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.