T&A SAN MARINO shut out 2007 champion MONTEPASCHI GROSSETO 1-0 on Friday for their fifth win in the Italian Baseball League semi-final round and to clinch a berth in the Italian Series. They are going to face last year’s vice champion DANESI NETTUNO.
Standings:
- San Marino 5-3
- Nettuno 5-3
- Grosseto 3-5
- Bologna 3-5
Remaining Schedule:
Saturday, August 23:
21:00 Unipol Banca Bologna – Danesi Nettuno Live Stream at FIBS.it
21:00 Montepaschi Grosseto – T&A San Marino
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Horacio Estrada, Juan Figueroa and Brian Looney combined to throw a four-hit shutout against GROSSETO on Friday and led SAN MARINO into the Italian Series with a 1-0 victory. A sac fly by Seth La Fera in the sixth accounted for the only run on the evening. James Buccheri had led off the inning with a triple.
Estrada started and allowed three hits and two walks in 3 2/3 innings. Figueroa replaced him with two outs and Kelly Ramos on third in the fourth and induced a fly out to Andrea Sgnaolin to keep the board clean. He picked up the win for 3 2/3 innings of relief. Looney closed it for the save.
Lincoln Mikkelsen took the hard-luck loss, giving up one run on four hits and two base on balls in eight innings. Once again he didn’t receive any run support, which led to the end of the season for the team after Saturday’s game.
Unipol Banca Bologna – Danesi Nettuno 9-3
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BOLOGNA might not get into the Italian Series, but on Friday they remembered the baseball world in Italy how strong they could be. They crushed NETTUNO 9-3. Ryner Bautista, Giovanni Pantaleoni and Claudio Liverziani each drove in two runs for FORTITUDO. Juan Camilo had two RBIs for DANESI.
Jesus Matos struck out seven in five solid innings to receive the win. He allowed five hits, two runs (1 ER) and a walk. Martin Vargas relieved him and punched out six in three no-hit innings. Frailyn Florian took the loss, after giving up ten hits, eight runs (7 ER) and four bb in five innings.