UCSSL 2017 PLAYOFF RESULTS |
60’s Division |
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Playoff Games for Week of August 20, 2017 |
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Cranford VFW 21, DeBellis Associates 15 |
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The VFW took a
quick 4-run lead in the top of the first inning and added four more runs in
the top of the third to increase their lead to 9-2. VFW raced to the
finish line behind the pitching of Tom Rutkowski to complete a 21-15 victory.
Bill Early led the VFW with 4 hits (3R, 2B, 3RBI). Vic
Trindade (2B, 3R, 3RBI), Dave Drechsel (2R, RBI), Mike Volpe (3R,
RBI), Gary Schaller (two 2B, 2R, 2RBI), Charlie Wischusen (R, 2RBI)
and Jerry Gaeta (2R) each contributed 3 hits to the VFW's victory. For
DeBellis, Howard Walker led the way with 3 hits including a triple.
Dave McFall, Rich Silva, Bob Mancini, George Barca (3B), Dennis Wilckens, Art
Martines and Bob Donnelly all had 2 hits. |
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Cranford VFW 19, DeBellis Associates 12 |
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Cranford VFW
closed out their best of 3 semifinal series and advanced to the 60's B
Division Championship series with a victory over DeBellis Associates. VFW
plated 6 runs in the 6th inning to put the game out of reach. Dave
Drechsel led the VFW with 3 hits (3R, 2B, 3B, 4RBI). Mike
Volpe (3RBI), Charlie Wischusen (R, 3RBI), Joe Mitarotonda (R,
2B, 2RBI) and Lou Koehler (R, 2RBI) also contributed 3 hits
each to the VFW's victory. For DeBellis, Bruce Bilotti, Howard
Walker and Bobby DeBellis all had two hits. |
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Creative Industries I 17, Liberty Lighting
Group 5 |
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Creative
Industries I defeated LLG in the first round of the playoffs 17 - 5.
Offensive stars for CI were winning pitcher Gary Pence (3H), Dennis Watson
(3H), Steve Ferro (2H, 2R) and Tom Lombardi who were all perfect at the
plate. Also adding to the offense were Dana Kimmel (3H, 2R), and Tom
Straniero and Rick Wilson who both blasted two triples each. LLG struggled to put up an offensive threat against a
determined Creative team. Steve Pietrucha lead the team with 3 hits. Although
6 players contributed with two hits each, timely hitting became elusive. |
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Playoff Games for Week of August 27, 2016 |
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Awnings Galore II 16, Kilkenny House 4 |
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Awnings Galore II
scored 5 runs in the top of the first inning and led all the way in the first
game of the 60+ A Division semifinals. Rich Traub (3B, 3R, 2RBI)
and Danny Mendoza (2B, 3R, 3RBI) were both 4 for 4 in the game. Angelo
Melillo (two 3B, 3R, 4RBI) and Tom Pasko (3RBI) both had 3 hits, while Gary
Cuttler (R, RBI, BB), Pete Osborn (R, 2RBI, SF) and Pete Andriacci each
contributed 2 hits. |
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Awnings Galore II 10, Kilkenny House 9 |
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Awnings overcame
an early three run deficit and held on as the final out was made with the
tying run in scoring position in the 7th inning of the nightcap of the
doubleheader. Angelo Melillo (2R) remained hot as he and Ray Meigs (R,
2RBI) each banged out 3 hits for AG2. Winning pitcher of both games,
Tom Pasko, scored two runs and drove in two with a pair of base hits. Awnings
now advances to the A Division Finals to take on last year's champion
Creative Industries I. |
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Creative Industries I 17, Liberty Lighting
Group 3 |
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Creative
Industries I completed a first round playoff sweep, defeating LLG 17-3.
Eight CI players were perfect at the plate: Dana Kimmel (2H, 2R), Tom
Straniero (2H, 3R), Joe Massimino (2H, 1R), winning pitcher Gary Pence (3H,
2R), Mark Mariski (2H, 1R), Frank Pepe (3H, 2R), Steve Ferro (3H, 2R) and
Larry Berra (2H, 1R). Creative now heads to the 60+ A
Division finals to defend their 2016 crown and will take on Awnings
Galore II |
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Creative Industries Too 18, American
Legion 15 |
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Creative
Industries Too knotted this best of three semi-final playoff series in the
60+ B Division with a 18-15 victory at Tremley Point Field in Linden. |
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American Legion 21, Creative Industries
Too 7 |
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American Legion
closed out their best of three semi-final playoff series in the B Division
with a convincing 21-7 win over Creative Too. The Legion now heads to
the Final series to take on Cranford VFW2. |
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Creative Industries I 24, Awnings Galore II
16 |
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Trailing 16-7
after 3 and a half innings, Creative Industries I came back to defeat
Awnings Galore 24 - 16 by scoring the final 17 runs of the game to win
the opening game of their best of three series in the 60+ A Division
Finals. Winning pitcher Gary Pence shut down the powerful hitting
Awnings over the last three innings to secure the win. CI pounded out
33 hits led by Dana Kimmel (4H, 3R), Tom Straniero (3H, 3R, 2DBL), Pence
(3H), Joe DePierro (3H, 3R), Anthony Santorelli (3H) and Frank Pepe (3H).
AG2’s balanced attack had every player with two or more hits, all but
one scoring at least one run, and all but two driving in at least one
run. Bobby Lorincz (R, 3RBI) had two doubles among his 4 hits, while
Danny Mendoza (2R, RBI), Bruce Crawford (2B, 2R, 2RBI) and Ray Meigs (R, RBI)
each had 3 hits in the game. |
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Playoff Games for Week of September 11, 2017 |
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