AMGA Legnano – Sanotint Bollate 11-4 (5), 7-0 (5)
AMGA Legnano improved to 6-0 in the Italian Softball League with a sweep over Sanotint Bollate last Saturday. In game one they used an eight-run fourth to win 11-4 in five innings. Ilaria Pino homered, scored twice and drove in three. In the second game Yan Qing Zhang allowed just one hit in five scoreless innings to lead Legnano to a 7-0 shutout. She struck out eight. The offense scored all seven runs in the fifth frame. Pino had a three-run double after Monica Verga had hit a two-run single.
Madige Softball La Loggia – Unione Fermana 3-0, 3-0
Madige won both games against Fermana by scores of 3-0. In the first game Stella Turazzi gave up just one hit and a walk in six innings, while striking out seven. Brenda De Blaes hit a homerun. In the second match Kelly Hardie sat down all 21 batters she faced to throw a perfect game. She struck out twelve and retired the other nine batters with groundouts.
Museo D’Arte Nuoro – Des Caserta 2-8, 4-0
Nuoro and defending champion Des Caserta settled for a split. In game one Des Caserta scored six runs in the fifth to blow a close game wide open, winning 8-2. Francesca Seguella and Piera Rezza had two-run hits during the rally. Pamela Mazzarella reached four times and hit a homerun. In the second game Ashley Lanz struck out 13 batters in seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and five walks to lead Museo D’Arte to a 4-0 shutout. Lucie Petraskova went 3-for-3 with two RBI.
Titano Hornets – Mosca Macerata 5-4, 4-3 (10)
The Hornets moved back to .500 with two victories over Macerata. In game one they took an early 4-2 lead after three innings, but an insurance run in the sixth turned out to be decisive, as Mosca cut the deficit to a run in the seventh and threatened to tie the contest. But Jamee Juarez got thrown out the plate and Laura Campalani grounded out to second base to end the game. In the second match Titano needed a walk-off RBI single by Ashley Hamby in the bottom of the tenth to prevail 4-3. Before that each team had scored once in the fourth, eighth and ninth.
Fiorini Forli had a bye in week four.
Box scores and Stats at FIBS.it
Standings:
- AMGA Legnano 6-0
- Fiorini Forli 5-1
- Des Caserta 4-2
- Madige Softball La Loggia 4-2
- Titano Hornets 4-4
- Museo D’Arte Nuoro 2-4
- Sanotint Bollate 2-6
- Mosca Macerata 2-6
- Unione Fermana 1-5