The two undefeated teams, LEADER and ROSE, both lost last night in one run games…..
Reporting in first was captain BRANDON GUTTMAN on his team’s 18-17 win over TEAM ROSE….it was a seesaw battle back and forth and came down to the last inning as ROSE, down four runs in the top of the 7th inning plated five runs to take a 17-16 lead only to have the victors plate two runs in the bottom of the inning to win the game in exciting fashion…..the game winning hit came off the bat of “LEAPING” LARRY NEWMAN on a 2-0 pitch to RCF to plate BEN “B-ROD” RODRIGUEZ and TODD “THE MACHINE” WASSERMAN….the catching duo of WASSERMAN and ALAN “LESH” LESSURE shined behind the plate…..key hits were delivered by JASON “BIG HAUS” FAUST who continues to “mash” the ball all over the field proving he’s not just a diva pitch and the FRANKEL BOYS, “STORMIN” NORMAN and JOSHUA “GIRAFFE”.…..the younger FRANKEL showed his power and speed…..
On the losing end, MICHAEL ROTHSTEIN continued his hot hitting while going 5 for 5 with seven RBI’s, while ZAK SWADNER, grandson of captain RON ROSE, had some huge hits including a three run home run to RF….ROGER “ROGZILLA ROSENTHAL broke out of his season long slump (one hit in six games) by going 3 for 3……RYAN SILVERMAN continued his consistent play in LCF with some nice catches…….the team will welcome back RANDY BROYLES in two weeks as he has missed the last two games due to his coaching commitment for his daughter’s softball team….
Next up for TEAM ROSE is TEAM LEADER in two weeks with everything on the line for the first half championship…..TEAM FOGEL is still in the hunt, but needs everything to go their way in the final two games…..
Speaking of TEAM FOGEL……captain JOEL FOGEL, still out with an injury, but hopefully back before the season ends, reports in of his team’s exciting 9-8 win over TEAM LEADER…..STEVE “I’VE LOST 30 POUNDS” EPPSTEIN continued pitching well and received the game ball….good defense and timely hitting by the bottom of the batting order were keys in the victory….DAN GLASSMAN, MIKE CREEMER and DEE HARRIS all had run producing hits…..
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