August 22 Recap
By Marc Brafman
And then there were 4.
After a very hot morning on fields that were both hard and hot, we have our final 4 in the post season.
On what we’ll call Field Three, #1 overall seed Team Grefer took on Team Solomon
Kyle reports in:
We beat team Solomon 7-6 in an intense back and forth game. They got off to a 4-1 lead early, but Wes Wolf led the comeback effort with a huge home run over the fence in left field. Howard Schwartz pitched a great game like usual, and I had one of my better games of the season going 3-3 and making a diving catch in right center. Defensively Scott Wolf made a nice running catch, and Wes Wolf made all the plays at shortstop. In the bottom of the 6th inning Duff Wolf had a huge hit to score Brad Gallop in what would turn out to be the game winning run. Team Grefer takes on the winner of Team Lefton vs. Team Schwartz
Jimmy reports in:
First round wins for Team Lefton have been hard to come by over the years. With an 8-run lead in the 7th Lefton went with Heath Hembree to close it out. That was a mistake as Schwartz came back to make it close 18-16. Lefton had to bring himself back in to get the final out vs. the cagey vet, Jerry “Doc” Kirzner, who was 9/10 against him during the season. In a titanic battle that resembled Dave Stewart vs. Eric Davis, Jimmy was able to get the best of Kirzner who grounded out to Dee to end it. After spotting Taylor’s crew 7 runs in the first we came back to score 9 and never looked back. We look forward to playing Team Grefer next week.
On field 2 it was Team Brafman vs. Team Groh
Brafman reports for both teams
Team Groh jumped all over Team Brafman early and often and won going away 15-7. Groh got 5 runs in the first with hits all up and down their order and never looked back. But the key to their winning was their defense. a perfect 9-1-2 relay in the bottom of the 1st set the stage for multiple good plays by Groh defense. Marc Simons made a snowcone catch, Zach Michaelson made a running scoop at 2nd to end an inning Jim Beckett tossed out a guy from his knees and David “The Doc of style” Weil threw out a runner at 2nd. It was THAT type of defensive game for Groh. On offense just about everyone got at least one hit to keep the runners moving all game. “This was a JCC softball game to the max,” Groh said after the game. “Brafman crushed us both games in the regular season and today we had their number. I’m just glad we could move onto another game.”
For the disappointed Team Brafman, Rabbi Yitz almost hit for the cycle, Andrew “The Macho Man” Gage had a couple of knocks as did Capt. Brafman. The highlight of the game for Team Brafman was watching Jeremy “Hamilton” Fogel attempt and fail on multiple throws to get a frisbee golf disc back over the fence in RC.
Team Groh will take on the winner of Team Kamrass vs. Team Weisser.
Micah reports:
Playing with 9, Team Kamrass dug itself another hole early against Team Weisser but was able to climb out of it with a walk off win in extras. Zach Mayer looked like the league MVP spraying the ball to all fields and with smooth fielding at shortstop. Mayer delivered the walk off hit to score Adam Heldman. Rafi Goldfarb also crushed the ball and flashed some leather. Eppy threw strikes and induced a lot of weak contact.
“We continue to hang in there and grind out tough wins,” said Captain Micah Kamrass. “It was a total team effort today.” The second half champions are ready for their semi-final match up with Team Groh.
So, Wed. night at Triple Creek we will have the following
Team Grefer vs. Team Lefton on Field 2.
Team Kamrass vs. Team Groh on Field 4.
Come out and watch if you are out.
Two quick updates.
Rick is working on dates for the ASG. Please stay tuned, and…
If you want to play fall softball, please reach out to Ryan “Hi Ho” Silverman as he is looking to gauge interest in a fall league.
Normal game notes will return on Thursday
Marc