Last Sunday the SAN MARTINO JUNIOR won the national title in the Italian Winter League finals. They got the indoor baseball trophy back after losing it to the ATHLETICS BOLOGNA last year. SAN MARTINO had won the championship in 2006 and 2007. In the national finals in Bologna they defeated DYNOS VERONA in the final game by a score of 6-1. CERVIGNANO and JUNIOR GROSSETO split third place, after settling for a scoreless tie in the bronze medal game. Davide Meliori of SAN MARTINO received the MVP award, Simone Alfinito (GROSSETO) got the best pitcher trophy and Nicolò Zumerle (DYNOS) was named best batter.
Results National Finals Italian Winter League
(in Bologna)
Group A:
ATHLETICS – JUNIOR GROSSETO 3-4
DYNOS VERONA – JUNIOR FIRENZE 3-0
JUNIOR FIRENZE – ATHLETICS 0-9
JUNIOR GROSSETO – DYNOS VERONA 3-4
ATHLETICS – DYNOS VERONA 1-3
JUNIOR FIRENZE – JUNIOR GROSSETO 0-4
Group B:
NUOVA ROMA – SAL BAGANZA 1-4
CERVIGNANO – SAN MARTINO JUNIOR 0-4
SALA BAGANZA – CERVIGNANO 4-4
NUOVA ROMA – SAN MARTINO JUNIOR 0-3
SAN MARTINO JUNIOR – SALA BAGANZA 7-0
CERVIGNANO – NUOVA ROMA 7-2
Playoffs:
Finals: SAN MARTINO JUNIOR – DYNOS VERONA 6-1
Third Place Game: CERVIGNANO – JUNIOR GROSSETO 0-0
Past Italian Winter League Winners
2009 San Martino Junior
2008 Autofficina Bignami Athletics Bologna
2007 San Martino Junior
2006 San Martino Junior
2005 Cariparma Collecchio
2004 Avigliana Baseball
2003 Dynos Verona
2002 Plenty Market Castenaso
2001 Dynos Merlini Verona
2000 Fortitudo Baseball
1999 Rovigo Baseball Club
1998 Autocarrozzeria 3T Athletics
Results courtesy of Baseball.it.
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