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Freni 10 K's, Andre (3 Run HR, 4 RBI), Crisafulli Solo Shot, Power Chiefs Past Reading, 9-4
Medford, MA- Jared Freni struck out ten in six innings of work, Mike Andre hit a three run homer and had four RBI’s and veteran Justin Crisafulli added a solo home run, to power the Chiefs past the Reading Bulldogs 9-4 at Tufts University on Wednesday.
Freni, who previously starred at UMass-Amherst, allowed just four hits and raised his record to 2-1 on the season.
Andre, who co-captained Merrimack College in 2009, went two for four including his sixth inning homer over the right field wall. For Crisafulli, it was the 87th homer of his long ICL career. The former Cleveland Indians slugger now has 499 hits in a Chiefs uniform.
The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning as Bryant University’s Brian O’Neil matched Freni pitch for pitch until Crisafulli deposited his solo shot over the left field wall.
The Chiefs scored five times in the fifth inning on singles by Hal Landers, Bob McCarthy, Andre (RBI), Peter Copa, Matt Anderson and Crisafulli.
It quickly went to 9-1 in the bottom of sixth inning when Andre’s homer scored McCarthy and Brandeis University's Tony Deshler ahead of him.
Rob Machado came out of the Chiefs’ bullpen to begin the seventh and got touched up for a bases clearing double from Pete Castoldi that accounted for the 9-4 final.
With the win, the first place Chiefs raised their record to 11-3-1 heading into Thursday’s game against the Arlington Trojans at Tufts University at 6:00 PM. Right-hander Mike DiCato (2-0) is expected to draw the starting pitching assignment.
