Games and Notes of Nov 27

We will be at MS 141 in Riverdale next Sunday. The field is on Hudson Manor Terrace between 236th and 237th Streets. Game time is 10:00am and the weather looks playable.

Due to an enormous surplus of players, we played two simultaneous games, and then the winners faced the winners, the losers faced the losers, and anyone who wanted to stick around after that played again. Unfortunately, Paul Geoghan dislocated his thumb in the first inning of the first round. Speedy recovery, Paul!

Round 1
Rosengard 7, Hewes 6
Andy Atkinson's sac fly scored Joe Geller in the bottom of the 7th to give Rosengard the come from behind win. Atkinson was 3-for-4, and Alex Rivera drove in 4 runs. For Hewes's team, Eric Schulman and Ray Hernandez were each 3-for-4 with 2 RBI. Rosengard's team trailed 6-3 in the 6th inning.

Nilva 12, O'Connor 11 (8 innings)
Cisco Velez's sac fly broke a 9-9 tie in the 8th inning, and Nilva stranded the tying run at third in the bottom of the inning. Bobby Echevarria and Zach Nilva had 4 hits, and Sam Magnus was 3-for-5 with 5 RBI. For O'Connor's team, Freddie Melendez was 3-for-5 with 4 RBI, and Bill McLaughlin and Ian Parfrey added 3 hits each.

Round 2
Rosengard 7, C.Magnus 6 (8 innings)
Alex Rivera hit a walkoff double with 2 outs in the 8th to give Rosengard his second win of the day. Magnus's team came back from a 6-2 deficit only to lose in extra innings. Sam Magnus had 3 RBI.

Melendez 7, Connor 1
Freddie Melendez improved to 17-10 with a dominating pitching performance in the consolation game. He allowed 5 hits, an unearned run, and struck out 2.

Game 5
Hewes 8, Parfrey 4
Backed by his own 3 hits, Havelock won his 19th game. Chris Pun added 4 hits. Bill McLaughlin homered and Ray Hernandez was 3-for-3 in a losing effort.

Games of Nov. 20

Connor 21, Hewes 0
Havelock's third baseman, Gil Schmerler, after Hav gave up 12 runs in the first inning: "I'm trying to think of something to say to make Hav feel better." Someone else, I forget who, wondered aloud if they should text the final score to Appell. Tony Connor backed his own pitching by going 4-for-4 with 3 RBI, Alex Rodriguez homered and drove in 5, and Ian Parfrey (4 runs) and Joe Geller (3 RBI) each added 3 hits.

Parfrey 7, Nilva 2
Ian Parfrey allowed 8 hits, struck out 4, and was helped by 3 double plays. Ray Hernandez was 3-for-4 with 2 RBI, and Alex Rodriguez added 3 hits.

Games of Nov. 13

Connor 9, Parfrey 3
Matt Mishkin's 2-out 2-run triple to right broke a 3-3 tie in the 5th inning. Mishkin had 3 hits and Tony Connor helped himself by driving in 3 runs. Sam Melendez and Ian Parfrey each had 3 hits in a losing cause.

Melendez 8, Hewes 6
Freddie Melendez improved to 16-10 and his team overcame early deficits of 5-0 and 6-3 to win. Joe Escobar (2-for-3, 2RBI) drove in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the 3rd, and the game settled down into a pitcher's duel. Melendez's team had a balanced offensive attack, and Sal Cipriano (3-for-4, 2RBI) and Tony Connor (3-for-4, solo HR) led Hewes's squad.

Mishkin 12, Nilva 3
Ian Parfrey tripled, homered, and drove in 4 runs to back Matt Mishkin's pitching. Matt also had 3 hits.

Rivera Hits For Cycle

Hewes 16 Rosengard 3

Dave Rosengard survived a handful of errors by Marvin Cohen at first base to enter the sixth inning only trailing 4-3. Then it looked like artillery practice as Sam Melendez, Fred Lang, Laura Stoeth, Jack Cuttler and Ian Lebowitz singled consecutively, followed, two batters later, by Alex Rivera's three-run homer.

Melendez 15 Nilva 5

Alex Rivera hit for the cycle (4 for 5 with 4 RBI's and 4 runs), combined with big performances from Ian Lebowitz (4 for 5 with two triples, 2 RBI's and 3 runs), and Freddie Melendez (3 for 5 with 3 RBI and 2 runs) to torch Zach Nilva for 15 runs (9 earned).