Danesi Nettuno – Unipol Banca Bologna 2-3
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After winning game one of the best-of-three series for the Coppa Italia title on Friday, BOLOGNA beat NETTUNO 3-2 on Saturday to win the cup tournament in Italian Baseball. FORTITUDO needed a RBI double by Joseph Mazzuca in the top of the eighth to plate the winning run.
DANESI, playing their third final in three weeks, had taken a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth on Raffaele Medoro’s two-run homerun. But BOLOGNA came right back, tying the game in fifth when Fornasari scored on an error by right fielder Flavio Catanzani. Giovanni Pantaleoni had scored on a wild pitch in the first.
Fabio Betto pitched 6 1/3 solid innings for the win. He allowed eight hits, two runs and four walks. He also produced four wild pitches, but escaped from a few jams. Fabio Milano struck out six in the remaining 2 2/3 innings to pick up the save. Carlos Richetti struck out 13 in eight innings, but also gave up four hits, three runs (2 ER) and four base on balls.
