San Marino wins game 2 and game 3 and completes the hat-trick in Collecchio • newsrimini.it
RACE 2, COLLECCHIO-SAN MARINO 5-6
Race 2 is from San Marino. The Italian Champions won the Saturday afternoon game 6-5 thanks to an excellent start of the attack and to the endurance in the final. Collecchio shortens with two homers, but what was decisive, on balance, was the home run from one point by Jesus Ustariz in the 5th. Peluso winning pitcher, Santana loser, salvation for Quattrini.
THE CHRONICLE. The San Marino attack begins in a devastating way and in a quarter of an hour from the start of the game, with an out on the scoreboard, it produces five points. Ferrini judges Santana’s first throws well and reaches the first after four balls, after him Celli touches a single and in the same way there is Angulo to hit the valid of the advantage: 1-0. Ustariz continues in the positive trend with the double of 2-0, while for Leonora there is the sprint of sacrifice that is worth 3-0. In the garage it is Pieternella’s turn and everything happens in her turn. First the right fielder of the Italian champions hits the foot on Santana’s second throw then, later in the count, he turns the bat in a masterly way for the two-point home run which is worth 5-0. For the foot bottle Pieternella will then have to go out and make room for Di Fabio.
In the lower part of a very long first inning, Collecchio immediately finds a way to shorten. The leadoff Mantovani, just like Ferrini, is on base after four balls. After him there is the out on Benetti but also the home run in the center of Monzon, a two-point hit worth 2-5. The home attack continues by filling the bases (double by Pasotto, ball bases by Di Raffaele to Calasso and Gamberini), but then the defense goes with a double game on Trolli’s rebound and closes the innings.
At 2nd San Marino did not produce any signatures despite two men in the point position and at 3rd Collecchio got closer. He does it with another two-point home run, the third in the series after the one in game1 and the homer at the start of game2. The author this time is Andrea Pasotto, who also pushes Monzon (double) home for the 4-5. He climbs up Mount Peluso which eliminates Calasso (bouncing on Ferrini), but then suffers the hits from Gamberini and Trolli. He men in the corners, but Lori soon after beats towards the first and Ustariz eliminates him without assistance.
Having escaped the danger, the Titans return to score in 5th with Jesus Ustariz’s solo-homer for 6-4. On Mount Peluso he ferries the game well for 2.2 innings after Di Raffaele’s 2.1. At 6th it was Renee Mazzocchi’s turn, who quickly eliminated Trolli, Lori and Coffrini. At 7th the pitcher himself puts Mantovani and Benetti (single) on the base, then Monzon beats in defense choice and Pasotto touches a single in the middle for the fifth Emilian point: 5-6. Danger, because in second there is the equal point and in first that of Collecchio’s victory. San Marino relies on Gabriele Quattrini in the unprecedented guise of closer and the usual race 2 starter responds very well. Calasso is eliminated from the plate and on Gamberini’s sprint Pulzetti is ready. It ends 6-5.
BASEBALL CAMEC COLLECCHIO-SAN MARINO 5-6
SAN MARINO: Ferrini 3b (1/3), Celli dh (2/4), Angulo 2b (2/4), Ustariz 1b (2/4), Leonora es (0/3), Pieternella (Di Fabio 0/1) and ( 1/1), Morresi r (0/3), Epifano ss (1/3), Pulzetti and c (0/3).
COLLECCHIO: Mantovani ec (0/2), Benetti 2b (1/4), Monzon ss (2/4), Pasotto ed (3/4), Calasso 3b (1/3), Gamberini r (1/3), Trolli es (1/3), Lori dh (0/3), Coffrini 1b (0/3).
