GAMES OF NOV 14

It was a historic morning, as Havelock Hewes got his 6,000th plate appearance in game one-- he reached on an error; and Zach Nilva went 8-for-8.

Rosengard 10, Appell 9
Rosengard's team led 8-0 after 2, but Appell's squad chipped away at the lead. In the 7th inning, Zach Nilva (4-for-4, 2B, 3B, 5 RBI) doubled home two runs to tie it, took third on a throwing error, and scored on Adam Garcia's sac fly. In the bottom of the inning, Alex Rivera (2-for-4, 3 runs, HR, 2 RBI) homered to straightaway center to tie the game up again, and Ian Parfrey then walked, went first to third on a groundout, and scored on Joe Geller's 2-out single to center. Bill McLaughlin was 3-for-4 for Appell's team.

Melendez 9, O'Connor 6 (8 innings)
Another thrilling finish occurred when O'Connor's team, trailing 5-1 in the bottom of the 7th, suddenly woke up to tie the game. Jaime Orochena singled in Marvin Cohen, and Alex Rivera's throw home brained catcher Dave Rosengard, allowing Bill McLaughlin to score the tying run. Freddy settled down to get Ken Walker to pop out to short with the winning run on third, and his team went to work in the top of the 8th. Joe Geller singled to start the rally, Havelock Hewes followed with a bunt single, and Gil Schmerler walked. Nate Sillman's groundout plated the go-ahead run, and then Glen Lawrence singled to score Hewes. Schmerler came around on an outfield error, and Alex Rodriguez then hit a sacrifice fly. O'Connor's team didn't go quietly, scoring once in the bottom of the 8th, and bringing the tying run to the plate. Nilva had 4 hits in a losing cause, and Jeff Appell had 3. For the winners, Freddy Melendez backed his pitching by going 3-for-4.