SUNDAY, JULY 27—The game looked grim for the Roosevelts after the top of the 1st inning, in which the team let up 9 runs. A lesser team would have raised the white flags on their bats, but not these Rough Riders. Steve Gebhardt & Lauren Bosco led the charge knocking in a combined 5 runs to cut into their opponent’s lead. Each inning was a battle between the two teams, but the Roosevelts would win the war as they came out on top by defeating the Ragers 16 to 12.
After a very long and lengthy 1st inning, the Roosevelts countered by tying the game up at 9 runs apiece. Jean Marie Romanella displayed outstanding plate discipline not chasing any balls outside the strike zone as she scored 3 runs on 3 walks. Jean Marie did a great job getting on base and helping raise teammate Anthony Halwagi’s RBI total. Anthony had a clutch RBI single in the 4th inning and finished the game going 2 for 3 and 3 RBIs.
The game was neck and neck, tied 12 to 12, until John Tramatolo stepped up to the plate. John hit a solo shot over the left field fence to give his team a 13 to 12 lead. As he was rounding the bases he could see Teddy looking down at him smiling.
“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
---Theodore Roosevelt
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