Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Watertown Reds 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 Lexington Blue Sox 1 0 0 0 0 6 x 7 9 1

Lexington won its fourth straight Intercity League championship with a 7-1 win over Watertown and a series sweep. Marc Hewett pitched a complete game two-hitter and struck out 11. He took a no-hitter into the sixth before Sam Sager had a leadoff single in the sixth. Eric Poling's two-run single gave Lexington a 5-1 lead in the sixth and came in the middle of a six run rally. Nate Izzo's ground rule double drove in Chris Burke, who reached on a wild pitch on strike three, for Watertown's only run.

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Tue, 17 August, 7:00PM, at Victory Field
Lexington Blue Sox 13, Watertown Reds 1

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Lexington Blue Sox 0 0 4 1 3 1 4 13 14 0 Watertown Reds 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1

Lexington wins game two and takes a 2-0 lead in the finals behind the pitching of Matt Karis and an explosive offense. The Blue Sox set playoff highs in runs (13), hits (14), tied RBI (11), total bases (15) and walks (9). Karis, 2-0 in the playoffs, pitched 6 innings. He struck out five, walked two and gave up five hits. Steve Gath (3 hits, 2 runs, 2 RBI) lead the offense. Pete Frates and Ross Curley each scored three runs.

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Mon, 16 August, 7:45PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington
Lexington Blue Sox 2, Watertown Reds 0

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

Lexington win game one of the finals, 2-0 behind a complete three hitter by Drew Brzozowski. Brzozowski retired 13 straight from 1st through fifth innings. He struck out seven and walked one. Consecutive two-out singles by Pete Frates, Ross Curley and Steve Gath, RBI, produced the first Lexington run. Tommy Haugh drove in Matt McEvoy (single) with an infield out in the fourth. Brian Casey (6 IP, 8 hits, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts) took the loss for Watertown, the first in the postseason for the Reds.

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Sat, 14 August, 2:00PM, at Walsh Field
Lexington Blue Sox 3, Wakefield Merchants 2

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

Lexington advances to finals on Monday night, August 16, against Watertown. Eric Poling and Tommy Haugh had RBI singles in the seventh and Dan Capra drove in the game winner with a sacrifice fly to give Lexington a 3-2 win and series sweep. Wakefield scored twice in the bottom of the seventh on sacrifice flies by Lorenzo Papa and John Davison before Matt O'Brien shut the door and save the game for the Blue Sox. Wakefield's Darren Bisso had a no-hitter through 6.1 before Pete Frates broke it up with a bunt single. The next four batters reached on three singles and an intentional walk. Only Ben Hewett had reached base, getting hit twice, until that point.

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Fri, 13 August, 7:45PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington
Lexington Blue Sox 2, Wakefield Merchants 1

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

Ross Curley had a walk-off two-run single to give Lexington a 2-1 win and a 2-0 lead in the semifinal series. Dan Capra had a bunt single to start off the seventh for Lexington. Eric Poling bunted and reached safely when his hit got by everyone. Pete Frates moved both runners up with a sacrifice bunt. On the the first pitch he saw Curley hit one that bounced off the third base bag and into left to score Capra and pinch runner Jim Hughes with the game winner. Matt Russo doubled to drive in John Davison in the second to give Wakefield a 1-0 lead. Marc Hewett got the win, going the distance. He walked two and struck out four. Jarrod Marchesi took the loss striking out eight.

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Thu, 12 August, 7:45PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington
Lexington Blue Sox 6, Wakefield Merchants 1

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

Lexington takes a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five semifinals with a 6-1 win over Wakefield. Eric Poling was 2-for-2 with a two run single in the sixth. He tripled and scored in the third. Matt Karis pitched a complete game four-hitter. He walked none, struck out nine and gave up an unearned run. Wakefield starter James Ramsey went 5.2 innings and took the loss. He gave up seven hits, walked four, struck out five and allowed four earned runs. Pinch runner Dom Sorrentino scored the Merchants lone run on a fielders choice by Mike Sorrentino.

