It’s an endless story, the one between San Marino and Bologna. It is the great recent duel of Italian baseball, the one straddling the pandemic years and which, in recent seasons, has been observing the third wheel appear in the form of Parmaclima. Not before. Before, Titani and Fortitudo commanded at will, clashing often and willingly in the championship final and welcoming players who had played in someone else’s jersey into their ranks. Tonight the two greats meet again and begin a fundamental triptych with a view to the quarter-finals. Today we play at “Falchi” at 20.30, tomorrow we go down to Serravalle with playball at 20 and Saturday again in the Emilian capital for match 3 at 20.30. It’s the second day of the return, with San Marino ahead of a neck in the standings and the games still to be decided to choose the best pairing in the playoffs. Bindi’s men compete head-on in the Poule Scudetto group with 11 wins and 4 losses, then Bologna at 10-5 and Parma at 11-6.
San Marino has added Jesus Castillo to the roster but must evaluate the type of employment, given that the player only arrived at the beginning of the week. He’s ready, but presumably tonight’s pitcher will be chosen between Kourtis and Hernandez. The former responded well in his new starting role a week ago with Grosseto, but in the first leg in Bologna he experienced his worst game since he’s been in the Italian championship. The second always seemed reliable in this second phase, but it also performed fairly well as a relief. Considering that the starters of the second game (Garbella) and the third (Quevedo) seem certain, today’s one remains the only doubt regarding the pitching mound of the Titans. Bologna this evening should propose one of the legends of the championship, Raul Rivero. Tomorrow in San Marino ball in Crepaldi and Saturday in Molina. In the first leg Fortitudo won two games out of three.
Two of them, in San Marino, traveled the A14 and moved from one team to another. First of all, Leo Ferrini, Bindi’s third baseman, who played in Serravalle, then moved to Emilia (in 2019) and then back to the Republic. Then Ericson Leonora, for a few months with the Italian champions’ jacket but first (also in 2019) with Unipolsai Bologna. Crosses between players but above all between teams. Lots of finals. The first in 2005, with a 4-3 victory for Fortitudo, then in 2009 (Bologna 4-1). Finally, those closest, with Bolognese excelling in 2019 and 2020 and with San Marino making up for it in 2021. The string of finals between the two teams was interrupted last year, when Parma got there in the last act but the men of Doriano Bindi triumphed again. It’s not playoffs yet, but from tonight the level of the competition really starts to rise.
2023-07-13 03:30:48
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