Cariparma Parma – Unipol Bologna 2-7
BOL 032 100 010 7 8 2 PAR 110 000 000 2 3 5
Unipol Bologna opened the 2012 season in the Italian Baseball League on Thursday evening with a 7-2 win over Cariparma Parma. Fortitudo scored six of the seven runs between the second and fourth inning. Juan Carlos Infante drove in two. Alessandro Vaglio and Marco Sabbatani scored twice. Stefano Desimoni hit a leadoff homerun for Parma. Jesus Matos (W, 1-0) went five innings, allowing two hits, two runs (1 ER) and a walk. Angel Salazar (L, 0-1) took the loss, issuing five hits, six runs (3 ER) and a whopping five base on balls in his four Italian debut innings.