Livingston Temple Softball League 06/26/16
No one involved in B'nai
Brith's 1st game against Temple Sinai last Sunday could have thought there'd be
a softball game more exciting and tension filled than that one (What did they
know?). BB saw a 12 run lead evaporate against a relentless Temple Sinai who
turned a 13-1 deficit into a 14-13 advantage. But B'nai Brith came back to tie
it at 14 and scored 4 in the top of the 8th on the way to an 18-14 win. Strong hitting by Andrew Kasdan, Alex Lee and
Ian Rappaport helped keep B'nai Brith in the game and Paul Velelis had a 3 run
homer for the winners. Clutch pitching by Wayne Neumann in the bottom of the
8th allowed BB to hold on for the win. Sharey Tefilo (9-1) won two more games
clinching another regular season A division title in this rain shortened
season. Against B’nai Brith (2nd game) the score was 4-1 going into the 5th
when TSTI scored 6 runs to put the game away. They went on to win 11-2 with Matt Katz, Cary Bayer and
Steve Weissman each getting 2 hits, while Dave Dennenberg made several great
plays in the field. In their 1st game, TSTI scored 6 runs in the 5th
and 8 runs in the 6th to break open a close game enroute to a 28-13
win over Pine Brook. Eric Rothfeld led the attack with 5 hits, Cary Bayer had 4,
and Jason Grebin, David Kramer, Matt Katz and Jeff Gaier each had 3. AABJD
edged Chabad 25-24 highlighted by Jeff Falkenstein hitting for the cycle and
Jay Gertleman’s homerun. In their first game though, AABJD fell to Temple
Sholom 24-15 with Steve Holinstat going 5-6 (2 HR’s, 6 RBI’s) and Mark Fortgang
4-6 only a single short of the cycle in the win. Temple Sholom’s 2nd game was a
22-18 loss to Temple Sinai but in that contest Nate Treff was 4-4 and scored 4
times. Also for TSWE Jeff Goldberger was 4-5 and a double short of the cycle.
The B division race is coming down to the 7/10 matchup between
Agudath Israel (8-1) and B'nai Jeshurun (7-1) on what we are assuming will be
the last day of the regular season. Agudath only had 1 game last week which was
a 9-2 win over AABJD / Ohr Torah. Paul Aronoff had 2 homers in the win and was
3-3. Agudath played great defense led by Robert Field's tremendous diving
catch. B'nai Jeshurun won both ends of their DH for their 7th straight win.
They are also averaging a league low 6 runs allowed per game. But their next
meeting vs. Agudath is against the highest scoring team in the league (17 RPG). Ner Tamid lost both of their games
but Justin Festa had 4 homers and a double on the day for NT. B'nai Or was down
8-5 to Temple Emanu-El in the 6th inning but batted around for 8 runs on the
way to a 16-8 win. Eric Axler had a 3 run homer and 5 RBI's while Bill
Schlosser and Fred Kain had 4 hits each. For Beth Shalom, Steve Siegal had a
grand slam, 4 runs scored, 5 hits and 8 RBI's in a 23-7 win over AABJD / Ohr
Torah. In their 2nd game, Beth Shalom was down 12-4 to B'nai Israel only
because they threw out a runner at the plate and 2 runners at 3rd base (long
strike from deep left center to 3rd by Eli Montag) with 3 outfield assists. Then
they batted around in the bottom of the 6th to take a 13-12 lead only to fall
in the 7th 16-13. In the loss, Eli
Montag, Aaron Attermann and Steve Siegal all had homeruns. No game July4th
weekend. Next games will be July 10th.
