Week 4 Writeup 5/4/14

Livingston Temple Softball League 05/04/14

Sharey Tefilo Israel (4-0) played their closest game yet just edging Pinebrook by 1 run. TSTI was down 8-2 after 3 innings and 11-5 after 5 innings but a 6 run burst in the top of the 6th, highlighted by a sliding Steve Weisman who avoided a tagout at the plate, knotted the game at 11. Pinebrook was held scoreless in the bottom of the frame and some clutch hitting by Cary Bayer gave TSTI a 13-11 lead into the bottom of the 7th as they held on for the 13-12 victory after a line drive back to pitcher Mark Licht ended the game.  AABJD bounced back with a 23-10 win over Temple Sinai. For the winners, Kenny Falkenstein hit a 2 run homer, Doug Eisenberg had a 2 run triple, Ariel Fournier had a 2 run triple, and Josh Kaplan hit a 2 run double. also, Jay Gertleman, whose wife Debbie gave birth to a baby girl last Wednesday, added a 2 run double.  With the wind blowing in B'nai Abraham defeated B'nai Shalom 4-2 which is the lowest score in the league since the wooden bat era. Also in A division play B'nai Jeshurun topped Temple Emanu-El 26-3.

Agudath Israel remained undefeated  in the B division with a 31-13 win over Ner Tamid.  CAI had 14 runs in the first 2 innings but Ner Tamid also had 12 in the first 3 innings to keep it close before the game got out of reach.  For CAI it was Charlie Kessler (5-5, 3 doubles, 4 runs, 4 RBI), Paul Aronoff (5-5, double, 5 runs), Jeff Weinstock (double, triple, 5 RBI), Greg Adelsberg (HR, 6 RBI), Mark Davis (HR) and Andy Brown (HR). Temple Sholom (3-1) kept pace with the leaders beating B'nai Or 14-8. The game went back and forth for a while but three 4 run innings in a row helped Temple Sholom pull away for the win. The hitting was led by Jeff Walsh who was 3-3 with 2 clutch 2 out hits for RBI's and Brian Altschul who was 2 for 2. Beth Shalom lost their 2nd in a row in the bottom of the 7th - this time to B'nai Israel 12-11. With a 1st inning 2 run homerun from Doug Netburn , 2 run single from Harris Kirsch and 2 run double by Mitch Berkey, Beth Shalom was up 7-1 early. They led by 10-7 after 5 but could not hold off B'nai Israel who came through with the hits they needed in the bottom of the 6th and 7th. Also, B'nai Brith beat Chabad 12-9 while Suburbam Torah got the best of AABJD/Ohr Torah 29-18.