The Italian Baseball League continued on Friday with three games. All three ended with one-run wins. T&A San Marino edged out Unipol Bologna 2-1. Carlos Comenares first tied the game for San Marino with a RBI single in the fourth and then broke the tie with a RBI single in the eighth. Juan Carlos Infante had put Bologna in front with a RBI single in the third. Anthony Ortega pitched three innings in relief for the win. Brent Buffa was charged with the loss.
Nettuno Baseball City beat 1949 Parma Baseball by a score of 2-1 in ten innings. A throwing error by the third baseman on a sac bunt attempt in the bottom of the first extra inning decided the outcome. Both teams had scored in the third earlier in the contest. Rodney Rodriguez struck out seven in three perfect innings for the win. Alessandro Petralia got charged with the loss, throwing just one pitch.
While the other two matchups were decided late, the lone run in Rimini’s 1-0 victory over Novara came in the first inning. Jose Flores hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first, which eventually turned out to be the game-winner. It was also the lone hit for the Pirates on the evening, as Jonnathan Aristil and Yulman Ribeiro kept Rimini otherwise to five walks. Aristil struck out 11 in seven frames. Ricardo Hernandez meanwhile conceded three hits and a base on balls in eight scoreless innings. He struck out 15.