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.