Des Caserta – Mosca Macerata 14-4 (4), 0-11
Defending champion Des Caserta had to settle for a split last Saturday in the Italian Softball League. In game one they scored twelve runs in the first two frames en route to a 14-4 win four innings. Chantal Millard and Mindy Cowles both tripled and combined to drive in six. In the second match Jamee Juarez issued just one hit and a walk in seven scoreless innings to lead Macerata to an 11-0 shutout. She struck out twelve. Ana Antonetti went 4-for-4 with two runs and two RBI at the plate, as Mosca blew the score wide open with seven runs in the seventh.
Unione Fermana – Fiorini Forli 3-9, 5-6
Forli improved to 7-1 with a pair of wins against Fermana. In the first game Serena Filiput struck twelve in seven innings to lead Fiorini to a 9-3 win. Tyleen Tausaga scored three times, while Sara Avanzi drove in three. Jennifer Martinez denied the shutout for Filiput with a three-run homerun in the seventh. In game two Forli needed a two-run double by Katrina Stockford in the top of the sixth to win 6-5. Andrea Montanari picked up the win in relief of Leslie Malerich. Martinez took the loss.
Sanotint Bollate – Titano Hornets 3-2, 2-0
Bollate climbed a few spots in the standings after sweeping the Hornets. In game one Kate Robinson hit a three-run homerun in the bottom of the fifth to deliver a 3-2 win for Sanotint. Titano led since a two-run triple by Ashley Hamby in the third. In the second part of the doubleheader Tiffany Pagano gave up just three hits and three walks in seven scoreless innings to lead Bollate to a 2-0 win. She struck out nine. A two-run single by Marina Mancini in the bottom of the sixth was all they needed to secure the victory.
Madige Softball La Loggia – Museo D’Arte Nuoro 4-3 (8), 0-2
La Loggia and Nuoro settled for a split in their doubleheader. In game one Madige scored the winning run in a 4-3 victory in the bottom of the eighth on an error. Museo D’Arte had erased an early 0-3 deficit to tie the contest in the fifth. In the second game Ashley Lanz took over on the mound for Nuoro and only allowed one more base runner after a leadoff walk to Brenda De Blaes in the opening frame. 14 strikeouts in seven no-hit, no-run innings were enough to celebrate a 2-0 win. Linda Corbellini and Ylenia Pisanu scored the two runs in the third and fourth.
Standings in Italian Softball League:
- AMGA Legnano 6-0
- Fiorini Forli 7-1
- Madige Softball La Loggia 5-3
- Des Caserta 5-3
- Sanotint Bollate 4-6
- Titano Hornets 4-6
- Museo D’Arte Nuoro 3-5
- Mosca Macerata 3-7
- Unione Fermana 1-7