Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Lexington Blue Sox 0 2 5 0 0 0 2 9 11 1 Melrose Americans 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 8 3

Lex-Jack Swarbrick, Junior Pena (4), Kieran Keller (5), Ryan O'Rourke (6) and Joe Auger. Mel-Nick Colucci, Greg Johnson (3), Ronnie Luke (6) and Nick Giangregorio. WP-Pena (1-0). LP-Colucci (1-2). No SV. HR-Lex-Julian Alvarez (4), DJ Johnson (2). Julian Alvarez and DJ Johnson hit back-to-back HR to close out the five run third and propel the Blue Sox to a 9-4 win Wednesday night. Jake Elbeery tripled to drive in 2 runs before the Alvarez and Johnson home runs. Elbeery, Alvarez and Bryan Acosta each drove in 2 runs. Starter Jack Swarbrick pitched three scoreless one-hit innings. Junior Pena followed with a scoreless inning and picked up his first win of 2023. Cory Bright and Nick Giangregorio each had 2-run doubles to drive in the four Melrose runs. Americans starter Nick Colucci pitched 2 plus innings giving up 5 hits and 6 runs for the loss.