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Arlington, MA- Left-hander Tim Dunphy twirled a three-hitter when the Chiefs finally put away the Arlington Trojans in the late innings, 5-1 on Friday at Summer Street Field.

Dunphy allowed two singles in the third and one in the fourth inning. He had 1-2-3 innings in the first, second, fifth, sixth, and seventh, struck out two, and didn’t walk a batter.

The Chiefs took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning put appeared poised to score more. Tony Serino beat out yet another infield hit and Trojans’ starter Keenan Szulik hit Paul Yanakopoulos with a pitch. Juan Portes drew a walk to load the bases but the Chiefs could only muster the one run when Johnny Welch bounced into a doubleplay and Mike Andre grounded out.

In the top of the second, Mike Gedman singled sharply to right, stole second, moved to third on a grounder, but was stranded there when Serino bounced back to Szulik.

It stayed 1-0 until the Trojans tied things up with a run in the bottom of the third.Tommy Lenane singled, was sacrificed to second, moved to third on an infield single off the glove of Portes at shortstop, and scored on Jeff Friedman’s groundout.

The Chiefs took a 3-1 lead in the top of the sixth when Welch reached on an infield single and was bunted to second by Mike Andre. Gedman then grounded out, sending Welch to third. Peter Copa was hit by a pitch and stole second. Barbati came up big when he drilled a Szulik pitch into right-center, scoring Welch and Copa.

Dunphy got more breathing room in the seventh when Yanakopoulos and Juan Portes both singled ahead of Welch’s bomb double to left. Welch was thrown out at third trying to extend the blast into a triple.

Dunphy raised his record to 3-1 on the year and needed just 67 pitches in his complete game effort.

The Chiefs are off until Monday when they host the Melrose Americans at Maplewood starting at 8:00 PM. - Bruce Tillman