Boston Park League Baseball

INTERCITY LEAGUE OUTSLUGS PARK LEAGUE ALL-STARS

WINS 8-5

By Bruce Hack

Lexington Blue Sox

Director of Media Relations

Wellesley Hills , MA - What a difference a year makes!

In 2006 it was pitching and defense that carried the Intercity League All-Stars to a 4-1 win over the Boston Park League. This year offense was the name of the game at Babson College's Norman and Terry Govoni Field.

The 2007 All-Star game between the two greater Boston baseball leagues was played in memory of Joe Driscoll a long-time umpire who passed away suddenly in April of this year. The two leagues agreed to name the game the Joe Driscoll Memorial All-Star Classic and will continue to play it each year in Joe's memory.

After the first inning the teams had equaled last year's final score as the visiting Intercity League scored four times in the opening inning. Dan Graham (Lexington/Central Connecticut ) started it off with single. Josh Klimkiewicz (Cassell/Harvard) followed with a single and Tim Dempsey (Cassell/UMass-Lowell) walked to load the bases. John Welch (Medford/St. Anselm) brought in the first run with a fielders choice. Mike Pagliarulo (Medford/Dartmouth) singled to drive in the second run and Mickey Wiswall (Wakefield/Boston College) finished the scoring with a two-run double. The host Park League got a run back in the bottom half of the first on A. J. Turner's (Mass Envelope/Eastern Nazarene) solo home run to right.

Turner's round tripper was the first of four on the day as players took advantage of a stiff breeze blowing out to right.

The Park League's first four runs come on home runs and three of its first six hits were balls that traveled over the fence.

A two-run shot by Julian Alvarez (Carlson Club/Western Oklahoma State) that bounced off the top of the centerfield fence made it 8-3 after four. Alvarez was 1-for-2 with a run and two RBI and earned MVP honors for the Boston Park League.

J. P. Songin (Palmer Club/Georgia College) hit a solo home run to right to make it 8-4 after six. Songin had entered the game in the top of the sixth and replaced Alvarez in right field for the Park League.

The Park League made it interesting in the ninth scoring its final run, and the only one not scored with a home run.

Cassell's David Ahern (Babson) came in to close out the game pitching on his college field and struggled a bit before bringing the game to an end.

Tony Fantaroni (Mass Envelope/Northeastern) singled to start the ninth for the Park League. He went to third on a single by Mike Ross (Boston Padres/Maine) and scored on a sacrifice fly by Hal Carey (Stockyard/Harvard). Carey hit a ball down the right field line which was hauled in by Steve Tahmoush (Medford/Babson) on a great running catch in foul territory. Singles by Dan Zailskas(Stockyard/Harvard) and Dan Merzel (Towne Club/Johns Hopkins ) loaded the bases and brought the winning run to the plate. Ahern bore down and struck out Don Ferbert (Towne Club/Mass Maritime) and retired Shu Sasaki (Cannon/Northeastern) on fly ball to center to seal the win.

Lexington 's Graham closed out the scoring for the Intercity League with a 2-run home run to right in the fourth to give the visitors an 8-1 lead. It was Graham's first home run of the season.

The left-handed slugger, who came into the game hitting .537 with 13 RBI, shared ICL MVP honors. Graham was 2-for-3 with 2 runs, 2 RBI and a home run. He shared honors with Wakefield 's Wiswall, who had an RBI single in the third inning to finish the day 2-for-2 with a game-high 3 RBI.

After Graham's blast, Park League pitchers Dave Williams (Towne Club/Wesleyan) and Jim Perry (Mass Envelope/Duke) combined for two hitless innings, and Williams had two strike outs, the only pitcher to do so. When Brendan O'Connor (Cannon Club/Lander) retired the first two batters in the seventh the Park League had set down eight straight Intercity League batters, the longest streak in the game.

The starting pitchers for both teams earned the decisions. The win went to Cassell's Bryan Lambert (Brandeis) who is 5-0 in the ICL. Matt Boudrow (Palmer Club/Bentley) gave up the four runs in the first and took the loss for the Park League.

