Livingston Temple Softball League 06/29/14

Sharey Tefilo Israel (12-0) has locked up the top seed in the A division with 2 weeks to go. B'nai Jeshurun's (9-3) previous game against TSTI was a 9-8 loss but this time it was over much earlier. Pitching for the undefeated first place team was Cary Bayer who gave up only 3 runs with a strong defensive effort behind him. The play of the game was leftfielder Matt Katz' throw to catcher Rob Lazarus for a put out at the plate. A 3 run homer from Jason Grebin followed by a solo shot from Corey Feigenbaum highlighted an offense that scored in every inning of the 25-3 victory. In 2002 Temple Emanu-El was 17-0 but that was still when there were 3 divisions - A,B & C. The E-Men came right back in 2003 to go 17-0 in the first year we went to only 2 divisions. AABJD (8-4) just nipped B'nai Abraham 13-12 as Chaim Goldman knocked in the tying run and Doni Israel knocked in the winning run in the bottom of the 7th.  B'nai Shalom were 14-2 winners over Temple Emanu-El after their infield turned 4 double plays. Offensive stars were Greg Frankel with 4 hits and Dave Helderman (HR, 2B, 2 singles). Also, Pine Brook edged Temple Sinai 15-14.

All 3 of the top teams in the B division lost 1 run games this past week in the final inning. Ner Tamid thought they were sure losers trailing 12-6 going into the top of the 7th to 1st place Agudath Israel (9-3). But the bottom of the lineup started a rally which was capped by Steve Penney's 2 run single for a 7 run inning to give them a 1 run lead. They still had to sweat out a bases loaded bottom of the 7th but held one of the most potent offenses in the league scoreless for the 13-12 win. In the loss, Scott Reiss had 3 hits and a homerun while Greg Adelsberg added a double, HR and 4 RBI's. Unless we have some more surprises next week, this sets up a battle for the final playoff spot in the last week of the season between Ner Tamid and B'nai Israel with the winner probably getting the 8 seed. In a game that was tight the whole way, Temple Sholom (9-3) scored a run with 2 outs in the top of the 7th to tie B'nai Or at 9. Despite loading the bases in the bottom of the inning B'nai Or failed to score and it went to the 8th. Temple Sholom was held in the top of the 8th and in the bottom of the inning, with the bases loaded and 1 out, a line drive to center allowed winning pitcher Jordan Byk to tag up and score on a close play at the plate for the 10-9 victory. For the winners, Adam Forman was 4-4 with 2 RBI's and Keith Barbarosh had 3 hits. After a 1-4 start B'nai Or has now won 6 of their last 7.  Chabad was down 8-1 early to B'nai Brith (8-4) but in the 5th inning 9 men in a row reached base safely including 3 doubles for a 7 run outburst to tie the game.  Chabad led 11-10 going into the bottom of the 7th and with the bases loaded and two outs got the final force out at 2nd to preserve the win. For Chabad, John Tishlas was 4-5 and Joe Boettinger was 3-5 with a HR. David Levine, Eric Latzman and Craig Fried were also 3-5. B'nai Israel scored 5 in the 3rd to get to within 8-7 but Beth Shalom came back with 13 runs in the next 2 innings for the 21-11 win. The defensive play of the day was a Mark Konstandt (LF) to Zach Cohen (SS) to Jeff Katz (C) 7-6-2 play at the plate for a put out which could not have been closer. Every player in Beth Shalom's lineup scored at least 1 run in the balanced attack.  In the only other game of the B division Suburban Torah defeated Ohr Torah 9-2. 

