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Northwest Regional Park Field 1:
Game 1: Sky & Sky Inc. 18 (WP-Zach Scherr 3-5) Stingers 6 (LP- Scott Leder 3-1) 6 Innings

Stingers started the day in a bit of confusion-- scheduled Stingers starting pitcher Darron Tabatznik was a no show-- never a good thing with a chance at 4th place looking hopeful. Coming out of the pen early to cover on the day for the Stingers was Scott Leder. Game one, Stingers opened with a lead and a in-the-park homer with bases loaded by Sean Murphy to start things off. Sky would get things going reducing the deficit by three. Stingers added another run, but Sky would come back and place the ball long with the wind blowing and in key spots where Stingers were not. Shortly thereafter, Stingers’ bats would fall into pop-up land and would turn the game over to Sky.

Game 1 was a case for both teams of give an inch while the other team takes a mile. The Stingers drew two walks and an error in the opening frame. Then a single to LF turned into 4 runs, as the ball went under one glove and came to rest comfortably at the base of the fence. The stingers took their 4-run lead into the field in the b-3rd, but that's when the Sky & Sky alarm clock went off as twelve runs crossed the plate. Zach Scherr only allowed a few more Stinger hits on his way to the 18-6 victory. Of note was the first intentional walk issued to Mike Rotts in 12 years (per the Elias sports Bureau). Despite his initial protest, Rotts begrudgingly made his way to first base followed immediately by Steve Truitt's bases loaded single giving Sky & Sky the 5-inning victory.

Game 2: Sky & Sky Inc. 18 (WP-Larry Newman 11-6) Stingers 1 (LP- Scott Leder 3-2) 5 Innings

Game two was not particularly exciting. Larry Newman surrendered just 1 run on his way to a 5-inning,18-1 blowout, riding his defense to an impressive outing. The Sky & Sky bats gave Newman an early 5-run cushion, and they never looked back.

Game 2 was not much of a change as Scott Leder continued his pitching for the day. Sky would not muster many long balls, but Stingers would not mst(??) many at bats pop up and hitting into double plays. It would be a tough loss for Stingers as they try to recover and move into play off mode.

Northwest Regional Park Field 2:
Game 1: Kings 8 (WP-Chuck Grant 12-7) NEK Entertainment 5 (LP-Jeff Harris 4-11)

Kings Chuck Grant homered and scattered 9 hits on the mound in leading the Kings to a 8-5 game 1 win over NEK Entertainment. Rashaad Johnson put NEK ahead in t-2nd with a SF to leftfield. In b-2nd, Rob Barrow hit a 2 out 2 RBI single to put Kings ahead 2-1. The score remained 2-1 into b-4th, when Kings pushed across 5 runs. RBI hits from Keegan Rettaliata (2B), Nate Barker, and Grant's 2 RBI HR paced inning. NEK rallied for 3 runs in t-6th on triples by Stephen 'Mikey' Georgie and Marqui Garret (RBI) and RBI single by Dave Pridgen. KIngs added an insurance run in b-6th on another Barrow 2 out RBI hit, putting Kings ahead 8-4. In t-7th, 1 out singles by Rashaad Johnson and Kevin Purnell led to 1 run following an infield error, but with 2 out and 2 on, Grant was able to retire the potential tying run on a flyout to end the ballgame.

Grant (2-3,2 R,2 RBI,2B,HR) and Barrow (2-3,3 RBI) were the only Kings players with 2 hits, while David Pridgen (2-4,1 R,1 RBI,2B) was the lone multi-hit NEK player. NEK defense turned 2 groundout doubleplays to help out starter Jeff Harris. The hard ground contributed to 6 errors from the 2 teams (NEK 2,Kings 4).

Game 2: Kings 8 (WP-Chuck Grant 13-7) NEK Entertainment 5 (LP-Jeff Harris 4-12)

Scoreless and hitless through 2 innings, the Kings bats came alive in innings 3-6 as the Kings swept the doubleheader with a 15-2 6 inning mercy rule game 2. 7 Kings batters had 2 or more hits, while the Kings defense was errorless and also turned 2 nice groundout doubleplays behind starter Chuck Grant. Grant meanwhile allowed just 7 hits and maintained command of his pitches in recording his 13th win of the season.

Kings offensive heroes:
Kenny Salzman (2-3,2 R,1 RBI,3B,W)
Rob Ressin (3-4,3 R,1 RBI,2B)
Dave Sandler (2-4,2 R,2B)
Shilo Merwitz (2-3,1 R,2 RBI,W)
Alan Varhaftik (2-4,2 R,3 RBI,2 2B)
Nate Barker (2-2,2 R,2B,2 W)
Chuck Grant (2-4,4 R)

Kings game notes:

Kenny Salzman finished the day sitting at 299 career Kings hits, while Mike Herr now sits at 599.
Dave Sandler returned a day early from Ocean City to help out his hung-over Kings teammates.

