It's the 2025 Edition of Hank Heitner Rockland Senior Softball Weekly Game Summaries

DEDICATED TO THE LEAGUE FOUNDER "HANK HEITNER"

Week 11 07/13) game results as reported from the field.

(Note: Game write-ups will only be accepted from the winning team. It is their privilege/choice as winning team to provide a summary.

Please keep summaries to brief (subjective, but use good judgement) sentences, not run-on sentences, in length.

DIVISION 1 Game Recaps

[Lynch's sweep Swingers in rare doubleheader event, PValenza Reporting]: With good defense and timely hitting and 12 innings of great pitching by Tom Crapanzano who is getting into form after a long layoff, Lynches won a doubleheader 7-5 and 19-3 against a competitive Swingers team. The first game was a nail biter for a 7-5 win with Davin Rosenblatt, Joe Davino and Dave Nobel with 2 RBIs each and Giulio Frasciello with 1 RBI. (Our RBI leaders for the day) were Dave Nobel with 5 a HR 2 triples 2 doubles going 5 for 6, Andre Vasquez with 3 a HR triple going 5 for 6, Nick Espinosa in rbi leaders with 3 for 7 double triple and 3 rbis, Phil Valenza Jr. with 3 going 4 for 7, Joe Davino with 2 a double going 3 for 7, John O'Brian with 2 a double going 3 for 7 , Billy Wagenstein with 2 going 3 for 7 and Giulio Frasciello with a clutch 2. All of our 3 pitchers played being short players for July vacations. Our early schedule was tough playing all A teams. We are hoping to be more competitive in B div.

DIVISION 2 Game Recaps

[Deadheads upset Halligans 19-3 - Reported by MElba]: Theeee DEADHEADS WIN!   Heads roll back into win column vs the undermanned Halligans. Chris and company made a valiant effort, fielding 9 players, on a big outfield on a hot and humid day.
Nedward- 3-5, 2run HR, Grand Slam,6RBI;  Eli- 3-4 ,HR,6 RBI;  sTony- 4-4, Double,2RBI; Mark E. 2-4, Double, 3RBI;  Mikey-3-5, Triple,2RBI;  Lee-2-4, Triple;  Rick-2-3, sacrifice, 2RBI; Larry- 3-5.
Flawless/errorless Defense, led by sensational plays from Eli, Val, Brandon, Mikey and sTONY.  Capping off the victory was another near perfect pitching performance by Tom. Great game Heads. Let’s try to build on it. Thanks for a great game, Hooligans. Always fun. Next week- Eric H. and ODB. Good luck guys.
  MDCA!

[Eagles edge ODB 15-13 - Reported by ABasso]: True guts came out big-time for these 2 teams.  Eagles go up 6-0, then 6-6 after 3 inns; ODB up by 1 at 4 inns; but then the Birds squeaked ahead for good, 8-7, 10-9, 14-12, 15-12, 15-13, final, whewww a tough win, a tough lost.

The Birds had 24 hits, 4 walks, and scored in 6 of 9 innings over the ODB'ers who scored in 5 innings. Brain U was 3-4, 2 rbi; Austin K was 3-5, 4 rbi, with a long drive double; Mike L is 4-5; Ed K was 2-4.

The Skipper came up with yet another niffy lineup, and the adjustments came true. Craig continues to raise his BA, looking like his old form in a new spot; Joe R in the 4-spot now, was 2-5, and a solid LF; plus, defensive juggling of Brian U held down 3B; Brian G returned from the DL and went to RC, unfortunately Luis V had to pull himself out due to hernia disks; Dennis T went to 1B as Austin had to cover RF now; and the dynamic duo of 2B'ers Mike L and Ed K played like goalies getting Assist after Assist, several from their knees. And continuing the good showing, Jeff L 3-5, and Charlie the Fisherman 2-4.

The Birds had to overcome their bad habits, lack of discipline with 17 fly outs recorded, and a new habit of the "tennis swing" (slapping the ball over their head) !

Pitching, George V had to tough it out as several "to be" outs were poorly placed and made him get 4-5 outs in several innings. After taking the lead after 5 inns, though, George never trailed, and the team closed out strong.