Bussolengo and Rhibo La Loggia are squaring off in the Italian Softball Series. La Loggia, which had won the first two games against Fiorini Forli, lost the third match 6-7, but prevailed 9-5 in the decisive fourth game.
Bussolengo meanwhile needed five games to down Bollate. Greta Cecchetti pitched a four-hitter to lead Bollate to a 3-0 shutout in game three, taking a 2-1 lead in the series. But Bussolengo answered with a pair of shutouts on its own to win the series.
Game four was a lopsided 7-0 affair, which saw Kimberly Bruins struck out 12 in six one-hit, one-walk frames. Game five was a nail-biter, which was decided by a seventh-inning run of Silvia Refrontolotto on a walk-off single by Valeria Bortolami. Bruins pitched another gem, out-dueling Cecchetti barely in the pitcher’s circle.