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Dembrowski Grand Slam Leads Chiefs to 11-5 Win in Wakefield
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Jun 26 2018
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Wakefield, MA- Kyle Dembrowski’s grand slam keyed a late game uprising when the Chiefs scored four times in the sixth, then added five more in the seventh, to pull away from the Merchants in Wakefield 11-5 on Wednesday night.
Early on it was the Chiefs defense that kept the game in reach led by rightfielder Danny DiMare who personally saved at least four runs with a couple of diving catches among his five putouts. In addition, the Chiefs threw runners out at the plate in the first and third innings around a key inning ending doubleplay in the second.
The Chiefs went quietly in the first as Joseph Maguire retired the side in order with two K’s.
Starter Jared Freni walked 2017 ICL MVP Bobby Lossano to open the Merchants’ first. Lossano stole second and went to third on a Mike Sorrentino grounder. Ryan Collins was next he hit a fly to center with Tony Serino making the catch and throwing Lossano out at the plate attempting to tag and score to end the inning.
A DiMare two out double to left would be all the Chiefs would get against Maguire in the top of the second and Freni escaped a bases loaded, nobody out jam in the Wakefield half of the inning. Walks to Paul McGunigle and Kyle Hawes, around a Joe Barry single, set the Merchants up to grab the lead. Freni bore down and struck out Mike Mangoonian for the big first out before getting Bryant Dana to ground into a Johnny Welch (unassisted) to Peter Copa inning ending doubleplay.
The Chiefs took advantage of some shoddy defense to take a 2-0 lead in the top of the third. Andrew Caulfield led off the inning with the first of his three hits on the night but was forced at second on a Mike Burgoyne grounder. Serino flew to left and Erick Ramirez followed and reached on an infield error, putting runners on second and third. Maguire’s 2-2 pitch to Johnny Welch went to the backstop and both Burgoyne and Ramirez, who never stopped running, scoring on the wild pitch. Maguire eventually got Welch to fly to left to end the frame.
Chiefs defense played some giveth and then taketh away in the Merchants third. Freni issued his third straight inning opening walk to Mike Guanci. Lossano followed and reached on an error by Dembrowski at third. Veteran Mike Sorrentino was next he sacrificed both runners into scoring position. Collins followed and hit a sharp grounder to Welch at short who fired home to Shane Stande at the plate who tagged out the sliding Guanci for the second out. McGunigle then singled home Lossano to make it a 2-1 game before DiMare turned in the defensive play of the year so far when he ran down a Barry shot with a twisting and turning catch in deep right-center to retire the side.
Both teams went in order in the fourth and Maguire set the Chiefs down in the top of the fifth.
The Merchants took a 3-2 lead on singles from Sorrentino, Collins, and Barry, chasing Freni in favor of rookie David Kerns, in the bottom of the fifth.
The Chiefs came right back with a long awaited big inning in the top of the sixth. Ramirez and Welch led off with back to back singles. Copa then dropped a sacrifice bunt with Ramirez beating the throw to third to load them up with nobody out. Dembrowski was next and he launched a bomb to left for a grand slam that reversed the Chiefs’ fortunes and gave them a 6-3 lead.
The Merchants came up with two runs and appeared poised to go back in front against Kerns in the bottom of the frame before more DiMare defense kept them in the lead. A Mangoonian single, followed by a Dana double, an infield error, and then a Lossano single, closed the gap to 6-5. DiMare then came up big once again, this time with a diving grab of a McGunigle flare down the rightfield line, with two runners aboard, that curtailed the rally and preserved the one run lead heading into the seventh.
The Chiefs opened things up and roughed up Andrews and lefty Mike Untract for five insurance runs in the top of seventh. They began the inning with five consecutive hits from Serino, Ramirez, Welch, Copa, and Dembrowski, followed by a DiMare sacrifice, and then a two RBI single from Stande, to grab an 11-5 lead.
The Merchants loaded the bases with two away in the seventh on singles from Guanci and Lossano, along with an infield error, before Kerns got Sorrentino to fly fittingly to DiMare to end the ballgame.
Chiefs Chatter….The now 7-7 Chiefs had season highs in runs scored (11) and hits (14)…..It was a night of firsts from a couple of Chiefs’ rookies. David Kerns (1-1) picked up his first ICL win and Kyle Dembrowski hit his first ICL homer..,,,Second year man Andrew Caulfield also had the first three hit game (2 singles, double) of his career…. The Chiefs finish the week at 3-1 and are off until Sunday afternoon when they travel to play the Reading Bulldogs at Morton Field (Reading HS) at 5:00 PM….On Monday they host the Melrose Americans at Maplewood in their last game before embarking on the annual Fourth of July break….
