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Somerville-Veteran Mike Parissi and the first place Cassell Club knocked off the Chiefs 9-2 on Friday evening at Trum Field.

Parissi picked up the win before giving way to Tom McShane and Matt Sheehan.
Starter Jeff DeCarlo was tagged with the loss.
Mark Blake and Mike DiCato also pitched for the Chiefs.

The offensive bright spot was a two RBI single from Rich Montecalvo in the fourth inning.

The Chiefs play the Cassell Club tonight at Trum Field at 6:00 PM.... With the number of postponements the Chiefs will have a well rested pitching staff for the game. Mike DiCato, Jeff DeCarlo, Matt Phelan, Mark Blake, Connor Bishop, Paul Bratton and Dean Corsi should all be available.....Following Friday's game the Chiefs are off for the the traditional ICL Fourth of July break and will not return to action until Wednesday, July 5th, when they travel to Lexington for an 8:00 PM date with the second place Blue Sox.... SS Rich Montecalvo (hand) will be out of action for at least another week....Veteran CF Brian Macrina (wrist) and rookie second baseman Doug Heald (back) are listed as day to day....The Chiefs got some good news in the injury department when righty Paul Bratton was able to be in uniform after missing the last ten days and Mike Lanciani has begun throwing again...Former Chief Nick Tucci made his professional debut with the Eugene Emeralds on June 19, pitching a scoreless inning against Boise. The former UConn star was a 24th round pick of the San Diego Padres in the MLB draft held earlier this month.....The ICL all star game vs. the Boston Park League is in its final planning stages and should take place in mid to late July. All the recent rain has caused the schedule of both leagues to be thrown into chaos. A suitable date for the BPL and the ICL is being arranged....Former Chiefs star and Hall of Famer Dave Clivio was a visitor to the dugout last week along with his son and future Chief Nicholas. Clivio won four ICL Championships as a member of the Chiefs and homered in his last career at bat against Lowell in game seven of the 1997 championship series. His Number 5 was retired in 2002.....

Medford- There is no doubt Mike Coppinger can pitch.

Did you know that Mike DiCato can play shortstop?

Or that Jimmy Buldini can play secondbase?

The afirmative answer to the two questions above and a completely revamped Chiefs lineup, forced by a host of injuries, led to a 5-0 win at Playstead Park on Tuesday night.

With no less than three starters out of the lineup (SS-Rich Montecalvo, 2B-Doug Heald and CF-Brian Macrina) the Chiefs put together their best overall game in weeks led by Coppinger's complete game four hitter.

The Chiefs took a 1-0 lead in the second off of Woburn starter and former Arlington High star Joe Curran. He hit his former AHS batterymate Sean O'Brien with a pitch but O'B was forced at second on an attemped sacrifice from Buldini. Matt Boleski struck out swinging but Buldini advanced to second on a wild pitch. DH Ryan Sheehan (Assumption, Lynnfield, MA) then delivered Buldini with a line single to right.

Coppinger (Merrimack, Medway, MA) stranded Woburn runners in scoring position in the third, fourth and fifth innings before his mates gave him a little breathing room in the bottom of the fifth.

DiCato flew to deep center for the first out. Phil Costello then walked and Mike Andre followed with a line single to center. Woburn manager Bob DiNapoli then chose to lift Curran in favor of southpaw Matt Boylan. Cleanup man Justin Crisafulli greeted Boylan with a sharp single to left to load the bases with one out. Boylan then caught Jeff DeCarlo striking out looking for out number two. He looked like he was going to escape the jam when he got O'Brien to hit what looked like a routine pop up to the right side. The pop up got hung up in a pretty stiff wind and was misplayed by the Tanner right side allowing both Costello and Andre to score to make it 3-0. Buldini followed with a bloop single to right that scored Crisafulli to give the Chiefs a 4-0 lead.

Woburn put two runners in scoring position in the sixth before Coppinger got Keith Morris to fly to Costello in right.

The Chiefs added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth when DiCato and Costello both walked and Andre moved them to second and third. Righty Bobby Whalen replaced Boylan on the mound and issued an intentional walk to Crisafulli to load the bases. DeCarlo then lofted a sacrifice fly to center that scored DiCato with the Chiefs fifth run.

Coppinger (2-2) retired Woburn in order in the seventh to pick up the complete game , five strikeout, 108 pitch, win.

Chiefs Notebook...The Chiefs are right back in action on Wednesday night when they make their first visit of the year to Walsh Field in Wakefield for a 6:00 PM date with the Merchants....Lefty Jeff DeCarlo, who will heading to the University of Michigan in September, is expected to get the first start of his Chiefs career....On the heels of the Rich Montecalvo injury, second baseman Doug Heald has come up with a back injury that has the Chiefs middle infield looking for some help....Coppinger lowered his ERA to 2.37 with Tuesday's shutout....

Woburn-Plain and simple, they just let this one slip away.

After rallying back from a 3-0 defecit to take a 5-3 lead in the fourth inning, the Chiefs defense self imploded with three errors as they nicely gift wrapped and handed a 10-5 win to Woburn at Ferullo Field on Thursday night.

The Tanners took a 3-0 lead off starter and loser Mike DiCato in the third with the key hit being a Keigan DiNapoli bomb double to  center.

The Chiefs took advantage of the wildness of Woburn starter John Lynch and took a 5-3 lead in the fourth.

The Tanners capitalized off of three Chiefs miscues in the bottom of the fifth to take a 6-5 lead that they never relinquished.

DiCato allowed only three earned runs before giving way to relivers Mark Blake and Mike Chandler. Mike Andre was four for four including a long double that raised his average to .444 (12-27) as he had four of the Chiefs six hits on the night. The others were a Jeff DeCarlo RBI single in the fourth and a Sean O'Brien leadoff single in the fifth. 

It does not get any easier for the struggling Chiefs as they are off until Sunday afternoon when they travel to Somerville to face the first place 9-1 Cassell Club at Trum Field at 3:00 PM.