2016 Pikesville Men's Softball League Standings, Schedule, Highlights and Scores
Week #12 June 26, 2016
Highlights submitted thus far by Kings, Nationwide Bombers
Northwest Regional Park
Field 1:
Umpire- Reggie Grant
Game 1: Natty O's 5 (WP-RJ Seabeck 7-6)
Northwest Corridor 4 (LP-Howard Goldberg 5-2)
Highlights pending.
Game 2: Natty O's 6 (WP- Rob Medoff 1-0 ) Northwest Corridor 5 (LP-Ted Winner 4-3)
Highlights pending.
Northwest Regional Park
Field 3:
Umpire- Scott Snyder
Game 1: Kings 15 (WP-Mike Herr 4-2) Sharks 3 (LP-
Bob Mallonee 2-10) 6 Innings
Kings bats that were quiet last week against Nationwide Bombers were awake from the start. 7 hits in b-1st gave Kings 6-1 lead after 1 inning. Both teams were relatively quiet offensively during the middle innings, with the Kings holding 10-2 lead after 5 innings. Kings bats came alive again in b-6th with 6 more hits leading to 5 runs and 15-3 run rule win in 6 innings.
Kings offensive leaders
in game 1:
Brad Millison (2-4,2 R,1 RBI,ROE)
Shilo
Merwitz (2-4,3 R, 1 RBI,2B,ROE)
Justin Cohen (2-4,2 R,3 RBI)
Jan
Katzen (1-3,2 R,2 RBI,W,ROE)
Alan Varhaftik (3-3,1 R,2 RBI,2B,SF)
Mike
Herr (2-3,2 R)
Sharks offensive stars in game 1:
Nugget (3-3,1
R,1 RBI)
Harold (2-3,2 RBI,3B)
Game 2: Kings 10 (WP-Jeff Harris 5-2) Sharks 4 (LP- John Kerzner 0-2)
Kings completed sweep with 10-4 victory in game 2. Sharks drew first blood with 2 out RBI 1B by Austin scoring Harold in b-1st. 4 hits in t-2nd led to 3 Kings runs with RBI's by Mark Lester (FC), Brett Eisenberg (1B), and Jeff Harris (1B). Sharks cut lead in half in b-3rd on Bob Mallonee 1B, Drew 1B, and Shaun 2 out RBI 2B. In t-4th, Jan Katzen led off with a 1B. With 1 out Troy Hendricks hit an RBI 3B and Mark Lester singled home Hendricks giving Kings 5-2 lead.
Kings added to lead in t-5th. Mike Herr led off inning with a rare 3B. Consecutive singles by Kenny Salzman (RBI), Brad Millison, and Shilo Merwitz (RBI), followed by 1 out SF to LCF by Jan Katzen extended Kings lead 8-2. Sharks got 1 run back in b-5th on 2 out RBI 1B by Harold. Kings added 2 more runs in t-7th off Sharks reliever Gary Bosley. SF by Brad Millison and RBI 1B by Katzen accounting for the 2 runs. Sharks added 1 more run in b-7th, but fell well short 10-4.
Kings offensive leaders
in game 2:
Kenny Salzman (2-4,2 R,1 RBI,#B)
Brad
Millison (2-3,1 R,1 RBI,SF)
Justin Cohen (2-4,1 R,2B)
Jan Katzen
(3-3,2 R,2 RBI,SF)
Brett Eisenberg (2-3,1 RBI)
Jeff Harris (2-3,1 RBI)
Sharks offensive
leaders in game 2:
Drew (2-4,1 R,3B,2 ROE)
Harold
(3-4,1 R,1 RBI,2 3B)
Northwest Regional Park
Field 4:
Umpire- Mark Radom
Game 1: Nationwide Bombers 12 (WP-Tzvi Friedman 10-1)
LOFT 2 (LP- Kenny Kreyling 3-4)
The Nationwide Insurance Bombers continued to roll with a
doubleheader sweep of LOFT 12-2 and 13-3. The Bombers put both games away early
and Tzvi Freidman was dominating in both games shutting down LOFT’s vaunted
offense. Freidman carried a no hitter into the 6th in game 1 and settled for a 3
hitter.
