Union  County 50+ Senior Softball
2016 Season Standings
July 24, 2016
LEAGUE STANDINGS
  A - DIVISION WON  LOST PCT. GB  
 Deegan Roofing 21 0 .000 0   
 Liberty Lighting Group 12 10 .545 9 1/2
 Roselle American Legion 12 10 .545 9 1/2
 Linwood Inn 10 10 .500 10 1/2
  B - DIVISION WON  LOST PCT. GB
 Contact Lens & Vision 15 6 .714 0   
 Cranford VFW 12 10 .545 3 1/2
 Top Line Appliance 9 13 .409 6 1/2
 Awnings Galore 8 14 .364 7 1/2
 Bad Brains 6 16 .273 9 1/2
  C - DIVISION WON  LOST PCT. GB
 Riverside Inn 15 7 .682 0   
 Linda's Driftwood Inn II 12 10 .545 3   
 AJ Jersey 7 15 .318 8   
 D&K Associates 2 20 .091 13   
Game Summaries:
Deegan Roofing, Roselle American Legion postponed poor field conditions
AJ Jersey 21, D & K Associates 15
Hitting stars for AJ were Leo White and Greg Kasco with 3 hits each and a combined 4 RBI’s, Dave Rizzo with a triple and 2 RBI’s,  Mike Rosenberg 3 for 3 with 2 RBI’s, while  Jeff Arkin and Chuck Serafin  each had  2 hits and also a combined 4 RBI’s. 
Top Line Appliance 21, Contact Lens & Vision 6
Top Line, slugging out 26 hits, were led by Don Montefusco with 6 hits including a home run and Ron Kulik who added 5 hits. Hitting stars for The Lensmen were Anthony Miccio and Jeff Balish with 3 hits each. 
Riverside Inn 11, Linda’s Driftwood Inn # II, 10 
In another close game not decided until the bottom of the final frame, Riverside plated 2 in the top of the 7th only to see Linda’s come back with 3 in the home half to earn the victory.  On offense, Riverside was led by John McClung’s 4 hits as Paul Newton and Marc Merriman  added 3 hits apiece.
Linwood Inn 16, Liberty Lighting Group 1
The Tap House scored 6 runs in the first inning and another 10 runs over the last 4 innings, to coast to  victory. Rich Johns, Linwood pitcher, threw a masterful game supported by solid defense, in silencing the usually potent LLG bats. For the victors, Steve Lerner was 4 for 4, the two Mikes, DiRienzo and Rzewuski had three hits each. Jim Sydlo, Nick Mennona (2 triples), Jeff Villani, Stu Lukowiak and Glenn Anderson added pair of hits a piece. Tom Ulichny had a multi hit game for LLG.
Cranford VFW 25, Bad Brains 8
The VFW scored the maximum 6 runs in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th innings on route to victory over an undermanned BB squad.  Vic Trindade led the offense for Cranford with 4 hits in 4 trips including 2 doubles. In addition, Juan Moreno and Dan Ravetier were 3 for 3 with Dan driving in 4 runs.  Nick Pace had 2 hits and drove in 3 runs as well. For the Brainiacs, Jose Santana pounded out 5 hits while Carrie Cash and Ramon Martinez each chipped in with 4. Pat Sarullo with 3 hits and Jose Cortes and Keith Johnson, both with 2 hits for BB. 
Linwood Inn 14, Roselle American Legion 6
Linwood took the lead in the 3rd inning scoring 6 runs then added 8 more over the final innings. The Legion bats were held in check with solid pitching from Rich Johns supported by tight team all around defense. Eight Tapmen had two or more hits: Steve Lerner, Mike DiRienzo, Rich Johns, Jim Sydlo, Nick Mennona, Brian Schaefer, Joe Sarica, and Stu Lukowiak. Dave Wayman, Jim McCullough and Ralph Genova sparked the Roselle offense.
Riverside Inn 16, D & K Associates 1
Riverside with 21 hits had Tom Walenski lead the charge with 3 hits, 3 RBI’s and a 3 run home run.  Joe Hrubash added 3 hits. 
Liberty Lighting Group 9, Cranford VFW 8 
Liberty jumped on top 3-1 after one inning of play and maintained the lead throughout the contest.  Down 2 entering the 7th, The VFW managed to get two men on with one out and one in but could not get the big hit to tie or take the lead.  Art Issler was perfect at the plate and Pat Nigro made several outstanding defensive plays at second for LLG.  For Cranford, Dave Drechsel, Dan Ravetier and Carl Gamba were all 3 for 4 with Dan driving in 3 and Carl 2 runs respectively. Jerry Gaeta had 2 hits in 2 trips as well.