Great victory of WiPlanet for 8 to 2 against the Red Sox Paternò in the match on Saturday, the one destined for the Italian pitchers. And to think that the premises were not positive, given Andretta’s muscular resentment that did not allow him to climb the mountain.
But the team reacted well in the difficult situation, both on the mountain and in defense with zero errors, and in attack with 12 hits, of which seven obtained from the lower part of the batting order, which is very important to be able to score. in each inning.
Leading with Hatma’s double at the opening, Sicilians were joined in 2nd place by Faustino Gomez’s only homer and passed by Passarelli’s single, which sent Prosperi home. The Red Sox found the 2-2 at the 3rd on Aroche’s serve, but already from the change of field the WiPlanet came back, putting the Sciacca pitcher in crisis, and extended up to the final 8-2, with an attack from 12 valid (3/4 Prosperi and Perez, 2/5 De Simone and Gomez) and an excellent performance of the whole defense (0 errors) with winning pitcher Matteo Carletti (7 RL, 12 BVC, 2 BB, 8 K) , able to control the distribution of opponent hits, well noted by Lanzi (2 RL, 0 BVC, 1 BB, 2 K).
The second game started badly for the yellow-green, who never managed to worry the Cuban champion Hernandez (5.1RL, 4BVC, 2BB, 12K). Polanco (6 RL, 7BVC, 5 BB, 4K) contains the powerful foreign hitters of the Paternò, but fails to prevent the six Sicilian points, also entered thanks to some defensive errors.
The manager Licciardi is moderately satisfied “The weekend is certainly to be considered positive; Saturday afternoon, despite Andretta’s absence from the mountain, we played an almost perfect match, both on the mountain, with Carletti and Lanzi, and in batting with 12 hits and in defense, zero errors. In particular, Ceppari is growing in the role of receiver and also the attack finally collects more, with Bryan authoring a home run and a double. Let’s hope the hand injury is not serious. In the second we never got into the game; perhaps a little satisfaction did not allow us to face the difficult opponents pitchers with the necessary determination ”.
In the other games, Longbridge won two games against the Academy, reaching the WiPlanet with 5 wins and 3 losses, while Fiorentina tore a draw on the Grosseto field, winning the foreign pitchers game by 5 to 0 and thus reaching the Academy in last place in the standings
To report the splendid first victory in the league of the very young Serie C team, which prevailed over Rams Viterbo for 5 to 4. Congratulations to the boys and their coach Leonardo Esposito. The championship is still long and there will be an opportunity to repeat this important success.
Now the calendar of the series includes 5 weeks away from home, with the only stop on August 15th: it starts next Saturday in Grosseto, then the matches in Nettuno on August 8 and in Florence on August 21. These two days will be very important to face the last two. at home from a quiet position or still poised in the struggle not to retreat. We have no doubt that for all the teams, next month will be difficult; it will be very important to maintain the right concentration and determination. Those who fail to maintain the right determination will retreat.
