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

Bravos Bravos Bravos win their first playoff series in 32 years! Both clubs sent their Game 1 starters (Clang & Smitty) back to the hill on 3 days' rest and neither disappointed. The only run allowed in the game was unearned, when Risk singled in Robb who had reached on an error. Props to the A's on another hard-fought series, and best wishes to Chief in retirement! Series standouts: Smitty: 2-0, 1.00 ERA ALee: .571 (8-14), 3 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI Uberti: .400 (4-10), 3 BB, 2 R, 2B, HR, 5 RBI Katsi: 2 HR, 3 RBI

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Thu, 15 August, 7:30PM, at Rogers Park
Brighton Braves 4, AlThomas Athletics 3

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E AlThomas Athletics 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 6 1 Brighton Braves 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 6 1

Another incredible battle between these two teams, and the Braves walk off with a win! Game remained scoreless through 3. Lambert drives in a run with 2 outs in the top of the 4th. Uberti answers with a solo homer to right, tying the game 1-1 in the bottom half. Braves plate a run in the 5th on a bloop by Lee, scoring Huddy. But in the top of the 6th, the A's put men on 2nd & 3rd with 1 out. Wheeler drives a bomb to the gap in left center, the tying run scores, but the Braves cut down the would-be-go-ahead run with an 8-6-2 relay. A's score 1 more in the 7th when a wild pitch gets through the gate with a man on 3rd. In the bottom half, Kerby leads off with a BB, Coscione bunts him over, Lee drives in the run & advances to second, and then Robb delivers the walkoff single to shallow left. Braves take 2-1 series lead.

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Wed, 14 August, 7:30PM, at Braintree High School
AlThomas Athletics 5, Brighton Braves 3

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

James Katsiroubas hit a 2-run homer in a 4-run first inning and recorded a save to preserve the 5-3 victory for Al Thomas. Willie Archibald threw 6 solid innings for the win, while John Kostas and Steve Lambert each ripped a single and a double. Alex Lee had 3 hits (2 doubles) and Evan Hudson had 2 hits to lead the Braves. Series tied at one apiece.

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Tue, 13 August, 7:30PM, at Braintree High School
Brighton Braves 5, AlThomas Athletics 4

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Brighton Braves 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 5 10 4 AlThomas Athletics 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 2

In a rematch of last year's 1st round series, these 2 teams picked up right where they left off, battling back and forth in another nailbiter. Both teams had uncharacteristic defensive jitters, which cost them both some runs, but Clanger and Smitty both battled the whole night. A's jump out to a 2-0 lead on a wild pitch and a passed ball. Braves answer in the next frame with 4 runs, capped by a tremendous 3-run double to left center by Uberti. The A's chipped away with another run in the 4th, and tied it up in the 6th on a mammoth HR to left by Katsi. In the top of the 7th, after two quick outs, Teddy Ballgame draws a walk, Robb singles, and Uberti comes up huge again with an RBI single to right, giving them the 5-4 lead. The A's put men on 1st & 3rd in the 7th, but Smitty induces a 4-3 grounder to end the game. Braves earn 1st postseason victory since 1981.

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Sun, 11 August, 7:30PM, at Braintree High School
AlThomas Athletics 6, South Boston Saints 0

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E AlThomas Athletics 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 6 9 1 South Boston Saints 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3

A's beat Saints 6-0 behind 5 shutout innings by Dakota Happas and 2 by James Katsiroubas. Carrera and Katsiroubas finish 1-2 in RBI in YBL while Katsiroubas also finished as YBL hits and doubles leader. Al Thomas Club ends up with best record in Tarpey Conference after a 3-6 start. By winning 18 of their last 23 games, the A's ensured that the last basball game Joe O'Hara ever manages will be at Fenway Park! The "Chief" won 101 regular season games as a coach and an additional 339 games as a manager in the YBL.

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Sat, 10 August, 5:00PM, at Braintree High School
AlThomas Athletics 20, Brighton Minutemen 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Brighton Minutemen 0 0 0 2 0 x x 2 5 4 AlThomas Athletics 8 0 5 7 x x x 20 20 1

A's lock up the 3rd seed with a 20-2 win. Wheeler went 4-4 with 2 doubles and 4 RBI, while Katsiroubas (2 doubles, 3 RBI), Carrera (double, 3 RBI) and Chris McDonough had 3 hits each to pace the attack.

