Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E AlThomas Athletics 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 Somerville Alibrandis 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 3 8 3

Alibrandis Manager Bernie Driscoll leads his team to its toughest Yawkey League championship. It was the Organization's 15th title in its 25 year history. They also completed a 5-peat with this win. They will say goodbye to the Future HOF Marc "Doc" DesRoches who is the definition of "Alibrandi Baseball" He leaves with 15 Titles and over 700 YBL hits. Every player on this roster did something during the playoffs to contribute to this Championship. A true team effort. There were Co-MVP's announced for this year playoffs. Sean Sullivan and Chris Mckenzie. Congratulations to the Al Thomas A's for a tremendous season. See you all in 2015.

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Tue, 26 August, 7:30PM, at Adams Field
Somerville Alibrandis 4, AlThomas Athletics 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Somerville Alibrandis 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 8 2 AlThomas Athletics 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 1

SOMERVILLE LEADS SERIES 3-1. Pitching was the watch word of the night over 3 complete innings for both contenders tonight. Sean Sullivan (Som) a veteran and Bobby Freeman (AT) a rookie stepped up and kept things under control for their teams. Things changed for the A;s in the 4th as Steve Lambert hit a 2 out single advanced to 2nd on a Matt Rodrigues fielders choice. Chris McDonough hit a single then John Kostas smashed a two out single plating the only runs Al Thomas would score on the night. Somerville scored 4 huge runs in the top of the 5th. Mark Addesa hit a bomb for a double. Mike Maguire blasted a 1 out double to plate Mark. Kevin Salines singled and Teddy Dziuba plated Mag's with a single. Bobby Barrett knocked in Salines and Dziuba to make it 4-2. Sullivan shut the door in the 6th and Brian Tanguy came on and was credited with his 2nd save of the series. -Dave Mckay

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Sun, 24 August, 4:00PM, at Kelly Field Milton
AlThomas Athletics 5, Somerville Alibrandis 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Somerville Alibrandis 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 8 1 AlThomas Athletics 4 0 0 0 0 1 x 5 9 1

ATBC gets ahead in the first on a two rbi double by Lambert. That is all Willie Archibald would need to get the complete game victory. Matt Jacobs had 3 hits and rookie Matt Lavasseur came up clutch with a solid rbi double in the 6th. Game 4: Tuesday, 7:30 PM. Adams Field, Quincy MA.

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Sat, 23 August, 8:00PM, at Trum Field
Somerville Alibrandis 4, AlThomas Athletics 1

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E AlThomas Athletics 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Somerville Alibrandis 0 4 0 0 0 0 x 4 7 1

Things looked bright for Al Thomas as they took an early 1-0 lead in the 1st. Somerville plated 4 huge runs in the 2nd and held on to beat Al Thomas 4 to 1. Marc DesRoches and Bobby Barrett hit piggy back singles to lead the stanza. Demartinis walked loading the sacks. Mark Addesa singled Doc in to tie up the game. Dan Goughan walked Mike Maguire to force Barrett across. Kevin Salines gave Somerville a 3 run lead with a 2-RBI's single. Chris Foundas got the well earned win. Tanguay came in to shut the door in the 7th for the save. Dan Gaughan had a decent night on the bump. He allowed 4 runs on 7 hits over 6 innings. James Katsiroubas was 3 for 4 with a double for Al Thomas. While DesRoches was 2 for 3 for Somerville. All is new Sunday at 4PM. Kelly Field is the location for game 3. Al Thomas does have some work to do though. See you there. -Dave McKay

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Fri, 22 August, 8:00PM, at Trum Field
Somerville Alibrandis 3, AlThomas Athletics 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E AlThomas Athletics 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 9 0 Somerville Alibrandis 0 3 0 0 0 0 x 3 9 1

Finals Game 1 Somerville holds on and wins 3 to 2. Take a 1-0 lead in Championship Finals over Al Thomas. Somerville scored 3 runs in the 2nd.DesRoches, Demartines and Gillis hit singles. With 2 out Sal Mendonca struck a 2 RBI single plating Doc and Demartines. Mike Maguire singled in Gillis for the 3rd run. AT scored 1 in 4th. John Kostas singled with one out. He scored on a Sac Fly to right by Matt Jacobs. Three singles in the 5th by the A's only produced a solo run. Some high drama in 7th. Anthony Perry snagged a high fly off the fence to end the contest with men on base. Chris McKenzie was solid thru 5 for Somerville. He was relieved by Sean Sullivan who got the save. Will Clang went 6 for the A's and pitched his heart out. -Dave Mckay

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Sun, 17 August, 5:00PM, at Maplewood
Somerville Alibrandis 4, East Boston Knights 1

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Somerville Alibrandis 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 East Boston Knights 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1

