Roma is 0-7 against Mission Veterans Memorial since February of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Roma Gladiators will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots at 6:00 p.m. Roma is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season.
Roma put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Martin with a sharp 11-2 victory.
MELANIE GARCIA was a standout: she went 3-for-4 with a home run, a stolen base, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of CECI BENITEZ, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Mission Veterans Memorial fell victim to a rough 16-9 defeat at the hands of Rio Grande City on Tuesday. Mission Veterans Memorial has not had much luck with Rio Grande City recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Roma's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-14-1. As for Mission Veterans Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 11-9-1.
Roma might still be hurting after the 11-1 defeat they got from Mission Veterans Memorial in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mission Veterans Memorial's Crystsa Robles, who didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Now that Roma knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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