Livingston Temple Softball League 04/30/17

There is a 4 way tie for 1st in the A division at 3-1 after last week's games. Chabad (3-1) lost a close one to Sharey Tefilo Israel (3-1) 11-9. Then Chabad gave TBJ (3-1) their first loss of the season in a 16-8 decision. For the winners, both Peter Gelman and David Levine were 4-4 with a HR and 2 doubles. Agudath Israel (3-1) kept pace by defeating B'nai Brith 25-7 on the strength of a 15 run 3rd inning. They went on to beat AABJD 20-12 in the 2nd game. All 10 players for the winners had at least 2 hits in each game.

Beth Shalom (2-1) moved into a tie for 1st in the B division with a 19-2 win over AABJD/Ohr Torah. Steve Siegal had 4 RBI's and a HR and Phil Sperling had a HR and triple with 4 RBI's. Zach Cohen, Jeremy Kross and Mike Elchoness all had 3 hits and 3 runs. Russ Wachtler had a HR and both Mitch Berkey and Josh Lipschitz had 3 hits each. Suburban Torah (2-1) kept pace with a 16-12 win over B'nai Abraham. B'nai Or took their 1st game 16-1 over AABJD/Ohr Torah led by Gary Lilienfield who was 4-4 with 3 runs scored and Rick Simon who scored 4 times. In the 2nd game B'nai Or led 19-11 into the bottom of the 5th but B'nai Israel scored the next 12 runs eventually winning 23-20.  In the loss, Howard Moseson was 5-5 with 2 doubles a triple, 4 runs and 3 RBI's. Jason Cohen had a HR and 4 RBI's.  In Ner Tamid's 1st game win, Adam Festa had a HR as NT scored 11 runs in the 1st 2 innings holding on for a 12-9 win over B'nai Israel. One game next Sunday 5/7 schedule 10:00 AM