Temple Sinai exploded for 9 runs in the bottom of the
3rd to take a 10-5 lead over the E-Men but Temple Emanu-El answered with 14
runs in the top of the 4th on the way to a 26-14 win. Homeruns for the E-Men
came from Adam Phelps, Don Newell and Marc Berger. Tim O'Neil added a triple
and Dennis Bellovin, Glen Handler and Andrew Greenberg also had multiple
hits. The defending champions of the A
division, Sharey Tefilo Israel, had no trouble in their first game back
defeating B'nai Shalom 24-3. It was a solid team effort with good all around
defense and the whole lineup chipping in with singles and doubles as they
scored in every inning. The defending champions of last year's B division
reintroduced themselves into the A division by edging B'nai Jeshurun 12-11.
Doug Eisenberg had a 3 run triple and Jeff Falkenstein had a 2 run single in
the 6th. Ariel Fournier had an RBI single in the 6th to drive in the go ahead
run. Also in the upper division, Pinebrook had an opening day win over B'nai
Abraham by the score of 18-8.
Temple Sholom of West Essex served notice to the rest
of the B division handling their first game down there ever with a 21-6 win over B'nai Israel. The Temple Sholom
offense started strong with 7 in the first and never looked back. Jeff Shapiro
had a homerun and Jeff Goldberger had 2 four baggers to lead the winners. The
defense turned 2 double plays including an unassisted DP by first baseman Dan
Natt. Chabad opened up their season with a 25-10 win over AABJD / Ohr Torah
with homeruns from Evan Bell, Jon Tlishas, and Tuvia Sahl. Jeff Stiel added a 3
run double. Agudath Israel won a close one against B'nai Brith 8-6. In the win,
6 players had 2 hits and James Gurland had 3 hits including an RBI double in
the 7th adding an important insurance run. Beth Shalom played B'nai Or behind
the high school on Joe Rizzuto's old field. After a moment of silence in Joe's
honor all the bats remained silent for 2 innings also. B'nai Or scored 4 runs
in the bottom of the 3rd but Beth Shalom bounced back with 7 in the 4th and
held on for an 11-7 win. On offense Jonathan Ruditser had 3 hits including a
triple. Doug Netburn had a 3 run homer. Michael Elchoness had a solo shot and
Zach Cohen had a triple. The outfield had some outstanding defensive plays from
Mark Konstandt, Phil Sperling, Doug Netburn and Jeff Katz. Ner Tamid is tied
for 1st place for the first time since 2005 when they also beat Suburban Torah
in the opener. This time it was a 17-12 victory which was led by Rob Crum and
Ron Festa with 4 hits each. Mike Miller added 3.
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