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🥎 07.31.26 Team Hill Dominates from Start to Finish

Final Scores

Team Hill (Hitting/Visitors): 18
Team DeLoach (Sitting/Middle): 8
Team Turtani (Home/Field): 14

Team Hill

Team Hill came out swinging like they had somewhere to be — 9 runs in the first two innings, another 5 in the fifth, and they never let go of the lead.

Standouts:

Carlos: 4‑for‑4, 4 runs
Woodsby: 4‑for‑4, 2 runs
Williamson & JR: 2 runs each
Dampier, Delong, Thompson: 2‑for‑3

Hill was in control from the jump and stayed there all game.

Team DeLoach

Team DeLoach made a big push in the 4th, dropping 5 runs in one inning, but couldn’t get the lineup firing consistently enough to keep pace.

Top hitters:

Pcholinski, Guttenberger, Pepin, Rabideau, Gonzalez: all 2‑for‑3

Strong effort, just not enough gas in the tank to chase down Hill.

Team Turtani

Team Turtani started slow — 1 run in the first four innings — but then absolutely lit up the 5th, sending 12 batters to the plate and scoring 9 runs during the catch‑up period. They added 2 more in the 7th, finishing just shy of overtaking Hill.

Highlights:

Fred G: 3‑for‑4
Manny: inside‑the‑park homerun (possibly fueled by mild irritation after “the girl” robbed him of a base hit with a ridiculous up‑the‑middle snag and throw to first that barely got him — included here under protest and peer pressure)
Capozzi: 2‑for‑3
Griffin: homerun

Turtani’s late surge made it fun, but Hill’s early dominance held. 

Friday Games

Despite the rain, games are on. This will be last games played at the Auburndale fields.

 ***Notice***

Reminder: Starting Tuesday, August 4th, we will be moving to Reuben Williams Field. Remember check-in at 8:30 am  

📍 Reuben Williams Field
711 Ave O NE
Winter Haven, FL 33881

🥎 07.28.26 Turtani’s 7th‑Inning Magic — A Winter Haven Classic

Tuesday brought the heat to Winter Haven, and from the first pitch you could feel it — game faces on, bats awake, and three teams ready to make the dirt fly.

Final Scores:

Team Hill (Visitors/Hitting): 21
Team Turtani (Middle/Sitting): 22
Team Ayers (Home/Field): 12

This one was a two‑team war from the start. Hill and Turtani traded blows inning after inning, neither willing to give an inch. Team Ayers made a late push — dropping 5 runs in the bottom of the 7th — but couldn’t quite close the gap.

Early Fireworks

Gutenberg lit things up in the 3rd with a triple and came around to score. Griffen, Carlos, and Moots stayed perfect at 3‑for‑3, while Doyle, Remudo, DeLoach, and Skidmore punched out solid 2‑for‑3 performances.

Team Hill brought plenty of firepower too:

Rad went 3‑for‑4, scoring 3 runs.
Hill matched him at 3‑for‑4, also scoring 3 times.
Manny delivered a monster day with a triple and two doubles, scoring 3 runs.
Lynch showed off his lightning speed with an inside‑the‑park home run in the top of the 7th.
BJ stayed perfect at 4‑for‑4, scoring twice.

But the real story was the showdown between Hill and Turtani.

The 7th Inning Turns Wild

Team Hill looked ready to lock it down — a big lead in the 7th, momentum on their side, and only needing to hold Turtani to 7 runs with the bottom of the lineup coming up.

But that’s when everything flipped.

Fred starts the rally with a base hit. Bercaw follows with a base hit. The next batter draws a walk and Gil drops another base hit.

Then Rusty — who had already been a defensive monster all game, turning multiple double plays from shortstop — crushes a double that cracks the inning wide open.

Delong and Woodsby get on and score.
Tutrani himself steps up, slaps a single, and later scores on a hit from Nunez.

Suddenly the “bottom of the lineup” wasn’t looking so bottom anymore.

A Tremendous Comeback

What looked like Hill’s game to lose turned into one of the best comebacks we’ve seen this season. Team Turtani storms back, stacks run after run, and steals the win with a 22‑21 finish that had the dugouts buzzing.

Winter Haven showed up today — bats hot, dirt flying, and a comeback worth talking about.

Tuesday games

Games are on.

⭐ Sponsor of the Week: 1st Street Diner

A Local Favorite Supporting Winter Haven Senior Softball

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