Baseball, championship in Bologna: San Marino beaten 4-0

The coat of the outgoing double champions. The triumph of Bologna, which returned to the capital of baseball after 3 years, was sensational. San Marino fails to make a comeback: UnipolSai Fortitudo triumphs in Serravalle, winning, thanks to a 6-2 success in game 4 of the best-of-7 Italian series, the fourteenth championship in its history, the first since 2020, avenging the 2021 defeat which took place in Serravalle against San Marino. San Marino’s errors were decisive, a home run by Eugene Helder and the performance of the winning pitcher Christopher Molina, in the first Italian final. Daniele Frignani’s Fortitudo becomes the fourth team since 1986 capable of making a run in a series out of 7.

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For the Bolognese it is the fifth time out of six series played against San Marino, after the victories in 2005, 2009, 2019 and 2020. Ricardo Paolini awarded MVP. It is the fourth time in the finals with the round score in the series, the coat after the two in Rimini in 1988 and 2000 against Nettuno, and the one in 2015 with Fortitudo Bologna as protagonist against Rimini. In the match not to be missed, San Marino relies on Dimitri Kourtis. The game breaks the deadlock in the third inning, Seferina swings a long double to the right, bringing home first Liberatore, then Bertossi and advancing to third on an oversized home throw. Effe doesn’t lower her head, on the contrary, she decides to push and two volleys to the left fix the score at 4-0: Paolini’s is a sacrifice fly, Helder’s is a home run that leaves no doubt. San Marino tries to raise its head but fails to give continuity to Ferrini’s double: a strong line from Rosales does not go beyond Seferina, while the serves of Epifano (on the ground) and Di Fabio (high and soft) do not go beyond the diamond. Two local points enter the fifth but Bologna is not shaken. Paolini is the protagonist of a double along the left line. A bunt by Dobboletta sets the score at 6-2. For the seventh and final inning Daniele Frignani calls Raul Rivero into action. Already the protagonist of the victory in game one with three impressive relief shots, and of the salvation of game three, the strong pitcher from Bologna is capable of finding the right pitches against the upper part of the Romagna lineup, eliminating Batista with the help of the defense, and Celli and Ericson Leonora for a strikeout after a base ball to Angulo. Effe closes the sweep which is worth the fourteenth championship in its history, the fifth from 2014 to today. For San Marino seven hits and many regrets.

The series: UnipolSai Bologna-San Marino 4-0 (3-2, 7-4, 7-6).