Bonn Capitali-San Marino 4-6 (at 10th). At 10:30 the recovery with Rotterdam • newsrimini.it
The San Marino baseball wins 6-4 the marathon with the hosts of the Bonn capitals and rises to two wins and zero defeats in the preliminary round of this one Champions Cup.
However, not everything is decided, the qualification for the semifinals is still in the ballot. At 10.30 on this Friday 10 Junein fact, the race will be completed with Neptune Rotterdam, interrupted due to rain on Tuesday on 5-5 at the beginning of 9th. Should a victory arrive, San Marino would be first in the group and would face Parma in the semifinal, second behind Amsterdam in the other group. If instead Neptunus prevailed, the grid of the first three positions would be decided by the quality balance team, with three teams with equal wins and losses (San Marino, Bonn and Neptunus on a possible 2-1).
BONN-SAN MARINO 4-6, THE CHRONICLE. Meanwhile, on Thursday evening in Bonn, a fantastic victory arrived, even if offered. After two innings of substantial nothing, in the lower part of the 3rd Bonn passes thanks to the good of Miceli and the double of Brenk (1-0). Quattrini then recovered in a great way and played a super game, with the attack that reverses the situation when the field changes. Celli earns a precious base ball, Angulo goes with the second single in two appearances at the plate of the evening and Lino hits the valid which means 1-1. San Marino moves well on the bases and collects two more points thanks to the sacrificial sprints of Ustariz (2-1) and Leonora (3-
1).
At the 5th super Pieternella opens the innings with a triple, with Epifano who immediately afterwards sends him to score 4-1 with a double. Ferrini is then out on the fly from the outside, but Epifano himself is called out on the bet, who in the attempt to reach third second the referees had started early from the second cushion. Meanwhile, Quattrini concedes the bare minimum to his opponents and at the 6th, beyond Stommel’s single with two outs, he eliminates three for strike-out. At 7th, the Titans do not take advantage of Pieternella’s second triple of the evening and in the lower part Bonn seems to make up for it. After eliminating Rodriguez from the pot, Quattrini gives the base to Miceli and the single to Brenk. Change on the mountain, with Mazzocchi climbing as a relief. The first man faced, Lee, beats the single of 2-4, then Sanchez touches in double play and the innings are closed.
At 8th the hosts draw. After the base in Lamb-Hunt, an error arrives on Ahrens’ bunt, with the situation immediately becoming very complicated: two men in point position and zero out. For Stommel there is the intentional base but the next man, Lankhorst, finds the valid from two points, that of 4-4. Another change on the mountain, with Baez climbing for Mazzocchi. The third pitcher of the evening coldly eliminates Rodriguez on the bunt, passes Miceli to the base, eliminates Brenk at the plate and then with a sprint (F8) Lee. At 9th the two teams do not score points and we go to the extrainning with tie-break mode: two at base and zero out. With Pieternella in second and Epifano in first, Ferrini’s bunt does not produce out. Full bases and a favorable situation, with San Marino exploiting it well and getting to the point on two crazy pitches in the turns of Angulo (5-4) and Lino (6-4). In the lower part you need a lot of coolness and Baez closes well. Rodriguez goes strike-out and for Miceli there is the base ball, but immediately after here are the eliminations to the pot for Brenk and Lee. San Marino wins a great match 6-4. At 10.30 the recovery with Rotterdam who will draw the final standings of the group and who will move on to the semifinals.
BONN CAPITALS-SAN MARINO BASEBALL 4-6 (10th)
SAN MARINO: Ferrini 3b / 2b (0/5), Celli ec (1/4), Angulo 2b / ss (2/5), Lino r (1/5), Ustariz 1b (0/3), Leonora es (0/3 ), Batista ed (0/3), Pieternella dh (2/3), Epifano (Pulzetti 3b) ss (1/4).
BONN: Brenk ss (2/5), Lee ed (1/5), Sanchez 3b (0/4), Lamb-Hunt 1b (1/4), Ahrens r (0/4), Stommel 2b (1/2), Lankhorst ec (1/5), Weller (Rodriguez 0/2) dh (0/2), Miceli es (2/2).
SAN MARINO: 000 310 000 2 = 6 bv 7 and 2
BONN: 001 000 120 0 = 4 bv 8 and 2
LAUNCHERS: Quattrini (i) rl 6.1, bvc 6, bb 3, so 5, pgl 2; Mazzocchi (r) rl 0.2, bvc 2, bb 2, therefore 0, pgl 1; Baez (W) rl 3, bvc 0, bb 4, therefore 6, pgl 0; Lindt (i) rl 5, bvc 5, bb 2, therefore 2, pgl 4; Steigert (r) rl 2, bvc 2, bb 0, therefore 3, pgl 0; Schmitz (L) rl 3, bvc 0, bb 1, then 6, pgl 0.
NOTE: triples of Pieternella (2); doubles by Epifano and Brenk.