This year's contest saw the teams combine for 13 runs, 22 hits, including three double and the four home runs. Both teams cleared the benches as every position player got into the game and 55 players in all were used.

ICL All Stars vs BPL All Stars

Jul 15, 2007 at Wellesley, MA (Govoni Field, Babson)

ICL All Stars 8 (1-0) BPL All Stars 5 (0-1)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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Aaron Santos cf.......... 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Whilsisky Baez c......... 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0

Matt McEvoy ph/cf....... 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Dan Merzel c............ 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0

Dan Graham lf............ 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 A. J. Turner 2b.......... 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0

Chris Curran ph/lf...... 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 Don Ferbert ph/2b....... 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0

Josh Klimkiewicz 1b...... 3 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 Steve Busby dh........... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Billy Manley 1b......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 Shu Sasaki ph/dh........ 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3

Tim Dempsey rf........... 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 Josue Feliciano cf....... 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0

Steve Tahmoush rf....... 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Jamie Dahill ph/cf...... 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

John Welch 2b............ 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 Julian Alvarez rf........ 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1

Chuck Sheehan 2b........ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 J. P. Songin rf......... 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0

Mike Pagliarulo dh....... 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Jonathan Pollard 1b...... 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0

Sean McElroy ph/dh...... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Tony Fanaroni 1b........ 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0

Justin Crisafulli dh.... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Spatola lf.......... 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0

Mickey Wiswall 3b........ 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 Mike Ross lf............ 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Adessa 3b.......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Manuel Soto ss........... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Eric Poling c............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Hal Carey ss............ 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0

Mike Sorrentino c....... 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Chris Plant 3b........... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2

Bob McCarthy c.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Dan Zailskas 3b......... 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0

Bryan Curran ss.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 Matt Boudrow p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Roberts ss......... 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 Kenny Henry p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bryan Lambert p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Greg Lovett p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Cooke p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Darwin Mesa p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tim Bryant p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Williams p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dan Gomez p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jim Perry p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kevin Tidmarsh p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Brendan O'Connor p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Orazio Azzarello p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Rony Mercado p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conor O'Sullivan-Pie p.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jared Blandino p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dave Ahern p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 40 8 12 7 3 6 27 14 10 Totals................... 36 5 10 5 2 3 27 8 7

Score by Innings R H E

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ICL All Stars....... 402 200 000 - 8 12 2

BPL All Stars....... 100 201 001 - 5 10 1

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E - C. Sheehan(1); B. Curran(1); H. Carey(1). DP - ICL 2. LOB - ICL 10; BPL 7. 2B - A. Santos(1); M. Wiswall(1); J. Pollard(1). HR - D. Graham(1); A.J. Turner(1); J. Alvarez(1); J.P. Songin(1).

HBP - J. Welch; M. Sorrentin. SF - H. Carey(1). SB - C. Curran 2(2).

ICL All Stars IP H R ER BB SO AB BF BPL All Stars IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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Bryan Lambert....... 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 5 5 Matt Boudrow........ 1.0 4 4 3 1 0 7 8

Bill Cooke.......... 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 Kenny Henry......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3

Tim Bryant.......... 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 Greg Lovett......... 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 5 7

Dan Gomez........... 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 9 10 Darwin Mesa......... 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 6 6

Kevin Tidmarsh...... 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 4 4 Dave Williams....... 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 3 5

Orazio Azzarello.... 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Jim Perry........... 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3

Conor O'Sullivan-Pie 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 Brendan O'Connor.... 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 5 5

Dave Ahern.......... 1.0 4 1 1 0 1 6 7 Rony Mercado........ 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4

Jared Blandino...... 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4

Win - B. Lambert (1-0). Loss - M. Boudrow (0-1). Save - None.

WP - G. Lovett 2(2). HBP - by G. Lovett (J. Welch); by D. Williams (M. Sorrentin). PB - W. Baez(1); D. Merzel(1).

Umpires - HP: Charlie Campbell 1B: Joe Cacciatore 2B: Rich Cacciatore 3B: Paul Brooks

Start: 1403 Time: 2:28 Attendance: 188