Union  County 50+ Senior Softball
2012 Season Standings
August 5, 2012
		FINAL LEAGUE STANDINGS
		A - DIVISION	WON	LOST	PCT.	GB
		Roselle American Legion	22	2	.917	0
		Renda Roads	19	5	.792	3
		Liberty Lighting/Frenchy's	11	13	.458	11
		Top Line Appliance	8	16	.333	14
		B - DIVISION	WON	LOST	PCT.	GB
		Contact Lens & Vision	18	6	.750	0
		Awnings Galore	15	9	.625	3
		Driftwood Bar & Grill I	13	11	.542	5
		AJ Jersey	1	23	.042	17
		C - DIVISION	WON	LOST	PCT.	GB
		Molly Maguire's	16	8	.667	0
		Driftwood Bar & Grill II	11	13	.458	5
		D & K Associates	6	18	.250	10
		Sun Tavern	4	20	.167	12
	Game Summaries:
	LLG/Frenchy’s 15, Top Line Appliance 10
	Roselle American Legion 13, Renda Roads 6
	The Legion jumped out to an early 10 run lead fueled by run-scoring doubles from Harry Streep, Pat Mooney, and Ed Lubas, and a home run from Bill Dugan.  Leading the 29 hit attack were Ed Kushner and Jeff Baier, both perfect on the night.  Chipping in with multiple hit games were Al Genova, Jim McCullough, and Gene Antonucci.
	Molly Maguire’s 17, Awnings Galore 16
	In a see-saw battle, after Awnings had taken a 16 to 11 lead into the 6th, the Molly’s scored 2 runs, as the game moved into the final frame. A fine defensive play by Bob Ghiretti helped to keep Awnings in check.  Al Burton began the rally with a legged out double, followed by hits from Vic Trindade and Ghiretti. Then Dave Drechsel tied the game with a 2 run triple. After the next 2 batters were intentionally walked, loading the bases, Pat Ahern hit a sacrifice fly to score the winning run. Ghiretti had 4 hits (3 RBI’s), while Drechsel (2B, 3B, 3 RBI’s), Bill Hinkle (2B, 3 RBI’s), Vic Trindade (2B, SF) and Ahern (3B, SF) all had 3 hits. Awnings, with 27 hits, were led by Bob Lorincz with 5 hits (4 RBI’s), Angelo Melillo (3B), Frank D’Antico, Gary Cuttler (two 2B) and Neil Granstrand with 4 hits each. Ray Meigs added 3 hits.
	Sun Tavern 11, Linda’s Driftwood Bar #1/Linwood Inn 10
	After falling behind 5-0 Sun Tavern rallied back led by 3 hits apiece from Tom Murray and Pete Osborn. Then, with the score tied in the bottom of the 7th inning, Steve Falco led off with a single. Two outs later Anthony Abbaleo lined a clutch single to center and Rich Polonitza blasted a double to left center knocking in the game winning run. For Linda’s, hitting 3 home runs and turning a triple play, Jim Sydlo (2 HR) and Stu Lukowiak had 3 hits. Mike DiRienzo, Joe Menza, Jack Helfrich and Pat Enright added a pair of hits each, and John Esposito hit the third homerun.
	D & K Associates 23, AJ Jersey 14
	For AJ, John Robertson hit a grand slam with Greg Hobson also homering.
	Contact Lens & Vision 21, Linda’s Driftwood Bar #2 7
	Scoring 6 runs in each of the 2 first frames, the Lensmen were led by Jerry Archibald, Kerry Gelb, Steve Splain and Bob Beiner with 3 hits each.
	Linda’s Driftwood Bar # 1/Linwood Inn, 7, Sun Tavern 2
	Helping support pitcher Andy Holup, who was making his first start of the season, was Joe Menza, filling in at second base, the middle man in 2 double plays. At the plate for Linda’s were Joe Sarica, Mike DiRienzo, and Stu Lukowiak with 2 hits each while Jack Helfrich contributed a triple and long sacrifice fly that scored 2 runs. In a game that was tight until the 5th frame, Sun Tavern received strong pitching from Dennis Baker and stellar defense by shortstop Joe Hrubash.
	Contact Lens & Vision 13, Linda’s Driftwood Bar #2 12
	CL&V held off a 7th inning rally for the “W”.  They were led by Kerry Gelb, a perfect 4 for 4, and Bill Boyle and Bernie Maguire with 3 hits each.
	LLG/Frenchy’s 7, Top Line Appliance 3
	Winning pitcher Dave Powers was the beneficiary of 5 double plays.
	Awnings Galore 19, Molly Maguire's 7
	Awnings' bats came alive with 23 hits, opening up an 8-0 lead after 2 frames. Angelo Melillo and Tom Pasko (HR, 2B, 4 RBI’s) led the victors with 3 hits in 3 tries, while Brian Granstrand (two 2B, 3 RBI’s), Neil Granstrand (HR, 3 RBI’s), Frank D’Antico (HR, 3B, 4RBI’s), Bruce Crawford (2B), Gary Cuttler (3B, HR, 4 RBI’s) and Ray Meigs all had 2 hits. For the Mollys, Vic Trindade had 3 hits (2 runs) and Glenn Zuhl also had 3 hits with 2 RBI’s.
	D & K Associates 11, AJ Jersey 9