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Fortitudo Bologna, winning debut in the European Champions Cup 2021. Parma loses with Bonn – OA Sport

A victory and a defeat for the two Italian teams in the European Champions Cup, aka the Champions Cup, at the start today in Ostrava, in the Czech Republic. Fortitudo UnipolSai Bologna beats by measure Heidenheim Heidekoepfe for 4-3. Instead defeated the Parmaclima, which must give way to the Bonn Capitals per 4-5.

The Bolognese team manages to win over its German opponents in a very fluctuating game. You only go home in the middle of the match: Liberatore’s 2 RBI for the fortitude advantage, Janssen’s for Heidenheim’s 2-1, then Monti’s 3-1 Bologna. All this is always deep in the center, between the fourth and fifth inning. In the sixth and seventh two singles, one by Glaser and one by Larry, bring the situation to a level playing field. In the eighth, however, another single is enough for Leonora, with full bases, however, to restore the advantage to the tricolor team, which is kept safe by the steady hand of Henry Rodriguez.

The fate of Parma is different, which with two singles by Ahrens in the first round and Lamb-Hunt in the third quickly ends up 0-2. The 0-3 is the work of Lee with home runs in the sixth, then comes the ducal return with the sacrifice of Rodriguez and Gonzalez who scores on balk in the seventh. The Italians are close to even in the eighth inning, but in the ninth they are thrown back by two defense errors (one of which is a base on ball with full bases). The recovery is new, but it is only partial, with the singles of Astorri and Paolini insufficient.

Today Bologna played Frydek Mistek and Parma in Ostrava; tomorrow, however, they will both be in Ostrava. Fortitudo goes on the field first against Rouen at 15:00, against the hosts instead the challenge of the ducals at 19:30.

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