LIVINGSTON TEMPLE SOFTBALL LEAGUE
		Standings Week 12		6/29/14
Division A	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Sharey Tefilo Israel	12	0	1.000	223	81
B'nai Jeshurun	9	3	0.750	191	110
AABJD	8	4	0.667	159	151
B'nai Shalom	6	6	0.500	125	155
Pine Brook	5	7	0.417	140	141
B'nai Abraham	3	9	0.250	117	172
Temple Sinai	3	9	0.250	150	191
Temple Emanu-El	2	10	0.167	125	229
Division B	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Agudath Israel	9	3	0.750	189	123
Temple Sholom	9	3	0.750	187	140
B'nai Brith	8	4	0.667	204	114
B'nai Or	7	5	0.583	132	127
Suburban Torah	7	5	0.583	166	139
Chabad	6	6	0.500	133	131
Beth Shalom	6	6	0.500	180	166
B'nai Israel	4	8	0.333	124	183
Ner Tamid	3	9	0.250	139	183
AABJD / Ohr Torah	1	11	0.083	109	257
Week 12
Sharey Tefilo Israel	25
B'nai Jeshurun	3
Temple Emanu-El	2
B'nai Shalom	14
Temple Sinai	14
Pine Brook	15
B'nai Abraham	12
AABJD	13
Temple Sholom	9
B'nai Or	10
AABJD / Ohr Torah	2
Suburban Torah	9
Chabad	11
B'nai Brith	10
Ner Tamid	13
Agudath Israel	12
B'nai Israel	11
Beth Shalom	21

Revised Schedule
June 29th		10:00 AM
Field		Visitor	Home
Okner		B2 - Temple Sholom	B7 - B'nai Or
MP 1	Distant corner	A1 - Temple Emanu-El	A4 - B'nai Shalom
Oval		B3 - B'nai Brith	B1 - Chabad
Her 1	Tennis courts	A7 - B'nai Abraham	A8 - AABJD
Her 2	Below BB	A2 - Sharey Tefilo Israel	A3 - B'nai Jeshurun
Harrison		B8 - Ner Tamid	B5 - Agudath Israel
Hillside		A5 - Temple Sinai	A6 - Pinebrook
MP 2	Rte 10	B10 - B'nai Israel	B4 - Beth Shalom
MP 3	School	B9 - AABJD/Ohr Torah	B6 - Suburban Torah

Livingston Temple Softball League 06/22/14

Sharey Tefilo Israel (11-0) won 2 more games on the way to a possible undefeated season opening up a 2 game lead in the A division. In their 1st game Sunday they were led by home runs from Jason Grebin and Corey Feigenbaum to defeat a depleted B'nai Shalom team 16-1. Their 2nd game was a makeup of the 5th week rainout against AABJD and they were down 9-4 into the bottom of the 4th inning. The STI bats finally came alive with 6 runs for a 10-9 lead on the way to an eventual 14-11 win.  Excellent hitting by Jeff Gaier who was 5 for 5 on the day helped keep every rally alive. STI has scored the most runs (198) and given up the least (78) in the League but is not that far ahead of 2nd place B'nai Jeshurun (9-2) who have scored 188 and given up 85. In B'nai Jeshurun's game it was Eli Heitin with 2 home runs and a 2 run sacrifice fly as TBJ defeated AABJD 19-4. B'nai Abraham were 13-5 winners over Pine Brook led by ss Rob Kurtz playing a stellar shortstop, turning a double play and adding a 3 run triple all with a new hip. Temple Sinai defeated Temple Emanu-El 22-12.

