Chiefs Blank Arlington Tuesday

Andre Chiefs 7, Arlington Trojans 0

Lefty Dylan Ellis (Gloucester, MA/Merrimack) made his second quality start in five days, this time throwing a two-hit gem, and Peter Copa (Malden, MA/UMass-Amherst, pictured at right) hit a three-run homer and drove in five runs to lead the Chiefs past the Arlington Trojans 7-0 in Intercity League action on Tuesday evening at Tufts University.

The Chiefs jumped out to a 1-0 first inning lead when UMass star Mike Gedman drove home 2009 New England College Player of the Year Mike Baillargeon (Worcester, MA/Assumption), who had singled and stole second.

Baillargeon and Copa doubles pushed the lead to 2-0 in third.

The lead went to 4-0 in the fourth inning on singles from Bob McCarthy, who was 3-3 for the night, Baillargeon and Copa.

Copa put the game away in the bottom of the sixth when he launched a three-run home over the 367’ foot sign in left-center.

Ellis, now 2-0 on the season, allowed singles in the first and the seventh innings while striking out five.

The Chiefs are off on Wednesday. They travel to East Boston Stadium on Thursday to meet the Testa Corp. Bombers at 8:00PM.

Chiefs Notebook….Lefty Ryan O’Rourke (Worcester, MA/Merrimack), who worked three scoreless innings for the Chiefs in the final exhibition game in Lexington last Wednesday, was selected by the Minnesota Twins in Round 13 of Tuesday’s Major League Baseball Draft…..The Chiefs will send southpaw Tim Dunphy to the mound on Thursday. The former Brandeis star pitched professionally for the Namur Angels in 2007……The Chiefs expect southpaw Jeff DeCarlo (Medford, MA/Michigan) back in uniform for Thursday’s game. Michigan was eliminated by Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament semi-finals last weekend. The former St. John’s Prep star is expected to arrive back in Medford late Wednesday…. Finally, Chiefs centerfielder Jeff Bercume, who signed with the Oakland A’s a few weeks ago, has been assigned to Single A Vancouver. Bercume hit .325 for the Chiefs last summer…. Following Thursday’s game at East Boston Stadium, the Chiefs return home on Friday to host the Medford Americans at Tufts University on Friday at 6:00 PM….

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