Games of August 19

Appell 9, Hewes 4
Rob Anapol singled home Paul Geoghan for the go-ahead run in the top of the 6th. Freddie Melendez had 4 hits, and Nel Yomtov drove in three runs.

Nilva 9, Melendez 6
Eric Schulman homered and drove in 4 runs, Rob Anapol had 3 hits, and Zach Nilva singled home the go-ahead run in the 5th inning.

Hewes 4, Appell / Martinez 3
Derek Martinez tied the game with a line drive HR to left, before Matt Mishkin won it with a 2-out solo HR to right-center. Havelock Hewes then stranded the tying run on third base.

Games of March 4

Greenblatt 8, Nilva 6
Dan Greenblatt won his first SFL start behind Rob Anapol's 3 home runs and 5 RBI.

Magnus 13, Melendez 9
Chuck Magnus was backed by 2-run HR's from Rob Anapol and Eric Schulman.

Games of 6/5

Appell 7, Hewes 2

Jeff Appell (4-2) scattered 13 hits to win, and Phil Ciccone alertly scored the tiebreaking run on a shallow sac fly by Solomon Sarway. Appell slammed the door on a 6th inning comeback, and that was it.

Nilva 6, Melendez 5

Zach Nilva (5-3) allowed all 5 runs in the bottom of the 1st, and pitched shutout ball thereafter. Freddie Melendez ran into trouble in the top of the 4th, and the decisive blows were a 2-run triple by Rob Anapol, and alert baserunning by Andy Atkinson, who reached on an infield single, advanced two bases on a throwing error, and scored the winning run on a groundout.

THE OFFENSE WAS OFFENSIVE

Maybe Havelock Hewes will have pleasant dreams of Dobbs Ferry after surrendering 17 runs in the top of the 4th inning in Game 1 at Riverdale, enroute to a 27-7 defeat at the hands of Dave Rosengard. Havelock's misery began when SS Alex Rivera tried to complete a double play but missed Marvin's glove and drilled batter Laura Stoeth in the leg instead. Her teammates seemed to take this personally, and Rob Anapol, Ross Barkan, Ian Parfrey, and Zach Nilva (grand slam) all homered in the inning. Anapol homered three times in the game, all 3 absolute bombs, and drove in 7 runs. Ross Barkan, a promising rookie from Brooklyn, homered twice and drove in 6. Rosengard pitched effectively for the win.

Game 2 was won by Jim O'Connor (2-0) over Ian Parfrey, 19-17. O'Connor's team fought back from a 10-2 deficit. Freddy Melendez homered and drove in 7 runs. Barkan was 5-for-5 with 4 RBI. Parfrey homered twice and drove in 7, but couldn't out-hit his pitching, as fields away from Central Park continue to be his Kryptonite. The go-ahead run was stranded on first base in an exciting finish.

Field conditions were a little on the icy, sunny, and muddy side, which made for little defense and much offense.

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