Early on it was the Chiefs defense that kept the game in reach led by rightfielder Danny DiMare who personally saved at least four runs with a couple of diving catches among his five putouts. In addition, the Chiefs threw runners out at the plate in the first and third innings around a key inning ending doubleplay in the second.
The Chiefs went quietly in the first as Joseph Maguire retired the side in order with two K’s.
Starter Jared Freni walked 2017 ICL MVP Bobby Lossano to open the Merchants’ first. Lossano stole second and went to third on a Mike Sorrentino grounder. Ryan Collins was next he hit a fly to center with Tony Serino making the catch and throwing Lossano out at the plate attempting to tag and score to end the inning.
A DiMare two out double to left would be all the Chiefs would get against Maguire in the top of the second and Freni escaped a bases loaded, nobody out jam in the Wakefield half of the inning. Walks to Paul McGunigle and Kyle Hawes, around a Joe Barry single, set the Merchants up to grab the lead. Freni bore down and struck out Mike Mangoonian for the big first out before getting Bryant Dana to ground into a Johnny Welch (unassisted) to Peter Copa inning ending doubleplay.
The Chiefs took advantage of some shoddy defense to take a 2-0 lead in the top of the third. Andrew Caulfield led off the inning with the first of his three hits on the night but was forced at second on a Mike Burgoyne grounder. Serino flew to left and Erick Ramirez followed and reached on an infield error, putting runners on second and third. Maguire’s 2-2 pitch to Johnny Welch went to the backstop and both Burgoyne and Ramirez, who never stopped running, scoring on the wild pitch. Maguire eventually got Welch to fly to left to end the frame.
Chiefs defense played some giveth and then taketh away in the Merchants third. Freni issued his third straight inning opening walk to Mike Guanci. Lossano followed and reached on an error by Dembrowski at third. Veteran Mike Sorrentino was next he sacrificed both runners into scoring position. Collins followed and hit a sharp grounder to Welch at short who fired home to Shane Stande at the plate who tagged out the sliding Guanci for the second out. McGunigle then singled home Lossano to make it a 2-1 game before DiMare turned in the defensive play of the year so far when he ran down a Barry shot with a twisting and turning catch in deep right-center to retire the side.
Both teams went in order in the fourth and Maguire set the Chiefs down in the top of the fifth.
The Merchants took a 3-2 lead on singles from Sorrentino, Collins, and Barry, chasing Freni in favor of rookie David Kerns, in the bottom of the fifth.
The Chiefs came right back with a long awaited big inning in the top of the sixth. Ramirez and Welch led off with back to back singles. Copa then dropped a sacrifice bunt with Ramirez beating the throw to third to load them up with nobody out. Dembrowski was next and he launched a bomb to left for a grand slam that reversed the Chiefs’ fortunes and gave them a 6-3 lead.
The Merchants came up with two runs and appeared poised to go back in front against Kerns in the bottom of the frame before more DiMare defense kept them in the lead. A Mangoonian single, followed by a Dana double, an infield error, and then a Lossano single, closed the gap to 6-5. DiMare then came up big once again, this time with a diving grab of a McGunigle flare down the rightfield line, with two runners aboard, that curtailed the rally and preserved the one run lead heading into the seventh.
The Chiefs opened things up and roughed up Andrews and lefty Mike Untract for five insurance runs in the top of seventh. They began the inning with five consecutive hits from Serino, Ramirez, Welch, Copa, and Dembrowski, followed by a DiMare sacrifice, and then a two RBI single from Stande, to grab an 11-5 lead.
The Merchants loaded the bases with two away in the seventh on singles from Guanci and Lossano, along with an infield error, before Kerns got Sorrentino to fly fittingly to DiMare to end the ballgame.
Chiefs Chatter….The now 7-7 Chiefs had season highs in runs scored (11) and hits (14)…..It was a night of firsts from a couple of Chiefs’ rookies. David Kerns (1-1) picked up his first ICL win and Kyle Dembrowski hit his first ICL homer..,,,Second year man Andrew Caulfield also had the first three hit game (2 singles, double) of his career…. The Chiefs finish the week at 3-1 and are off until Sunday afternoon when they travel to play the Reading Bulldogs at Morton Field (Reading HS) at 5:00 PM….On Monday they host the Melrose Americans at Maplewood in their last game before embarking on the annual Fourth of July break….
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