Northwest Regional Park Field 3:
Game 1: Havana Club Cannons 16 (WP-Mark Yokel 14-0) L.O.F.T. 11 (LP-Andy Peksa 4-9)

LOFT put up a great fight in game 1, taking a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning. The Cannons followed with 2 in the 2nd, and 6 in the t-3rd to take a 7-1 lead. LOFT came back with 4 in the b-3rd; and going in to the b-6th Loft was down 4.

The Cannons were only able to field 9 players in game 1, and it finally caught up as well placed singles, and a few gap shots aided LOFT plating 6 in the b-6th to take a 2 run lead going into the 7th inning. But, as has been the case all year, when its been close, the Cannons turned it on and plated 7 in the 7th keyed by a Shawn Warner 2 rbi single, the first 7 consecutive runners reached base and scored.

Yokel was able to lock LOFT down in the 7th, and the Cannons pulled out a late 16-11 victory.

Cannons Hitting stars in game 1:
Jeff Kurland 4-6, 3 rbis 1 run scored
Shawn Warner, 2-4, HR, 5 rbis, BB
Tim Grap 3-5
Evan Kreitzer 3-5, 3 runs
Neal Charkatz 4-5, 3 rbis

Game 2: Havana Club Cannons 6 (WP-Tom Paulshock 11-1) L.O.F.T. 2 (LP-Andy Peksa 4-10)

Game 2 was a pitchers duel. The Cannons went 3 up and 3 down the first 3 innings. Mark Yokel broke up the perfect game leading off the 4th inning with an infield single up the middle. Shawn Warner was able to get the sac fly to bring Yokel in, and the Cannons took a 1-0 lead through 4 innings.

In the B of the 5th the Cannons awoke for 5 runs, with rbi singles by Johnny Edelman and Steve Henneman. Henneman played a fantastic shortstop in place of the missing Mike Steller.

LOFT was able to get to Tommy with some hard hit balls to plate 2 in the 6th, but Tommy shut them down 1-2-3 in the 7th for a 7-2 victory.

Northwest Regional Park Field 4:
Game 1: DC Dental 13 (WP-Marc Loeb 1-1) Northwest Corridor 9 (LP- Howard Goldberg 5-8)

With regular Game 1 pitcher Lane Gordon out with an injury, DCD needed Marc Loeb to pitch a solid game to have a realistic chance at third place. DCD did not score in the first 2 innings, going down 1-0. In the third however, DCD had 6 hits, plating 4 runs. NWC got 2 of those back in the bottom of the inning on some bad DCD outfield fielding.

Going into the 6th, with the score DCD 5-3, both teams had breakout innings. DCD scored 6 in the top half of the inning with 8 consecutive runners getting on but NWC responded with 5 of their own in the bottom half of the 6th. Both teams scored 2 in the 7th and DCD took the game 13-9.

Multi-hit players for DCD in Game 1:
D. Gutman 3-3, 3 singles, 1 bb, 1 rbi, 3 runs
Ziffer 3-4, 3 singles, 2 runs
Gross 3-3, 3 singles, 1 bb, 1 rbi, 1 run
Rosenblatt 2-4, 2 doubles, 2 rbi, 1 run
Orshan 2-4, 2 singles
Luxenberg 2-4, 2 singles, 1 rbi, 1 run

Game 2: DC Dental 9 (WP-Dave Finkelstein 2-1) Northwest Corridor 8 (LP- Howard Goldberg 5-9)

With Rabbi Dave Finkelstein pitching Game 2, NWC jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the 1st and DCD responded with 1 in the bottom half. Rabbi Dave held NWC to no runs in the 2nd -5th innings and DCD scored one each in the 2nd – 4th and 3 runs in the 5th.

After 5 the score was DCD 7-2 and this game looked over but NWC scored 3 in the top of the 6th to make it close. DCD scored 1 insurance run in the bottom of the inning to make it 8-5. NWC scored 3 in their half of the 7th on a hard hit ball that made it past the DCD left fielder all the way to the wall. Rabbi Finkelstein shut NWC the rest of the inning and the game entered the bottom of the 7th tied

After loading the bases, DCD had Dan Gutman up with 2 outs and a chance to win the game with a large cheering section in the stands. He delivered, lining a walk off single over the shortstop to plate Ben Gutman. DCD won the game 9-8.

Multi-hit players for DCD in Game 2:
Flamm 4-4, 4 singles, 1 rbi, 2 runs
D. Gutman 2-4, 2 singles, 1 run
Gross 2-3, 2 singles, 2 runs