The penultimate round of Group A of the Serie A baseball promises to be a spectacle and a battle between teams that must perfect their respective objectives, even if the eyes and thoughts of the teams and fans will be focused on Serravalle (Thursday) and Bologna (Friday and Saturday) where the San Marino and theUnipolSai Fortitudo Bologna by Daniele Frignani for a series of three matches that offers a good share of first place in the rankings.
With six games remaining, the two teams are separated by a length. The two missteps committed last weekend at the “Jannella” in Grosseto cost the Bolognese dearly as they need to regain the compactness thanks to which they had appeared in Maremma with seven successes in the last eight matches. Doriano Bindi’s Romagna players hope to witness the redemption of Christian Pedrolput in difficulty on Friday by Bsc Grosseto, but in any case they can count on a long and reliable lineup of pitchers, with Fernando Baez And Carlos Quevedo ready to be exploited from the first match against the pair Marc Civit–Federico Robles, themselves looking for redemption. The challenge in the garage is also interesting: Samuele Gamberini comes from a home run in the last match played and Bologna can also try to take advantage of his form Francinel Martina. As for the offense, San Marino can’t complain: this season the San Marino players have produced 15 home runs and 104 home runs, and are batting for a .304 average, with Federico Celli now back in the best version of himself.
Highly interested in the challenge between the top two in the rankings is the Parmaclima, which occupies third place, two points behind leaders San Marino and continues to cultivate the objective of winning the group. The Ducals will visit the Big-Mat Bsc Grosseto which still retains a residual hope of trying to reach fourth place, which is worth direct access to the play-offs without going through the second preliminary round. Meo Saccardi’s training has allayed concerns regarding the conditions of Erly Casanova And Manuel Ascanio and approaches the appointment with Claudio Scotti And Gabriele Angioi in great shape, protagonists in the hat-trick against Macerata which allows Parma to appear on the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea with an open streak of four consecutive victories.
In turn, theHotsand Macerata he has the right opportunity to secure fourth place. The indecipherable will arrive in the Marche region on Friday and Saturday New Energy BBC Grosseto, who by winning two out of three matches against Fortitudo closed the gap on their BSC cousins. The gap of one point in the standings is recoverable, and can stimulate Jorge Barcelan and comrades to stop a team further strengthened by Juremi Profar – a player with international experience at great levels and fresh from his first valid serve in Serie A on Saturday – and who can count on the usual ones Manaurys Correa And Gabriele Quattrinirotation pins.
As for the other groups, attention is focused above all on group C led byItas Mutual Rovigo that challenges the Farma Crocetta of Gibo Gerali and needs only one victory to secure passage to the preliminary round. The Emilian team, two points behind in the rankings, is, however, called upon to do the feat: by winning both matches scheduled within the friendly walls they would secure their position against the Rovigos by virtue of the advantage in head-to-head matches (currently 1- 1). The New Rimini, who will make up for the unplayed match against Gereon New Black Panthers on Saturday 6th July and who will be involved in Iglesias against Cagliari on Saturday 29th, can no longer reach first place but can aim to improve their ranking. In the last weekend of the regular season, in fact, only the backup positions are played. In group D the Neptune derby stands out between the Neptune BC 1945 hey Lions Dolphins.
(source: Fibs.it)
The program:
Gir. TO: (Thursday 8.30 pm) UnipolSai Fortitudo Bologna – San Marino; (Friday 8.30pm, Saturday 8.30pm) San Marino – UnipolSai Fortitudo Bologna, Big-Mat Bsc Grosseto – ParmaclimaHotsand Macerata – New Energy Grosseto.
Gir. B: Saturday. Comcor Modena – Platform-TMC Poviglio; Sunday. Settimo – Camec CollecchioMilan 1946 – Tecnovap Verona.
Gir. C: Saturday. Cagliari – New Rimini, Padua – Gereon Ronchi NBP, Farma Crocetta – Itas Mutua Rovigo.
Gir. D: Saturday. Padule – Bologna Athletics, Nettuno 1945 – Lions Dolphins Nettuno. Sunday. Lupi Auto Fiorentina – Godo Baseball.
Gir. AND: Sunday. Ciemme Oltretorrente – Codogno Baseball ’67, Catalana Bs – Turin, Senago – Palfinger Reggio E.
Rankings:
Gir. TO: San Marino (17-7), .708; Bologna (16-8), .667; Parma (15-9), .625; Macerata (11-13), .458; Bsc Grosseto (7-17), .292; Bbc Grosseto (6-18), .250.
Gir. B: Collecchio (16-2), .889; Verona (11-7), .611; Poviglio (8-8), .500; Modena (6-10), .375; Seventh (4-10), .286; Milan 1946 (5-13), .278.
Gir. C: Rovigo (13-5), .722; Cross (11-7), .611; New Rimini (9-8), .529; Cagliari (8-10), .444; Ronchi (6-11), .353; Padova (6-12), .333.
Gir. D: Neptune 1945 (17-1), .944; Godo (12-6), .667; Fiorentina (11-7), .611; Athletics (10-8), .556; Lions Dolphins (4-14), .222; Marshes (0-18), .000.
Gir. AND: Reggio E. (16-2), .889; Codogno ’67 (13-5), .722; Catalan e Oltretorrente (8-10), .444; Senago (5-13), .278; Turin (4-14), .222.
