Baseball, Champions Cup: San Marino-Neptunus interrupted due to rain at 5-5 at 9th
Crazy day of racing in Bonn. In the opening match of San Marino Baseball, among other things against a team like Neptunus Rotterdam, he finished 5-5 in the 9th position with the game suspended due to rain. The water had already battered earlier in the German afternoon, but at 9 °, with Mazzocchi on the mountain for the preparation launches, the rain became a torrential downpour. The flooded German diamond did not feed dreams of recovery and in the end the decision was made to stop the match at 5-5. The rest of the match will be played only if it has value for the classification.
THE CHRONICLE. Rainy day in Bonn and the match between San Marino and Neptunus was no exception. Start and continuation in the rain, but also a break of half an hour in the middle of the second inning. The first Dutch attack generated two points after Rienzo had gone within a millimeter of closing it. With two outs and zero on base, the third strike on Polonius does not arrive for a very short time and immediately after the shortstop he throws her out of the short plant in Bonn. The next man is Bernadina and he too goes solo-homer. 2-0 in a few minutes, a decidedly favorable start for Neptunus.
The San Marino attack touches Sulbaran well, but in the first two rounds there are no points. On the third one, yes, and the credit goes to Leo Ferrini, who halves the disadvantage with home runs, 1-2.
In the lower part of the 4th the Italian Champions put the arrow and do it in a loud way. Ustariz gains a base ball and, with an out (Leonora F8), Lorenzo Morresi hits a great home run on the right that overturns the fate of the match and brings ours forward (3-2). Batista is the second out (on the plate), but immediately after the single arrive by Epifano, based on Ferrini and single of Federico Celli’s 4-2. Rotterdam immediately sends Harcksen, who, however, from the 2- penalty of Angulo.
The Titans stay ahead until the start of the sixth, then the Neptunus puts together the inning of the same. Rienzo suffers the doubles from Muller and Van der Meer (basic rule) and Rotterdam scores the third point (3-5). Baez enters, Polonius is the first out (L6), but immediately afterwards Bernadina’s double for 4-5 and, after the elimination of Kemp (F8), 5-5 with Jamanika’s single.
At 7th Baez eliminates Kemp in a situation of full bases while at 8th it is the turn of Peluso who suffers (valid from Jamanika, Ricardo hit) but comes out great eliminating Legito at the pot and making Muller beat in diamond. At 9 °, with Mazzocchi just climbed and ready to face the attack of the Neptunus, the flood.
SAN MARINO BASEBALL – CURAÇAO NEPTUNUS ROTTERDAM 5-5
NEPTUNE: Tromp (Muller ed 1/3) es (2/2), Van der Meer 3b (2/4), Polonius ss (2/3), Bernadina ec (2/3), Kemp 2b (0/4), Diaz ed / es (1/3), Jamanika 1b (2/4), Ricardo r (0/3), Legito dh (0/4).
SAN MARINO: Ferrini 3b (1/3), Celli ec (2/4), Angulo 2b (1/4), Lino r (0/4), Ustariz 1b (0/2), Leonora es (2/4), Morresi dh (1/4), Batista ed (0/3), Epifano ss (1/3).
NEPTUNE: 200 003 00X = 5 bv 12 and 0
SAN MARINO: 001 400 00X = 5 bv 8 and 0
LAUNCHERS: Sulbaran rl 3.2, bvc 6, bb 3, then 7, pgl 5; Harcksen rl 4.1, bvc 2, bb 0, then 1, pgl 0; Rienzo rl 5, bvc 7, bb 1, so 3, pgl 4; Baez rl 2, bvc 4, bb 2, then 4, pgl 1; Peluso rl 1, bvc 1, bb 0, then 1, pgl 0.
NOTE: home run by Polonio (1p. to 1st), Bernadina (1p. to 1st), Ferrini (1p. to 3rd) and Morresi (2p. to 4th); doubles by Muller, Van der Meer and Bernadina