Having defeated UnipolSai Bologna 11-10 two weeks ago in an exhibition game, Team Italy U23 manager Alberto D'Auria gives his Azzurri squad another opportunity to compete against the country's best in an exhibition game against Parma Clima at Nino Cavalli Stadium on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 8 pm. Prior to the friendly contest, the Team Italy U23 baseball squad will engage in two days of training in Reggio Emilia to prepare for the European Baseball Championship in Vienna, Austria from August 8-12, 2023.
The following 24 players are expected to participate in the workouts in Reggio Emilia on July 11 and 12 as well as in the Parma Clima exhibition game:
Gabriele Angioi (Cagliari), Andres Antonio Annunziata Nino (Academy Of Nettuno/Nettuno 1945), Tommaso Battioni (Parma Baseball), Riccardo Bigliardi (Crocetta Parma), Francesco Maria Bonvini (Crocetta Parma), Samuele Bruno (Academy Of Nettuno/Godo), Luca Capellano (Ares Milano/Poviglio), Simone Carnevale (Bergamo Bs/Oltretorrente), Niccolò Cinelli (Bsc Grosseto), Giovanni Di Turi De Frenza (Fortitudo Bologna/Poviglio), Ion Doba (Bsc Grosseto), Samuele Gamberini (Fortitudo Bologna), Diego Gergolet (Fortitudo Bologna/New Black Panthers), Tommaso Giarola (Grizzlies Torino 48), Matteo Marelli (Senago), Daniel Xavier Monti (Fortitudo Bologna), Lorenzo Morresi (Macerata Angels), Matteo Oldano (Grizzlies Torino 48), Andrea Pasotto (Milano Baseball 1946/Parma Baseball), Francesco Pomponi (Oltretorrente/Parma Baseball), Giacomo Taschin (Rovigo), Federico Virgadaula (Brescia), Manuel Zazza (Lion's/Nettuno 1945), Edoardo Zingarelli (Redclay Castellamonte/Grizzlies Torino 48).
Staff: Alberto D’Auria, manager; Rolando Cretis, pitching coach; Gianmario Costa, Federico Bassi, Christian Gnudi, and Gianluca Poli, coaches; Frankie Russo, quality assurance coach; Dr. Davide Ortolina, team physician; Marco Mennella, physiotherapist; Riccardo Soglia, delegation manager.
Forza #Italia!
by Roberto Angotti
(Photo of the Team Italy U23 baseball squad recently before exhibition game against UnipolSai Bologna at Gianni Falchi Stadium by Photo Bass)
