Top Lumber to play for top dog honors in MSBL

Matt Papa tossed a complete game, and the Top Lumber Expos put the lumber to good use in a 14-4 win over the Clifton Orioles to sweep their best-of-3 MSBL semifinal series Sunday.

Larry Greenwich Jr. led the offensive attack with four hits and five RBIs. Gabe Encarnacion was 3-for-3, reaching base all five times and knocking in two runs. Dan Cooper and Larry Greenwich Sr. added two hits and two RBIs each.

Softball

Domenic D’Angelo went 3-for-3 and got the win in the decisive Game 3 as Hunt’s Heavy Hitters downed Gramlick Construction in their best-of-3 Millennium Sunday Softball League A Division series.

The Heavy Hitters got the jump with an 18-10 win in Game 1, with Dan Crowley Jr. going 4-for-4 with seven RBIs. But Gramlick built a 2212 win in Game 2 to push the series to the limit.

Hunt’s hitters were too much. Sean Ryan wasn’t retired on the day with 14 hits. Tom Sessa went 7-for-10 as the series MVP. And Mike Buccella made a late arrival but supplied four hits in Game 3.

In the C Division:

In a game report mysteriously delayed by a week, Quality Roofing Supply got a new lucky number in 17 … as in a pair of 17-15 wins over Upland AC to win the division title.

Matt Shaw belted two homers in the opener, and Don Ott went 4-for-5 with four runs scored.

Chaz Nelson and Kyle Gelsinger each went 3-for-4 in the nightcap, with Tom “Taco” Schultz saving the game with a stellar play at shortstop for the final out with the bases loaded in the seventh.