Week 5 Writeup 5/11/14

Livingston Temple Softball League 05/11/14

In the A division last week Temple B'nai Jeshurun (4-1) defeated Temple Sinai 17-12 in 8 innings. TBJ took the lead in an 8 run 4th inning which was highlighted by Paul Talbot's  3 run homer. All 8 runs were scored with 2 outs. Sinai tied the score with 2 outs in the 7th but TBJ came back with a 5 run 8th for the win. The 1-2 matchup between AABJD (3-1) and Sharey Tefilo Israel had to be postponed (wet field) and will be made up as a double header 6/8. Pine Brook edged B'nai Shalom 15-12 and B'nai Abraham got the best of Temple Emanu-El by the score of 24-9.

Agudath Israel (5-0) remained undefeated in the B division with a 25-11 win over B'nai Israel. The winners had runs in every inning with each batter scoring at least once. The offensive onslaught was led by Greg Adelsberg who was 4-5 with a homer, double and 5 RBI's. In the closest game of the day Suburban Torah got a walk off triple from Jeff Suskind to defeat Chabad 11-10. B'nai Brith won in 6 innings topping B'nai Or 21-6. Temple Sholom of West Essex (4-1) combined solid defense with hits from everyone in the lineup to defeat AABJD/Ohr Torah 27-11. Beth Shalom and Ner Tamid had a back and forth battle with a lot of extra base hits on both sides. Beth Shalom erased a 5-4 deficit with an 8 run bottom of the 3^rd. Ner Tamid scored 4 in the 5^th to tighten it up but 5 more from Beth Shalom made it 17-9 going into the 6^th. Then Ner Tamid had a 7 run inning to make it a 1 run game before falling 21-16. For the winners, Zach Cohen had 3 hits, 4 RBI’s and scored 4 times. Also, Aaron Attermann had 2 triples and 5 RBI’s while Neil Grossman was 4-4 with a double, 4 RBI’s including a 2 run homer. In the loss, Justin Festa had 4 hits including a triple and Josh Doros ( 3 hits) also had a triple.