Last night’s midweek derby only smiled at Parma Baseball, who rejoiced away against their cousins from Camec Collecchio.
A three-point home run by Noel Gonzalez in the last inning (and with two outs on the scoreboard) allowed Parma Clima to emerge victorious from the Collecchio field with the result of 6 to 5 at the end of a less than perfect match under the technical aspect, but definitely exciting for the large audience present. Guido Poma’s boys weren’t able to defend two points ahead of the sixth inning but at the change of court they found the winning flash with a master stroke from the Italian-Cuban player.
THE CHRONICLE The hosts fielded the battery formed by Maduro and Sorrentino with Monzon, king of the stolen bases, in the role of designated hitter. On the outfield, Daddi, Mantovani and Pasotto began the match with an infield made up of Gamberini (first base), Benetti (second), Calasso (third) and Alfieri (shortstop). In Parma Clima Mineo received the throws of Diaz with Astorri designated, Sambucci in first base, Talevi in second, Joseph shortstop and Rodriguez in third. Compared to Monday’s formation, Flisi replaced Desimoni on the left outside with Koutsoyanopulos in the center and Gonzalez on the right.
Parma Clima immediately took the lead with a little luck and some help from the home defense. Gonzalez hit a single and advanced to second when Joseph raised a sprint that the external collecchiesi guilty lost in the sunset lights: immediately afterwards Mineo fielded a double-play ball that Benetti failed to concede the first scoring to the champions. of Europe. A crisp single to the left of Astorri then produced the 2-0 point.
Parma Clima wasted a great opportunity to extend to the second inning. Flisi opened the attack with a single in the middle and advanced to third using a perfect “hit and run” by Koutsoyanopulos: Maduro, however, reacted with character by forcing Gonzalez, Joseph and Mineo to take unproductive turns. Collecchio was also quite lucky to find the 2-1 point in the second inning. With one out Benetti received four balls and advanced to third base thanks to a joke from Gamberini who surprised Joseph with a high and irregular rebound: Collecchio’s point was then propitiated by Daddi with a poisonous joke that the interiors of the Parma Clima could not turn into an elimination.
The fourth inning marked the end of the tests of Maduro and Diaz, respectively taken over by Santana and Fabiani who safely closed the shots entrusted to them by their respective technical staff. Collecchio continued the whirlwind of substitutions on the mound also in the fifth and sixth inning by proposing Acerbi and Dallaturca. Acerbi kept the Parma Clima attack at zero by granting a base ball and scoring a strikeout while Dallaturca conceded the point of 3 to 1 by suffering a double opening from Flisi and then being betrayed by the fourth error of a somewhat foul defense and inaccurate.
Fabiani finished an excellent performance by lining up three consecutive strikeouts in the fifth inning and in the second part of the sixth he left the platform to Mattia Aldegheri. The offensive fraction of Collecchio opened with four balls in Monzon and continued with a glaring error by Joseph who missed the grip on a comfortable double-game ball from Pasotto: Collecchio did not miss the opportunity with Calasso who he beat a single in the center and brought Collecchio to just one point behind. The Collecchiese attack did not end: Aldegheri hit Benetti and the hosts found themselves on full bases without eliminated. After Gamberini’s strikeout, the Parma bench called Habeck to work, who gave 3 to 3 by throwing four balls to Trolli and who suffered 4 to 3 on the occasion of a diamond serve by Alfieri. A single from Lori gave Collecchio the point of 5-3 and the opportunity to present themselves at the last round with two points ahead.
To defend them, Mattias Zotti, fifth pitcher of the evening, was called to work. Parma Clima’s attack began with Collecchio’s fifth defensive error, continued with a comfortable catch by Pasotto and a line from Flisi neutralized by Alfieri: the base for ball torn by the pinch hitter Monello fueled the hopes of the guests who relied on the bat of Noel Gonzalez, who was decisive in shooting the long home run of the counter-overtake behind the outside right for the final 6 to 5.
