Livingston Temple Softball League 05/17/15

With 2 games postponed and 2 games forfeited there were only 5 games played this past Sunday. Sharey Tefilo Israel (8-0) did not have to play to gain their 8th win since B'nai Shalom could not field a team. The game between Pinebrook and Temple Sinai could not be played due to poor field conditions and AABJD's game against B'nai Jeshurun had the same problem. The only A division game that was able to be played was Suburban Torah vs. Temple Sholom in a battle of the two teams that moved up from B to A this season. Filling in for Suburban Torah was Adam Blank who hit a 3 run homer in the top of the 7th for the game winner in a 14-12 victory.

B'nai Brith (7-1) held on to their share of 1st place in the B division with an 11-4 win over B'nai Abraham. Chabad (7-1) followed suit with a forfeit win over Temple Emanu-El. After scoring only 2 runs the previous week, B'nai Or (6-2) got back on track with 16 runs defeating B'nai Israel 16-9. In the win, all 13 players scored and 11 players had RBI's. B'nai Or broke the game open with 8 hits in a row to start a 10 run 3rd inning. Adam Forman (2B, 3B, 2 runs, 2 RBI's), Brian Wentworth (HR, 3B, 2 runs, 2 RBI's), Adam Lazer (3 hits, 2 RBI's), Paul Delson (3 hits, 2 RBI's) and Eric Scheingotz (3 hits) led the offense in the win. Beth Shalom (6-2) had an 11-8 lead after 5 and 1/2 innings over Ohr Torah with some timely hitting and great defense. A 5 run bottom of the 6th finally put the game away for Beth Shalom with Jon Arnold (3-3) and Eric Naggar both hitting RBI triples in the inning. Phil Sperling, while invisible at the plate, still managed the final RBI for a big insurance run. Also 3-3 in the 16-13 win were Mark Konstandt, Doug Netburn and Dan Block. Agudath Israel evened up their record with an 18-4 win over Ner Tamid. For the winners, Joe Kelmanovich and Greg Adelsberg both homered and Paul Aronoff was 4-4. No games next week (Shavuot). 5/31 Israeli Day Parade - games at 9 AM. 6/7 games will also be at 9 AM.