Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Lexington Blue Sox 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 5 12 0 Cassell Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Lexington wins 2008 Intercity League Championship with a 5-0 victory over Cassell. The Blue Sox win the finals 3-1. Bill Cooke pitched a 2-hitter, walked none and struck out 11. He set down 13 straight Cassell batters from the second through sixth innings, including five consecutive strikeouts. Blue Sox scored all the runs they would need in the second. Jared McGuire reached on a fielder's choice, stole second and scored on Anthony Santos' RBI-double. Santos scored on a wild pitch. Santos drove in the fifth run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Dan Hughes had an RBI double in the fourth. Eric Poling had a pinch-hit RBI single in the seventh. Jim Roche had both hits for Cassell, a single in the second and two-out triple in the seventh.

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Fri, 22 August, 7:45PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington
Lexington Blue Sox 4, Cassell Club 0

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Cassell Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Lexington Blue Sox 0 0 1 0 3 0 x 4 5 0

Lexington takes a 2-1 lead in the ICL finals with a 4-0 win over Cassell. Marc Hewett won his second game of the playoffs and tossed a complete game 3-hit shutout. He retired 12 of the last 14 batters he faced, including striking out the last two Cassell batters. Dan Hughes broke open a 2-0 game with a 2-run single in the fifth. Ben Hewett singled to drive in Anthony Santos with the Blue Sox first run. Bobby McCarthy had two of Cassell's three hits, including a leadoff triple in the first inning. Outstanding defensive plays by Matt Gedman and Ben Hewett helped keep McCarthy on third. Game four is Saturday at Trum Field at 4:00 p.m.

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Wed, 20 August, 7:30PM, at Trum Field - Somerville
Lexington Blue Sox 5, Cassell Club 4

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Lexington Blue Sox 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 5 7 4 Cassell Club 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 4 1

Lexington evened the ICL Finals at a game a piece with a 5-4 win at Trum Field. Anthony Santos broke open a 1-1 game with a 2-run single in the sixth to give Lexington a 3-1 lead. Matt Gedman drove in two insurance runs in the seventh with a 2-run single to give Lexington an important 5-1 lead. Cassell took advantage of two Blue Sox errors in the seventh to score three run to make it 5-4. Pat Donovan came in and closed the door, striking out two to save the win for Lexington. Game Three is Friday night in Lexington at 7:45. Lex-Tom Klem, Pat Donovan (7) and Jeff Nolet. Cas-Drew Brzozowski, Matt Sheehan (7) and Bobby McCarthy. WP-Klem (1-0). LP-Brzozowski (0-1). Sv-Donovan (1).

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Tue, 19 August, 7:45PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington
Cassell Club 4, Lexington Blue Sox 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E Cassell Club 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 1 Lexington Blue Sox 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0

Bobby McCarthy's two-out, two-run double, in the top of the 8th inning, drove in the winning runs as Cassell won game one of the Intercity League finals, 4-2, in extra innings at Lexington High School. McCarthy (3 hits) singled and scored Cassell's first run in the third. Josh Mackey walked and scored the second run on wild pitch. Dan Graham homered in the first for Lexington. Jack Laurendeau walked, went to third on Sean McElroy's single and scored on Jared McGuire's sacrifice fly to tie the game in the fourth. Tim Dunphy pitched a complete game allowing four hits, walked two and struck out four. Cas-Tim Dunphy and Bobby McCarthy Lex-Kevin Scanlon, Jesse Santos (8) and Ben Hewett WP-Dunphy, 1-0. LP-Scanlon, 0-1. HR-Lexington, Dan Graham (1) UMPIRES- Joe Pascucci (Plate), Bill Carroll (1B), Al Lanni (2B) & Tom Ryberg (3B)

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Sun, 17 August, 5:00PM, at Trum Field - Somerville
Cassell Club 11, Testa Corp. Bombers 4

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Testa Corp. Bombers 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 10 2 Cassell Club 1 0 3 4 0 3 x 11 12 3

Cassell moved on to the ICL Finals behind the incredible effort of Mike Parissi (Brandeis). Parissi got his 2nd win of the day, going five innings. Parissi ended the day throwing 12 innings, getting two wins, and not allowing a single walk. Since 2005, Parissi is 8-1 in the playoffs with five shutouts. Leading the offense for Cassell was Josh Klimkiewicz (Harvard), Josh Mackey (Southern Maine), Tim Dempsey (UMass-Lowell), and Jimmy Roche (Bentley). Between the four of them there were ten hits and eight RBI. Mackey ended the day with four his and Klimkiewicz gave Cassell the lead for good in the 3rd with a two run home run. Testa ended the game with ten hits, led by Pete John, Nick Martinho, and Jonathan Pollard. Cassell moves on to face Lexington Tuesday night in Lexington. Congratulations to Testa for a good series and season.

