Baseball, San Marino – La Gazzetta dello Sport

The Scudetto remains in San Marino after the most incredible final series which ended in the fifth additional inning. Doriano Bindi’s team wins the play-off 2-1, with a valid free the joy of the Titan fans: it is the sixth tricolor, while the team of Gianguido Poma, fighting to the last action, offers a very fierce resistance must postpone the match. goal of the 11th Scudetto that awaits since 2010. She won the Champions Cup, was back in the final after 3 seasons and basically falls on her feet, perhaps not forgiving herself a few too many opportunities in attack as demonstrated by the 11 who remained in base in a match also dominated this time from the pitchers. And San Marino must thank the South American couple Centeno-Quevedo. A thrilling challenge that seemed to never end. And instead after seven very long games, the owner of the Italian title does not change. The tricolor will be waved again on Monte Titano.

Endless challenge

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San Marino loads the bases in the second inning but Epifano is eliminated in double play and the round ends without damage for the Parma players. Up to the fifth inning the attacks remain and watch, the playoff is the business of the two starting pitchers, Montilla and Centeno. In the sixth it is Contreras for Parma: the relief is in a complicated situation with man in first and third but closes the second half leaving Federico Celli strikeout. We go to extra time: on the 8th Noel Gonzalez tries the 1-0 home run on the right against the relief Quevedo. From the box San Marino draws with the single by Lino Correa who calls Batista home. And with full bases, the Dutch Leonora is eliminated in diamond. It goes to the prophetic ninth inning. Which opens with the double left of Cesare Astorri. Virtually nothing happens until the 12th San Marino attack when Epifano finds the single on the right, Batista arrives on base thanks to the bunt, Angulo receives the intentional base and Lino Correa goes to the box with an out, for the central high line of 2-1 which is worth the tricolor of the infinite final. And he will of course be the MVP.

San Marino-Parma 2-1 (game-7) PARMACLIMA: Koutsoyanopulos (8) 0/3 (Timo 0/1, S.Poma 0/0, Flisi 0/1), Desimoni (7) 2/6, Gonzalez (9) 2/5, Mineo (2) 1/4 , Astorri (bd) 1/5, Sambucci (3) 0/3, Rodriguez (5) 1/4, Talevi (4) 0/5, Battioni (6) 1/5.

SAN MARINO: Batista (9) 2/5, Ferrini (5) 1/3, Angulo (4) 1/4, Lino Correa (2) 2/5, Celli (8) 0/3, Ustariz (3) 0/3, Leonora (7) 0/5, Pieternella (bd) 0/3, (Pulzetti 0/1) Epifano (6) 1/5.

Launchers – Centeno 7 rl, 6 so, 1 bb, 5 bv, Quevedo (winning) 5 rl, 6 so, 1 bb, 5 bv; Montilla 5 rl, 4 so, 3 bb, 1 bv, Contreras 2.1 rl, 2 so, 2 bb, 2 bv, Diaz Lezama 0.2 rl, 0 so, 1 bb, 0 bv, Habeck (loser) 31 rl, 2 so, 2 bb, 4 bv.

Points sequence – Parma 000.000.010.000: 1 (8 valid-3 errors, 11 remaining on base); San Marino 000.000.010.001: 2 (7-7, 13). Notes: Gonzalez home run on 8th from 1 point; double Astorri.

THE SERIES (out of 7) – San Marino-Parmaclima 4-3 (3-1; 4-13; 1-0; 1-2, 10-4, 1-2, 2-1 at 12th.

ROLL OF GOLD – Recent roll of honor: 2000 Rimini, 2001 Nettuno, 2002 Rimini, 2003 Bologna, 2004 Grosseto, 2005 Bologna, 2006 Rimini, 2007 Grosseto, 2008 San Marino, 2009 Bologna, 2010 Parma, 2011, 2012 and 2013 San Marino, 2014 Bologna, 2015 Rimini, 2016 Bologna, 2017 Rimini, 2018-19-20 Bologna, 2021-22 San Marino.