© Michele Guerrini
The top baseball championship is completed this weekend with the descent on the field finally also of the group D. In the second round of the 2022 Serie A, the two Lazio will make their debut, Nettuno 1945 by Fabrizio Ludovisi, the Academy Orange Nettuno by Cristian Mandolini, immediately in front of the “Steno Borghese”, Athletics Bologna, Hotsand Macerata and the two Tuscans, Spirulina Becagli Bbc Grosseto and Big Mat Bsc Grosseto.
Jairo Ramos Gizzi’s Bbc Spirulina Becagli Grosseto will also start the season and will be on stage on Saturday at 3.30 pm and Sunday at 10 am at the Pilastro sports center in Bologna against Athletics. Two matches to be taken with due caution for a team built to conquer one of the two places in group D that guarantee access to the Scudetto poule. To reach the finish line, the diesse Filippo Olivelli bought ten new players, who increased the depth of all departments. The technicians will have to do without the receivers Niccolò Biscontri and Nicholas Fancellu for the first away match of the season, as well as Oscar Tucci, who will join the group in June after college. Probable starting pitchers Federico Cozzolino and Luis Gonzales. Ready for relief Oberto, Hidalgo, Bulfone and Noguera.
Everything is ready for the debut on Sunday 10 April in Serie A also for the boys of the Big Mat Bsc Grosseto. The matches, one in the morning at 11 and one in the afternoon at 15.30, will see the red and white play against Macerata, at the Scarpelli stadium in Grosseto. “We can’t wait to measure ourselves in the top flight – comments Stefano Cappuccini, manager of the first team -. We have worked hard over the years, investing and enhancing young people, convinced that the human and sporting material of the area was absolutely valid and able to stand on important stages. Now we have to give our all to keep the category and maybe even take away some satisfactions “. Tickets for the competitions can be purchased directly on Sunday at the Scarpelli stadium ticket office, at a cost of five euros, while admission for under 14s will be free.
The second day of the championship proposes in group A a trip to the Turin field at Parma Clima. The ducals will cross arms with the formation of Pierpaolo Illuminati on the ground of via Passo Buole in two races that will start on Saturday at 15.30 and at 20.30. As stated on Tuesday by manager Gianguido Poma during the “Perfect Game” broadcast, we could see some variation in the rotation of pitchers. The afternoon game will certainly be opened by Mattia Aldegheri with Diego Fabiani and Francesco Pomponi in the bullpen but in the evening match the debut of Alex Diaz and Carlos Contreras could lead to some news on the name of the “starting pitcher”. The ducal technical staff will be able to count on the return of captain Sebastiano Poma but should give Alberto Mineo a weekend of rest, still struggling with a slight muscle discomfort which suggests not to force recovery times. For the possible replacement of him Matteo Covati is still ready. Torino, one of the favorites to move to the Poule Scudetto, is back from the division of the stakes with Poviglio. The Piedmontese will initially present the former Anthony Gonzalez and Josè Rodriguez, protagonist of an excellent 2021 season with the Godo uniform, on the mound. The young Italian reliefs that last week struggled in the cold of Poviglio are less reliable: Alioto, Gismondi, Meschini, Salto and Zingarelli will have to demonstrate that they can withstand the impact with an attack that last week was enhanced with the performance of Flisi ( average .1000), Sambucci (.750), Astorri (.667 with two homeruns), Koutsoyanopulos (.571), Gonzalez (.500) and Talevi (.429). At home Grizzlies the best in the batting box were revealed in the first outing Di Maria (.429) and the community John Peloro (.400) and Jesus Carrera (.333). By virtue of an agreement with the Turin club, fans will be able to follow the live broadcast of the two games by connecting to the Parma Baseball Facebook page. The race will be produced under the direction of Tommaso Benatti and with the technical support of Cristian Ferrari and Riccardo Natale. Comment entrusted to Luca Donelli.
In the group B, after the prohibitive but exciting debut on the pitch of Fortitudo Bologna, the Itas Mutua Baseball Softball Club Rovigo is ready for the first home match in the Serie A baseball championship. On Sunday on the diamond in via Vittorio Veneto, in the Tassina district, the Metalco Dragons of Castelfranco Veneto arrive for the double confrontation inserted in the second round of Group B. A Venetian derby that the rossoblùs face with high morale after the encouraging signals from the Bologna away match , net of the superiority of the famous opponents. However, coach Soto Diaz has to deal with some important defections that lead to revise tactics and rotations, especially on the pitch. Due to family reasons, the pitcher Halley, who arrived in Rovigo just a few weeks ago, had to return home to Aruba, an island in the Dutch Antilles. Fortunately Crepaldi is gradually recovering from the elbow problems that are affecting his start to the season and he will be part of the match. The receiver Salgado, on the other hand, raises the white flag, in the pits for at least two weeks due to a fracture in a phalanx reported in Bologna last weekend. Buin will also miss his home debut, stopped by a battered ankle. On balance, the absence of a pitcher for game two, scheduled for the afternoon at 15.30 (race one is scheduled at 11), will weigh above all. The goal of hitting the first seasonal success and moving the ranking is still within the reach of the Polesani. Castelfranco Veneto has just returned from the home draw against Padua and will rely above all on the potential of his first foreign pitcher. However, this is an opponent within the reach of Itas Mutua Rovigo, who will also try to assert the home factor to overcome the heavy absences.
