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Coppinger, DiCato & Andre Lead Chiefs Over Woburn, 2-1
Posted by Chiefs Baseball on
Jun 01 2006
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Medford-Righthander Mike Coppinger (Merrimack, Medway, MA) threw five innings of one hit baseball to lead the Chiefs to their second straight win, 2-1 over the Woburn Tanners in a rain shortened six inning affair at Playstead Park on Thursday night .
The Chiefs could have made Coppinger's night a little easier as they stranded nine men on base, six in scoring position.
Woburn's Evan Gallante (UMass-Lowell, Winchester), escaped some big time jams and matched Coppinger in throwing blanks for the first two innings.
Coppinger retired the Woburn side in order in the first before the Chiefs mounted their first scoring threat in the bottom of inning. Rich Montecalvo led off and was hit by a Gallante pitch. Veteran Brian Macrina then launched a long double off the top of the center field fence to put Chiefs runners on second and third with nobody out. Gallante then got Justin Crisafulli to pop up, Mike DiCato striking out swinging and Sean O'Brien to pop to short right.
Coppinger hit Keigan DiNapoli leading off the second but he was quickly erased on a tailor made 6-4-3 double play.
The Chiefs threatened big time in their half of the second when they they loaded the bases but Gallante escaped another jam when he got Macrina to ground sharply to third.
Coppinger breezed through a 1-2-3 third and the Chiefs broke into the scoring column in the bottom half of the frame. Crisafulli walked and DiCato followed with line single to right center. O'Brien fouled off two sacrifice bunt attempts before striking out swinging for the first out. Mike Andre then gave the Chiefs a 1-0 lead when he singled to center scoring Crisafulli. Gallante escaped further damage when he got Phil Costello to line out to short and Matt Boleski to bounce out to second.
Woburn knotted the game in the top of the fourth on a second base infield error, a passed ball and RBI single from Ryan Doyle. Coppinger then retired the next three Tanner hitters in a row.
It stayed 1-1 until the home half of the fifth. With one out ,O'Brien walked and Andre (2 for 3, RBI) delivered his second hit of the evening to right center to put runners on first and second. Costello walked to load the bases and Matt Boleski followed with a sacrifice fly to left scoring O'Brien with the game winning run. Gallant kept it an one run game when he got pinch hitter Mike Chandler to foul out.
DiCato, who led the Atlantic 10 with 19 appearances for UMass-Amherst this past spring, replaced Coppinger and pitched a scoreless sixth to pick up his first ICL save.
Coppinger, (1-0) threw 68 pitches in five innings, striking out two and issuing one walk.
Click on link below for game summary and Chiefs stats.
http://www.intercityleaguebaseball.com/nei/ghouse/Intercity.nsf/web/stats
The Chiefs could have made Coppinger's night a little easier as they stranded nine men on base, six in scoring position.
Woburn's Evan Gallante (UMass-Lowell, Winchester), escaped some big time jams and matched Coppinger in throwing blanks for the first two innings.
Coppinger retired the Woburn side in order in the first before the Chiefs mounted their first scoring threat in the bottom of inning. Rich Montecalvo led off and was hit by a Gallante pitch. Veteran Brian Macrina then launched a long double off the top of the center field fence to put Chiefs runners on second and third with nobody out. Gallante then got Justin Crisafulli to pop up, Mike DiCato striking out swinging and Sean O'Brien to pop to short right.
Coppinger hit Keigan DiNapoli leading off the second but he was quickly erased on a tailor made 6-4-3 double play.
The Chiefs threatened big time in their half of the second when they they loaded the bases but Gallante escaped another jam when he got Macrina to ground sharply to third.
Coppinger breezed through a 1-2-3 third and the Chiefs broke into the scoring column in the bottom half of the frame. Crisafulli walked and DiCato followed with line single to right center. O'Brien fouled off two sacrifice bunt attempts before striking out swinging for the first out. Mike Andre then gave the Chiefs a 1-0 lead when he singled to center scoring Crisafulli. Gallante escaped further damage when he got Phil Costello to line out to short and Matt Boleski to bounce out to second.
Woburn knotted the game in the top of the fourth on a second base infield error, a passed ball and RBI single from Ryan Doyle. Coppinger then retired the next three Tanner hitters in a row.
It stayed 1-1 until the home half of the fifth. With one out ,O'Brien walked and Andre (2 for 3, RBI) delivered his second hit of the evening to right center to put runners on first and second. Costello walked to load the bases and Matt Boleski followed with a sacrifice fly to left scoring O'Brien with the game winning run. Gallant kept it an one run game when he got pinch hitter Mike Chandler to foul out.
DiCato, who led the Atlantic 10 with 19 appearances for UMass-Amherst this past spring, replaced Coppinger and pitched a scoreless sixth to pick up his first ICL save.
Coppinger, (1-0) threw 68 pitches in five innings, striking out two and issuing one walk.
Click on link below for game summary and Chiefs stats.
http://www.intercityleaguebaseball.com/nei/ghouse/Intercity.nsf/web/stats
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