Andre Chiefs

Lexington, MA - Veteran lefty Paul Koslowski (Winchester, MA/Northeastern) pitched and batted the Chiefs to an exciting 7-6 win over the defending ICL champion Blue Sox in Lexington on Friday night.

Koslowski held the Blue Sox scoreless over the last 1.1 innings to pick up his first pitching win of the season. At the plate, Koslowski went two for three, including key singles in both the fifth and seventh innings.

The Chiefs had a 6-2 lead entering the bottom of the sixth before the Sox got to Chiefs starter Keith Forbes for four runs on a double by Danny Graham, a single from Ryan Duff and three walks. Koslowski came on in relief of Forbes with two outs in the sixth and allowed a two RBI single by the switch hitting Ben Hewett, with the runs charged to Forbes, before retiring the last four batters he faced over the final one and one-third innings.

The Chiefs won the game in the top of the seventh off Sox reliever Jeff Nolet. Brendan Pyburn drew a lead off walk and Nate Leva flew to left for the first out. With Pyburn running on a 3-2 pitch, Koslowski drilled a sharp single to right center pushing Pyburn to third. Justin Crisafulli followed with a grounder to McElroy at third who fired to second baseman John Lerner to force Koslowski but the relay to double up Crisafulli was late at first, allowing Pyburn to scamper home with the Chiefs seventh and final run of the night.

Forbes, worked 5.2 innings and got no decison, striking out and walking eight batters each, while allowing seven hits in a grueling 140 pitch outing.