Thursday July 16………….11:14 a.m………there are no more undefeated teams as TEAM LOOOOOOOOOOON defeated TEAM WERNICK, 5-1, in a very well played defensive game on both sides in record time…………BARRY KAPLAN came up big on the mound as he gave up a lone homerun by NICK RUEZSER for the only score……other notable contributions came from ALAN LESSURE who played well behind the plate and gunned down would be base stealer MIKE SMALL to prevent a possible run………JOSH LITMAN was the hitting star with a three-run homerun…..kudos go to the TEAM WERNICK crew as well as JOEL TSVAET gunned down BARRY KAPLAN trying to stretch a single into a double……MIKE SMALL, STEVE OSTROW and DAVE WERNICK played a stellar defense and finally ROGER ROSENTHAL belted a double over a pulled in outfield……..in the other game reported……….TEAM EPPSTEIN continuted their perfect second half start (3-0) with a 10-3 victory over TEAM NEWMAN…….it was a total team effort with good pitching, defense and timely hitting as the victors broke open a 4-3 game with six runs in the seventh inning as GARRETT ROBERTS, JORDAN GUTTMAN and BRAD WAGNER were the hitting stars……..once again the bank account of STEVE EPPSTEIN shrunk as he paid for his team’s meals afterwards along with a few others that jumped on the bandwagon……other winners were TEAM FRANKLIN and TEAM SCHWARTZ, but as of press time there were NO reports into the newsroom……..any questions. comments..send to r.rosenthal@fuse.net………….
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS – TEAM WAGNER