Livingston Temple Softball League 06/11/17

In the A division, Chabad (8-2) had the better side of both halves of their DH beating Temple Sinai 25-15 while also receiving a forfeit win over Agudath Israel giving them sole position of 1^st place. In Chabad's win over Temple Sinai at Okner, David Levine hit a ball over the right field fence ‎for HR and Chris Caplan hit one to left center field over the fence for another HR the next inning. Chris also had a triple to dead center in his next at bat. Everyone hit up and down the line up and Chabad played solid defensively. In the 3rd with the bases loaded and 2 outs Peter Gelman caught a line drive bullet up the middle to end the inning and strand the runners. B'nai B'rith continued their winning ways to extend their league leading streak to 6, taking both ends of Sunday’s doubleheader. In the first game, strong hitting by Don Newell, Andrew Kasdan, and Steve Miller helped lead BB to a 23-8 win over AABJD. In the second game, Bnai Brith jumped out to a 16-0 nothing lead behind the hitting of Andrew Kasdan (3-4 including a home run), Paul Kuchinsky (2-3), and Gary Lubin (2-4 with a home run) and kept B'nai Jeshrun at bay for a 16-8 win. B'nai Brith played well defensively in both games and Jared Resnick pitched well to get both wins.

B’nai Or (7-2) moved into a tie for the top spot in the B division after winning both games. A 14 run first inning including 3 homers in a row against Beth Shalom led to a 26-2 5 inning game. Eric Axler was 4-4 and scored 4. Jason Cohen was 4-4 with a homer, 4 runs scored and 3 rbis. Keith Barbarosh had 3 hits with a homer, scored 4 with 4 rbis. Scott Charles was 3-4 with a double and homer, scored 3 and had 5 rbis. In their second game B'nai Or beat Ner Tamid 12-8. Eric Axler had 3 more hits and scored 4 again. Keith had 4 more rbis and Bill Schlosser had 3 hits including another triple while scoring twice. In the loss Mike Miller had a three-run homer in the sixth to turn it into a contest but Ner Tamid could only get within 4.

2 home runs from Scott Levy along with a diving catch for Temple B'nai Abraham led to a 1st game 19-13 win over B’nai Israel. Suburban Torah (7-2) had their 6 game win streak snapped when Eric Feiler hit a 2 run single with 2 outs in the bottom of the 7th to give AABJD / Ohr Torah a 13-12 win over the 1st place team. AABJD / Ohr Torah went on to win both ends of their DH defeating B'nai Abraham 13-11 in the 2nd game.