For Farma Crocetta, the must-not-miss exams begin: on Sunday (Race-1 at 11.00 am and Race-2 at 3.30 pm) they will be busy on the Rovigo pitch, next Saturday on the Rimini diamond: two direct clashes for first place , against two opponents who share the ranking position with Gerali’s team.
At this event Farma presents itself with a reinforced “pitching staff”: on Thursday the pitcher Francesco Bonvini returned to Italy, fresh from the college championship in the United States. His presence will guarantee greater alternatives to manager Gerali in the match reserved for Italian pitchers. Marco Bassi is also on the road to recovery, having now completed his rehabilitation after knee surgery.
Finally, Captain Guido Gerali will be available again, having returned from a work trip last Saturday and therefore not involved in the double match against Ronchi.
In Rovigo the presence of the two former Fortitudo Bologna players stands out: the fielder Nicholas Nosti and the utility player Julien Dreni: the former is the best hitter of the team, with a batting average of .409, followed by De Buin (.345), Esposito Gotera (333), Bernardi (.321) and Bravo Riquene (.297).
On the pitching mound, in the match reserved for Italian pitchers, Farma will face Filippo Crepaldi (2 wins and 1 defeat), while in Game-2 the two foreigners Javier Diaz and Resco Lopez will alternate.
Farma presents itself with a line-up in a state of grace, which has significantly improved the averages in the last two weeks: the best remains Matteo Gerali (.407), followed by Viloria (.400) who, however, was absent in the first two weeks end of the championship. Then the name of Tommaso Adorni stands out (.385), followed by Guido Gerali (.313), Poma (.300) and Sambucci (.250).
In the meantime, Fibs has formalized the pairings for the preliminary rounds of the play-offs: the first of Group B, the one in which Collecchio is inserted, will face the first of Group C, in which Farma is inserted. Therefore, a possible finish in first place in their respective groups would pit the two teams from the province of Parma against each other in the best-of-three series which will directly promote the winner to the quarter-finals of the play-offs. The loser, together with the loser of the series among the leaders of groups D and E, will have a new chance to access the Play-offs in a best-of-five series against the fifth or sixth place in Group A (“Elite”) .
Photo Matteo Gerali-Duck Photo Press
