Race 2, Longbridge-San Marino 2-15 (7th) • newsrimini.it
It is a double for the Italian Champions in the Longbridge lair. At the “Falchi”, after winning game 1 9-3, San Marino repeats itself even more clearly in game 2, with the final 15-2 maturing after 7 innings. Four wins and zero losses in this first part of the regular season. In Sunday’s success, yet another home run by Gabriel Lino, the third of the weekend, deserves to be mentioned. Then the 3/5 for Epifano and the good performance of the defense, still perfect since the beginning of the year.
The race, initially scheduled for Saturday evening, started early Sunday afternoon due to the swing. The start is immediately from San Marino with four points in the first inning. Angulo opens with a triple, Celli is hit and for Lino there is the base ball: with an out, the single from Ustariz is worth 2-0, while that of Epifano is worth 4-0. At the 2nd come two more points in the form of home runs. The sixth in the two Bologna matches for our boys. Third homer for Gabriel Lino, who also brings Celli home and writes the scoreboard 6-0.
At the 5th new extension. Ustariz is and for Batista there is the base ball: Epifano beats at home 7-0 with a single, Pulzetti’s internal valid fills the bases, an error on Ferrini’s serve is worth 8-0 and Angulo’s sacrifice generate the 9-0. The race is on the most favorable tracks but the Longbridge tries to react in the lower part of the fifth. After four takes by Quevedo, on the mountain it is the turn of Peluso, who immediately eliminates Canuti from the plate but then fills the bases (singles by Tassoni and Lambertini, based in Ferri). The home team then scores the point of 1-9 with Peluso hitting Bacci.
At the 6th San Marino reaches an altitude of 15 scoring 6 points. Batista’s single brings in two points for 11-1, Ferrini’s brings home another two for 13-1, Lorenzo Di Raffaele’s hit generates 14-1 and Lino’s sprint 15-1 . In the lower part of the 6th the Longbridge marks the point of 2-15 with Canuti’s sacrifice sprint, while in the 7th it is Fernando Baez who closes the scores without points immediately. Second victory for the Titans in the Bologna weekend.
LONGBRIDGE BOLOGNA – SAN MARINO BASEBALL 2-15
SAN MARINO: Ferrini 3b (1/5), Angulo (Lo. Di Raffaele 1/1) 2b (1/3), Celli ec (0/1), Lino r (1/3), Ustariz 1b (2/2), Leonora es (1/4), Batista ed (1/4), Epifano ss (3/5), Pulzetti dh (1/3).
LONGBRIDGE: Marchi 2b (0/4), Rondelli (Bacci 1/1) and c (1/2), Ferini es (0/4), Borghi 1b (0/2), Gamberini dh (1/3), Canuti ss (0 / 2), Tassoni (Bazzi 0/1) and d (1/2), Lambertini r (1/3), Ferri 3b (0/1).
SAN MARINO: 420 036 0 = 15 bv 12 and 0
LONGBRIDGE: 000 011 0 = 2 bv 5 and 2
LAUNCHERS: Quevedo (i) rl 4, bvc 1, bb 1, therefore 9, pgl 0; Peluso (W) rl 2, bvc 3, bb 2, so 3, pgl 2; Baez (f) rl 1, bvc 1, bb 0, therefore 1, pgl 0; Curvelo Navarro (L) rl 5, bvc 7, bb 5, then 2, pgl 8; Nanetti (r) rl 0.0, bvc 5, bb 2, therefore 0, pgl 6; Cantelli (f) rl 2, bvc 0, bb 1, so 1, pgl 0.
NOTE: home run by Lino (2p. to 2 °); triple of Angulo.