Zwanger Pesiri improved its record to 4-4 with a solid 11-2 win over Barco Construction. Brian Tinney got the win as he kept the Barco lineup in check. Tom "T" Ball led the way for the offense with three hits, including a homer and five RBIs. Welcome back Tommy Dittmeier! He returned to the lineup with three hits and strong play in the outfield. Karl Dessel, Vinny Ciullo, Tyrone Clark, Pete Mendelson and Joe Manning all had two hits. One of Manning's hits was a blast that he legged into a triple. Ira Berger was like a cat behind the plate, pouncing on a swinging bunt to nail a runner at first. And finally, there is Vinny Ciullo who suffered a self described "brain freeze" when he forgot to run from second base. No problem, Vinny, just keep hitting and you will be fine.
Friday's late game between Singleton's and Mers Pub started out mildly and was tied after five innings at four apiece. That all changed after the fifth inning and ended wildly as both teams scored 12 more runs each on porous infield play and questionable umpire calls throughout the second half, leaving both deadlocked at 16 -16 for the final score. Gary Sacarro had another 4-4 night at the plate as well as rookie Scottie Gordon; Larry Greishaber also had a good night going 3-5.
The softball year is going quickly as the OTHG schedule has wrapped around and Granny O'Sheas visited Hampton Air for the second time this year in their division. The game started off with both Grannys and Hampton tagging each other for a couple of runs through the first two innings. O'Shea's then stretched the lead in the third with an RBI single by Lenny Balestrieri (five hits) and a two-run home run by Walter Hasemann (three hits). With the score at 6-2, Grannys headed into the top of the fourth and scored seven more runs via a two-out rally. Run scoring hits by Bruce Kubart (five hits), Bob Kirk (four hits) and Don Carlin (three hits) were topped off by another two-run Hasemann homer. Hampton looked to get back into the game with five runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth and closed the gap to 13-7. O'Sheas didn't stand still as the whole lineup contributed with six in the sixth thanks to RBI hits by Andy Cohen (five hits), Jay Donovan (four hits), Brian Mulcahy and Gary Innes (four hits). Mike Hadnagy topped it off with a sac fly. Meanwhile Al Celeste (three hits) got on base and scored three runs for the night. O'Sheas pushed across five more in the seventh and eighth while Bob Meyers pitched HA close allowing only three final runs. Grannys got the victory with a great team effort, 24-10. Granny O'Shea's record stands at 6-1-1.