In B division action all the top teams were winners starting with Agudath Israel (9-2) who defeated Ohr Torah 23-8. For the winners, Scott Reis returned from the IR with a homer, double, 3 RBI's and 3 runs. Paul Aronoff was 3-3 with 2 doubles. Charlie Kessler had 3 hits including a triple and Scott Reiser had 3 hits with two doubles and 3 runs. Temple Sholom (9-2) kept pace with a win over Suburban Torah using timely hitting to just maintain the lead all game. A 4 run top of the 7th gave them enough breathing room for the 16-10 win as they held ST scoreless in their final at bat. All the big bats on B'nai Brith (8-3) were too much for Ner Tamid who lost a 17-11 game despite Justin Festa's 3 run homer and some highlight reel catches in the outfield. The Festa family, Ron, Adam & Justin, combined for 7 hits in the loss. B'nai Or led the entire game against B'nai Israel and were ahead by scores of 9-1 and 14-6 but after 6 innings they were only ahead 19-18. In the top of the 7th, Craig Rosen (6 RBI's) came through with a bases clearing double to key a 3 run inning for B'nai Or. B'nai Israel had scored in every inning to that point but went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 7th giving B'nai Or the 22-18 win. Also for the winners, Eric Axler (3 hits, 2 RBI's, 4 runs), Keith Barbarosh (3 hits, 4 runs, 3 RBI's) and Todd Gutkin (3 hits, 3 runs, 3 RBI's). Chabad took an early 1-0 lead on Beth Shalom with a homerun from Joe Boettinger but Beth Shalom came back with 3 runs to take their first lead. 5 unanswered runs gave Chabad a 6-3 lead but a 6 run 4th put Beth Shalom ahead 9-6. Chabad answered right back with a 4 run 5th but Beth Shalom added 5 more that inning for their 3rd lead at 14-10. That was it for Beth Shalom though and Chabad had 7 unanswered runs for the 17-14 win. For the winners, Eric Latzman had 4 hits and 3 runs, Jeff Steil had 3 hits and 3 runs, Mike Galatioto had 3 hits and 3 runs and David Levine added a double and a triple. In the loss, Phil Sperling, Zach Cohen, Carl Landsman, Howard Attermann and Jeff Wasserman all had 3 hits. Jeff Wasserman also had 4 RBI's and 3 runs, and Bob Sperling had 3 RBI's. Scott Sperling scored 3 runs and Doug Netburn had 2 hits with a double and 3 RBI's. Only 3 weeks to go in the regular season. New players can be added to the roster but will not be eligible for the playoffs. 

LIVINGSTON TEMPLE SOFTBALL LEAGUE
		Standings Week 11		6/22/14
Division A	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Sharey Tefilo Israel	11	0	1.000	198	78
B'nai Jeshurun	9	2	0.818	188	85
AABJD	7	4	0.636	146	139
B'nai Shalom	5	6	0.455	111	153
Pine Brook	4	7	0.364	125	127
B'nai Abraham	3	8	0.273	105	159
Temple Sinai	3	8	0.273	136	176
Temple Emanu-El	2	9	0.182	123	215
Division B	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Agudath Israel	9	2	0.818	177	110
Temple Sholom	9	2	0.818	178	130
B'nai Brith	8	3	0.727	194	103
B'nai Or	6	5	0.545	122	118
Suburban Torah	6	5	0.545	157	137
Chabad	5	6	0.455	122	121
Beth Shalom	5	6	0.455	159	155
B'nai Israel	4	7	0.364	113	162
Ner Tamid	2	9	0.182	126	171
AABJD / Ohr Torah	1	10	0.091	107	248
				964	964
Week 11			Week 5 Makeup
Temple Sinai	22		AABJD	11
Temple Emanu-El	12		Sharey Tefilo Israel	14
B'nai Abraham	13
Pine Brook	5
B'nai Shalom	1
Sharey Tefilo Israel	16
AABJD	4
B'nai Jeshurun	19
Temple Sholom	16
Suburban Torah	10
B'nai Brith	17
Ner Tamid	11
B'nai Or	22
B'nai Israel	18
Chabad	17
Beth Shalom	14
AABJD / Ohr Torah	8
Agudath Israel	23

Livingston Temple Softball League 06/15/14

Sharey Tefilo Israel (9-0) remained undefeated with a 24-9 win over Temple Sinai.  Jason Grebin had a first inning homerun for TSTI but Temple Sinai  still took an early 4-1 lead. Over the next 3 innings TSTI's balanced attack gave them a big lead while some great defensive plays (David Kramer SS, Larry Feigenbaum OF, Steve Weisman OF) held Temple Sinai at bay for the eventual 6 inning win. B'nai Jeshurun (8-2) remained 2 games back in the loss column with a 22-5 win over B'nai Abraham. Also 2 games back is AABJD (7-2) after a 16-4 win over B'nai Shalom. The winners used a combination of bloopers and dunkers into short center for the victory which was paced by Ariel Fournier and Josh Kaplan with 3 RBI's each. Pine Brook edged Temple Emanu-El 6-5 in the tightest A division game of the day.

