|
The Junior Girls National Team beat the Beit Shemesh Fireballs 15:14 to win the 2008 Fall Tournament
The Girls National Team, participating in their first Fall Tournament, reached the finals without losing a game. The National Team met the Beit Shemesh Fireballs in an exciting cliff-hanger.
The Fireballs, with Meirav Eisenberg pitching, took the lead in the beginning of the game. A grand slam homerun by Noah Lenkovski put the Girls National Team in the lead. Another homerun by Stephanie Aronovic increased the lead. However, Beit Shemesh clawed their way back into the game and tied it at the end of six.
In the top of the seventh inning, the Girls National Team pushed across a run and hung on in the bottom of the inning to win the Tournament.
National Team pitcher Alison Aronovic got the win.
Penticon wins “Babe Gillette” Fall Tournament
The three time defending mens trophy winners, Penticon, won the trophy for the fourth time in a row. Penticon edged the Galil Twisters 7-6 in a thrilling Final.
Penticon Champs Again
On Sunday, Penticon edged the Galil Twisters 7-6 in a thrilling Final of the Israel Softball Association"s Babe Gillett Memorial Fall Tournament for their third straight Fall title.
The defending champs jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first against the first-time finalists from the North. Dan Marcus (4-4, 2 RBI"s) singled in Brian Aron for the first run and then RBI triples, both misplayed by Twister outfielders, from Mark Mayerfeld and Natanel Levenson, sandwiched around an RBI single by Ron Solomon (2-4, 2 RBI"s), off of veteran pitcher Bill Arscott, put the Twisters in a deep hole.
Penticon hurler Ami Baran, who was helped by outstanding defense from second baseman David Aron, who participated in two double plays and made a diving stop in the first three innings, allowed only a solo inside-the-park home run to Micah Winston in the third. Penticon answered with an unearned run on Solomon"s RBI groundout in their half of the third for a 5-1 lead.
The Twisters mounted a comeback, plating three in the fifth. Louie Miller singled and scored on Winston"s RBI single, Alex Crane, who had walked, stole home on a double steal, and Don Weintraub singled in Winston.
Penticon retorted with two in their half, once again taking advantage of poor Twister defense. Marcus doubled in Howie Hirsch, who had reached on an error, and then scored when Crane threw away Solomon"s bunt single. Penticon might have had more but for Winston"s diving catch in centerfield.
Up 7-4, Penticon threatened again in the sixth, loading the bases with no outs, but Arscott got out of the jam without any damage thanks to two fine plays by third baseman Crane.
In the top of the seventh, the Twisters rallied against a tiring Baran. With one out, Crane tripled but was thrown out at home. However, Winston (3-4, 3 runs, 3 RBI"s) doubled, Weintraub (2-4, 2 RBI"s) singled him in and Yaniv Rosenfeld doubled in Weintraub to cut the deficit to one. Baran bore down and got the Twisters clean-up hitter, Tomer Molovinsky to line to center where Sam Goldberg made a sliding catch on his knees for the final out.
Penticon decided to award their trophy to their newest player, veteran Gadi Bossin, their second-string pitcher, who allowed Baran to rest during the tournament in order to be ready for the Final.
“Babe Gillette” Fall Tournament Recaps:
Week 4 - Shimshon & Twisters Win Third Game
In Israel Softball Association games this week, Shimshon Hi Tech and the Galil Twisters each won their third game of the Fall Tournament, the former 13-3 over the Dawgs, and the latter a 7-0 forfeit win over ReMax Ra"anana.
Galil Twisters 7 ReMax-Ra"anana 0
On Monday, in a strange ending, the Twisters were leading ReMax 18-5 going into the last inning when a Ra"anana player disappeared causing the game to be forfeited because they didn"t have nine players. The Twisters scored eight in the first and six in the second and were never threatened. Bill Arscott pitched well and the Twisters centerfielder Micah Winston and rightfielder Eitan Milgram each had five put-outs with Milgram making a beautiful sliding catch on one. Winston, 4-4 with a 3-run homer and Milgram, 2-4 with a monstrous triple were also the offensive stars for the Northerners. Pitcher Dave Leichman was 2-3, as was his son, Alon who smached a long RBI triple for ReMax.
Shimshon Hi Tech 13 Dawgs 3
On Tuesday, the sleeping Dawgs lay down until it was too late. Shimshon Hi Tech had a 13-3 lead going into the 7th inning but the Dawgs rallied to within 14-8 with 2 outs in the bottem of the 7th when the lights at Kibbutz Gezer went out reverting the score to 13-3. Rafi Goldmeier was the offensive star of the game going 3-4 with four runs scored and Joel Schnitzler added adouble and a triple. For the Dawgs, Dani Machlis homered and Michael Moronov hit a 3-run triple off of pitcher Sholom Merorah who hurled a fine game for Shimshon Hi Tech allowing only one walk.
Week 3 - Twisters Post Second Straight Shutout
In Israel Softball Association action last week, the Galil Twisters improved to 2-0 with their second straight shutout - a 25-0 white-washing of the Dawgs. Also, Shimshon Hi Tech defeated the Galil Dustdevils 17-10
Galil Twisters 25 Dawgs 0
On Tuesday, Bill Arscott and Kobi Daya combined for the shutout, striking out seven, scattering four hits and walking none while the Twisters offense scored at least three runs in every inning. Yoni Weiss was 4-5 with two inside-the-park homers, five RBI"s and four runs scored, Allan Paderson was 4-5 in his league debut and Micah Winston had three hits, four RBI"s and preserved the shutout by throwing out Robert Even (2-2 on the night) at home.
