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Lexington, MA- Damage to the field in Lexington has caused the postponement of tonight's (Tuesday) Chiefs at Blue Sox game that was scheduled for 8:00 PM.
The Town of Lexington held their annual Fourth of July carnival and fireworks display over the holiday weekend, and despite the best efforts of the Lexington Recreation Department and Blue Sox management, the field will not be ready for tonight's game. It has been re-scheduled for Tuesday, August 5.

The Chiefs return to action on Wednesday at 7:30 PM when they travel to Trum Field in Somerville to take on the first place Cassell Club.

Medford, MA- Former Princeton star Andrew Hanson drilled a two out seventh inning home run and Merrimack lefty Dylan Ellis settled down to toss six scoreless innings as the Chiefs rallied back from a 4-0 hole to tie up the first place Cassell Cub at Tufts University on Wednesday night. It was the second straight tie between Cassell and the Chiefs as the two teams played to a 0-0 tie last week with Tim Dunphy and Keith Forbes each throwing a shutout.

Cassell jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning on singles by Teddy O'Reilly, Josh Mackey, Jeff Paquette and Matt Rogers to go along with a sacrifice fly and a hit batsman.

The Chiefs got a run back in the bottom of the inning off Cassell ace Mike Parissi on singles from Nate Leva and Justin Crisafulli, a Matt Lawlor HBP and a walk to Mike Andre.

The Chiefs closed the gap to 4-3 in the third on rookie Mike Barbati's first ICL hit which scored Crisafulli and Lawlor who had both singled and setting the stage for Hanson's dramatics in the seventh.

Ellis allowed six hits, four in the first and two in the second inning, then proceeded to retire 16 of the last 18 batters he faced, surrendering two walks while striking out four.

Parissi gave up ten hits, including three to Crisafulli, while striking out two and walking three.

The Chiefs resume play on Sunday at 5:30 PM when they meet the Wakefield Merchants at Walsh Field at 5:30 PM. On Tuesday the Chiefs travel to Lexington to meet the Blue Sox at 8:00 PM.

Medford, MA- The Testa Corp. Bombers remained red hot and raised their record to 10-3-1, moving into sole possession of second place, with a 4-0 shutout win over the Chiefs at Tufts University on Monday night. It was the second time in as many nights that the Bombers have beaten the Chiefs and the third consecutive time this season. With the loss the Chiefs fall to 7-6-3.

It was obvious early on that Chiefs ace Keith Forbes was not feeling his physical best and the Bombers took advantage. Forbes went just three innings, which was his shortest stint of the season.

The Chiefs offense remained ice cold despite the warm weather, and could not capitalize on eight walks issued by Bombers pitching. The duo of lefty James Palmer (Franklin Pierce) and righty Danny Gomez (Western Oklahoma) surrendered just two hits, a third inning Justin Crisafulli double and a sixth inning Matt Lawlor single.

Starters Palmer and Forbes matched zeros for the first two innings before the Bombers broke through with three third inning runs. Eric Pelletier led off with a walk and Jay Defillipo reached on an infield single that Forbes deflected and was unabled to be handled by shortstop Nate Leva. Forbes then struck out Pete John and got Bob Barrett to fly to left to leave two runners on with two outs. Lefty Jonathan Pollard then drilled a long double to left scoring both Pelletier and Defillipo for a 2-0 Bombers lead. Mike Navarro followed with a line single to center that scored Pollard and increased the lead to 3-0. Forbes averted further trouble when he got Mark Adessa to fly out.

Paul Koslowski replaced Forbes to start the fourth and recorded two strikeouts in the inning. The Bombers reached Koslowski for a run, and a 4-0 lead in the fifth, when John walked, Barrett was hit by a pitch, a double steal and a sacrifice fly from Navarro.

Connor Bishop, making his 16th career appearance for the Chiefs and his first this season, worked a scoreless sixth and Joe Martini did the same for the club in seventh.

The Chiefs had runners on base in every inning but the third, but could not score. The biggest threat came in the bottom of the seventh when Gomez, who came on for Palmer in the sixth, issued three walks to load the bases with two away. He kept the shutout intact when he struck out Leva swinging to end the game.

It does not get any easier for the Chiefs tonight (Tuesday) when the first place Cassell Club (11-1-1) pay a visit to Tufts University at 6:00 PM. The two teams battled to a 0-0 tie last Thursday night. Southpaw Dylan Ellis (Gloucester, MA/Merrimack) is the expected starter for the Chiefs.

Following Tuesday's game, the Chiefs will enjoy the traditional ICL Fourth of July mid season break. They will return to action next Sunday (July 6) when they travel to Walsh Field in Wakefield to meet the Merchants at 5:30 PM.

East Boston, MA- The Testa Corp. Bombers (9-3-1) trounced the Chiefs 10-3 at East Boston Stadium on Sunday evening.