In the 2nd week of the season Beth Shalom defeated B'nai Brith to give them an 0-2 start but they bounced back with 7 consecutive wins. The rematch was this week and B'nai Brith's (7-3) 7 game winning streak came to an end as Beth Shalom held on for another win (15-13) in a back and forth battle. Tied at 2 after 2 innings Beth Shalom batted around for 7 third inning runs highlighted by Jared Berkey's 3 run homer (3 hits, 5 RBI's on the day). But B'nai Brith came back with 3 in the 3rd and 5 in the 4th to take a 10-9 lead. Beth Shalom was not finished and they batted around again in the 5th for 6 runs while B'nai Brith added 3 in the bottom of the inning making it 15-13. Over the final 2 innings neither team scored. In the loss, Jason Crimmons had 2 home runs and the first one was a fly ball way over the left field wall at Okner. For 3 innings Temple Sholom of West Essex and Chabad were pretty much deadlocked. In the 4th inning TSWE (8-2) erupted for 7 runs and held Chabad scoreless for 3 more innings for a 14-8 win and a share of 1st place in the B division. Suburban Torah bounced back from 2 losses last week with an impressive 11-4 win over 1st place Agudath Israel (8-2). B'nai Or defeated Ner Tamid 11-10 with a walk off 7th inning double by Craig Rosen (3 hits, 2 doubles, 4 RBI's).The game saw 4 lead changes and was tied 10-10 going into the bottom of the 7th after Ner Tamid stranded 3 runners in the top of the inning. 8 of the 11 runs scored by B'nai Or crossed the plate with 2 outs. Paul Delson had 2hits and 2 RBI's while Adam Lazer had 3 hits for the winners. Defensively B'nai Or had 2 double plays and a few diving stops. Congratulations to Ohr Torah winning their first game of the season 9-6 over B'nai Israel.   

Only 4 weeks to go for the regular season. The rosters are posted on the website and if there is any misinformation please let us know. 

LIVINGSTON TEMPLE SOFTBALL LEAGUE
		Standings Week 10		6/15/14
Division A	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Sharey Tefilo Israel	9	0	1.000	168	66
B'nai Jeshurun	8	2	0.800	169	81
AABJD	7	2	0.778	131	106
B'nai Shalom	5	5	0.500	110	137
Pine Brook	4	6	0.400	120	114
B'nai Abraham	2	8	0.200	92	154
Temple Sinai	2	8	0.200	114	164
Temple Emanu-El	2	8	0.200	111	193
Division B	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Agudath Israel	8	2	0.800	154	102
Temple Sholom	8	2	0.800	162	120
B'nai Brith	7	3	0.700	177	92
Suburban Torah	6	4	0.600	147	121
B'nai Or	5	5	0.500	100	100
Beth Shalom	5	5	0.500	145	138
Chabad	4	6	0.400	105	107
B'nai Israel	4	6	0.400	95	140
Ner Tamid	2	8	0.200	115	154
AABJD / Ohr Torah	1	9	0.100	99	225
	35	35		964	964
Week 10
B'nai Jeshurun	22
B'nai Abraham	5
Temple Emanu-El	5
Pine Brook	6
Sharey Tefilo Israel	24
Temple Sinai	9
B'nai Shalom	4
AABJD	16
Ner Tamid	10
B'nai Or	11
Temple Sholom	14
Chabad	8
Suburban Torah	11
Agudath Israel	4
Beth Shalom	15
B'nai Brith	13
B'nai Israel	6
AABJD / Ohr Torah	9