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Fri, 6 August, 8:00PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington
Lexington Blue Sox 5, Wakefield Merchants 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Wakefield Merchants 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 9 1 Lexington Blue Sox 0 0 2 0 3 0 x 5 8 0

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Thu, 5 August, 8:55PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington (Game 2 of DH)
Lexington Blue Sox 12, Testa Corp. Bombers 3

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Testa Corp. Bombers 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 10 2 Lexington Blue Sox 1 2 7 0 2 0 x 12 10 1

Lexington offense breaks out with a season best 12 runs. Ben Hewett drove in three runs, while Pete Frates, Will Marcal and Chris Shaw each drove in two runs. Stan DeMartinis had three hits for Testa Corp. Lamarre Rey had two hits and two RBI. Rey pitched the sixth and struck out the side on 11 pitches. Marc Hewett made his first 2010 ICL start. In five innings of work he scattered eight hits and struck out eight.

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Thu, 5 August, 7:00PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington (Game 1 of DH)
Lexington Blue Sox 3, Testa Corp. Bombers 2

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

Lexington clinches first place with a 3-2 win in game one of a doubleheader. Eric Poling drove in the game-winner with an RBI single to left in the sixth that scored Ben Hewett. Matt Karis improves to 8-0 going 6.2 innings with six strikeouts. Poling scored the first two runs for the Sox, both times coming home on RBI singles by Pete Frates. Pete John hit his fifth home run in the six to tie it at 2-2. Willie Allen drove in the first run with an RBI double in the fifth.

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Wed, 4 August, 8:00PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington
Watertown Reds 13, Lexington Blue Sox 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Watertown Reds 1 0 3 6 3 0 0 13 17 0 Lexington Blue Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 2

Steve Amrein wins his first start as Watertown closes out its season with a 13-2 win over Lexington.

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Mon, 2 August, 8:00PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington
Reading Bulldogs 1, Lexington Blue Sox 0

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

Reading pitchers Dan Eisenberg and Chris Labriola combined on a four-hit shutout while walking none and striking out four. Reading scored its only run in the second when Andy Gagnon singled with two outs and moved to second on a wild pitch. Doug Flutie then hit a grounder down the first base line that could not be fielded cleanly and Gagnon raced around ahead of the throw to the plate for the games only run. Sam Finn took the loss for Lexington allowing an unearned run, five hits and struck out six. WP- Eisenberg (1-1). LP-Finn (4-2). S-Labriola (2)

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Sun, 1 August, 7:00PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington
Lexington Blue Sox 4, 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 4 2 Lexington Blue Sox 0 1 2 0 1 0 x 4 6 1

Lexington completed a weekend sweep of Medford with a Sunday night win. Steve Bodnar, 3-3, pitched his first complete game shutout of the season. He walked none and struck out six. He retired 14 of 15 batters from second through six innings. He pitched 3.2 hitless innings before Mike Delponte (two hits) doubled with two out in the fourth. Nick Martinho hit his first home run of the season in the second. Dan Graham singled in a run in third and doubled in a run in the fifth for Lexington. Ryan McNiff took the loss for Medford. In four innings he gave up six hits, four runs, walked none and struck out one.

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Sat, 31 July, 1:00PM, at Playstead Park
Lexington Blue Sox 6, Medford Americans 5

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E Lexington Blue Sox 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 6 12 1 Medford Americans 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 5 10 2

Dan Capra drove in Eric Poling with a sacrifice fly in the eighth to give Lexington a 6-5 win.

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Fri, 30 July, 8:00PM, at Ferullo Field
Lexington Blue Sox 8, Mooney Dental Tanners 5

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Lexington Blue Sox 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 8 9 1 Mooney Dental Tanners 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 9 0

Pete Frates leads the offense as Lexington stays in first place with the win. Frates reached base his first three times up with two hits and a walk and scored three runs. Nick Martinho had two hits, a walk and an RBI. Connor Buckley, 1-1, earned the win pitching four innings, giving up seven his and striking out five. Bryan Watkins had three hits for Mooney. Phil Recco drove in three, two with a first-inning double.

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Thu, 29 July, 8:00PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington
Lexington Blue Sox 3, Wakefield Merchants 1

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

Matt Karis improves to 6-0 with a complete game four-hitter. He struck out nine, walked one and retired 11 of the last 12 batters. Lexington scored twice in the second without the benefit of a hit. Two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases. Eric Poling drove in the first run with a fielders choice and the second run scored on an error. Dan Graham and Nick Martinho had back-to-back doubles in the fifth for the third run. Wakefield scored when Matt Russo stole home on the back end of a double steal. Kevin Flight, 1-3, pitched 3.1 hitless innings.