Baseball, San Marino grants an encore: 5-0 to New Rimini
After having reached the qualification for the playoffs with the victory in the afternoon match, San Marino Baseball completed the double with Rimini and mathematically won the first place in group C with two games to go. The second match ends 5-0, the one originally scheduled for Friday evening and then postponed due to rain. One-hit for the AFI pitchers of San Marino, one valid concession from the excellent relay between Quattrini (starting, 4 innings), Luca Di Raffaele (winning, 2 innings), Peluso (2 innings) and Mazzocchi (1 inning). For New Rimini the defeat is on the shoulders of a good Tognacci, later taken over by Ridolfi.
The race is decided in the first quarter of an hour, with the line-up of the hosts starting very strong. For Ferrini there is the basic ball, Celli goes with the single to the left and Angulo hits the 1-0 valid. Not only that, because immediately after Lino meets Tognacci’s launch well for the 4-0 home run from three points. Four men and four points for the Titans, great start.
Then the race goes by quite fast without any particular jolts, with San Marino putting in scattered hits and with New Rimini only touching the internal valid of Filippini at the opening of third. The 5-0 arrives at 4th, when Ferrini hits a single and Angulo a double, then nothing particularly relevant anymore, with the pitchers of the two teams taking the lead.
The trip to Crocetta’s home is scheduled for next Saturday, but the first place is mathematician.
The Scoreboard
SAN MARINO BASEBALL – NEW RIMINI 5-0
NEW RIMINI: A. Gabrielli ec (0/4), Bertagnon r (0/4), Ruggeri 1b (0/4), Baccelli dh (0/3), Focchi (G. Cianci 0/1) es (0/2) , L. Gabrielli (Cifalinò 0/1) 3b (0/1), Filippini ed (1/2), Cortesi ss (0/3), E. Cianci 2b (0/3).
SAN MARINO: Ferrini 2b (1/2), Celli ec (1/4), Angulo ss (3/4), Lino dh (1/4), Ustariz 1b (0/4), Leonora es (1/4), Batista ed (0/4), Pieternella r (2/4), Di Fabio 3b (0/4).
NEW RIMINI: 000 000 000 = 0 bv 1 and 1
SAN MARINO: 400 100 00X = 5 bv 9 and 0
LAUNCHERS: Tognacci (L) rl 5, bvc 7, bb 2, so 6, pgl 5; Ridolfi (r) rl 3, bvc 2, bb 0, then 3, gpl 0; Quattrini (i) rl 4, bvc 1, bb 0, therefore 3, pgl 0; Lu. Di Raffaele (W) rl 2, bvc 0, bb 1, so 3, pgl 0; Peluso (r) rl 2, bvc 0, bb 1, therefore 3, pgl 0; Mazzocchi (f) rl 1, bvc 0, bb 0, then 1, pgl 0.
NOTE: home runs by Lino (3p. to 1st), double by Angulo and Pieternella.