Baseball, championship semi-final: San Marino-Grosseto 4-1 in race 1
The San Marino Baseball semi-final begins well. The Italian Champions inaugurated the series with the Spirulina Becagli Grosseto with a 4-1 in which Centeno’s no-hit in 5 innings stands out and the extra base bars that immediately opened the match (double by Celli and Angulo at 1 °, Epifano’s home run at 2nd). There are 8 valid San Marino players, while the Maremmans have scored one: Albert’s home run in 6th.
THE CHRONICLE. Against a tough client like Jonathan Carbo, the home line-up immediately starts well, with the back-to-back of doubles from Celli and Angulo for the 1-0. A second round of the bat is enough for the doubling and it is that of Erick Epifano, who sends her out of the fences for the solo-homer of 2-0. On the mountain, in the meantime, Centeno controls the situation and in his 5 innings he does not concede valid but only four bases balls: one at the 1st, one at the 2nd and two at the 4th. All this in the face of 8 strikeouts.
After having wasted a situation of men on the corners at 3rd, at 4th the race definitively takes the way of the Titan. With two on base and two eliminated, Celli’s contact turns into a high ball that falls just after the interior: Entering two points, one of which on a shooting error: 4-0.
At the 6th San Marino mountain it is owned by Kourtis, whose second launch is met well by Albert for a point, 4-1. The relief does not lose heart, puts three outs in a row at the 6th and 7th, granting only one base ball to Herrera.
San Marino wins 4-1. On Friday evening, at 20.30, race 2.
THE TABLE
SAN MARINO BASEBALL – BBC SPIRULINA BECAGLI GROSSETO 4-1
GROSSETO: Albert ec (1/3), Chelli es (0/2), Barcelan 3b (0/2), Loardi ed (0/3), Herrera ss (0/0), Sgnaolin 1b (0/3), Ambrosino dh (0/3), Biscontri r (0/3), Screen 2b (0/2).
SAN MARINO: Ferrini 3b (1/4), Celli dh (2/4), Angulo 2b (1/3), Lino r (1/2), Ustariz 1b (1/2), Leonora es (0/3), Pieternella ( Batista) and (0/3), Epifano ss (1/2), Pulzetti and c (1/3).
GROSSETO: 000 001 0 = 1 bv 1 and 1
SAN MARINO: 110 200 X = 4 bv 8 and 0
LAUNCHERS: Carbo (L) rl 4, bvc 6, bb 3, then 4, pgl 3; Noguera (r) rl 2, bvc 2, bb 0, therefore 4, pgl 0; Centeno (W) rl 5, bvc 0, bb 4, therefore 8, pgl 0; Kourtis (S) rl 2, bvc 1, bb 1, then 2, pgl 1.
NOTE: home run by Epifano (1p. to the 2nd) and Albert (1p. to the 6th); doubles by Celli (2), Angulo, Lino and Pulzetti.