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Thu, 8 August, 8:00PM, at Maplewood
AlThomas Athletics 3, Malden Bulldogs 2

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

Al's boys grind out a close one on a gutsy pitching performance by Mike DeMille, Carrera stays hot going 3-3 with a double. Kevin Michael pitched well with 9 K's

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Tue, 6 August, 7:45PM, at Braintree High School
AlThomas Athletics 10, Malden Bulldogs 0

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Malden Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 0 2 6 AlThomas Athletics 0 0 4 3 2 1 x 10 13 0

Rookie Willie Archibald fired a 2-hit shutout as the Al Thomas Club blanked Malden 10-0. Brendan Wheeler had 3 hits to pace the offense. Henri Ferre played a flawless first base.

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Mon, 5 August, 7:30PM, at Rogers Park
AlThomas Athletics 7, Brighton Braves 3

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E AlThomas Athletics 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 7 11 1 Brighton Braves 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 9 1

A balanced offense backed solid pitching by Bill Clang as the Al Thomas Club beat the Braves 7-3 to capture their 4th division title in 5 years. Freddi Carrera, Pat McDonough and Kevin White each had 2 hits for the A's. Uberti and Kerbin had 2 hits apiece for the Braves.

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Thu, 1 August, 7:45PM, at Braintree High School
Somerville Alibrandis 1, AlThomas Athletics 0

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

Rey throws 6 strong to get the win. Tanguy throws the 7th for the save. Tanguy ties teammate Jay Wisner for all time YBL single season save record. Offensively Dziuba had two hits scoring the games only run and DesRoches getting the only RBI. DeMille pitched great for Al Thomas. Great baseball game by two great teams.

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Tue, 30 July, 8:00PM, at Jim Rice Field
AlThomas Athletics 7, South End Astros 2

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E AlThomas Athletics 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 7 9 0 South End Astros 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1

Dan Gaughan fired a 3-hitter, and Steve Lambert's 2-rbi-double put the A's up for good as they held on for a 7-2 victory at Jim Rice Field. Bill Donahue had 3 hits for the Al Thomas Club, while Tom Trull singled and walked 3 times, and Dakota Happas walked 3 times before leaving with a lower body injury. Peguera, Ortiz and Veras (2b, 2 rbi) had the hits for South End.

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Mon, 29 July, 8:00PM, at Healy Field
AlThomas Athletics 6, South End Astros 5

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

Freddi Carrera's 2-run single gave the Al Thomas Club the lead 6-5 and capped a 4-run bottom of the 6th as the A's edge the Astros 6-5. Willie Archibald picked up his 5th win, settling down after a rough start and some bad luck. james Katsiroubas had the other 3 hits for the A's. Peguero and Morrobel had 2 hits apiece to lead South End, while Carmona was the tough luck losing pitcher, striking out 11 in defeat.

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Sun, 28 July, 5:15PM, at Playstead Park
AlThomas Athletics 6, Medford Maddogs 1

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E AlThomas Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 6 7 1 Medford Maddogs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2

Mike DeMille fired a 3-hitter with 9 k's, yielding only an unearned run as the A's topped Medford 6-1. Pat McDonough went 3-3, while James Katsiroubas and Steve Lambert each drove in 2 runs.

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Sat, 27 July, 5:00PM, at Recreation Park
Stoneham Sabers 2, AlThomas Athletics 1

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

Ryan Flanagan goes the distance to help the Sabers defeat the Athletics 2-1 Flanagan pitched 7 solid innings, scattering 4 hits, letting up no earned runs, while striking out a batter to earn his 4th win of the season The Sabers would score first. With runners on 1st and 3rd, Zack Graham would get himself into a pickle, when Rob MacDonald would take off for home to score the sabers first run. In the 5th Jon Chapman would lead off with a single. Chapman would reach third after a Joe Parlow bunt, and Stefan Botarelli ground ball. When Flanagan would help his own cause hitting an RBI single The play of the game came in the 7th, when a relay came in from Robinson to Botarelli, Chapman would make a great scooping tag at home plate to end the game Congratulations to Angelo Colucci who would record his 100th career Yawkey League hit. Kostas had 2 hits for the A's

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Mon, 22 July, 8:00PM, at Healy Field
AlThomas Athletics 6, West Roxbury Nationals 3

Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E AlThomas Athletics 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 6 13 0 West Roxbury Nationals 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 7 0

Rookie Willie Archibald picked up his 4th win of the year, scattering 7 hits in a complete game with 8 k's as the A's edged the Nationals 6-3. Steve Lambert (2b, 3b, 2 rbi's), James Katsiroubas (3 hits, 2b, 2 rbi's), Dakota Happas (2 hits, bb, sb, rbi) and Brendan Wheeler (2 hits)led the 13-hit attack for the Al Thomas Club. Berrea and Villalona had 2 hits each for West Roxbury.