Friday June 27, 2025 (Week 2)

A&R 16 - Miller's 15

Michael's 32 - J&N 19

Michael's broke open a close game by scoring 13 runs in the top of the eight to beat an undermanned J&N squad 32 to 19. Stats for Michael's: Jack Baxter 6-6 (5rs5rbi), Ralph Bondi 5-6 (4rs), Ben Anker 5-6(5rs3rbi), Eddie Smilkstein 5-5(4rs9rbi), Gerard Hough 5-5 (4rs3rbi), Mike Muffs 5-6(3rbi), Stan Smilkstein 5-6 (3rs3rbi), Mike Lynch 4-6(3rs), Angelo Degregorio 4-5, Joe DeMaria 3-5, Bobby Joy (Winning Pitcher).

It was 9-9 after 3, and 16-13 after 7, and then stuff started rolling down the hill. J&N was shorthanded, and the injuries are starting to take effect like running out of duct tape at a leper colony. Jaime Pagan continued his hitting streak and ended up 3/5, George Hammer 4/6, Mark Battastoni 5/6 with 2 RBIs, Steve Savod 3/5 with an RBI, Von Ahouse 4/6 with an RBI, Stan Silverman 3/6 with an RBI ( and his second outfield catch in 2 games, which was celebrated by a standing ovation by both teams, 2 joggers, a dog-walker and a labradoodle, a memory that he will always treasure). Billy Volpe 4/4 with a walk and an RBI, and Joe DiChiara 4/5 with 3 RBI’s.  Maybe next time.

Mountain View Ranch 20 - Arlington Grill 7

Mountain View Ranch stats: John Ostuni, Gary Lasko(WP), Bill Hanchett 4 hits each

Lou Rossi, Mike Rassin, Steve Mcghee 3 hits each,Scott Babrowski 2 doubles over the fence

John Ostuni 1 double over the fence.

Mountain View Ranch defeats Arlington Grill 20-7. For the Grill: Angelo Sblendorio and Mike Brooks had 4 hits.

Doyle's 17 - Pizza Time 7

Doyle's had three double plays led by the defensive combination of shortstop Rod DeLoatch, shortfielder Al Hicks, second baseman Joe Kupiec and first baseman Tom Derito. The outfield excelled with great catches by Brian Linn, and Dan Doyle.  Phil Chontos was 4 for 4, while Dan Doyle and Peter Schwarze each had 2 doubles and went 3 for 4. Winning pitcher Tom Giordano was 3 for 4 as was Tom Derito.

Wednesday June 25, 2025 (Week 9)

Arlington Grill 14 - Doyle's 13

Great team victory today in a very hard fought battle. Doyle's took an early 10-2 lead, then Arlington Grill's defense stepped up, only allowing 3 runs the rest of the way. Timely hitting by Mike Brooks and Tom Milholm tied the game up. The Grill eked out a run in the 7th and shut out Doyle's to win the game 14 to 13. Other hitting stars: Jim "Doc" Ranucci and Mark Joao with 4 hits, 2 of Mark's were home runs. Pat Towne added 3 hits.

Michael's 21 - Mountain View Ranch 20

Michaels beat Mountain View Ranch 21 to 20 by scoring 2 runs in bottom of 8th with 2 outs. Stats for Michaels: Ralph Bondi 4-4 (2rs2rbi), Ben Anker 4-4 (4rs,3rbi), Mike Lynch 4-4 (4rs4rbi) Jack Baxter 4-4(2rs5rbi) Eddie Smilkstein 4-4 (3rbi), Gerard Haugh 3-4, Joe DeMaria 3-4 (2rs, Game tying hit) Stan Smilkstein 3-4, Mike Muffs 2-4 (Game Winning Hit, Winning Pitcher).

Mountain Valley Ranch hit .625 collectively but came up 1 run short, losing to Michael's 21-20. Gary Lasko 4-4, John Berracol 3-3, Rick Wetzel 2-2 with a walk and a sac fly. Lou Rossi 4-5, Carl Parris and Mike Rassin aded 3 hits each.

A&R 16 - J&N 15

It was a hot day at the airport when A&R squeaked by J&N 16-15. The game was tied in the 4th, 5th and then again at the 7th inning. J&N had their chances but defensive lapses and failing to hit at the right time, combined to keep us winless. Hitting stats for J and N were: George Hammer 3/4 with 3 runs scored and 2 RBI’s, Tony Scaduto 4/4 with a run scored, Jaime Pagan 3/4 with a run scored and 4 RBI’s, Mark Battastoni 3/4 with 3 doubles, a run scored and 2 RBI’s, Steve Savod 2/4 with a double and a run scored, Von Ahouse 2/4, Stan Silverman 2/4 with a double, a run scored and an RBI, Mike Spinelli Jr 3/4 with a run scored and an RBI, Billy Volpe 3/4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored and an rbi, Rick Brettholz 2/4 with a run scored and an rbi. We would like to thank Joe Karam for helping us fill out the field as we were shorthanded.

Miller's 15 - McHoul's 7

On a hot day, Miller's beat McHoul's for the battle of the coffin cup, 15-7. Miller's opened with three runs in each of the first three innings. The team was led by John Warman 4/4 with three doubles and Tom Borell going 2/4 with a homer and a triple, Doc Willoughby 3/4 and Carlos (Cyclone) Vazquez 3/3. Miller's had 22 hits, but it was John Warman's glove that put the nail in the McHoul's coffin with unbelievable plays in the field. John turned a DP and the most impressive play with 1st and 2nd and 2 outs. John dove at a ball up the middle and threw out the batter at first while on his back. Mike Capra again pitched a great game.

