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.
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.
