The weekend in the Italian Baseball League finishes with yet another two game sweep by Bologna, along with three series splits.
Standings and .
On Saturday UnipolSai Bologna continued their first round dominance over the rest of the pack when they were able to walk away with two wins against Tommasin Padova. The afternoon game went by the final of 8 to 2 in a game that was dominated by Bologna’s mound and patience at the plate. Picking up the win for Bologna was Luca Panerati with 5 solid innings of work (5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 W, 2 SO). At the plate Bologna used 6 walks and 2 errors to their advantage, and were able to put up 6 runs on only 6 hits.
In the nightcap of the double header Bologna was once again to walk away with the fairly easy 5-0 victory. It took Bologna 6 innings to get on the board, as Ronald Uviedo was able to hang with Joey Williamson through the first five frames, however in the 6th a leadoff walk to Rodriguez and an eventual RBI single off the bat of Grimaudo put the game at 1-0. In the 7th Bologna was able to add on another 4 runs off of Enrico Crepaldi thanks to 4 hits and a walk. In the box for Bologna, Vaglio had a nice evening with 3 hits in 4 AB’s, of what included 2 RBI’s and a run scored.
At the end of 9 innings in Godo on Saturday night, those in attendance were treated to a total of three long balls, 1, 2 run shot in the first off the bat of Sanchez which put the score at 2 to 0.. One solo shot off the bat Ramos which tied the game at 2 all in the 6th.. Finally, one more two run homer off the bat of Macaluso in the 7th that put the score at 4-2 in favor of T&A San Marino. However in the end it wasn’t the long ball that decided the victor in this one, it was a 3 run bottom of the 7th off of Andreozzi that weight the most on the games outcome. The bottom of the frame got started with a leadoff walk to Bucchi, a single to center off the bat of Tanesini, an RBI double by Molina, an intentional walk to Sanchez, before being caped off by a 2 RBI single by Monari. T&A was within striking distance in the top of the 9th with a runner on second and two outs, however the game came to an end on a close play at first with a call that went in favor of the Knights.. 5 to 4 was the final with the win going to Ribeiro and the loss to Andreozzi.
Lino’s Coffee Parma was able to get by the Rimini Pirates on Saturday evening in Parma on the back of Josè Sanchez (winning pitcher – 7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0BB, 6 SO). The final in the game was 4 to 1, with Parma getting on the board with a quick two runs in the bottom of the 1st off of Patrone. In the top of the 2nd Rimini made it a one run game after Salazar led off the frame with a long solo shot to left, putting the game at 2 to 1, however in the bottom of that very same frame Parma put the distance on the scoreboard back at two when Cherubini walked in Imperiali from third. In the bottom of the 6th Parma picked up an insurance run off of Franklyn Torres, putting the score at its final mark of 4 to 1. Jesus Yepez came on for the save, going 2 innings of scoreless ball.
Down in Nettuno the rivalry series between Nettuno and Nettuno2 finished with each team walking away with one win apiece. On Friday night it was Nettuno2, but on Saturday night Nettuno returned the favor with a 5 to 2 victory. Picking up the win with a very solid 8 innings pitched on Saturday evening was Frailyn Florian (8 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 5 SO), while coming on for a scoreless 9th inning for the save was Yuri Morellini. Suffering the loss for Nettuno2 was Andrea Pizziconi, who gave up 3 in the 1st and 2 more in the 4th before being relieved by Carlos Richetti, and eventually Paolo Taschini. Both Caradonna and Castrí drove in two runs apiece for Nettuno.
