Friday, July 30th, 2010 - Week 15
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Our Yearly Fundraiser is Friday, August 13th...

Please mark the date. The Over the Hill Gang's annual charity fundraiser is Friday, August 13th, 7:00 PM at Allen Park. This year the league is raising money to help a Farmingdale family purchase a wheelchair accessible van for their daughter, Jennifer. There will be free refreshments, pizza, popcorn, soda and more. And plenty of raffles, thanks to dozens of local merchants. The grand prize is a large HDTV. Please come down. It is a fantastic way to help a local cause and to spend time with friends and neighbors.

8:20pm - Paradox Café versus BK Sweeneys - 60ft field

BK Sweeneys and Paradox went to battle with neither team wanting to give in. In the 7th inning, Paradox took a 5 run lead, but Sweeneys came back with 1 in the bottom of the inning. BK 's shut down Paradox in the top of the 8th with the meat of the order coming up. BK's hit and walked their way into a tie score with bases loaded and 1 out, still a long two outs from victory. Pitcher Jim Feleccia launches a deep fly ball to the right side of the outfield. Joe Giamonte tags up and with a close play at the plate and is called safe! Score a 19 -18 victory for Sweeneys.

Sweeneys has currently clinched the top spot in the division with a 10 -4 record. Rookies Geo Moerler (2 RBIs) and Mark Hemminger each had 3 hits along with Tom Vella . Joe Girimonte had 4 hits and 4 RBIs leading the hitters. The bottom of the lineup came through once again with clutch hitting from Tom Fitzpatrick, Tom Brusca , Mike Magro (2 triples, 1 RBI), Jack DeBobes , John Longo and Byrone Bodine (1 RBI) all with 2 hits a piece

8:20pm - Moby versus Lockie & Nowachek - 90ft field

Lockie & Nowachek Family Chiropractors notched its seventh win with a 10-7 victory against Moby Drugs. Pitcher Ron Schwabe kept the Moby team scoreless through the first four innings. Defense was a big key to the win. Second baseman Tim Jones made a great reaching grab of a hard hit ball for an out. Damon Pishva made a perfect throw home to Bill Camacho for an out preventing a Moby run. Ron Schwabe made a few assists with several balls hit up the middle. The hottest hitter in the L&N lineup is Gerald Bowman, who went 3 for 3, with a walk, two singles and a double. Gerald has eight hits and two walks in his last twelve plate appearances, and has been on base eleven straight times. Jim Doyle hit his first home run to ensure a Lockie & Nowacheck victory.

9:40pm - Changing Times versus Zwanger Pesiri - 60ft field

Zwanger Pesiri Radiology got back on the winning track with a 13-7 win over Changing Times Pub. The game was tight until the 8th inning when Marc Fischer and John DeFalco broke it open with a pair of powerful drives to left field. Fischer’s went for a 2-run homer, while DeFalco legged out a 2-run triple. Pitcher Brian Tinney had a big night at plate with 3 hits, two of them driving in runs with two outs. Tom Dittmeier, Pete Mendelson and Jerry Mazza also had three hits on the night, while John Hernandez, Karl Dessel, Bino Reverberi and Art O’Neill had two hits each. Defensively, John Hernandez had his usual stellar game at short-stop.

9:40pm - Autocraft versus Barco - 90ft field

Autocraft managed a dramatic comeback victory beating Barco Construction 23-16. Barco had piled on 12 runs by the end of the 2nd inning to Autocraft's 2. But Mike Ferretti pitched beautifully holding down Barcos big bats in only allowing them 4 more runs the rest of the way. The turning point of the game came in the 8th inning, which was the last, when Autocraft's trusty sponsor Bob Huebner hit a run scoring triple and set himself up as the tying run. Aldo Balducci hit a homerun that put his team ahead for good. Denny "Ace" Oehl, Mike Ferritti and Little Mike Mormino both had four hits on a great night for both. Rookies Chris Piccininni and Donny Simone came up big with key hits. Defensively Tommy Vanasco made two big time catches in the outfield, and Aldo Balducci actually caught a pop fly running into the outfield from second. What a night!