The first Serie A championship of Erba Vita New Rimini ends with two away victories in Sala Baganza. “Two races – comments the company – conducted with personalities that crown a growth path of the very young team of manager Mike Romano, able precisely in the decisive moments to find compactness and personality to crown the goal of the beginning of the championship “.
Erba Vita New Rimini (9/11) closes in third place the group C of the salvation poule, on a par with Oltretorrente and Sala Baganza, behind Modena (16/4) and Athletics Bologna (13/7), ahead of Lastra a Signa (4/16) relegating to Serie B.
“Mission accomplished, with great satisfaction – is the comment of the manager Mike Romano – We were under pressure at the beginning of the rescue poule and came out well, with character as well as quality. The boys pulled out their claws, we saw the fighting spirit of the pirates, they became even more compact up to this double against Sala Baganza. I am proud to have trained them. It was a novelty for me too, the new formula shuffled the cards and I had a lot of fun. We will see in the future what the Federation will decide, I have certainly seen a lot of enthusiasm and clubs eager to grow, with several talented young Italians “.
Race 1
The starter is Alessandro Di Giacomo and Erba Vita unlocks the challenge with two points in the second round: single by Davide Ruggeri, based on Giuseppe Filippini, bunt by Enrico Cianci, single by Luca Gabrielli and a sacrificial sprint by Romano Pini.
Sala Baganza responds with a point to the third and then until the seventh inning nothing more happens. Meanwhile, on the sixth Francesco Ridolfi detects Alessandro Di Giacomo on the mountain. Sala Baganza shakes and scores two points forcing Erba Vita to chase. The reaction comes immediately, in the eighth, with three points. It starts with Andrea Gabrielli’s double, followed by the eliminations of Ricky Bertagnon and Gabrielli himself in the race to third base.
With two outs arrive the double of Davide Ruggeri, singles by Alberto Canini and Enrico Cianci to overturn the score on 5 to 3 which in the ninth will not change anymore. On the shields Enrico Cianci (2 out of 3 and 2 RBI) and Davide Ruggeri (2 out of 3 and 1 RBI).
Race 2
He starts on Mount Gianluca Tognacci and again in the second inning Erba Vita goes on 2 to 0: Davide Ruggeri is hit and then the double of Alberto Canini, the singles of Enrico Cianci and Giulio Cianci bring the two points.
At the fourth Erba Vita extends again with two other deigns: singles by Giulio Cianci and Romano Pini, Andrea Gabrielli with a double brings them both to the point. At 4 to 0 Sala Baganza tries to react and scores a point in the sixth, before overturning it in the seventh. A double from Ferretti closes Tognacci’s excellent match and Tommaso Aiello’s impact is good with two immediate outs, but immediately afterwards there are two base balls and Leo Zileri’s home run that brings the score to 5 to 4 for the masters of home.
The young pirates, however, do not let go and immediately score three points on the eighth: the unleashed Enrico Cianci opens the dance, thanks to the bunt of his brother Giulio goes into second position. Then there are the base ball to Enrico Perazzzini, the singles by Marco Baccelli, Andrea Gabrielli and Ricky Bertagnon, with Erba Vita fixing the score at 7 to 5, while Aiello only concedes one valid closing his performance very well.
At the end of the season, Erba Vita New Rimini “He would like to thank the sponsors, the technicians and all the athletes who with their contribution made this unsatisfactory result possible, managing to find that competitive dimension in the championship final that all the management expected. We add a huge thank you to all the people who have been alongside the team with passion and generosity ”.