Jon Morse pitched 6 gutsy innings for the win tonight. But the game was in doubt until the 6th. The Knights Jon Shepard pitching a shutout through 5 innings look very much in control. Alibrandis' Mike Maguire started the top of the 6th with a walked. Kevin Salines tripled to right center scoring Maguire to tie the score at 1-1. Then the Knights decided to intentional walk both Teddy Dziuba & Marc DesRoches to load the bases. It produces a quick out. Logan Gillis then worked a walk to score Salines with the go ahead run. Stan DeMartinis then proceeded to drop a single into left field scoring Dziuba & DesRoches making the score 4-1. Morse pitched a perfect 6th inning before giving way to Alibrandis closer Brian Tanguy to seal the deal in the 7th. Congratulations go out to the East Boston Knights on a terrific season. Somerville now waits for the winner of the Revere/Al Thomas series to see who they will be facing in this years Final.

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Fri, 15 August, 8:00PM, at Trum Field
Somerville Alibrandis 2, East Boston Knights 1

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E East Boston Knights 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Somerville Alibrandis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 1

Alibrandis Chris Foundas was a real workhorse. He threw 9 outstanding innings holding the Knights to just 1 run on 3 hits. Brian Tanguy came on in the 10th to throw a 1-2-3 for the win. But East Boston's pitching tandem of Tangherlini and Ockner were just as dominating. Until the faithful 10th inning with 2 outs when Anthony Perry singled stole 2nd and advanced to 3rd on an overthrow. Then Mike Maguire stepped up to the plate and delivered a walk off single up the middle for the 2-1 victory. Somerville is now up 2-0 in this hard fought Series.

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Thu, 14 August, 7:30PM, at St Peters Field
Somerville Alibrandis 2, East Boston Knights 0

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E East Boston Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Somerville Alibrandis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1

The pitching duel between Chris Mckenzie and Jeff Allison lived up to all the hype. Both pitchers going the distance. Mckenzie came out on top striking out 7 and giving up 2 hits. Allison allowing a 2 run single off the bat off Bobby Barrett in the 1st inning. Game 2 Friday @ Trum Field.

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Sat, 9 August, 4:00PM, at Rogers Park
Somerville Alibrandis 7, Brighton Black Sox 0

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Somerville Alibrandis 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 7 10 1 Brighton Black Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2

Morse pitches 6 solid innings allowing 2 hits and strikes out 8. Dziuba leads the offense with 3 hits. Somerville Alibrandis wins the series and advances to round 2 of the YBL Playoffs.

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Fri, 8 August, 8:00PM, at Trum Field
Somerville Alibrandis 1, Brighton Black Sox 0

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Brighton Black Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 Somerville Alibrandis 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2

Foundas pitched 7 solid innings with 9 strikeouts. Addesa bunted a perfect ball but it was throw past first base into RF allowing the winning run to score from second base Nicholson pitched great for the Black Sox and took a tough luck loss.

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Wed, 6 August, 8:00PM, at Trum Field
Somerville Alibrandis 3, Brighton Black Sox 1

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Brighton Black Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 Somerville Alibrandis 0 2 0 0 1 0 x 3 4 0

McKenzie pitched 6 solid innings striking out 11 allowing only 1 run. Tanguy recorded the save. Ross held Somerville to 3 runs on 4 hits.

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Mon, 4 August, 8:00PM, at East Boston Stadium
Somerville Alibrandis 5, East Boston Knights 0

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Somerville Alibrandis 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 16 0 East Boston Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sullivan pitches 7 shutout innings. Allowing only 2 hits. With this win Somerville wins the Ted Williams Division and clinches first place in the YBL.

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Fri, 1 August, 8:00PM, at Trum Field
Somerville Alibrandis 6, McKay Club Beacons 1

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E McKay Club Beacons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Somerville Alibrandis 1 1 0 2 2 0 x 6 6 1

Jon Morse improved his record to 8-0. Doc DesRoches led the offense with 2 hits and 3 RBI's.

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Thu, 31 July, 8:00PM, at Town Field
Somerville Alibrandis 2, Brighton Black Sox 1

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Somerville Alibrandis 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 Brighton Black Sox 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Chris Foundas pitches 7 solid innings for the win. He had 11K's and only allowed 2 hits. Matt Nicholson pitch a solid game for the Black Sox.

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Wed, 30 July, 8:00PM, at Trum Field
Somerville Alibrandis 11, Stoneham Sabers 10

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Stoneham Sabers 0 0 0 4 2 1 3 10 9 5 Somerville Alibrandis 3 0 3 0 5 0 x 11 14 6

A battle of 2 of the YBL's top teams was not decided until the very last out. The Sabers battled all night. But came up just short leaving the tying and go ahead runs on base. Alibrandis Chris McKenzie picked up the win.