Despite Team Italy committing two errors in the fifth inning and enabling Estonia to come back from a 5-3 deficit to win 6-5 in the first of three games in the Baseball5 European Championship debut on November 7, 2023, the Italians bounced back with 17-3 and 6-0 victories to win the best-of-three series against the Estonians. During the second set, Team Italy took a commanding 6-1 early before adding ten more runs in the last inning after excellent hitting performances from Filippo Sabatini and Beatrice Deregibus. In the final contest, the Italians demonstrated excellent defense in the 6-0 shutout to secure the best-of-three series victory over Estonia.
Team Italy Baseball5 manager Maurizio Balla said, “We were better than Estonia, but in the first set we complicated our lives a bit with a bit of tension which led us to give up three runs.. However, the team immediately recovered and played well for the rest of the series. It was a morale-boosting success in light of tomorrow when we will play three best-of-three matches.”
Team Italy returns for games on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 against Moldova at 9 am (local time), Lithuania at 11:30 am (local time) and Czech Republic at 4:45 pm (local time).
Team Italy Baseball5 lineup: Cristian Agresta shortstop (Leonardo Turo), Riccardo Sana mid, Beatrice Deregibus first base, Filippo Sabatini third base, Giulia Moretto second base (Chiara Pecorelli). Available: Irene Bellusci.
Forza #Italia!
by Roberto Angotti
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