Baseball, San Marino rejoices: Collecchio ko 5-2
San Marino Baseball wins game 1 with Collecchio for 5-2, with a match resolved with three points in the lower part of the 6th inning after the draw on 2-2 arrived with Gamberini’s home run. The winner is Rienzo, the loser Maduro. Four valid San Marino players, one for Collecchio.
THE CHRONICLE. San Marino wastes in the 1st with the first and second occupied (served in double play) and also in the third with the full bases. On the 4th, however, he passes. With one man on base and two outs, the first valid match is also the one that decrees the San Marino advantage: Epifano’s single and 1-0 on the scoreboard. Immediately after in the box there is Luca Pulzetti, who beats an insidious rebound on the left which is an imprecise assistance in the first: shooting error and San Marino that goes to score the 2-0.
Meanwhile, Quevedo is perfect on the mountain. For him no arrival on base granted for four rounds and two thirds. Then Benetti’s turn, which ends with a basic ball, and above all, immediately afterwards, the long home run in the center of Gamberini. In a moment Collecchio scores the first valid of the match (it will then be the only one) and also signs the draw: 2-2. Quevedo then closes the innings and exits after an elimination in the 6th with an excellent balance: a valid conceded, a base ball and 11 strikeouts. Rienzo enters, who grants a base but then closes smoothly.
In the lower part of the same second half the hosts build the victory. The basic ball at the opening to Leonora costs the change to the departing Maduro. Ruiz enters, with Pieternella who performs the bunt and above all Morresi who goes with the double on the left which means 3-2. Epifano is eliminated at the plate and immediately after Pulzetti keeps the recovery alive with a great triple on the right that brings home the fourth point: 4-2. Ferrini’s double of 5-2 also arrives on the wings of enthusiasm and therefore a rather substantial advantage. At 7th Rienzo closes with no points conceded, San Marino wins game 1 with a score of 5-2.
The Scoreboard
SAN MARINO BASEBALL – CAMEC COLLECCHIO 5-2
COLLECCHIO: Mantovani ec (0/3), Daddi dh (0/2), Monzon ss (0/3), Pasotto ed (0/3), Calasso 3b (0/3), Benetti 2b (0/1), Gamberini 1b (1/3), Melegari es (0/2), Sorrentino r (0/2).
SAN MARINO: Ferrini 3b (1/4), Celli dh (0/1), Angulo 2b (0/1), Ustariz 1b (0/3), Leonora es (0/1), Pieternella ed (0/2), Morresi r (1/3), Epifano ss (1/3), Di Fabio (Pulzetti 1/2) and c (0/0).
COLLECCHIO: 000 020 0 = 2 bv 1 and 1
SAN MARINO: 000 203 X = 5 bv 4 and 0
LAUNCHERS: Maduro (L) rl 5, bvc 1, bb 7, then 2, pgl 2; Ruiz (r) rl 1, bvc 3, bb 0, therefore 1, pgl 2; Quevedo (i) rl 5.1, bvc 1, bb 1, then 11, pgl 2; Rienzo (W) rl 1.2, bvc 0, bb 2, then 1, pgl 0.
NOTE: Gamberini’s home run (2p. to 5th); triple of Pulzetti; doubles by Ferrini and Morresi.