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

Dan Graham scored the winning run with one out in the seventh on a squeeze play by Ross Curley to send Lexington into the finals. Curley drove in the first Lexington run with a sacrifice fly in the second to tie the game at 1-1. Reading took a 3-2 lead in the fifth on Bill Cataldo's RBI single and a wild pitch. Matt Karis earned his second win of the series with a complete game effort. He gave up six hits and had nine strikeouts.

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Sun, 21 August, 3:30PM, at Reading HS (Morton)
Reading Bulldogs 3, Lexington Blue Sox 2

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

Doug Dellorfon's bases-clearing single in the second gave Reading a 3-2 win and tied the semifinal series at 2-2. Game five is Monday night in Lexington at 8:00 p.m. Ben O'Shea won his third postseason game with a complete game six-hitter. He gave up two runs and struck out seven. Jeff Vigurs with a first-inning sacrifice fly and Matt McEvoy with a single to right in the fourth drove in the Lexington runs.

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Fri, 19 August, 9:00PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington
Lexington Blue Sox 5, Reading Bulldogs 2

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

Dan Graham's 2-run home run in the bottom of the fifth gave Lexington a 3-2 lead on the way to a 5-2 win over Reading a 2-1 series lead. Dan Capra drove in two insurance runs in the sixth with a double. Reading took a 2-1 lead in the fifth on Doug Dellorfon's two-run single. Steve Bodnar earned the win with a complete game effort. He matched his season best with 12 strikeouts. Reading starter Nick Kelley took the loss. In five innings he gave up three runs, six hits and struck out three.

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Thu, 18 August, 5:45PM, at Reading HS (Morton)
Reading Bulldogs 3, Lexington Blue Sox 2

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

Zak Talis drove in Bill Cataldo with a single past the drawn-in infield to Reading a 3-2 win in game two and even the series at 1-1. The winning run scored with one out in the bottom of the eighth and came with the bases loaded. The game started in Reading on Thursday and was suspended due to darkness after seven innings and tied 2-2. It was finished in Lexington Friday night and took 16 minutes to bring to an conclusion. Ben O'Shea got the win with one inning in relief. He walked one and struck out two.

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Wed, 17 August, 7:45PM, at Lexington H.S. - Lexington
Lexington Blue Sox 4, Reading Bulldogs 1

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

Nick Martinho doubled in two runs in the second that gave Lexington the lead for good as the Blue Sox won the first game of their semifinal series 4-1 over Reading. Chas Agrillo singled in Martinho for a 3-1 Lexington lead. Matt McEvoy hit a leadoff home run in the sixth to account for the final run. Reading took a 1-0 lead when Alex Fischer (single) scored from third on a Lexington error. Matt Karis, 1-0, pitched a complete game for the win with eight strikeouts. Colin McGinn, 0-1, also went the distance for Reading with three strikeouts.

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Sat, 13 August, 5:00PM, at Maplewood Park - Malden
Reading Bulldogs 3, Testa Corp. Bombers 1

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

Bulldogs first three hitters of the game got hits with Cataldo (double) and Fischer (sacrifice fly) getting RBI. Gagnon lead off the 2nd inning with a double and scored on an error after Hartwell's bunt single. That was the last hit the Bulldogs would get off of Lemarre Rey. Ben O'Shea was dominant striking out 12 and walking just one batter. The only run Testa scored was unearned when Serino reached on a throwing error and then scored with two out on a misplayed fly ball double. Lemarre Rey pitched excellent striking out 7 and not allowing hit after the first 8 Bulldogs batters of the game.

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Fri, 12 August, 5:45PM, at Reading HS (Morton)
Reading Bulldogs 4, Testa Corp. Bombers 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Testa Corp. Bombers 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 0 Reading Bulldogs 2 0 2 0 0 0 x 4 10 1

Alex Fischer had a two run double in the first inning and Trevor Manzi singled home the winner in the third inning. The insurance run was scored on a double steal with Manzi scoring on the back end of an O'Leary steal attempt. Nick Kelley allowed just 5 hits while striking out 6 in a complete game win. Stan DeMartinis and Nate Witkowski had the Testa RBI's. Mark O'Flynn had two hits.

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Tue, 9 August, 8:00PM, at East Boston Stadium
Testa Corp. Bombers 3, Reading Bulldogs 2

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

Nate Witkowski hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift the Bombers to a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Reading Bulldogs. Anthony Del Prete pitched seven strong innings, allowing just two runs in the first inning before putting six zeros on the board the rest of the way. Derek Catoni was the hard luck loser for Reading. He allowed only one earned run over four hits, and struck out nine. Brett Flutie went 2-for-3 on the night, collecting two singles, a run and a stolen base for the Bulldogs.

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

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

Reading clinched fifth place with a 2-1 win over first place Lexington in the season finale. Brett Flutie's two-out RBI double in the top of the seventh drove in Nick Kelly with the winning run. Alex Fischer drove in Bill Cataldo with a single to tie the game in the sixth. Colin McGinn earned the win scattering four hits and striking out six. Steve Gath's sacrifice fly brought home Dan Graham to give Lexingto a 1-0 lead.

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Fri, 5 August, 6:00PM, at Walsh Field
Wakefield Merchants 8, Reading Bulldogs 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Reading Bulldogs 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 Wakefield Merchants 0 5 1 1 0 1 x 8 10 3

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Thu, 4 August, 6:00PM, at Playstead Park
Reading Bulldogs 9, Medford Americans 0

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Reading Bulldogs 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 9 12 1 Medford Americans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5

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Wed, 3 August, 6:00PM, at Reading HS (Morton)
Reading Bulldogs 3, Andre Chiefs 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Andre Chiefs 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 1 Reading Bulldogs 1 2 0 0 0 0 x 3 6 1

Reading had RBI singles from Alex Fischer, Bill Cataldo and Trevor Manzi to take a 3-0 lead. The Chiefs came back with two runs on a Tony Deshler RBI and back to back doubles by Matt Boleski and Mike Baillargeon. Nick Kelley then retired the last 8 hitters in order for the win. WP - Kelley (2-1) LP- Machado (2-5)

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Mon, 1 August, 6:00PM, at Reading HS (Morton)
Andre Chiefs 6, Reading Bulldogs 3

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

Justin Crisafulli was 4 for 4 with a double and home run. Jeff Bercume had 3 hits. Trevor Manzi had two hits and a RBI for the Bulldogs WP- Freni (7-1) LP- Boyle (1-3)

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Sun, 31 July, 1:30PM, at Reading HS (Morton)
Watertown Reds 2, Reading Bulldogs 0

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Reading Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 Watertown Reds 1 0 0 0 1 0 x 2 6 1

Read: Cotoni and Strakel Wat: Brian Casey and Callahan Steve Busby singled, stole second and scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the first when Sean Callahan knocked him in with a single. Callahan reached again on an error which scored Justin Forman in the 5th for the insurance run. Brian Casey improved to 7-2 scattering 4 hits, 9 K's and 0 walks in a complete game shutout. Trevor Manzi was 2 for 3 for Reading.

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Wed, 27 July, 6:00PM, at Walsh Field
Reading Bulldogs 5, Wakefield Merchants 4

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Reading Bulldogs 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 5 8 0 Wakefield Merchants 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 9 2