STANDINGS: 50+ A DIVISION: A TEAMS W L T Douglas VW 14 1 Angry Joe’s Apparel 11 4 Rocky’s Bar & Grill 8 6 Phenomenal Boyz 7 7

50+ B DIVISION: TEAM W L Terawulf 7 8 Echo Tap & Grille 7 8 Dowling’s Tavern 6 9 Thirsty Turtle 4 10 Sonia’s BCE 2 13

Dowling’s Tavern 18, Sonia’s BCE 8 Sonia’s bright spot in the loss was a 6-run second inning, fueled by eightstraight hits that gave them a 7-5 lead. After that, the offense went quiet aside from Efrain Gonzalez’s solo line-drive home run over the left-center-field fence at Tremley Field in the third inning. Juan Pichardo and Richard Merrette added two hits each.

Douglas VW 14, Phenomenal Boyz 13 On a beautiful evening at Memorial Park #3, Douglas VW avenged an earlier season loss to the P-Boyz with a thrilling 7th-inning walk-off victory. In a game featuring seven lead changes, the V-Dubs battled until the final at-bat before securing the dramatic win.

Leading the charge on both offense and defense was “Player of the Game” Steve Steransak. Steve delivered a perfect 5-for-5 performance at the plate, highlighted by a towering firstinning home run and the game-winning walk-off hit in the bottom of the seventh. Steransak also came up big defensively, turning an unassisted double play in the seventh inning to halt the P-Boyz’ late rally and keep the V-Dubs within striking distance.

Frank Padovano also had a standout performance, collecting three hits, including a clutch seventh-inning double that put the winning run in scoring position and set the stage for Steransak’s heroics. The V-Dubs’ offense was relentless all night, with every player in the lineup reaching base at least twice. On the mound, Rich Gaul kept the P-Boyz off balance throughout the game, earning his sixth victory of the season.

Echo Tap & Grille 25, Rocky’s Bar & Grill 20 On a windy sun-drenched night in the jewel of Union County, Rahway River Park, two of Union County’s premier establishments put on a show with over 60 hits and 45 runs scored. Echo held the lead through the first 4 innings, 11-10, only to see Rocky’s plate 6 to take the lead after 5 innings 16-15.

The Grillmeisters outscored Rocky’s, 10-4, over the last 2 innings to capture the victory. Leading the offense for Echo was Dr Rob Wallace with a perfect night 4-4 and Scott Rosenbloom who also had a perfect night 3-3 with a 3B and a BB. Tapsters with 3 hits included Steve Halper, Erik Hastrup, Deuce Brown and Cruz “Missile” Moctezuma. Winning pitcher Joe Sheridan was 2-3 with a sac, Sean Dolan was 2-3 with a sac and Eddie Engram was 2-4 and 2R scored.

Rocky’s bats belted 33 hits, including 2 HRs and 5 extra base hits, but left 18 men on base in the loss to a tough and determined Echo Tap squad. In the loss, 4 players had perfect nights at the plate; Todd O’Reilly (4-4, 3RBI, 2B), Gary Roman (4-4, 2RS, 2RBI), Jim Litterio (4-4) and Anderson Monzon (3-3, Sac, BB, 2RBI). Pete Abene (3-4, HR, 2B, 3RBI, 2RS), Craig Michaud (3-4), Ellan Ben-Hayon (2-4, HR, 2RS, 2RBI), Tim Carey (2-3, SAC, 2B, 2RS, 2RBI), Don Sheehy (2-3, BB, 2RBI), Bob Howlett (2-3, 2B, 3RS), Tom DeGregorio (2-4, 2-2B, 2RS) and Dave Martorano (2-5, 2RS) all contributed at the plate.

Terawulf 12, Thirsty Turtle 3