Union County 60+ Senior Softball
2022  Season Standings
June 12, 2022
LEAGUE STANDINGS  
 A - DIVISION WON  LOST PCT. GB  
 Swan Hotels & Suites 11 0 1.000 0     
 Diversefied Lighting 7 4 .636 4     
 Linwood Tap House #2 6 5 .545 5     
 Linwood II 5 6 .455 6     
 Kenilworth VFW 1 10 .091 10     
 B - DIVISION WON  LOST PCT. GB  
 Awnings Galore 9 2 .818 0     
 Contact Lens and Vision 7 3 .700 1 1/2 Tie
 NJ Goverment Services 4 6 .400 4 1/2 Tie
 Yogi's Boys 3 8 .273 6   
 DeBellis Associates 1 10 .091 8     
Game Summaries:
Awnings Galore 15, NJ Governmental Services 10
With the score tied at 5 apiece after 2 innings, Awnings Galore clawed ahead against a feisty NJ Governmental Services defense.  Leading 10-6 after 5 innings, The Shadesters deposited 5 runs in the 6th frame to increase their lead 15-6. The Servicemen scored 4 more in their last two frames to keep it close but not enough to take the lead.  For Awnings, reliable Danny Mendoza went 4-4 with a double, 3 hits each by Frank Green (triple) and Paul Newton (double) assisted in the "W".  Adding 2 hits each for their winning efforts were Rich Polonitza, Tom Pasko (double), Mike Carnevale and Bobby Lorincz.  At the plate for NJGS, Joe Attanasi, Doc Henley Black, Steve Landau and Jose Cortes had 3 hits each.   Anardo Calderon, Bill Moore, Tomas Cruz and James Massarelli had 2 hits each.
Diversified Lighting 21, Kenilworth VFW 13
VFW tied the game at 9 a piece in top of 4th only to see Diversified pull away with two 6 run innings to win 21-13. Diversified Lighting came out with a balanced 28 hit offensive attack. Leading the way was Anthony Santorelli (double) and Felix Felez (2 doubles) with 4 hits each. Rob Hawk (double), Scott Garland (HR) and Mike Backus (triple) bolstered the attack with 3 hits each. For VFW, Bob D'Meo (triple) went 4 for 4 while John Rachko and John St James chipped in with 3 hits each.  Don Montefusco (4 runs scored) may have tied a VFW record with 3 bases on balls and going 1 for 1 at the plate.
Swan Hotel 14, Linwood II 10
At this hard-fought battle at Brookside Park in Scotch Plains, Swan Hotel prevailed over Linwood II by a score of 14-10.  The Swan star at the plate was the imposing James Knobby Nardello who had a single followed by 3 intentional walks.  Brian Latham, Doug Fischer, and Bernie Maguire each went 3 for 4 on the night.  John Garced, Marty Bernstein and Joe Difabio, who bombed a triple off the center field fence, each had two hits in the victory.
Contact Lens 15’ DeBellis Associates 9
Awnings Galore 13, DeBellis Associates 7
DeBellis Associates  held the lead 4-2 through the first 3 innings and kept it close throughout the game, but a 6 run output in the 4th inning by Awnings Galore and good pitching by Tommy Pasko backed up by good defense, held the Investigators scoreless in the final 3 frames to give the Shadesters the victory 13-7.
Awnings was led with 2 hits apiece by Billy Hillyer (long triple), Paul Newton, Danny Mendoza, Dave Kirsch, Tommy Pasko , Rich Polonitza (2B) and Gary Cuttler.
NJ Governmental Services 24, Yogi's Boys 9
NJ Governmental Services beat Yogi's Boys 24 -9. The game was won by solid defense. The infield turned 3 double plays including one 3rd to home play by Doc Henley Black to Gary Epstein.  For NJGS at the plate Keith McDede and Anthony Abbaleo had 4 hits each.   Steve Falco, Anardo Calderon, Joe Attanasi and Doc Henley Black contributed 3 hits each. Bill Moore, James Massarelli, Steve Landau and winning pitcher Neil Koch rounded out the attack with 2 hits.  Tomas Cruz's triple in the bottom of the 6th knocked in two runs to seal the victory.
Swan Hotel 22, Diversified Lighting 7
Swan Hotel defeated A Division rival Diversified Lighting 22-7 at Linden Memorial Field. Swan pitcher Doug Fischer turned out the lights on Diversified in 4 of 6 innings played.  On offense, the Swannies were led by Bernie Maguire (3 hits, 3 RBI's), John Garced (3 hits, 5 RBI's), Doug Fischer (3 hits, 3 RBI's), and Marty Bernstein (3 hits, 2 RBI's.  Tom Baldowski hit a majestic 3-run home run deep into the Linden twilight.  Bernstein closed out the game with a stellar play at shortstop.  
Contact Lens & Vision 22, Kenilworth VFW 7
Contact Lens scored early and often to defeat Kenilworth VFW 22-7. Leading the hitting for CLV was Carlos Gonzalez 3-3 with a triple and 3RBI’s, Anthony Miccio 3-3 and an RBI, Charlie Wischusen 4-4, Rich Fleissner 3-3, Joe Mitarotonda 3-3, Marty Joyce 3-4 with a double and a home run and 2 RBI’s, Gerard McDermott 2-3 with 2 RBI’s, and Brian McDermott 2-3 with 4 RBI’s. Contributing to VFW were John Rachko, Carey Durrett, Keith Durrett, and Frank Verducci with 2 hits apiece.
Linwood Tap House #2 23, Linwood II 8
Linwood Tap house #2 29, Yogi’s Boys 10

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