GAMES ARE ON TODAY

Sunday Temple League - SCHEDULE - 2014						Updated			6/14/2014
Remainder of season
Please note field changes - home team listed last
Games start at 10 AM
Date	F1(Okner)	F2(MP1)	F3(Oval)	F4(Her. 1)	F5(Her. 2)	F6(Harrison)	F7(Hillside)	F8(MP2)	F9(MP3)
		distant		tennis	below			BB near	Close to
		corner		courts	BB			Rte 10	School
15-Jun	B4-B3	A2-A5	B6-B5	B10-B9	A1-A6	B2-B1	A3-A7	B8-B7	A4-A8
22-Jun	B2-B6	B7-B10	B3-B8	A8-A3	A5-A1	A4-A2	B1-B4	A7-A6	B9-B5
29-Jun	B2-B7	A1-A4	B3-B1	A7-A8	A2-A3	B8-B5	A5-A6	B10-B4	B9-B6
6-Jul	A7-A4	B5-B1	A6-A2	A3-A1	A8-A5	B4-B6	B8-B2	B3-B10	B9-B7
13-Jul	A7-A5	B5-B2	A2-A1	B4-B9	B6-B3	B10-B8	A4-A3	B7-B1	A8-A6
PLAYOFFS - F denotes "Final" standings ----				Home team is determined by best regular season record
20-Jul	A1F-A8F	A4F-A5F	A2F-A7F	A3F-A6F	B1F-B8F		B2F-B7F	B3F-B6F	B4F-B5F
27-Jul	Winners A1-A8 vs. A4-A5 on Field 2 (Okner)
	Winners A2-A7 vs. A3-A6 on Field 3 (Oval)
	Winners B1-B8 vs. B4-B5 on Field 4 (Heritage 1)
	Winners B2-B7 vs. B3-B6 on Field 5 (Heritage 2)
3-Aug	A Division Championship @ Field 4 (Heritage 1)
	B Division Championship @ Field 5 (Heritage 2)
Teams A Division
A1 - Temple Emanu-El
A2 - Sharey Tefilo Israel
A3 - B'nai Jeshurun
A4 - B'nai Shalom
A5 - Temple Sinai
A6 - Pinebrook
A7 - B'nai Abraham
A8 - AABJD
Teams B Division
B1 - Chabad
B2 - Temple Sholom
B3 - B'nai Brith
B4 - Beth Shalom
B5 - Agudath Israel
B6 - Suburban Torah
B7 - B'nai Or
B8 - Ner Tamid
B9 - AABJD/Ohr Torah
B10 - B'nai Israel

Sunday Temple League - SCHEDULE - 2014						Updated			6/11/2014
Remainder of season
Please note field changes - home team listed last
Games start at 10 AM
Date	F1(Okner)	F2(MP1)	F3(Oval)	F4(Her. 1)	F5(Her. 2)	F6(Harrison)	F7(Hillside)	F8(MP2)	F9(MP3)
		distant		tennis	below			BB near	Close to
		corner		courts	BB			Rte 10	School
15-Jun	B4-B3	A2-A5	B6-B5	B10-B9	A1-A6	B2-B1	A3-A7	B8-B7	A4-A8
22-Jun	B2-B6	B7-B10	B3-B8	A8-A3	A5-A1	A4-A2	B1-B4	A7-A6	B9-B5
29-Jun	B2-B7	A1-A4	B3-B1	A7-A8	A2-A3	B8-B5	A5-A6	B10-B4	B9-B6
6-Jul	A7-A4	B5-B1	A6-A2	A3-A1	A8-A5	B4-B6	B8-B2	B3-B10	B9-B7
13-Jul	A7-A5	B5-B2	A2-A1	B4-B9	B6-B3	B10-B8	A4-A3	B7-B1	A8-A6

