Sharey Tefilo Israel (12-0) was the recipient of the only forfeit of the holiday weekend, sending them further down the road of back-to-back undefeated seasons. AABJD (8-4) and Pinebrook (8-4) remained tied for 2nd in the A-Division with both winning on Sunday. AABJD was led by Marty Moskovitz, who was 3-3 with a triple and 5 RBI’s in their 19-4 win over B’nai Shalom. Pinebrook followed suit with a 20-15 win against Temple Sholom. Suburban Torah’s four game winning streak came to an end with Temple Sinai defeating them 18-5. If AABJD and Pinebrook tie for 2nd, it might come down to “least runs allowed” as the tiebreaker. As per league rules, this includes the average runs per game given up—forfeits do not count. Going into this week Pinebrook is at 13.5 and AABJD is at 13.63. If there is a three-way tie at 8-6 with Temple Sinai, then AABJD holds the three-way tiebreaker, possessing a 3-1 record among the group.
In the B-Division there is still a tie between Chabad and B’nai Brith at 10-2. B’nai Brith won the only meeting so far between the two teams. The teams will meet in the final game of the season, which will probably determine the 1 seed. In Chabad’s 15-8 win over Agudath Israel, they connected on two solo homeruns in the first three pitches of the game. Pitcher Peter Gelman did not walk any batters in the win and had 3 hits including an RBI triple to aid his cause. David Levine was 4-4 with 2 doubles, 2 homers and some phenomenal outfield defense, thwarting any attempt by Agudath Israel to make a comeback. Ari Berman was 5-5 for AI in the loss.
B’nai Brith was avenged an earlier loss to B’nai Israel with an 18-8 win.
Beth Shalom defeated B’nai Abraham 18-6 with Zach Cohen and Phil Sperling each hitting a triple and 4 hits. Steve Siegal had 3 hits and so did Neil Grossman, who also had a 3-run homer in the win.
Ner Tamid got the better of AABJD Ohr/Torah by a 10-3 margin with the strength of Rob Crum’s 6 RBI’s (grand slam in the 1st and a 2-run double in the 6th).
In a game against Temple Emanu-El, B’nai Or scored 4 runs in the first inning but could only manage 1 the rest of the way to a 7-5 loss to Temple Emanu-El. For the losing team, Keth Barbarosh was 2-3, Adam Forman 2-2 and Scott Charles 3-3.
There is a very close race for the last playoff spot in the B Division. B’nai Abraham can lock it up but needs two wins, or help from Ner Tamid and AABJD/Ohr Torah.