Big hits in game 1 was a 2 run 1st inning single by Ben Gutman,
a Sam Luxenberg 4th inning HR over the LF fence, a 2 run 5th inning single by
Gershon Y, a Luxenberg run scoring double in the 5th and an Uri Rabinowitz 2 run
RBI single in the 5th. Ben Gutman’s and Martiez Reed ( TAZ) RBI doubles in the
7th capped the scoring.
The Bombers paid their fine after having 2 players
EJECTED the week prior and before saying other teams ruin the league by
arguing calls… L.O.F.T. came into game 1 looking to knock off the highest
paid team in the PMMSL, the LA Dodgers of the PMMSL if you will. Being a
small market team, L.O.F.T. knew it would be a challenge defeating a team
with the resources to buy any player they want. The Bombers came out and
hung up 2 runs in the top of the 1st inning to set the tone early. Ace
pitcher Tzvi Friedman had a perfect game going until the bottom of the 4th
inning when Logan Malane was able to reach base via the walk. Dana Anderson
broke up the no hit bid with a base hit immediately after. Brad Verbosky,
however, was not able to bring the runners in as he went down looking. With
the entire team on the field, L.O.F.T. took a moment to wish pitcher Kenny
Kreyling a Happy Birthday! L.O.F.T. was able to break the shut out up in the
6th inning when they plated 2 runs off a RBI double by Malane and a RBI
single from Anderson. The Bombers hung up a 12 spot in the game to win game
1 easily, 12-2. After the game reporters spoke to Kreyling and he had the
following to say, “It really meant a lot to me to be out on the softball
field with my teammates on my birthday and to get the chance to play against
such a great organization, such as the Bombers, made it an even better day.”
Offensive Stars for LOFT:
Logan Malane: 1-2; 2B, BB, RBI, R
Dana Anderson: 2-3; 2 1B, RBI
Mark
Winkel: 2-3; 2 1B
Game 2: Nationwide Bombers 13 (WP-Tzvi Friedman 11-1) LOFT 3 (LP- Jonathan Stacey 3-4)
L.O.F.T. was hoping to bounce back and hit the ball a
little bit better in game 2. L.O.F.T. jumped on the board in the 1st inning with
2 runs off of a RBI double from Mark Winkel and a Sac Fly from Jake Barnes. The
Bombers got the 2 runs back in the bottom of the 1st and never looked back from
there as they cruised to a 13-3 victory as Tzvi pitched another fantastic game
and the SS for the Bombers robbed L.O.F.T. players of hits all day long with his
flashy glove work. Despite the frustrations of an inconsistent strike zone, all
day long, L.O.F.T. was all smiles before, during and after the game as they
simply enjoy playing softball. L.O.F.T. is hopeful that the other teams in the
league will vote to install a salary cap for the 2017 season.
LOFT scored first in game 2 thanks to some sloppy NIB’s
defense but Freidman shut them down the rest of the game. Flamm’s 2 run double
in the 7th tied the game at 2-2. Rabinowitz’s triple in the 2nd scored Dan
Gutman who had doubled and Ben Gutman’s bases loaded walk made it 4-2. In the
3rd Luxenberg hit a double and came home on a Jason Gardner double in the RCF
gap. Freidman’s SF made it 6-3, followed by Dan Gutman’s RBI single and
Gershon’s RBI single to put the Bombers up 8-3. Shulie Hochman’s 2 run single in
the 4th made it 10-3 and Freidman and Dan Gutman joined in the slaughter with
RBI’s singles to make it 13-3. Dan Gutman made several outstanding plays at SS
to slow down LOFT and push them 2 games under 500 at 6-8. The teams will be the
only teams to play next week.
Offensive Stars for
LOFT:
Logan Malane: 2-3; 3B, 2B, 2 R
Kenny Kreyling:
2-3; 2B, 1B
A note from Rabbi Dave:
Commissioner Howard Goldberg has done an outstanding job holding the league
together. Being the commissioner is a thankless job- just ask Mike Herr. It
takes many long hours working on a myriad of issues and problems. We are
down to 7 teams and the future of the league is tenuous. It doesn’t help
that a few teams come out arguing every call and talking trash the whole
game. They seem to actually enjoy messing around instead of playing ball. It
definitely is frustrating and doesn’t bode well for the future of our
respected league. Everyone needs to shut up and play ball . Howard doesn’t
need to babysit a bunch of grown men.