Livingston Temple Softball League 06/08/14

Sharey Tefilo Israel (8-0) had a great overall team effort in their 18-7 win over AABJD and now has a 2 game lead atop the A division. Dave Dennenberg and Matt Katz led the offensive attack while Steve Weissman and Jason Grebin made outstanding plays in the field to fend off any threats by AABJD. The 2nd game forfeit by B'nai Abraham gave TSTI their league leading 8th win in a row.  AABJD (6-2) won their 2nd game by a 15-9 margin over Temple Emanu-El  and is just 1/2 game shy of 2nd place. Highlighting the win were Josh Edelstein's 3 run homer and Marty Moskovitz with a 3 run triple and 5 RBI's. B'nai Jeshurun (7-2) swept their double set and is all alone in 2nd place at the moment. An 8 run 1st inning was used to pace themselves to a 15-7 win over Temple Sinai in the opener. In the second game TBJ was down 6-2 in the bottom of the 7th inning and scored 5 times for the win which was capped off by Scott Dodek's RBI single to end it. B'nai Jeshurun had some key defensive plays throughout the game with great catches by David Nathan, Mike Hansel, Mark Weinstein and Rich Blann helping pitcher Scott Dodek. B'nai Shalom also swept their double header going wire to wire in the 1st and coming from behind in the 2nd.They were up 8-1 against Pine Brook in the first game and held on for the 12-10 win. Michael Chuven, David Katz and Scott Bader had 4 hits each to lead the way. In the 2nd game, David Helderman had 2 homers with the second one keying a 6 run rally in the bottom of the 6th after Temple Sinai took a 2 run lead in the top of that inning. Final score - B'nai Shalom 13 Temple Sinai 11. The final game  in the division saw Temple Emanu-El edging B'nai Abraham 17-16.

B'nai Brith (7-2) won their 6th and 7th in a row by defeating Suburban Torah 19-12 and Ohr Torah 23-5. In the first game homeruns by Jason Crimmins and Paul Velelis highlighted the win. In the 2nd game the entire lineup hit well but the defensive play of the day was made by Steve Miller in right field who had a lunging grab of a line drive to deflate a last gasp rally by Ohr Torah. Agudath Israel (8-1) finally lost a game and almost fell into a 3 way tie for 1st but came up big in the last inning of the 2nd game to maintain their hold on the top spot of the B division.  Temple Sholom (7-2) took a 13-1 lead in the top of the 4th but CAI scored 12 runs in the home 4th to tie it up. Temple Sholom scored 4 more after that while holding the opposition scoreless over the last 3 innings and CAI lost 17-13. In the win, Mat Kaplan, Brian Frese, Marc Wolf and Nate Treff all had 4 hits. Also for TSWE, Jeff Goldberger was a double shy of the cycle and made a great juggling catch in the outfield.  In Agudath Israel's next game B'nai Or had a 7-4 lead going into the home 7th against CAI but after the first 4 batters hit safely and an intentional walk was issued, James Gurland knocked in the tying and winning runs with a ground rule double into the woods at Harrison. Agudath Israel 8 B'nai Or 7. Playing for CAI Mark Davis had 3 homeruns on the day. 2 in the first game and 1 in the second. In the loss, B'nai Or was led by Adam Forman and Scott Charles on offense. On defense, Todd Gutkin played great at short to help keep the game as close as it was. B'nai Or's 1st game was a low scoring 4-1 win over Chabad. The winners scored 4 in the 1st and there was only 1 more run between the 2 teams the rest of the way. Clutch 2 out hits by Bill Schlosser, Adam Forman and Scott Charles accounted for B'nai Or's 4 runs and Todd Gutkin had another great game at short to shut down Chabad. TSWE's 2nd game was a replay of their 1st game. They exploded for 10 first inning runs but after 5 innings were only ahead of Beth Shalom by a 12-11 margin. In the top of the 6th they extended their lead with a 5 run inning (Brian Frese 3 run homer)  but Beth Shalom brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the 7th before falling 17-14. The flawless play all game at shortstop of Mat Kaplan made the difference in TSWE's win. In Beth Shalom's 1st game, Phil Sperling hit for the cycle and had 6 RBI's with 3 runs scored to pace them in a 22-16 win over AABJD/Ohr Torah. Also hitting homers in the win were, Jason Blinkoff, Neil Grossman (3-4, 4 RBI's) and Jon Ruditser. Other scores in the B division were B'nai Israel winning 2 games (14-10 over Suburban Torah and 8-7 in 8 innings against Ner Tamid) and Ner Tamid losing to Chabad 13-4.