took a lot upon himself pitching
us to two wins over Pete’s
in straight games,” Romo said.
“But if we didn’t throw him in
both those games, we probably
wouldn’t even be talking
about the championship right
now.”
Jeremy Vollberg drew the
start in the championship
game against Mando Cantu
from CTT and each struggled
early on locating the plate.
Breakfast Lions jumped out
to a 4-0 lead in the top of the
first as they drew five walks
and got a run-scoring single
by Troy Romo and a two-run
double by Mo Hernandez.
But the free passes were reciprocated
in the bottom half
of the inning where CTT took
advantage of four walks to go
along with singles from Joey
Caraccilo, Cantu and Aaron
Alvarez to surge ahead 6-4.
Michael Say hammered a
leadoff triple in the top of the
second and scored on an RBI
single from Roberts. Vollberg
had an RBI single and Hernandez
drilled his second double
of the game giving the
Breakfast Lions an 8-6 lead.
Then with the pitchers no
longer needing a Global Positioning
System to locate the
plate, runs became tougher to
come by as neither team had a
hit until the top of the fourth
when Hernandez singled
home Jason Ibrahim for his
fourth RBI of the game extending
the lead to 9-6.
CTT clawed back into the
game in the bottom of the
fourth as Jacob Reyes drew a
walk and German Vargas delivered
an RBI triple before
scoring on a double by Cantu
to close to within a run.
Then a drought failed to deliver
any manna via hits for
the next two and a half innings
before CTT tied the game at
9-9 in the bottom of the seventh.
With the bases loaded, CTT
attempted to win the game
with a suicide squeeze that
was botched as Breakfast Lions’
third baseman Romo
snagged the pop up and doubled
off the runner at third
with Abrahim striking out the
final batter to send the game
to extra innings.
And in the top of the eighth,
the team that was not even
supposed to be in the championship
came through for the
third time in five days. Castro
drew a walk, Say singled and
Roberts was hit by a pitch to
load the bases. Romo then delivered
a two-run double,
Ibrahim came through with a
sacrifice fly with the final run
coming when Romo raced
home on a passed ball.
