On July 14, teams started the second half of the schedule playing their divisional rivals for the second time. Leading off the night, Hampton Air East got back into the winning column as they beat a struggling Mers team as well as Bethpage PT who overcame M&T.

The second game had Barco continuing their resurgent play as they improved to 5-2 with a resounding 24-6 victory over O'Sheas. For the third week in a row, Barco came out of the blocks smoking, this week they opened with 12 in the first, four in the second on their way to an 18-3 lead after three innings. Phil Tripoli continued his torrid hitting (3-4, 3 RBIs) but had his continuous hit streak stopped at 10 before he started a new one. The top of the Barco's lineup set the stage for the big guns as Gary Jambor went 5-5, with a double and triple, two RBIs while Steve Jacobson's added 4-5 night. Both combined for nine runs scored as well. Dave Ringer was the major benefactor as he went 4-5 with a fence clearing homerun and 7 RBIs. Also coming up big were Steve Schwind (3-4 sac fly), Kevin Moloney (3 hits 2 RBIs), Dennis Ryan (two hits, three RBIs), rookie Paul Voelker (3-4 triple) and Tony "Pin Ball" Falcone (two hits, two RBIs). The other middle game saw Moby dismantle Bar Boy 19-1. Moby was on fire the entire night, not only with the bats but in the field as well. They knocked out 24 hits including HRs by Paul Nardone and Andy Sullivan who added a triple as well. Also adding to the offensive onslaught was Vinny Miscuraca with two triples.

The late games had Synergy continuing their winning ways as they played almost flawlessly in beating Changing Times 19-1. Denny "Ace" Oehl kept the CT batters off the base paths with superb pitching and was backed at the plate with long balls from Tommy Vanasco, Bob "I never saw a pitch I didn't like" Ceriello, and Billy Fitzpatrick. Bill F continued his outstanding play, not only at the plate but also at his shortstop position. Also having key hits were Bobby Joyce, Bob Huebner, Dave Rubino and Bob Cruickshank, who had four hits. No one but the umpire noticed that Bruce Coonan was not there, why was that Bruce - don't they love you anymore? The other late game started out in a hail of bullets, as Built-More-Builders came out of the box with five quick runs but Singletons countered right back with five of their own in the bottom half, matching BMB with clutch hits and runs whenever needed. Built-More's first had hits from Jerry Mazza, Pete Mendelson, Beno Reverberi, John Defalco, Bobby Schubert, Ira Berger and Brian Tinney but didn't score again till the sixth. BMB's infield came into play in keeping the game close for pitchers Ira Berger and Kris Solberg as Bobby Schubert (3rd), Pete Mendelson (SS) and a combination of Brian Tinney and Joe Cipolla (2nd) handled tough plays all night long. Over the next four innings Red scored five unanswered runs to take a 10-5 advantage heading into the sixth but Builders wouldn't have any of it as they pushed across five runs to knot the score at 10. Defalco, Richie D'Amico, Schubert, Berger, Tinney, Cipolla and Mazza contributed to that rally. Singletons responded in the seventh as they banged out five consecutive hits good for three runs to take a 13-10 lead which they carried into the ninth. BMB made it interesting scoring two in their last at-bat but fell one short in what was a well-played game between two evenly matched teams. The victory gave the "Big Red" their fifth straight win. The hit parade for Singletons was led by Dennis Passeretti with his second consecutive four-hit night, who was joined by Bob Davis, Al Veneziano, and rookie Larry Grieshaber who all had three hits each.

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