Andre Chiefs

Malden, MA- Mike Andre, Johnny Welch, and Mike DiCato, went a combined eight for nine at the plate, which included five doubles and eight RBI, to lead the Chiefs to an 11-2 win over the Arlington Trojans at Maplewood on Wednesday night. For the Chiefs, it was their fifth straight win and their seventh in the last eight games. Over that eight game span the Chiefs have outscored their opponents 66-7.

Left-hander Tim Dunphy (4-1) worked six innings to pick up his fourth win of the season.

The Chiefs runs came in bunches in this one. They scored a half dozen times in the bottom of the first and then added a five-spot in the third.

In the six run first inning, Mike Burgoyne drew a walk and scored when Paul Yanakopoulos drilled a triple to right-center. Juan Portes made it 2-0 when he hit a wind-blown RBI single to right. Portes stole second and scored when Welch continued his week-long assault on ICL pitching, drilling a gap shot RBI double. Andre made it 4-zip when he lined a single to left-center scoring Welch. A Nate Witkowski single and a DiCato two RBI double to deep left-center jumped the lead to 6-0.

It went to 11-0 in the third inning against starter Marcus Way. Witkowski got things going with a single and Mike Barbati drew a walk. DiCato then delivered Witkowski with his second double of the night. Burgoyne followed and lined a sacrifice fly to left easily scoring Barbati. Yanakopoulos singled, Welch doubled scoring DiCato, and Andre brought home the Chiefs’ final two runs of the night with a long double into the right-centerfield gap.

Evan Walsh worked a scoreless seventh for the Chiefs, striking out two of the three batters he faced.

The ICL begins its annual Fourth of July break on Thursday. The now 11-4 Chiefs are back in action on Sunday at 5:00 PM when they travel to Wakefield to meet the Merchants at Walsh Field.
-Bruce Tillman