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Woburn, MA- Tufts University rookie right-hander Jake Crawford looked good in his first meaningful ICL appearnce. Veteran third baseman Mike Andre was 2 for 3 with a couple of runs scored, two RBI and reached base four times. Justin Crisafulli had two hits. Brandeis star Tony Deshler returned to the lineup and had a hit.That was it for the Chiefs in the good news department. Period.
Now the bad news and there was plenty. The already depleted and injured riddled line-up got a bit thinner. Standout first baseman Peter Copa suffered a lower leg injury and was forced to leave the game in the third inning. Crisafulli injured a hamstring in fourth inning. And, to add insult to injury, the locals dropped their third straight outing, once again coming apart at the seams defensively, as the Mooney Dental Tanners furnished some big time clutch hitting and took advantage of some ring-master like second inning Chiefs defense to score nine times before holding on to an 11-9 win at Ferullo Field.
The Chiefs actually took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second on doubles by Crisafulli and Andre and closed a 9-2 Tanner lead to 11-9 in the seventh.
Crawford worked three innings plus in relief of starter and loser Rob Machado (1-2). The Idaho native surrrendered five hits, struck out two and didn't walk a batter. Jared Freni worked the final 1.1 innings for the Chiefs.
The Chiefs will look get back on track on Saturday afternoon when they play the Medford Americans at Playstead Park starting at 1:30 PM.