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Sun, 17 August, 3:00PM, at Trum Field - Somerville
Cassell Club 2, Testa Corp. Bombers 0

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Testa Corp. Bombers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 Cassell Club 0 1 1 0 0 0 x 2 4 1

Cassell evened the series behind a brilliant performance from veteran Mike Parissi (Brandeis). Parissi went all seven, scattering four hits, while striking out six. Cassell scored its first run in the 2nd when Bobby McCarthy (Merrimack) scored on an error. A second run was added in the 3rd when Tim Dempsey (Umass-Lowell) singled home Josh Mackey (Southern Maine) For Testa James Palmer pitched an excellent game, going the distance while only allowing 4 hits.

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Sat, 16 August, 1:00PM, at East Boston Stadium
Testa Corp. Bombers 5, Cassell Club 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Cassell Club 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 0 Testa Corp. Bombers 2 0 3 0 0 0 x 5 7 0

Cas- Dunphy, Br (3rd) and McCarthy Tes- Del Prete and Barrett WP-Del Prete LP-Dunphy HRS-None

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Wed, 13 August, 7:30PM, at Trum Field - Somerville
Wakefield Merchants 8, Cassell Club 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Wakefield Merchants 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 8 12 1 Cassell Club 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 1

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Tue, 5 August, 7:30PM, at Trum Field - Somerville
Cassell Club 14, Mooney Dental Tanners 1

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Cassell Club 1 3 0 4 5 0 1 14 13 1 Mooney Dental Tanners 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1

Cassell was bolstered by the strong pitching of Marty Sheehan (Union), who went five innings and only allowed four hits. The offense was led by Teddy O'Reilly (UConn) who had two doubles, Josh Klimkiewicz (Harvard) who reached base all five times, and James Likis (Brandeis) and Chuck Sheehan (Brandeis) who both had two hits each. For Mooney Joe Smith had two hits and Keegan DeNapoli reached base twice.

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Sun, 3 August, 7:30PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington
Lexington Blue Sox 2, Cassell Club 0

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Cassell Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Lexington Blue Sox 0 0 0 0 1 1 x 2 6 0

Bill Cooke (W) pitched a complete game 3-hitter, collecting 9 K's along the way. The runs for the Blue Sox came on an RBI single by Dan Graham and on a throwing error by Cassell shortstop Josh Mackey, that scored Sean McElroy. Bobby McCarthy had two of the three hits for the Cassell Club and Anthony Santos went 2-for-2, as they were the only players with multiple hits in the game. CC - Bryan Lambert, Drew Brzozowski (L) and Bobby McCarthy LBS - Bill Cooke (W) and Ben Hewett Time: 1:31 Attendance: 85

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Fri, 1 August, 6:00PM, at Walsh Field
Cassell Club 5, Wakefield Merchants 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Cassell Club 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 5 9 0 Wakefield Merchants 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0

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Thu, 31 July, 6:00PM, at Ferullo Field
Cassell Club 8, Mooney Dental Tanners 3

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Cassell Club 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 8 10 2 Mooney Dental Tanners 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 1

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Wed, 30 July, 7:30PM, at Trum Field - Somerville
Cassell Club 16, Medford Americans 0

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Medford Americans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 Cassell Club 6 3 5 2 0 0 x 16 19 0

Cassell pounded out 19 hits and got six runs in the 1st to never look back. Leading the offensive charge were Matt Rogers (Harvard), Nick Kelley (Endicott), Aaron Santos (Endicott), Josh Mackey (Southern Maine), and Jeff Paquette (Fitchburg State/Toronto Blue Jays). Rogers ended the night with five RBIs, Santos reached base all five times, and Paquette and Mackey both hit home runs. Veteran righty Mike Parissi (Brandeis), Marty Sheehan (Union), and Kelley combined for the shutout. Parissi got his 5th win of the season. For Medford Steve Tahmoush and Mike Delponte both reached base twice.

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Tue, 29 July, 6:15PM, at Trum Field - Somerville
Andre Chiefs 10, Cassell Club 3

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Andre Chiefs 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 10 12 1 Cassell Club 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 8 1

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Tue, 22 July, 8:15PM, at Pine Banks
Cassell Club 5, Gately Athletics 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Cassell Club 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 10 1 Gately Athletics 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 1

Cassell won its 6th straight behind the strong pitching of Tim Dunphy (Brandeis). Dunphy went the distance to pick up 3rd win of the season, allowing only five hits and one earned run, while striking out a season high seven. The game was tied 2-2 going into 6th until Jeff Paquette (Fitchburg State/Toronto Blue Jays) singled and Aaron Santos (Endicott) delivered the big blow with a two run HR to right-center field. Santos ended the game with three hits, and Chuck Sheehan (Brandeis) and James Likis (Brandeis) each had two hits. For Gately Mark Piantedosi provided a strong effort on the mound and Peter Copa provided the big hit to tie the game up in the 5th.