Shimshon Hi Tech 17 Galil Dustdevils 10
On Thursday, Jeff Mor had five hits and four RBI"s, one the go-ahead run in a 5-run fourth and Shem-Tov Shapiro (six strikeouts, two walks) pitched effectively as Shimshon Hi Tech held off the feisty Northern youth team. The Dustdevils pulled within 10-8 after five but shaky defense never was their eventual downfall. Jed Ben Nahum pitched well, striking out two and walking three in six innings, Nogos Vosia was 3-3 with a triple and Itai Wisell hit a 2-run homer for the youngsters. Baruch Tannenbaum was 4-5 with four runs and Martin Cardoso was 3-4 with a diving catch in right field for Beit Shemesh. Highlight of the game occurred in the fifth when Shimshon Hi Tech Ari Shapiro hit a smash to deep left field which was dropped by left fielder Yaakov Tamasgan but caught by centerfielder Natan Tamari who had alertly backed up the play. Week 2 - Dustdevils Stun Dawgs In the Israel Softball Association"s Babe Gillett Memorial Fall Tournament"s second week of play the Galil Dusdevils stunned the Dawgs 9-6 and Penticon defeated Shimshon Hi Tech 15-4. Penticon 15 Shimshon Hi Tech 4 Pitcher Gadi Bossin made his debut with Penticon versus his old team and pitched well, fanning five and holding Shimshon Hi Tech scoreless until the sixth. Bossin was backed by solid defense, inducing many fly balls to right fielder Brian Aron and left fielder Ehud Mayerfeld. The Penticon offense scored in every inning against hurler Shalom Menorah, and put the game out of reach with a big 7-run fourth with Ron Solomon"s 3-run homer the big blow. Stud Schrader"s 3-run homer in the bottom of the sixth was the Beit Shemesh team"s lone bright spot. Galil Dustdevils 9 Dawgs 6 The Northerner"s youth team, playing only its second league game combined accurate pitching, solid defense, timely hitting and blazing team speed to surprise the Dawgs for their first ever win. Jed Ben-Nahum pitched 4 1/3 innings allowing four hits and six runs, only two of them earned, and helped himself with a key 2-run double off losing pitcher Daniel Baram. Avishai Gross was a vacuum cleaner at shortstop, having a hand in almost half the defensive outs for the Dustdevils. Itai Wisell knocked in three runs, including the go-ahead run on a bunt single in the 3-run third and made sparkling defensive plays behind the plate and at third base. With the Dawgs threatening in the bottom of the fifth and last inning, Gal Haziza relieved and loaded the bases before inducing Shmuel Goldstein, the winning run at the plate, who had already reached base three times, scored two and knocked in another two, to line to centerfield where Natan Tamari made a sliding catch to end the game.
Week 1 - Softball Fall Tournament Under Way The Israel Softball Association"s Babe Gillett Memorial Fall Tournament got under way this past week with six of the seven men"s teams seeing action. The tournament is a 6-game per team round robin with a Final to be played on November 2nd between the top two teams. The Tigers began opened the week with a 23-1 destruction of the Dawgs, Shimshon Hi Tech downed ReMax-Ra"anana 11-4 and the Galil Twisters blanked their youth team, the Galil Dustdevils 23-0. Defending champs Penticon had a bye and will begin their title defense this week. Tigers 23 Dawgs 1 Goose Gillett and Mike Williams combined to silence the Dawgs" bats and the Tiger offense roughed up hurler Daniel Baram in a 10-run first en route to an easy win. Alberto Sciosia was 3-5 with a home run, and Avi Shamir drove in three runs with a double and triple to lead the Tiger offense. Gil Nehamkin sparkled on defense at shortstop and Gil Siegel nailed a runner at home with a great throw from right field to end the game. David Sommer knocked an RBI double for the Dawgs. Shimshon Hi Tech 11 ReMax-Ra"anana 4 Sholom Menorah struck out six while walking only three in a complete game victory for Shimshon Hi Tech who played fine team defense. For the Beit Shemesh offense, Jeff Mor had a double and a triple, Jordy Alter rapped three hits, Joel Schnitzler rocked a monster 2-run double off the fence, and Betzalel Escott had two hits in his ISA debut. Neil Eisenstadt made several fine plays on defense at first base. Galil Twisters 23 Galil Dustdevils 0 The Twisters spawned a youth team for the Fall Tournament and gave the youngsters a proper spanking in their first game. Newcomer Yoni Weiss pitched four no-hit innings and Yaniv Rosenfeld drove in nine runs with a 3-run homer and a grand slam in the romp. The Twisters took advantage of 16 walks while scoring seven in the second and 13 in the third. Rob Barasch doubled and tripled and Jeffrey Zitomer and Don Weintraub each scored four runs. Nogos Vosia broke up the no-hitter with a single in the fifth off of relief pitcher Rosenfeld. Catcher Avishai Gross and center fielder Natan Tamari were excellent on defense for the Dustdevils
|
powerd by