Anthony Del Prete (6 Inn, 6 hits, 8K's) picked up the win to raise his record to 5-1. Jonathan Pollard paced Testa's offense with a three for four evening including a third inning homer. Mike Navarro also had a big night for Testa with three hits. Red hot Nick Martinho (14 RBI's) drilled his league leading fourth home run of season as the Bombers rung up a dozen hits of three Chiefs pitchers including starter David Garcia (0-3) who took the loss.

Nate Leva and Mike Andre (2 RBI's) each had two hits for the Chiefs, who lost their second straight to fall to 7-5-3.
Rookie Mike Barbati knocked in the Chiefs other run with a fifth inning fielders choice. It was Barbati's first career ICL run batted in.

The Bombers and Chiefs will meet again on Monday at 6:00 PM at Tufts University. 

Medford, MA- Rollins College righty Marc Hewett (5-0) chalked up his ICL leading fifth win to lead the 7-1-1 Lexington Blue Sox to a 2-1 win over the Chiefs at Tufts University. Hewett outdueled Chiefs starter Jose Pimentel (2-1), who worked into the sixth inning but was tagged with his first loss of the year.

A first inning passed ball and a second inning Ross Curley RBI double was all the offense the Sox needed to get the win. The Chiefs, who saw thier five game unbeaten streak snapped, scored their run in the seventh on a Brendan Pyburn infield grounder and had the tying run in scoring position before Hewett slammed the door. Hewett has now struck out 29 batters in 28 innings and has a ERA of 1.50.

Justin Crisfaulli led the Chiefs offense with two hits, while Mike Andre, Matt Lawlor, Matty Anderson and Pyburn all added singles.

The Blue Sox went ahead 1-0 in the first and threatened for much more. Holy Cross leadoff man Jack Laurendeau got things going with a single to right and Curley followed with a perfectly placed bunt single in front of the plate. Dan Graham then hit a deep fly to center on which Laurendeau tagged and went to third. With Boston College's cleanup man Jared McGuire at the plate, a pitch got by catcher Matt Lawlor allowing Laurendeau to score. Pimentel then walked both McGuire and Anthony Santos to reload the bases. The Chiefs averted further trouble when Ben Hewett bounced into a Brenden Shepard unassisted to Koslowski doubleplay.

The Chiefs tried to knot things up in the home half of the first but came up empty. Pyburn led off with a single to right and Nate Leva sacrificed him to second. Hewett bore down and got Andrew Hanson looking at strike three and Crisafulli to bounce to third on a nice effort by Curley who ranged behind the bag to make the play.

The Sox went up two zip in the second inning. Pimentel got Dan Haugh swinging but John Lerner and Coscia hit back to back singles before Laurendeau K'd for the second out. Curley then doubled just inside the right field line scoring Lerner and putting runners on second and third. Graham was intentionally walked and Pimentel got McGuire to fly to Phil Costello in right to end the inning.

The Chiefs went down quietly in the both the second and third innings and Pimentel settled  down nicely to retire the sides in order in the Lexington third and fourth. The Chiefs tried to make some noise in the fourth when Crisafulli led off and reached on an infield single.  Kolowski then lofted a long fly ball that was tracked down by Graham on the warning track in right. Shepard then hit a pea right at Lerner at second base and when Andre followed with a long single to left center the Chiefs had two runners aboard. Hewett again got tough when he had to and got Lawlor to groundout to shortstop to end the inning.

Pimentel got the Lexington side in order in the fifth and the Chiefs returned the favor by going 1-2-3 in the bottom of the inning. The Blue Sox threatened to blow it open in the top of the sixth when Jett Nolet walked and went to second on a wild pitch. Pimentel got Ben Hewett to fly out and the Chiefs chose to intentionally walk the right handed hitting Haugh to put runners on first and second. Koslowski came on to face lefties Lerner and Coscia and got a pop up and a nice play on a grounder to Shepard to keep it a 2-0 game.

A Crisafulli single was all the Chiefs could muster in the sixth and Koslowski kept the Sox off the board in the top of the seventh. In the bottom of the inning, Hewett got Andre for the first out when he flew to center. Lawlor then singled and Nicky Dunn ran for him. Pinch hitter Matt Anderson made things interesting when he lined a single to right to put runners on the corners with one out. Pyburn followed with a RBI grounder to Nolet at first scoring Dunn and moving Mike Barbati, who had run for Anderson to second. That's where the Chiefs rally ended as Hewett struck out Doug Heald swinging to end the game.

Pimentel worked 5.1 innings and allowed two earned runs on five hits while striking out seven and issuing four base on balls. Koslowski went 1.2 innings and gave up two hits anfd struck out a batter.

The Chiefs begin an important home and home series with the Testa Corp. Bombers at East Boston Stadium on Sunday at 5:30 PM before both teams travel back to Tufts for a rematch on Monday evening at 6:00 PM.