Sunday, October 13, 2024, 3:56 p.m.
| Updated 8:41 p.m.
Goiuri Zabaleta and Noral Mendizabal have debuted their record this Sunday in the third edition of the Hiru Hiriburuak women’s baseball tournament. The best striker of the moment has left her mark, well accompanied by her partner, to beat Arraiza and Gaminde in a packed Ogueta fronton that was able to enjoy a final with two very different parts. That of Leitza and that of Andoain have thus put a brilliant finishing touch to the season.
The summit clash has measured the two most regular combinations of the championship that has been held in the three Basque capitals, and like previous editions has had a great response from spectators. Those who have dressed in blue, however, have managed to better manage everything that a duel of this nature entails and have recognized each other on the field from the first moments. Their rivals have paid dearly for a poor start, and when they wanted to react it was too late. They have managed to put pressure on their opponents, but they have not been able to generate the necessary doubts for the comeback to be complete.
The display that Zabaleta gave, especially in the first part of the match, was something to frame. At 15 years old, Leitza has known how to read the game perfectly and, in addition to helping her defender to relieve her of the workload that the Colorados have proposed, at the slightest opportunity she has had she has taken the game to The cheerful paintings and their quality in the finishing have done the rest. He has cut the ball well against the wall and has begun to add goals to his locker, in addition to generating many doubts with the serve to Gaminde.
With Mendizabal solid at the back and putting the ball in his hand well, the winners have gone 3-16 on the scoreboard, which has given them an incredible boost of confidence. But when it seemed that those of San Sebastián and Laukiz were beginning to falter, the reaction has arrived. The forward has taken a step forward to take the reins of the combination. He has taken risks and things have started to work out for him. Little by little he has managed to get Gaminde to recognize himself on the field and to be the defender who usually makes a difference.
Reassembled
They have managed to make Zabaleta lose prominence and Mendizabal has started to drop balls that he did not miss before. With a stroke of eight points they have begun to see the light. Arraiza has also been fine with the initial play and has opened angles with her right. In this way, they have reached four points (14-18) and have given some spice to the final. They came from the bottom up and were dangerous, but Leitza’s has resurfaced to put things in place. With a good left foot shot wide behind him he recovered the serve and with the first shot in the next goal they reached twenty.
Gaminde hit a drop shot to the house’s trademark point to get back into the match, but his partner committed two serve faults at the worst possible moment and the match was definitively lost.
In the match that opened the festival, Arrizabalaga and Erasun, with a performance from less to more, have managed to turn around a duel that did not start well and have won (18-9) over Salsamendi and Capellán. The one from Gernika did a lot of damage with the serve.