Today, McHoul's put up another great defensive effort but lost the game to Miller's by a score of 15-7. Miller's put up 6 runs in late innings and McHoul's just couldn't find the switch to catch up. For McHoul's, Frank Goberish, Emil Viola and Phil Chontos provided 3 hits apiece with Russ Gilmore, Peter Longobardi, Tony Dalia, Gary DiMaggio and Carey Wasserberg pitching in with 2 hits each.

Friday June 20, 2025 (Week 8)

Pizza Time 16 - Michael's 11

Pizza Time beat a tough Michael's team, behind the great pitching of Bert "Cy Young" Keating and solid defense from Tom "Brooks Robinson" Hotaling, Roger "Derek Jeter" Merritt, Charlie "Willie Randolph" Melia, Ray "Don Mattingly" Smith, Frank "Mike Piazza" Navarra, Joe "Roy White" Karam, Reggie "Roberto Clemente" Dolson, Don "Bobby Murcer" Black, Greg "Ted Williams" Miller. Pizza Time was playing with 10 guys, PT had 14 runs by the 4th inning to Michael's 4; the last 4 inning Michael's outscored Pizza Time 8-2, the tale of two halves.  Greg Miller 3-6 2run, 2rbi. Reggie Dolson 3-5 3run,1rbi. Roger 5-5 2run, 2rbi. Tom Hotaling 1run, 2rbi, sac fly. Ray Smith 3-5 3run,1rbi. Charlie Melia 4-5 2run 4rbi. Donnie Black 2-5 1run, 1rbi. Joe Karam 3-5 1run. Bert Keating 3-5 1run. Frank Navarra 2-5 2rbi [BIG RBI]. Pizza Time consecutive scoring runs in every inning came to an end at 14.....Great game by two evenly matched teams. 

At Whitesell Field, Pizza Time beat Michael's 16 to 11. Stats for Michael's: Eddie Smilkstein 4-4 (2rs4rbi) , B-Man Edwards 4-4 (2rs), Ben Anker 3-4 (2rs) Gerard Haugh 3-4, Ralph Bondi, Jack Baxter, Mike Lynch, Joe Barbarito and Stan Smilkstein all chipped in with 2 hits each.

Doyle's 26 - A&R 20

Doyle's scored 10 runs in the top of the 8th inning to take a 7-run lead.  A&R scored 7 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to tie the game. Doyle's scored 6 runs in the top of the 9th inning to take the lead. A&R left bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th. Doyle's was led by Rodney Deloatch 6-6, Dan Doyle 5-6, Dan Deising 5-6 with 2 doubles and a home run, and Dan Doyle, Pete Schwarze, Doug McCracken 4 hits apiece. Tom Giordano was the winning pitcher.

Mountain View Ranch 12 - McHoul's 6

For Mountain View Ranch: John Ostuni 2-2 with 2 walks, Lou Rossi, Gary Lasko, and Bill Hanchett each had 3 hits.

In a hard-fought defensive game, Mountain View Ranch defeated McHoul's by a score of 12-6. For McHoul's: Gary DiMaggio went 3 for 3, while Russ Gilmore went 1 for 1 with 3 walks, scoring 2 runs. Phil Chontos, Emil Viola, Tony Dalia (3 RBI's), Paulie Lastowski and Peter Longobardi contributed 2 hits each.

Miller's 23 - J&N 21

At Sports Park Sr., Miller's outscored J&N 23-21. Before the game, both teams took the field and had a moment of silence for Miller's long time manager Bob Crabtree who passed away last week from cancer. In the game it was a battle as both teams were hitting. Miller's was led by Rick Willigan who went 3/4 with a 3-run homer but it was Rick’s glove that patrolled the outfield that kept J&N off the scoreboard. John Warman went 4/4 with a homer, double, walk. Lou (Mr. Consistent) Post going 3/4 and Dan Sopchack going 3/4 with a double. Miller's analytic guy Mike Capra covered the field with his perfectly placed positioning. Royal Dewey Bogardus was the winning pitcher and also got 3 big hits. Miller's has dedicated this season to Bob Crabtree. He will be deeply missed.

J&N came so close, yet its first victory escaped its grasp. The score was tied after 5 innings and then Miller's pulled out to an 8 run lead. J&N scored 6 runs in the top of the eighth, but to no avail. A few more hits at the right time or a few less errors and victory would have been ours! Next time! J&N even had a pregame meeting where to stop the weather from messing with the game schedule, we agreed to begin a fund to pay for a domed stadium. Anyone not named “Oven mitts” would pay a quarter every time he used foul language. So far, we don’t have any money in the fund.

Stars of the  game: George Hammer 3/4 with 3 runs scored and an RBI, Joe DiChiara 5/5 with 3 runs scored and an rbi, Mark Batastoni 5/5 with a double 5 runs scored and an rbi, Steve Savod 3/5 with 2 runs scored and 3 RBI’s, Von Ahouse 4/5 with a triple, 2 runs scored and 3 RBI’s, Stan Silverman 3/4 with a sacrifice, a homerun, a run scored and 4 RBI’s. Everyone had at least 1 hit.