Andre Chiefs

2008

Medford, MA- Veteran Southpaw Tim Dunphy gave the Chiefs a much needed six solid innings on the mound and his mates backed him with a 16 hit attack as the Chiefs broke a three game losing skid with a 13-2 win over the Americans at Playstead Park on Saturday afternoon.

The Chiefs got just what the doctor ordered when they staked Dunphy to a four run lead in the top of the first inning. Mike Maguire led off and reached on an error and Paul Yanakopoulos followed with a double to right. Mike Andre plated them both with a two RBI single and the Chiefs were off to a quick 2-0 lead. Justin Crisafulli drew a walk and Matt Boleski moved both runners up a base with a perfect sacrifice bunt. Dave Scioli then drilled a single to left scoring Andre to make it 3-0. Mike DiCato followed suit with another line single and the Chiefs were up 4-zip.

Starter Steve Albano (Babson, Andover, MA) settled down and got the Chiefs in order in the second. The Americans responded by cutting the lead in half (4-2) using singles from Danny Gunn, Jake Ohanesian and Dan Gilchrist sandwiched around a walk to Mike Burgoyne and a hit batsman.

The Chiefs opened up the lead to 10-2 when they picked up a six spot in the top of the third. Crisafulli and Boleski opened the frame up with singles and Scioli reached on an error to load the bases. DiCato picked up his second RBI of the game with another single, scoring Crisafulli, to make it 5-2. Mike Barbati then delivered a double into the right field corner that scored Boleski and Scioli. After Nick Leva grounded out, Maguire followed with a single and Yanakopoulos reached on an infield error. Andre picked up his third and fourth RBI of the afternoon when he followed with a long double off the fence in right, scoring both Maguire and Yanakopoulos, to jump the Chiefs lead to 10-2.

It stayed that way until the top of the seventh as Dunphy and Americans reliever Orazio Azzarello both settled down.

The Chiefs added three more runs in the top of the seventh. Yanakopoulos got things going with a single and Andre drew a base on balls. Crisafulli followed with a single to left that scored Yanakopoulos as Andre was thrown out on the play trying to advance to third. Boleski then singled sharply to right before Azzarello caught Scioli looking for the inning's second out. DiCato then delivered a long double to left-center scoring pinch runner Andy Cavanaugh. Barbati then picked up his second hit and third RBI of the afternoon with a single to left scoring Boleski to make it a 13-2 game.

Dunphy, the former Brandeis star, yielded eight hits and struck out four before giving way to Jared Freni who worked a 1-2-3 seventh with a strikeout.

The Chiefs are off on Sunday and return to action on Monday night when they travel to Maplewood Park, on the campus of Malden Catholic, to meet the Testa Corp. Bombers in an 8:00 PM start.
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Woburn, MA- Tufts University rookie right-hander Jake Crawford looked good in his first meaningful ICL appearnce. Veteran third baseman Mike Andre was 2 for 3 with a couple of runs scored, two RBI and reached base four times. Justin Crisafulli had two hits. Brandeis star Tony Deshler returned to the lineup and had a hit.That was it for the Chiefs in the good news department. Period.

Now the bad news and there was plenty. The already depleted and injured riddled line-up got a bit thinner. Standout first baseman Peter Copa suffered a lower leg injury and was forced to leave the game in the third inning. Crisafulli injured a hamstring in fourth inning. And, to add insult to injury, the locals dropped their third straight outing, once again coming apart at the seams defensively, as the Mooney Dental Tanners furnished some big time clutch hitting and took advantage of some ring-master like second inning Chiefs defense to score nine times before holding on to an 11-9 win at Ferullo Field.

The Chiefs actually took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second on doubles by Crisafulli and Andre and closed a 9-2 Tanner lead to 11-9 in the seventh.

Crawford worked three innings plus in relief of starter and loser Rob Machado (1-2). The Idaho native surrrendered five hits, struck out two and didn't walk a batter. Jared Freni worked the final 1.1 innings for the Chiefs.

The Chiefs will look get back on track on Saturday afternoon when they play the Medford Americans at Playstead Park starting at 1:30 PM.

Medford, MA- Colby Sawyer lefty Brendan Harding tossed a neat one-hitter, striking out two, as the Arlington Trojans beat the Chiefs for the second time in five days, this time 2-0 at Tufts University on Wednesday night.

Chiefs veteran righty Mike DiCato was almost as good but was touched up for three straight hits and a couple of runs, all with two away in the first inning. 

With two in the book in the first, Pete Creamer singled and former Bentley star Jim Roche delivered him with a long double to the left-centerfield gap. Don Walter followed with another single, just out of the reach of the diving Chiefs right-fielder Andy Cavanaugh, that plated Roche and concluded the evening's scoring early.

Dave Scioli's clean one out single in the second was all the offense the Chiefs could muster against Harding, who need just 80 pitches to get his second win of the season. His earlier win was against the Wakefield Merchants on June 8.

DiCato (0-1), allowed just three more hits after the first inning, two of the infield variety. The former UMass-Amherst standout threw just 73 pitches and did not allow a walk over the seven inning route.

The Chiefs are right back in action on Thursday night when they travel to Ferullo Field in Woburn to meet the Mooney Dental Tanners in an earlier than usual 6:00 PM start.

The Chiefs are expected to send right-hander Rob Machado to the mound.

Arlington, MA- The Arlington Trojans took advantage of five Chiefs errors and scored eight uneraned runs to take an 8-5 win at Summer Street Field on Friday night.

Rob Machado suffered the loss, working five innings and giving up eight hits. Tim Dunphy (0.1 innings) and Tufts rookie Jake Crawford (0.2 innings) worked the sixth.

The Chiefs battled back from a five run first inning hole to tie the game at 5-5 only to see it slip away in the sixth.

The Chiefs began to peck away at the Trojan lead in the top of the second. Mike Andre led things off with a single and went to third when Bernie Driscoll's grounder was thrown high to first. Mike DiCato followed with a two RBI single to left that scored Andre and Driscoll.

Matt Boleski drilled a solo homer to right in the top of the third that cut the Arlington lead to 5-3.

The Chiefs came all the way back and tied the game at 5-5 when veteran Justin Crisafulli drove in Anthony Weiner and Boleski, who had both singled, with a double to left-center.

Two more Chiefs miscues, a passed ball, a single up the middle by Morgan Brown and an infield bunt single by Jim Roche accounted for the three Trojan runs in the home half of the sixth inning.

The Tanners at Chiefs game scheduled for Saturday was rained out.

Weather permitting, the Chiefs will play a doubleheader at Morton Field in Reading on Sunday starting at 1:30 PM. Watch this website for any weather updates.