The third place in the European Cup 2022 and of Bonnwhich he beat in the Saturday afternoon game San Marino per 6-3 reversing the match to an out from the knockout. Nothing to do for the Italian champions, who miss the third out on 3-2 at 7th (game played on the “short” distance), suffer four points and fail in the comeback enterprise. Pitcher winner of the match Miceli, loser an unlucky Pulzetti but who held the mountain very well. Seven valid San Marino players, with 2/3 for the Pieternella joker.
THE CHRONICLE. The two starting pitchers, Rienzo and Steigert, launch three rounds without taking any points, but it is the German who risks the most. The score moves to 4th. The singles of Ustariz and Pieternella arrive on Steigert and the consequent change on the mountain, with Lee taking over the starter but immediately undergoing the double of Morresi which is worth 1-0. Epifano is the first eliminated (K), for Lorenzo Di Raffaele there is the base ball, a crazy pitch brings in the 2-0 and Di Fabio goes with the sacrifice sprint of 3-0.
At 5th Bonn approaches Pieternella, who had closed the previous inning well. Lankhorst throws it out for the solo-homer of the 1-3, Miceli hits a nice double, advances and scores the 2-3 on Brenk’s sacrifice sprint. After the bases in Lee and Weller, it’s time for another change on the mountain, with Pulzetti getting on the mound and scoring an excellent strike-out on Lamb-Hunt to close the innings.
We arrive at 7th on 3-2 and, on a situation of two outs and men in the corners, a very poisonous fly-by in Texas by Lamb-Hunt allows Bonn to grab the same (3-3). The advantage of the Capitals comes on a crazy pitch (4-3), Ahrens then gains a base ball, Stommel is based on error and Lankhorst touches the single that splits the game in two, that of 6-3. It is the final score, in the lower part of the 7th San Marino fails to go to base. Bonn wins 6-3 and is third.
SAN MARINO BASEBALL-BONN CAPITALS 3-6
BONN: Brenk ss (0/2), Lee dh / l / ed / 1b (1/3), Sanchez (Weller 3b 0/0, Recki es 0/1) ed (0/2), Lamb-Hunt 1b / 3b ( 2/4), Ahrens r (2/3), Stommel 2b (0/4), Lankhorst ec (2/3), Migliore (Neverauskas l) es (0/4), Miceli ed / l / ed (2 / 3).
SAN MARINO: Pulzetti 3b / l (1/4), Batista ec (1/3), Leonora es (0/4), Ustariz 1b (1/2), Pieternella ed / l / ed (2/3), Morresi r (1 / 3), Epiphanes ss (0/2), Lo. Di Raffaele 2b (0/2), Di Fabio dh / ed / 3b (1/2).
BONN: 000 020 4 = 6 bv 9 e 0
SAN MARINO: 000 300 0 = 3 bv 7 e 3
LAUNCHERS: Steigert (i) rl 3, bvc 6, bb 0, so 3, pgl 2; Lee (r) rl 1, bvc 1, bb 2, so 2, pgl 1; Miceli (W) rl 2, bvc 0, bb 1, so 0, pgl 0; Neverauskas (S) rl 1, bvc 0, bb 0, so 1, pgl 0; Rienzo (i) rl 3, bvc 2, bb 0, so 2, pgl 0; Pieternella (r) rl 1.2, bvc 3, bb 2, so 0, pgl 2; Pulzetti (L) rl 2.1, bvc 4, bb 2, so 1, pgl 2.
NOTE: home run by Lankhorst (1p. to 5th); double by Lamb-Hunt, Miceli and Morresi.
