It was HOT out there this Sunday but that didn’t stop the action on the field. Let’s start with the early games.
AJ kicks things off with his recap of their come-from-behind win of Team Stu.
An amazing win for the Goons this week as we came back to walk off Team Solomon 13-12.
The game started big for Team Solomon as they jumped on us in the first couple innings with a 7-0 lead. Big hits came from Jeremy Dock with a triple, Matt Brodof and Alex Kraus.
After that super-sub, Jeff Finkelstein locked down on the mound and we started chipping away. Two in the second, 2 more in the 3rd off a 2-run homer from super-sub, Harry Meisner, 2 in the 4th to make it 8-6, and then 3 in the 5th to make it 9-8. Team Solomon came back on us in the 6th and scored 4 runs off hits from Steven Shapiro, Matt Brodof and Dan McGrath.
After scoring 3 in the bottom of the 6th, and getting through the top of the 7th, the stage was set. Down 12-11 in the bottom of the 7th, Ryan Small led off with a double, Dee Harris moved him over with a single, Ian Conwell knocked Ryan in with a single, and Big Sam Klinkowitz came to the plate. He hit a Klinko Bomb to the warning track scoring Dee and the game was over.
This was a true team effort with everyone making an impact as they have all year.
We hope to finish the season strong against Team Simons on Wednesday.
Keith K files this report for Team Fogel.
Keith Kombrinck here reporting on Team Fogel win #6 with an 18 – 6 win over Team Simons.
Team Fogel had subs Brad Wagner, Steve Zawatsky, James Swan, Eric Zied, and Kade Carlyle. Maybe Team Fogel should play subs every week?
Team Simons super sub was their 3rd baseman, Dylan Smith, who hit 3 home runs. Lucky for us, two were solo shots.
Our super sub was Kade, who tracked fly balls in left-center like Jeremy and had 4 hits. I had 3 hits, but my exit velocity averaged 60 mph whereas Kade’s was around 100.
Team Fogel scored 5 in the 1st with hits from Swan, Carlyle, Rosen, Zawatsky, Kurtzer, and Wagner. Team Simons came back with 2 in the bottom of the 1st including a home run by Mike Askin. In the 2nd , singles by Nick O’Brien, Zied, Kombrinck, and that man Carlyle again plated 2 more.
The middle innings were a blur for me. It was hot!! I recall Weisser throwing all those bottom-of-the-zone pitches, causing me to ground out and others to pop up. Nick O’Brien ran left, ran right, and speared two line-drives at shortstop, and Brad Wagner made several fine plays at 3rd base. Our other outfielders, Rosen, Swan, and Zied made running catches.
Team Simons threatened to score each inning, but Jamey Kurtzer kept them in check by refusing to issue walks. He capped his performance in the bottom of the 6th by nabbing a line-drive just above his head and firing to 1st to double-up an overconfident runner.
Thanks to Brad Wagner for serving as our replacement coach. It looks like Team Fogel has avoided the play-in game. In a be-nice-to the old guy gesture, Brad gave me the game ball for my 3 hits and catching all the throws to 1st base. I appreciate it.
In the 11:30 games
Kyle for the winners over Team Wagner.
We beat team Wagner 19-18 in a back and forth battle. Ken Groh pitched a solid game on the mound subbing for Mike Gray, and Landon Hawkins played a great game defensively making all the plays in the infield.
Offensively Billy Bernstein had a great game at the plate hitting liners all over the field and an inside the park homer. I had a good game with multiple hits, and the rest of our order chipped in well with big hits from Brian Goldberg, Gary Grefer, and Oren Shmoel to come back in the top of 7 and hold a one-run lead to end the game.
Finally there was the “Game” between Team Wolf vs. Team Brafman
I’ll write the recap for Team Wolf. Let’s just say that Team Brafman didn’t have their best game while Team Wolf hit the ball all over the yard. the final score was something like 27-12. It was so bad for Team Brafman that Jimmy Lefton waved the white flag and asked to be taken out of the game and we used two position players to pitch. When that didn’t work Jimmy came back in and might have given up another 10 runs. Hitting leaders for Team Wolf were the entire team. Wes, Tyler, James Swan, Pat Feldman, Andy Beck all had at least 3 hits. You know it’s a long day for Team Brafman when Shorty Adams goes 3-4 with a double. And while there were no home runs, somehow most of the hits were bullets all over the field to all fields. “We’d like to thank Commish Adam for lending us his bat,” Captain Wes Wolf said post game. “We hear he got it from Chris Sabo which might explain our extra pop.” When you give “The Living Legend” Howie Schwartz 11 runs in the first inning, unlike the Reds bullpen, he is going to let that stand up. The only bright spot for team Brafman was Mike “The Bagel Man” Margolis going 3-3.
“I wish I had Trevino to pitch for me in the 5th inning,” Brafman said post game. Maybe his 30 MPH eephus pitch would have prevented the other 13 runs from scoring.
Team Wolf looks to stay hot vs. Team Groh while Team Brafman looks to get back on the winning track vs. Team Stu.
League notes will return on Wednesday.