On Sunday 24 September on the Camusi field in Nettuno, Stella Carni Viterbo baseball made its debut in the Lazio Cup with two victories.
The first match against Cali Roma was won with a score of 17 to 4, a match always kept under control by the boys from Viterbo.
In the first inning the Stella Carni boys hit 5 hits, with FORTUNATI scoring a double, followed closely by RUBERTO, BERTOLLINI, TONTINI and CANNATA who allowed them to score 5 points.
Cali Roma attempted a reaction and, thanks to a strangely flawed defense, scored a point.
Viterbo’s pitcher, CASSERI, conceded practically nothing to his opponents in the following innings, while the Viterbo attack continued to hit solidly with FORTUNATI (two hits for him), RUBERTO (three hits), BERTOLLINI (two hits), MAZZA, CASSERI and again CANNATA and CUSI, who at the end of the match set the score in favor of the Viterbo players 17 to 4. With the match being closed splendidly by the pitcher COLONNA, in his third experience as a pitcher.
The second match was very different, played against the hosts LIONS NETTUNO.
The boys from Nettuno immediately started strong and in the first inning, with two hits they managed to score 2 points. In the following attack, Viterbo immediately overturned the result, reaching 3 to 2 with a double from BERTOLLINI.
In the second inning the LIONS scored another 3 runs. The pitcher TONTINI strangely gave away a few too many bases and the defense, unlike what has been demonstrated up to now, was imprecise and foul and did not help the pitcher in making the outs.
In the third inning, TONTINI took over and conceded nothing to his opponents, leaving the first three Nettuno batters struck out.
In the following attack the Viterbo clubs went wild and hit 5 hits with RUBERTO, BERTOLLINI, TONTINI, CASSERI, MAZZA and COLONNA, scoring 5 points and taking the lead to 8 to 5.
In the fourth inning TONTINI was replaced on the mound by the returning CECCARIGLIA, who had not pitched due to shoulder inflammation since the first days of July. CECCARIGLIa entered the contracted mound and immediately collected two points, but then regained his authority and ended the inning leading 8 to 7.
In the last attack the Viterbo boys scored another 4 points with hits from EIGHCI DI MARTINO, FORTUNATI, COLLETTINI and MAZZA, thus closing the match with a 12 to 7 victory.
Victories which for the moment put us in first place in the Lazio Cup standings.
The words of the manager FORTUNATI :” The first day of the Lazio Cup was a good test to see if the team had suffered any negative consequences after the 4-0 defeat against the Falcons Torre Pedrera in the Scudetto semi-finals. The boys reacted very well, especially at bat, in two games they hit 24 hits. Unfortunately, unlike the last few games, the defense made a few too many mistakes, which fortunately were recovered with an attack in splendid form. In the end the performance was positive especially in the match against the Nettuno Lions where we went behind twice but always recovered in the following innings. Another positive note was the return to the pitcher’s mound after almost three months of absence due to shoulder inflammation of CECCARIGLIA, who, although not yet at 100%, nevertheless demonstrated in the only innings pitched that he was in good shape. road for optimal recovery in view of the second day of the Lazio Cup which will see us engaged, again in Nettuno in a double match with the Nettuno Academy and again the Lions themselves”
2023-09-27 17:19:32
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