay which allowed O'Brien to score. Crisafulli followed with a sharp single to left that scored Heald making it 3-1 Chiefs. Andre followed with a line single to right that reloaded the bases. DeCarlo then singled to left that scored Costello for a 4-1 lead. Kevin Flight replaced Coffey and he got DiCato to ground to second to end the inning.
Buldini made a spectacular diving catch of a Sorrentino sinking liner for the first out of the fifth. Freni stayed tough and got Russo to ground Montecalvo and Ericksen to pop to Andre.
Flight retired the Chiefs 1-2-3 in the top of the sixth.
DeMaino led off the Wakefield sixth by dropping a bunt single. Sheedy followed with a sharp single to right putting runners at first and second with nobody out. Freni then showed why he led all of Eastern Mass. this past spring with 119 strikeouts in 81 innings, when he got Pappenhouse swinging with a fastball. Sorrentino then singled to center scoring DeMaino to cut the Chiefs lead to 4-2. Dwyer then singled to right scoring Sheedy to make it 4-3. Dagostino drew a walk to load the bases. DiCato replaced Freni and got Hartung to ground to Andre at third who threw home to force out Sorrentino. With the count 2-2 on Russo, Dwyer attempted to steal home but was tagged out by O'Brien.
The Chiefs picked up two big insurance runs in the seventh when Buldini walked, Costello beat out a bunt, Crisafulli singled to left to load the bases for Andre who singled to left center scoring Buldini for a 5-3 Chiefs lead. Jared Marchese came on to get DeCarlo swinging before DiCato hustled down the line to beat a double play relay that allowed Costello to score and make it 6-3 Chiefs.
Wakefield came up with two runs in the bottom of the seventh before DiCato slammed the door by getting Dwyer to bounce out to Heald to end the game.
Chiefs Notes....The Chiefs host the Cassell Club at Playstead Thursday night at 6:00 PM. Mike Lanciani will get the start.....Former Chief great Steve Daley was in the crowd at Wakefield.....Mike Andre raised his average to .429 and has moved into second place in the ICL with 24 hits....
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.
