THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, May 17, 2019 Page 15 Malden baseball seniors lead way to 5-4 win over Salem By Nick Toscani the game on Friday. After a scoreless eighth, I t took two days and both of Malden’s top two senior pitchers, but the Golden Tornadoes were able to pull out a 5-4 win on the road over Salem High in a game played at Salem State University. The win improved the Tornadoes squad to 5-8 overall. Unfortunately, a pair of losses to the Lynn entries in the Northeastern Conference (NEC) – 8-4 at home to Lynn English on Monday and an even tougher, 3-0 shutout loss on the road at Lynn Classical on Wednesday – put Malden in a precarious spot if it hopes to make secure a postseason state tourney spot. “We have to win the rest, that’s the place we are at right now,” Malden head coach Steve Freker said. “It can be done, but it will not be easy.” Stickney shuts the door in continuation win over Salem Malden fought to a 4-4 tie after seven regulation innings last Tuesday versus Salem before the skies opened up. The Tornadoes returned to fi nish Malden was able to scratch out a go-ahead run in the top of the ninth when sophomore Liam Jordan walked and ended up on third with one out after a stolen base and a groundout by senior captain Christian Monahan-Dasilva. Baseball mojo then smiled on Malden when a pitch by ace Dan Beauregard skipped past the catcher on a swinging third strike with senior captain Billy Stickney at the plate. Stickney ran to fi rst and Jordan motored home and scored the goahead and what turned out to be the game-winning run. Stickney was on the hill for Malden for his second inning of work and proceeded to strike out the side, in order, the last two looking, in the bottom of the ninth to seal the win. “He’s [Stickney] one of the best pitchers in the region, and he really showed it that inning; he just dominated, and I don’t think they even fouled one off that inning,” coach Freker said. **** tance, scattering fi ve hits and allowing just one earned run, in a 3-0 loss on the road to Lynn Classical at Fraser Field in Lynn. Malden was held to only two hits and was unable to get a runner past second base on the day. “Christian [Monahan-Dasilva] has pitched great in all four of his starts this year. In this one we just could not get anything going offensively,” coach Freker said. “We got super pitching, good defense …” East Boston Strike Out Golden Tornadoes Senior Christian Monahan-Dasilva has pitched outstanding baseball in each of his four starts on the mound this season. (Courtesy/Malden High School Athletics) Malden dropped an 8-4 game to Lynn English on Monday in a return to wintry conditions with temperatures in the high 30s with the windchill factor, with some pounding rain at the end of the game. Lynn English capitalized on some Malden defensive miscues to build a 6-0 lead before the Golden Tornadoes responded with some off ense Live Racing Returns to Suffolk Downs Saturday and Sunday EAST BOSTON, MA — Wicked Freud, a seven-year-old gelding who hails from the barn of Jason Servis, the trainer of Maximum Security, the fi rst-place fi nisher in the Kentucky Derby that was disqualified and placed 17th, is slated to run in Saturday’s feature, a $55,000 allowance/optional claiming race at about 7 1/2 furlongs on the turf with a fi eld of nine as live racing resumes Saturday at Suff olk Downs in conjunction with the simulcast of the Preakness Stakes. More than 100 horses have been entered for the Saturday’s 11-race card with more than $500,000 in purses and incentives on the line as the track kicks off the fi rst of three scheduled live racing and food truck festival weekends for its fi nal live racing season. The entries include familiar local horsemen and jockeys including Jay Bernardini, Karl Grusmark and Tammi Piermarini, the third all-time leading woman rider in history. In addition to the featured race, there are fi ve other races carded on the turf for Saturday. Over the course of the weekend, there will be four stakes races restricted to horses foaled in Massachusetts – the $50,000 Rise Jim Stakes and the $50,000 Isadorable Stakes on Saturday along with the $50,000 African Prince Stakes and $50,000 George F. Brown Memorial Dirt Mile Stakes on Sunday. The popular Massachusetts-bred Dr. Blarney will be trying to win the Rise Jim Stakes for the third consecutive year for owner and breeder Joseph DiRico. “Once again we look forward to welcoming back racing fans and to providing an opportunity for local owners, trainers and Massachusetts breeders to run here for purses and incentives enhanced by the state’s Race Horse Development Fund,” said Chip Tuttle, Suffolk Downs’ chief operating officer. “We appreciate the assistance and cooperation of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and its staff in staging these festival weekends. And, we look at this fi nal season of live racing here as a celebration as we continue to work with the New England HBPA and the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association on our plan to restore and refurbish the Great Barrington Fair Grounds in order to preserve live racing and its related economic and agricultural benefi ts in the state.” Prior to resuming live racing, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Safety & Integrity Alliance extended Suff olk Downs’ accreditation. The track has continuously maintained its status since receiving its initial Alliance accreditation in 2011. Alliance certifi cation standards address an extensive list of safety and integrity concerns within six broad areas: injury reporting and prevention; creating a safer racing environment; uniform medication and testing; jockey health and welfare; aftercare and transition of retired racehorses; and wagering security. Post time for the 11 race card RACING | SEE PAGE 17 of their own led by seniors Monahan-Dasilva and Ari Cohen and junior Makai Patterson and sophomore Clifton Noelsaint, the last two hitting doubles. **** On Wednesday, Malden got another outstanding pitching performance from Monahan-Dasilva, who went the disCancer Tournament set for this weekend Malden will attempt to defend its title in the 2019 East Boston Strike Out Cancer Baseball Tournament this weekend. Malden will play Somerville at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at Memorial Park in East Boston while East Boston will take on Mystic Valley Charter School in the other fi rstround game. The fi rst-round winners will play in the championship game on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. The consolation game is at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday. Transportation Committee recommends more community involvement By Barbara Taormina A t the beginning of the year, City Councillors Stephen Winslow, Craig Spadafora and Peg Crowe formed the LongTerm Transportation Study Committee to explore Malden’s transportation needs and challenges. Residents Keri Pyke, David Sentakilla and Brendan Connor were tapped to serve on the committee and ensure the study has a community-wide perspective, and the group was off and studying with the promise of a report this spring. The report is still a work in progress, but this week Winslow off ered the City Council a preview with a brief update and several signifi cant recommendations. From the start, the committee has been looking at neighboring cities and towns to understand their best transit-orientated practices. “One of the things we looked at was what other communities do in terms of their traffi c commissions,” said Winslow, adding that committee members looked at Arlington, Cambridge, Everett, Melrose, Medford, Brookline, Revere and Somerville. “We found that seven out of nine communities … had citizen representation on their traffi c commissions,” he said. Only the commissions in Malden and Revere were composed of offi cials and city staff . Police Chief Kevin Molis, Planning Board Chairman Charles Ioven, Parking Department Director Ron Hogan, Public Works Commissioner William Coleman and City Engineer Yem Lip serve on Malden’s Traffi c Commission, and they are responsible for parking regulations, fi nes and public safety through the enforcement of traffi c laws. The Transportation Study plans to recommend including citizens on the Traffi c Commission to help bring the perspective of residents into the TRANSPORTATION | SEE PAGE 17
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