Andre Chiefs

The Chiefs hope to get back into the swing of things, following the Fourth of July break and numerous rainouts, when they travel to Austin Prep in Reading to meet the Bulldogs on Tuesday at 6:45 PM.

On Wednesday, the Chiefs will meet the Melrose Americans at Morelli Field at 7:30 PM before returning home to Maplewood to entertain the Middlesex Expos on Thursday at 8:00 PM.

Melrose MA- John Jennings hit two homers to lead the Americans to a 9-4 win over the Chiefs in Melrose on Wednesday night.

Jennings (3-4), Bobby Losanno (2-3, RBI), and Josh Bohn (2 RBI), helped the Americans erase a 3-0 Chiefs’ first inning lead.

Colin Jaena (1-1) worked the first 4.1 innings to gain the win and Mike Andrews and Ronnie Luke combined on 2.2 innings of scoreless relief.

Adam Johnson and Ryan Nonne each had two hits and a couple of RBI ‘s for the Chiefs.

Graham Seed (2-1) suffered his first loss of the season.

Thursday’s scheduled Chiefs at Blue Sox game has been postponed due to wet grounds in Lexington.

Malden, MA- Rain has postponed two Chiefs’ games heading into the ICL’s annual Fourth of July Break.

Wednesday’s game vs. Reading and Thursday’s game at Alibrandis were both postponed. Make -up dates will be announced soon.

Chiefs’ Manager Jim McConville (pictured) has the club at 4-4 heading into the six day hiatus. The Chiefs will resume play on Wednesday, July 7 when they travel to Morelli Field to meet the Melrose Americans at 7:30 PM. On Thursday they will stay on the road and visit the Blue Sox in Lexington at 8:00 PM.

Mitch Schroeder and Nick Valdario have been the Chiefs’ leading hitters over the first eight games of the season. Schroeder is currently batting .444 with a homer and four extra base hits. Valdario checks in at .367 (11-30) with four RBI’s and four stolen bases.

In the pitching department, Graham Seed (2-0) and Silas Reed (2-0) own the teams wins. Seed has posted an ERA of 0.54 and has struck out 26 batters in 13 innings. Reed boasts an ERA of 0.88 with 19 K’s in just eight innings of work. Pitching Coach Dave Caiazzo has his staff averaging 1.68 strikeouts per inning.

The Chiefs will face a busy last three weeks of July with 16 games scheduled in 24 days.

Somerville, MA- Paul Frisoli struck out 11 batters in six innings to lead Alibrandis to a 6-1 win over the Andre Chiefs at Trum Field on Thursday night. Gordie Gronkowski had two hits and two RBI’s to lead the Alibrandis offense.
Frisoli (2-2) allowed just four hits.

Evan Walsh (0-2) took the loss.

The now 4-4 Chiefs are off until Wednesday when they will host the Reading Bulldogs at Maplewood at 8:15 PM.

(Courtesy of Bruce Hack)
Malden, MA – Lexington scored five runs in the fourth to break open a 4-0 game and defeated the Chiefs 9-3 in a game played at Maplewood last night. The game was called at 10:30 in the bottom of the seventh when the lights went out. The Chiefs had scored twice and had runners on the corners with one out when the game was called.

Will Potdevin capped off the fourth with a three-run inside-the-park homer, his first and the teams first of 2021, to give the Sox a 9-0 lead.

Julian Alvarez was 3-for-3 with two RBI and Josue Feliciano was 2-for-2 with a walk and three runs to lead the Blue Sox.

Ryan O’Rourke, 3-0, pitched five innings giving up two hits, a run, 12 strike outs and walked six.

Ryan Noone, who pinch hit in the fifth, drove in two runs for the Chiefs. His two-out single in the fifth drove in Graham Smith to break up the shutout bid. In the seventh He doubled to score Nick Valdario with the last run of the night.

Chiefs starter Tim Dunphy, 0-2, took the loss. In three innings of work he gave up seven hits, four runs, walked 2 and struck out two.