Announcement
Monday’s rainout against the Watertown Reds was the third so
far for the Chiefs this season. The season opening postponement against the
Wakefield Merchants has been rescheduled for Monday, August 3rd at 8:15 PM…..The
rainouts at Lexington on June 9, and Monday night’s against the Reds, have not
as yet been rescheduled……The Chiefs are anticipating moving some of their home
games from Maplewood Park to the adjacent and newly constructed, and soon to
renamed, South Broadway Field. The new field has dimensions of 329’ to left and
315’ down the right-field line……Two Chiefs recorded their first ICL hits over
the weekend. Former Bates College two-time all-NESCAC shortstop Ryan Sonberg from Windsor, CT and
Medford, MA rookie Danny DiMare
chalked up their first base knocks on Saturday against Arlington. Sonberg
signed professionally with the Taos Blizzard of the Pecos League in 2013.
DiMare, who played at Malden Catholic, attended Seminole State JC in Florida
this past year and is expected to play for D-2 St. Leo’s in the fall……Jared Freni has quietly thrown a
remarkable 53 consecutive shutout innings. The last run he gave up was in the
third inning in a regular season game in Wakefield back on August 6, 2014…..Mike Gedman has been on an early season
tear, hitting at a .476 pace over the first six games. He has gone 10-21 with 6
RBI’s over that time frame…….Mike DiCato
won his 25th game in a Chiefs uniform in Sunday’s 9-2 in Arlington. His 25 wins
puts him in seventh place on the Chiefs’ all-time list. He is third in
appearances (78), and fifth all-time in both innings (348) and strikeouts (235)….Mike Andre continues to edge closer to
the Chiefs’ top five in both career hits and RBI’s. The ten year veteran trails
only Justin Crisafulli, Mike Langston,
Mike Barnes, Dave Clivio and Warren Olson in hits with 285 and needs
19 more to move past Olson and into the Chiefs’ all-time top five. In the RBI
department, he currently has 171 and needs
just 21 more to surpass Steve Daley
and Hank Landers to become a member of the prestigious
all-time top five…..Freni now trails only ICL Hall of Famer Dave Marsters in career strikeouts with
613. He needs another 166 to pass Marsters (778) on the all-time list….Second
year utility man Adam Lucey, besides
bearing a striking resemblance to Brock
Holt, who has assumed a similar role for the Boston Red Sox, has emerged as
the Chiefs’ ultimate utility man. The speedy Fisher College and Malden High
product is a valued member of the roster who can play any position and has been
utilized in that manner so far this season....Former Lexington Blue Sox Chris Shaw was selected in the first round by the San Francisco Giants and was the 31st player selected overall in last weeks MLB Draft. Shaw, who played at Boston College, broke up Rob Machado's no-hit bid with with a pinch-hit opposite field two out seventh inning single in a 3-0 Chiefs' win on August 9, 2009........ (Bruce Tillman/stats from 400hitter.com)
