Baseball, Italy beats Cuba for the second time in history

After losing against the Netherlands, the USA and Japan, and winning against Curacao, for the national baseball team at Haarlem Week, in the Netherlands, the most prestigious result arrives: against Cuba, the amateur national team with more Olympic and world titles, than in recent years lost his stars who fled to the Major League. It ends 2-0 for Mike Piazza’s team. Excellent Gabriele Quattrini on the mountain and an always punctual defense, Italy leaves the Caribbean at zero points, capitalizes the 2 signatures built with patience in the 2nd and 5th inning and waits to know the opponent of the second phase of the tournament has come. on the sixth day. For Italy it is the second historic victory against Cuba in an official competition, after the one obtained at the Haarlem Week in 2018 (against 50 defeats and 1 draw) and allows Italy to confidently await the results of the other two races. of the day that can guarantee you access to the semifinal.

Satisfaction

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“It’s a great satisfaction, I honestly didn’t expect it. Today I went up the mountain ready to sacrifice myself, because I knew we were short in the bullpen. My focus was to immediately take the lead against the opposing batters and the rest came by itself ”, declared the blue Gabriele Quattrini. Even the coach Mike Piazza does not hide his satisfaction: “It was a great performance of our mound and defense today. We did what was necessary in attack, putting riders on the base and we did a good job with bunts and advances and when you do the simple things right, there are always conditions to do well. Money? He did a good job, threw strikes, apart from a few bases granted, he induced a lot of rebounds to the opponents and worked quickly, then a couple of double plays helped him. We needed a test like this, to give the bullpen a breather and to get to the top tomorrow ”.