UCSSL 2016 PLAYOFF RESULTS |
60’s Division |
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First Round for Week of August 1, 2016 |
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Kilkenny House
6, Awnings Galore II 1 |
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Defense and the strong pitching of George Brokaw carried
Kilkenny House to a 6-1 victory in the opening game of the A Division
playoffs. The Kilkenny infield turned
4 double plays, while their offense was led by Bill Hillyer who went 3 for 3
on the night. AG2 managed only 10 hits
-- 2 each by Bob Bykofsky (R), Tom Frierson (RBI), Bruce Crawford and Angelo
Melillo. |
Creative
Industries I 13, The Decorating Store 11 |
In a see-saw battle in the opening game of A division playoffs,
Creative Industries I pushed ahead of The Decorating Store in the fifth
inning and held on for a 13-11 victory. Winning pitcher Joe DePierro (2H, 2R)
was backed up offensively by Gary Pence (4 for 4, 3 RBIs), Dennis Watson (4
for 4), and Dana Kimmel with 3 hits. Leading the D-Store at the plate
were Gary Schaller (3H, R, RBI), Charlie Wischusen (3H, 2RBI), and Gerard
McDermott (2H, 2R, 3RBI). George Merlo, Bill Early, Brian McDermott,
Tom McNulty and Lou Koehler had two hits apiece in the losing effort. |
Creative
Industries I 17, The Decorating Store 10 |
Creative Industries I completed a semifinal playoff sweep by
defeating The Decorating Store 17-10. The Creative offense was led by
Gary Pence (4 for 4, 4R, 4RBI, HR), Dana Kimmel (3H, 3R), Tom Straniero ( 2
for 2, 4R) and winning pitcher Joe DePierro with (2H, 3RBI). Leading
the D-Store was Ken Murray (3H, 2B, R, 3RBI), Gary Schaller (2H, 3B, 2R,
2RBI), George Merlo (2H, 2B, 3RBI). Bill Early, Mike Volpe, Tom McNulty
and Tom Rutkowski had 2 hits each for the Decorating Store. |
Awnings Galore
II 4, Kilkenny House 3 |
Awnings knotted up this semi-final playoff series at 1-1 with
yet another defense oriented game. Bob Bykofsky, Bob Lorincz and Danny
Mendoza each had 2 hits and a run scored. Pitcher Tom Pasko held off a
late Kilkenny rally and retired the final batter with the tying run on third
base. |
Avengers 9,
DeBellis Associates 8 |
This one went down to the wire as the Avengers evened their
playoff series at one game apiece with a 9-8 victory over DeBellis
Associates. The Avengers jumped out to a 9-1 lead but pitcher Alan
Schachman and reliever Pat LoPiccolo needed to hold off a last minute
DeBellis surge. DeBellis had the tying run on base and the winning run
at the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning before the fire was put out.
Leading the Avenger on offense were Bill Moore, Anthony Abbaleo and Chris
Black who were all 3 for 3. Doc Henley Black, Paul Brody and Ron Horinko
added two hits apiece to the Avenger 19 hit attack. |
American Legion
14, Creative Industries Too 1 |
American Legion stormed into the B Division finals as they
closed out their semifinal playoff series with a 14-1 win over Creative
Industries Too. Pitcher Bill Daniel was stellar on the mound and added 2 hits
to the offense. Ray Pelesko, John Amato and Walt Serafyn had 3 hits each, and
Ed Kushner added a double and a triple in the victory. |
DeBellis
Associates 21, The Avengers 1 |
DeBellis Associates took the final game of this B Division
semifinal playoff series with a 21-1 thumping of The Avengers. Hitting
for The Avengers were Anthony Abbaleo (3 for 3) and Doc Henley Black, Bill
Moore and Pete Gelesky who had two hits each on the losing side. |
Awnings Galore
II 4, Kilkenny House 3 |
Defense was once again the deciding factor in the final game of
this semi-final playoff series. Down 3-1 in the game, and faced with
elimination, Awnings Galore II rallied in the 7th inning for 3 runs to
defeat Kilkenny House 4-3 and move on to the championship series. After a base on balls by Tom Colandro to
open the final frame, Bruce Symon, Bob Bykofsky (RBI on the hit) and Bobby
Lorincz hit consecutive singles to load the bases with the tying run on third
base. Steve Toth’s sharp single to centerfield with one out plated two
runs to give AG2 the lead. Only a spectacular diving catch by Ron Kulik
on Tom Frierson’s liner to right center kept Awnings from scoring more
runs. Kilkenny put the tying run on base in the bottom of the 7th but
winning pitcher Tom Pasko held off the attempted rally to secure the
victory. Leadoff hitter Bykofsky had 2
hits in the game, and was a combined 6 for 7 with two walks in the series, to
again pace the struggling offense. Gary Cuttler added two more hits for
the winners in addition to playing stellar defense all series at shortstop.
Awnings Galore II now advances to the A Division Finals where they will play
regular season winners Creative Industries I. |
Final Rounds for Week of August 21, 2016 |
Creative
Industries I 8, Awnings Galore II 7 |
Awnings Galore II held Creative Industries I to fewer
runs than in any of their six regular season games, but Creative
squeaked out a win in the first game of the best of three A Division
finals series beating Awnings 8-7. Awnings' Steve Toth blasted a long
two run HR in the 6th inning to give AG2 a brief 7-5 lead, but Creative
stormed back to knot the game at 7-7. In the bottom of the last inning,
Creative's Joe DePierro singled and Geoff Polston doubled to put runners
on second and third. Awnings decided to intentionally walk the hard
hitting Dennis Watson to load the bases. Rookie Willie Jackson then
roped a single over the center fielder's head for the walk off win.
Karl Grossman also contributed to the offense, going 2 for 2. For
Awnings, Gary Cuttler (R), Danny Mendoza (R, 2B), Angelo Melillo (2R, RBI),
Tom Pasko (RBI, 3B) and Pete Osborn (RBI) each had two hits in defeat.
Pitcher Al Betau picked up the win for Creative. |
American Legion
12, DeBellis Associates 3 |
American Legion took the first game of the B Division finals by
beating DeBellis Associates 12-3. George Vircik pitched for the
win. Ray Pelesko, Ed Kushner and Walt Serafyn had 3 hits each for
American Legion in the victory. |
Creative
Industries I 9, Awnings Galore II 3 |
Creative Industries I completed a sweep of the A Division
best of three finals by defeating Awnings Galore 9-3. Al Betau was
again the winning pitcher as Dana Kimmel, Gary Pence and Dennis Watson all
had multiple hits for Creative. Awnings once again put up a valiant
defensive display but could not get the bats going to match Creative's
firepower. Bob Lorincz was 2 for 3, and Tom Frierson added a triple for
Awnings in the loss. |
DeBellis
Associates 11, American Legion 10 |
In a real nail biter, DeBellis Associates nipped American Legion
on a walk off base hit by John Malone in game two of the B Division
final series. Johnny Amato, Glenn Sytko and Steve
Brownstein each had 3 hits in defeat. |
American Legion
15, DeBellis Associates 10 |
American Legion out hit DeBellis Associates to win the final
game of the B Division playoffs. Chris
Paterek was the winning pitcher and contributed 3 hits. Jack Helfrich,
Rich Pelesko and John Symczak also had 3 hits each. |