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Melrose, MA- The Lexington Blue Sox had 14 hits on the way to lopsided 14-2 win over the Chiefs in Game Two of the Intercity League Championship Series on Wednesday night at Morelli Field.

With the win, the Blue Sox take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best of five series with Game Three scheduled at Morelli on Thursday at 8:30 PM.

It went from bad to worse over the first three innings for the Chiefs as Lexington opened a 12-0 lead in the top of the third inning.

Kyle Adie gave an indication of things to come when he led off the game with a solo homer to right off Chiefs’ starter Mike DiCato. The Blue Sox took advantage of some shoddy defense as well three walks, and three more hits, to open the lead to 6-0 in the top of the second inning.

Matt DiCato and Evan Walsh both came on in relief in the top of the third and Lexington scored another six times on six more hits. Walsh finally restored some order in the fourth as the lefty allowed just one run over his 3.1 innings of work. Nate Witkowski gave up the final run in the seventh.

The Chiefs lone bright spot was a long two run homer in the bottom of the fourth off Lexington starter and winner Matt Karis. Karis had a no-hitter until that point in the game. The veteran right-hander struck out five in 5.0 innings. The only other hit he allowed was a pinch-hit single to Mike Burgoyne in the fifth inning. Adam Lucey had the other Chiefs’ hit, a line pinch-hit single to left in the bottom of the seventh inning off reliever Borja Jones-Berasaluce.

Along with his homer, Adie finished the night with three hits and three RBI while Jeff Vigurs also had three hits and three RBI. Mike Hart, Steve Gath, and Dan Graham all chipped in with two hits for Lexington.

Thursday’s Game Three will begin at 8:30 PM due to City of Melrose festivities that are scheduled for earlier in the day.
Bruce Tillman, Anthony Greco & Bruce Hack (Pointstreak.com) contributed to the Game Two coverage.