UnipolSai and Tommasin sweep, while Godo and T&A San Marino earn the split

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T&A San Marino was able to walk away with a 6-2 win in Parma against Lino’s Coffee on Saturday night. The game was close through the first 5 innings, however in the 6^th and 7^th T&A San Marino was able to break through for 5 runs off of Loardi, this coming after Rivera was relieved following 5 innings of 1 run ball. Picking up the win for San Marino was Junior Guerra, and it was Loardi that suffered the loss. For San Marino, both Reginato and Imperiali picked up 2 RBI’s, while Duran, Vasquez, and Imeriali all picked up 2 hits apiece. On a side note, San Marino’s first baseman, Giovanni Pantaleoni was taken to the hospital after he was involved in a collision at the first base bag. In the collision he suffered a contusion to the pancreas and a fractured scapula.

UnipolSai Bologna walked away with the series sweep on Saturday in Rimini. The final in this one was 8 to 3, as the scoring in this one got started in the top of the 1^st on a two RBI single off the bat of Vaglio. In the bottom of the 2^nd Rimini came right back to take the lead with a 3 run frame on 5 hits and an error. In the top of the 4^th it was Bologna’s turn to come up big with a 4 run inning that was highlighted by a 3 RBI double by Liverziani. In the top of the 6^th Bologna picked up two more runs which put the game at its final score, Infante began the frame with a leadoff homer. Suffering the loss for Rimini was Sandy Patrone, while on the other side of the ball it was Luca Panerati that earned the win with 5 innings of 3 run ball. Bologna now improves to 7 and 1 on the season as well as maintains their strong grip on the rest of Division A. With the loss Rimini drops into second in Division B in a tie with Parma at a 4 and 4 record.

Tommasin Padova comes up with the series sweep of Nettuno2 with their 4-3 extra inning victory. Padova took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 1^st thanks to an RBI single off the bat of Pestana that plated Medoro. In the 7^th Padova tacked on another thanks to a RBI single up the middle by Epifano. In the top of the 9^th Nettuno2 was able to pick up two runs off of Jesus Medina to tie the game at two-all, while in the top of the 11^th they were the first to tack on a run to take the 3 to 2 lead. In bottom half of the 11^th it was Padova that got the final say when Chapelli was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, which forced in Pacini for the win. Padova moves to 4 and 4 on the season, which puts them in a tie with Godo for the second spot in the Division A. Nettuno2 fell to 1 and 7 in this their first season in the IBL.

In Godo the Knights evened up their series with Nettuno thanks to a strong outing by Calero. Godo’s southpaw went 7 strong innings of 2 hit 0 run ball. Ribeiro came on for the 2 inning save, giving up 1 run on 3 hits. Godo’s success in the runs column came in the 5^th when Tanesini drove in Bucchi after his leadoff double, and when Meriggi singled in Tanesini with two outs. Nettuno came back with one run in the top of the 9^th on a sac fly by Nunez, but Ribeiro was able to close the door with back-to-back strikeouts of Sforza, and Cibati. Godo moves to 4 and 4, while Nettuno drops to 5 and 3, but still remains in the top spot of the division.