The queens of Italian baseball start off on the right foot, included in group A of Serie A: Bologna and San Marino taking advantage of the field factor, Parma winning narrowly in Maremma.
With what difficulty in the first half of the race, theUnipolSai decides the match against the with three home runs Big Mat Grosseto who touches Jefrem Leon well (4bv-2so, 5rl), but goes out after a big-inning in the 4th.
The Italian champion team, after having suffered twice from Mercuri, broke the deadlock in the first attack, with a single homer from Eugen Helder. Big Mat responded immediately and tied it with Cinelli (base), who went to third on Cappuccini’s double and home on Function’s bounce. The Cuban Barreto (4bv-1so in 5rl) recovers and quickly closes the next two rounds. In the fourth, after having risked capitulating (with Cappuccini in third on Luciani’s double and only out) Bologna closes the match: Dobboletta makes Helder score 2-1 with a sacrifice fly, then Liberatore’s three-run home run he also sends Martina and Gamberini home. In the sixth, with the closer Mega on the mound, Martina scores the third home run of the evening, while Dobboleta scores the final 7-1 on an error.
The scoreboard
To the Parmaclima just one point in the second attack is enough to pass to the Jannella of Grosseto against the BBC. The rest is taken care of by a concrete Ery Casanova (7rl-4bv-5so) who divided the four hits suffered between the 1st and 6th innings, dominating in the central part with a heavy fastball and a very high strike percentage. The match is decided at the 2nd: Encarnacion hits valid in the center, imitated by Ascanio who takes him to third, Astorri double plays, but scores the point. The ducals came close to doubling their score in the 7th: base by Noguera, relief by Gonzales (6bv-5bso, 5rl) and double in the middle of the fielders. Flisi unfortunately stops due to a serious injury while he turns towards home. Luis Gonzalez Taveraz (2/3) and Noel Gonzales (2/4) the most prolific hitters of the match.
The scoreboard
San Marino presents itself with a shutout (8-0) againstHotsand Macerata: supported by Quevedo (4rl-1bv-9so) and Baez (2rl-1bv-2so), Bindi’s boys took two rounds to take command of the match, thanks to 5 hits on the departing Correa: in the 1st the singles by Diaz and Angulo and Lopez’s fly allow the locals to go 3-0; Alvarez’s double, with Di Fabio and Diaz on base, brings home another two points. In the sixth San Marino finds the final three points from Joseph Cuomo, the fourth pitcher used by the guests. Batista and Diaz are the best at 2/3.
The scoreboard
Friday evening’s results in group A, game 1: San Marino-Hotsand Macerata 8-0, UnipolSai Bologna-Big Mat Grosseto 7-1, Bbc Grosseto-Parmaclima 0-1.
Saturday at 3pm and 8pm the other two matches of the first day are played
UnipolSai celebrates Ernesto Liberatore’s home run that decided game 1 (Photo Bass)
