The Somerville Alibrandis are playing like their hair is on fire, as they maintain the top spot in the Ted Williams division.

By Benjamin Klein

The Somerville Alibrandis are on quite the hot-streak and it doesn’t seem like they’ll be letting up anytime soon. After closing out June with two wins, the Alibrandis have won five straight to start July and now ride a seven-game winning streak to close out the last half of their schedule.

To open last week, the Alibrandis welcomed the Medford Maddogs to Trum Field, a team they’d defeated 16-6 just a few days earlier. Somerville took an early 4-0 lead after a strong first inning at the plate. They would add a run in each of the third, fourth and fifth innings to take a commanding seven run advantage.

The big lead was more than enough for the combination of Sean Sullivan, Bryant Guilmette and Ryan Cosmopulos who only allowed one run over seven innings. Somerville’s Ted Dziuba recorded his second three-hit game of the year while also scoring once and driving in a run. Sullivan picked up his second win of the season in the 7-1 victory.

Somerville’s next match-up was an offensive onslaught as they pounded out 22 hits in a 12-5 victory against the Savin Hill Hornets. The Alibrandis scored twice in the first inning and four times in the second inning, but the Hornets would cut the lead to two with a four-run fourth of their own. Somerville would score three times in both the sixth and seventh inning as insurance.

Each Alibrandis hitter had at least one hit and scored once in the huge win. Marc DesRoches led the team with four hits while four other Somerville batters each had three hits of their own. Mark Addesa hit his third home run of the season and Dziuba connected for his second on the year.

Chris Foundas picked up the win for Somerville, going six innings and striking out six batters. Foundas leads the Alibrandis in wins, innings pitched and strikeouts this season.

The Somerville bats slowed a little in their next match-up, only scoring five times on eight hits in a 5-2 win over the Brighton Black Sox. Dziuba and David Scioli provided most of the offense, each with three hits. Jon Morse was very good in six innings, only allowing two unearned runs on three hits while striking out eight. Jay Wisner earned his second save of the year with a perfect seventh inning that included two strikeouts.

Somerville now has a comfortable lead in the Ted Williams division and is tied for the most wins in the entire league with 16. They will play twice this upcoming week and then four times the following week, looking to continue their recent success.