Andre Chiefs

Arlington, MA- Veteran Mike DiCato threw a five-hitter, and his teammates backed him with nine runs and ten hits, on the way to a 9-2 win at Summer Street Field on Sunday.

The Chiefs broke up a scoreless game and scored three times in the top of the third inning. Singles from Chad Conner, Tony Serino, and Mike Gedman, along with a sacrifice bunt from Mike Burgoyne and a run producing sac fly from Johnny Welch that scored Mike Barbati who reached on an error, accounted for the runs.

The Trojans cut the lead to 3-1 in the home half of the fourth on a Kyle Hood infield single and a Jake McGuiggan bomb double to left.

The Chiefs got that run right back in the top of the fourth to take a 4-1 lead. Peter Copa walked, went to second on a wild pitch, and Mike Andre moved him to third. After Nate Witkowski drew a walk, Barbati plated Copa with a sacrifice fly to center.

An Isaiah Berg two out solo homer to right cut the lead back to two runs again at 4-2 in the bottom of the fourth.

Five big runs put the game away for the Chiefs in the top of the fifth. RBI singles from Gedman, Andre, Barbati, and Serino, were the key hits.

After surrendering a one out double to Colin Reenstema in the bottom of the fifth, DiCato retired the last eight batters in a row to seal the win.

DiCato (1-0), threw 88 pitches, struck out four, and didn’t walk a batter. The complete game effort was his 25th career win in a Chiefs’ uniform.

The Chiefs host the Watertown Reds at Maplewood Park/Malden Catholic on Monday night. (andrechiefs.com/intercityleaguebaseball.com feed)