There is “Gianni Falchi” on the road to San Marino Baseball in this second weekend of the championship group C. The historic Bolognese facility is the home of Longbridge, the team that started the championship by hitting a victory out of two in the Modena den. 10-2 for the Modenese in the first match, 11-5 for the Bolognese the second. In the first match, Campanella and Nanetti alternated on Mount Cantelli (loser), in the second Curvelo Navarro (winning, 6 innings) and Bortolotti (3 innings, salvation). A second inning of 6 points was decisive for the victory. The two matches between San Marino and Longbridge will be played tomorrow, Saturday 9 April. Race 1 at 3 pm, race 2 at 7 pm. “Head in the game and maximum concentration – says manager Doriano Bindi -. This is how we have to face Longbridge and all the teams. You have to show up on the pitch with the best approach to play good games. From the first to the last inning. Trying to increase our shape “. Starting throwers Luca Di Raffaele and Quevedo are expected. We will confirm the set-up of the first two games “
Home debut for Mediolanum New Rimini in its second Serie A championship. On Saturday the opponent will be Modena Baseball; competitions at 3.00 pm and 8.00 pm with free admission from the adjacent access to the restaurant. In the evening match, the first throw will start from the arm of Elio Gambuti, the unforgettable Rimini baseball champion. Important is the reopening of the municipal stadium in via Monaco, affected in recent months by the works carried out by the Municipality of Rimini. The venue, the scene of legendary Rimini baseball successes, then returns to host an official match. The opponent, Modena Baseball, is on paper the candidate together with Crocetta in contending with Godo for second place for access to the second phase towards the Scudetto. Last weekend they finished 1-1 against Longbridge Bologna, perhaps the most surprising result in group C. They are an experienced team, with many South American players and they were opponents of the Rimini team in the second phase of last season, 2-0 for Modena and 1-1 in the two weekends. Curiosity: two sons of art play with Modena, Carlito Infante and Julio Ventura. The first is the son of Carlos and the second son of Cyprian. Carlos Infante (born in 1981) on his debut played (last year he announced his retirement) in third base, Cipriano Ventura (born in 1965) is still on the mountain and launched 4.1 shots in the match against Longbridge. “Modena must be considered an important force in the group – says the Rimini manager Mike Romano – they are practically the same as last year and therefore we will find them in the top positions of the group. It’s up to us to put the pressure on them right away, tap into the whole lineup and show the improvements we work for. Of course, the match with the foreign pitcher will be more complicated but we must always stay inside the game and take advantage of every opportunity, making as few mistakes as possible. I am a bit excited to return to the stadium in via Monaco as manager of the Rimini team, I hope that many baseball friends will come to support us “. Alessandro Di Giacomo will start on the mound in race 1. Also in this weekend the rotations will depend on the progress of the race and will affect the start of race 2.
Finally, let’s talk about Godo, always in group C: the mission of Hort @ Baseball Godo continues on the third and fourth day of the first phase of the Serie A Baseball championship. Objective to be achieved and with their heads down during the weekend, the godesi will be in front of the opponents of Farma Crocetta BC Asd, who present themselves with respectable credentials. Even the Parma’s veterans from a winning double, against fearsome clubs like all those of the ducals, with a mountain reluctant to allow space, Godo cannot afford smudges, he must begin to smooth out the difficulties that the coaches have grasped in the first two meetings, concentrate and give it your all. As it should always be. Appealing transfer for “aficionados”: appointment at 3.30 pm and 8.30 pm on Saturday 9 April at the baseball field Stuard 1 Pol. Bellè – Madonna dell’Aiuto Str. 5 / A San Pancrazio (PR). For those unwilling or unable to travel, there is the possibility of direct streaming on the Youtube channel of the Farma Crocetta Baseball.
The program of the second round:
Group A: Campidonico Turin-Parma Clima, Ciemme Oltretorrente-Cagliari, Ecotherm Brescia-Platform TMC Poviglio, Settimo-Senago,
Group B: Camec Collecchio-NB Panthers Ronchi, Padua-Tecnovap Verona, Itas Mutua Rovigo-Metalco Dragons, Sultan Cervignano-UnipolSai Bologna
Group C: Mediolanum New Rimini-Modena, Longbridge-San Marino, Farma Crocetta-Hort @ Godo, CSA Torre Pedrera-Fontana Ermes Sala Baganza,
Group D: Nettuno 1945-Academy Orange Nettuno, Athletics Bologna-Spirulina Becagli Bbc Grosseto, Big Mat Bsc Grosseto-Hotsand Macerata.
Charts
Group A: Parma, Oltretorrente (2-0), 1000. Cagliari (1-0) 1000; Senago, Campidonico, Poviglio (1-1) 500, Settimo (0-2) 0.
Group B: UnipolSai Bologna, Collecchio (2-0) 1,000; Padua, Ronchi, Cervignano, Castellana (1-1) 500; Brescia (0-1), Verona and Rovigo (0-2) 0.
Group C: San Marino, Godo, Crocetta (2-0) 1.000; Modena and Longbridge (1-1) 500; Room; Rimini, Torre Pedrera, Sala Baganza (0-2) 0.