SAN MARINO: 500 010 0 = 6 bv 9 and 0
COLLECCHIO: 202 000 1 = 5 bv 9 and 0
LAUNCHERS: Lu. Di Raffaele (i) rl 2.1, bvc 4, bb 3, so 2, pgl 4; Peluso (W) rl 2.2, bvc 3, bb 0, then 3, pgl 0; Mazzocchi (r) rl 1.1, bvc 2, bb 1, so 1, pgl 1; Quattrini (S) rl 0.2, bvc 0, bb 0, therefore 1, pgl 0; Santana (L) rl 5, bvc 8, bb 2, then 3, pgl 6; Bertolini (r) rl 1, bvc 1, bb 0, therefore 1, pgl 0; Dallaturca (f) rl 1, bvc 0, bb 0, therefore 0, pgl 0.
NOTE: home run of Pieternella (2p. to 1st), Ustariz (1p. to 5th), Monzon (2p. to 1st) and Pasotto (2p. to 3rd); doubles by Angulo, Ustariz, Monzon and Pasotto.
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RACE 3, COLLECCHIO-SAN MARINO 2-5
San Marino wins game 3 with a score of 5-2 and completes the hat-trick in Collecchio. The winner of the match is Palumbo, salvation for Kourtis. To signal the evening of Fernando Baez, who in the momentary emergency plays the role of the catcher and ends with 3/3 in attack. The Titans now have two games ahead of Parmaclima in Group A, while in the other group they are mathematicians in first place (Bologna) and second (Grosseto). If San Marino wins at least one match against Parma in the last triptych of Poule Scudetto, they will have Grosseto in the semifinal.
THE CHRONICLE. The first San Marino point arrives immediately and to score it is the leadoff, Leo Ferrini. For him a base ball, a steal and the home run on the single in the middle of Ustariz: 1-0. At the 2nd San Marino still produces points and does so through a good valid that overcomes the interiors of Pulzetti, so good at pushing Baez (single) and Epifano (double) home for the 3-0.
Race well addressed, but at the 2nd Collecchio shortens. The bases are filled by Calasso (defense error), Gamberini (single) and Mantovani (single), with the ball based on Lori to generate the automatic 1-3 point. Situation very favorable to the hosts, but Palumbo gets out of the way by eliminating Sorrentino and Daddi from the plate.
At the 4th comes the second point of the Emilians, with Gamberini to open the innings well (double), to advance to third on the missed ball and to score the 2-3 bouncy of Mantovani who produces the out in first.
The game travels on the thin line of balance up to 6th, when San Marino deals the decisive blow with two points. An amazing start in the innings with a double by Leonora and a triple by Pieternella’s 4-2 then, after the substitution on the Maremma mountain (Zotti for Acerbi), Baez closes his splendid evening in a single attack that sends to
home on 5-2. The San Marino mountain, after Peluso’s four innings, is owned by Kourtis, who in the next three rounds does not grant points and scores 8 strikeouts out of 9 eliminations. San Marino wins and completes the hat-trick.
CAMEC COLLECCHIO-SAN MARINO BASEBALL 2-5
SAN MARINO: Ferrini 3b (0/3), Celli dh (1/4), Angulo 2b (0/3), Ustariz 1b (1/3), Leonora es (1/3), Pieternella ed (1/3), Baez r (3/3), Epifano ss (2/3), Pulzetti and c (1/3).
COLLECCHIO: Daddi es (0/4), Benetti 2b (0/3), Monzon (Coffrini 1/3) ss (0/1), Pasotto ed (1/2), Calasso 3b (0/4), Gamberini dh (2 / 3), Mantovani ec (1/2), Lori 1b (0/2), Sorrentino r (0/3).
SAN MARINO: 120 002 0 = 5 bv 10 and 3
COLLECCHIO: 010 100 0 = 2 bv 5 and 0
LAUNCHERS: Palumbo (W) rl 4, bvc 4, bb 2, then 5, pgl 1; Kourtis (S) rl 3, bvc 1, bb 2, therefore 8, pgl 0; Acerbi (L) rl 5, bvc 8, bb 2, so 2, pgl 5; Zotti (r) rl 2, bvc 2, bb 0, then 2, pgl 0.
NOTE: triple by Pieternella, double by Leonora, Epifano and Gamberini.