Livingston Temple Softball League 07/05/15

Sharey Tefilo Israel (12-0) was the recipient of the only forfeit of the holiday weekend as they continue on the road to back to back undefeated seasons. AABJD (8-4) and Pinebrook (8-4) remained tied for 2nd in the A division with both winning on Sunday.  AABJD was led by Marty Moskovitz who was 3-3 with a triple and 5 RBI's in their 19-4 win over B'nai Shalom. Pinebrook followed suit with a 20-15 win against Temple Sholom. Suburban Torah's 4 game winning streak came to an end withTemple Sinai defeating them 18-5. If AABJD and Pinebrook tie for 2nd it might come down to least runs allowed as the tiebreaker. As per league rule, it is the average runs per game given up so that forfeits do not count. Going into this week Pinebrook is at 13.5 and AABJD is at 13.63. If there is a 3 way tie at 8-6 with Temple Sinai then AABJD holds the 3 way tiebreaker with a 3-1 record among the group.

In the B division there is still a tie for 1st between Chabad and B'nai Brith at 10-2. B'nai Brith won the only meeting so far between the two teams but they also meet in the final game of the season which will probably determine the #1 seed. In Chabad's 15-8 win over Agudath Israel they connected on 2 solo homeruns in the first 3 pitches of the game. Pitcher Peter Gelman did not walk any batters in the win and had 3 hits including an RBI triple to aid his cause. David Levine was 4-4 with 2 doubles, 2 homers and some phenomenal outfield defense thwarting any attempt by Agudath Israel to make a come back. Ari Berman was 5-5 for AI in the loss. B'nai Brith avenged an earlier loss to B'nai Israel with an 18-8 win. Beth Shalom defeated B'nai Abraham 18-6 with Zach Cohen and Phil Sperling each having a triple and 4 hits. Steve Siegal had 3 hits and so did Neil Grossman who also had a 3 run homer in the win. Ner Tamid got the better of AABJD Ohr/Torah by a 10-3 margin on the strength of Rob Crum's 6 RBI's (grand slam in the 1st and a 2 run double in the 6th).  B'nai Or scored 4 runs in the 1st inning but could only manage 1 the rest of the way in a 7-5 loss to Temple Emanu-El. For the losers, Keth Barbarosh was 2-3, Adam Forman 2-2, and Scott Charles 3-3. There is a very close race for the last playoff spot in the B division. B'nai Abraham can lock it up but needs 2 wins or help from Ner Tamid and AABJD/Ohr Torah.