In the women’s Superpesis, Manse PP beat Lapua Virkiä for the third time and advanced to the finals against Pori Pesäkarhuja. In the men, Vimpel’s Veto and Sotkamon’s Jymy took a 2–1 lead with victories in the semi-final series.
The women of Lapua Virkiä fell in the semi-final series with their boots on. In a tight baseball thriller, Manse PP was able to get its third and decisive victory against Lapland on the away field, while in the relegation race, finishing the second Siri School hit the decisive Saga-Angelia Raudasojan the winning run brought by
– It feels really good! The home crowd is always awake here, and we have a tougher than usual one in Lapua. The opponent also played better than in Saturday’s third semi-final. It was difficult at times, but we struggled from there. However, I would say that we needed the “practice” of that homecoming race with the finals in mind. This is good to go against Pesäkarhu, said Manse PP’s hero Eskola.
For Manse PP, the battle victory came from Virkiä on Sunday with 2–1 (2–5, 8–4, s2–2, k3–2). The final place went to Tampere with a 3–1 victory. The medal secured for Manselle is the fourth in a row. Virki, on the other hand, is playing in the bronze match for the seventh time in a row.
In the opening period, Virkiä’s stick handle improved Emma Kiviniemiwho gave up three runs in two innings.
In the second period, the game turned to Manse, when Virpi Hukka hit a home run and three consecutive runs, with which the guests rose from a 1–2 loss to a 4–2 lead. In the take-out competition, Eskola succeeded in his shots by finishing both the first and the second.
My locker is fresh Anni Heikkilä admitted that it’s quite a bummer after a good fight.
– We came really well to this match. Even in the super inning, we scored two runs, but then with a stray throw and a booth lift, we gave the guy (Manse PP) two runs. It was given up, but overall it was better going forward, Heikkilä frankly admitted.
Roihuttaret from Helsinki is just one win away from renewing their place in the main league. Oulun Lippo, which is seeking promotion, lost Sunday’s meeting in Raksila 0–2 (2–4, 1–5). Roihuttaret, who are leading the match series with a 2-0 win, will have the series break at their home field for Saturday.
Roope Korhonen is Jymy’s savior again
Men’s Superpesis regular season runner-up Sotkamon Jymy was in big trouble on Sunday in the third semi-final meeting as the host of Kempeleen Kiri.
The joker once again became the savior of the people of Kainuu Roope Korhonen, who withstood the pressure situations, hitting the winning run of the second period and the match to 2–1 (4–6, 6–5, 1–0). Jymy, who is leading the series 2-1, has a place in the finals of the WC on Tuesday in Kempelee.
– We were able to reset our number of errors very well. A sufficient number of blows were directed at the targets of the pressure. Räpylä has leaked on both teams, acknowledged Jymy’s fan Mikko Kuosmanen for STT.
– We couldn’t hold a flipper, summed up KeK’s game director Petri Tuuva.
Vimpelin Veto, who won the regular season, overcame a three-run deficit in the opening period to win over Manse PP 1–0 (4–4, 5–3). ViVe leads in victories 2–1, so the place in the final is on the line for them on Tuesday in Tampere.
Ex-bettor Henri Puputti led Mansen to a 4–1 lead in the second inning with his second-inning shot, but Veto pushed the period scores to level.
In the second period, Veto was saved by the same men who brought the team to level at the end of the opening period. Jokers Jukka-Pekka Vainionpää and Janne Mäkelä mixed Matias Rinta-aho hit the running man one after the other, discouraging Mansen.
Kankaanpää’s Maila, trying to advance in the Superpesis qualifying matches, evened the match wins to 1–1 after beating Alajärvi Ankkurit 2–1 (4–5, 2–1, 0–0, 3–1).