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Chiefs Overcome Arlington 6-4 at Summer Street Field
Arlington, MA- The Chiefs used a five run top of the sixth inning to overcome a 3-1 lead and then held on to beat the Trojans 6-4 on Friday night at Summer Street Field.
Arlington took a quick 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning off rookie right-hander Anthony DeSouza on singles from Kyle Bourdaris, Kyle Hood, and Ben Johnston, along with a double from Morgan Brown.
The Chiefs got their first two men on in the top of the second when Peter Copa drew the first of his three walks and Mike Andre lined a single to right. Arlington starter John Smokovich pitched out of the jam by striking out Danny DiMare and Mike Barbati and getting Nate Witkowski on an infield grounder.
DeSouza settled in nicely and got the side in order in the bottom of the second.
The Chiefs cut the lead in half to 2-1 in the top of the third when Jordan Pallazola singled home Mike Burgoyne who had walked and stole second.
It stayed 2-1 until the Trojans picked up their third run in the bottom of the fourth on an Eddie McDonald RBI single to left.
Richie Cardillo came out of the bullpen and got the Chiefs 1-2-3 in the top of the fifth.
DeSouza gave way to veteran Mike DiCato to begin the Arlington fifth inning and the right-hander got the Trojans' side in order.
Cardillo pitched himself into an immediate jam in the Chiefs' sixth when he walked Copa and then hit both Andre and DiMare in succession to load the bases. Barbati followed and made it a 3-2 game with single to center. Witkowski was next and he put the Chiefs in front 4-3 with a single to left-center, scoring Andre and DiMare. Tony Deshler, in his return to the lineup, sacrificed Witkowski and Barbati to second and third. With the infield drawn in, Brown made a nice play at shortstop to freeze the runners and throw Tony Serino out at first for the second out of the inning. Burgoyne then walked, with ball four being a wild pitch that allowed Barbati to slide home to make it 5-3. Two more walks from Dan Shaw, issued to Pallazola and Copa, accounted for the sixth run.
Arlington chopped a run off the lead to close to 6-4 in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI double from Ryan Spagnoli.
The Chiefs couldn't add to their lead in top of the seventh, despite a Barbati one out double down the rightfield line.
After DiCato got Bourdaris to pop up for the first out in the Trojans' seventh, things started to get interesting when Dave Cunningham reached on an error by Witkowski and Brown reached on a swinging bunt between third and the mound. DiCato then walked Kyle Hood on a full count to load the bases. That was as far as the attempted comeback progressed as DiCato struck out Johnston and Spagnoli to end the game.
DiCato, (2-1) got the win with three innings of work. He allowed one run, gave up three hits, and struck four. DeSouza allowed two earned runs, five hits, and also struck out four. Cardillo (0-2) was tagged with the loss.
Chiefs Chatter....The Chiefs took advantage of seven walks and three hit batsmen in the game....On Monday, the 11-4-1 Chiefs will host the Melrose Americans at Maplewood in an 8:15 PM start...
