In the Men’s Super Nest, Hyvinkää’s Tahko beat Seinäjoki’s JymyJussitj and Hamina’s Balloliijat defeated Alajärvi’s Ankkurit.
The men’s Superpesis jumbo battle between Hamina Palloilije and Alajärvi Ankkuri ended on Wednesday with a 1–0 (2–2, 6–5) home win for the orange shirts, so HP romped to AA’s jumbo place two points behind.
The heroes of the final moments of the opening period were the winners in HP’s away game Teemu Rouhiainen Kouvola’s Ballonlöjien loan player who played in his diving booth and made his major league debut as a forward Akseli Pitkänen18.
Pitkänen received the game ball as a souvenir after hitting the opening run of the second period with a placement in the triple trap. In the second period, two kunnars (2+1) beat HP’s savior Antti Kortteenperä (at 12/12), whose breakthroughs bounced into the scenery from the triple header and the second overtime.
Hyvinkää’s Tahko kept its chances for the upper final series formed by the top seven by beating Seinäjoki’s Jymy-Jussit 1–0 (2–2, 2–1) in Pihkala.
The visitors led the opening inning with two runs. They were acknowledged by Tahko’s runs Juha Niemi and brought Jesse Eskelinen. In the second period, Tahko’s hero had scored two runs worth two runs in the last third in a two-run situation Santtu Patova.
– Fortunately, Jymy-Jussit was kept in few situations in the away game, summed up Tahko’s locker Petteri Alanen.
In the Women’s Superpesis Illa matches, Mailattaret beat Kirittäret 1–0 (5–3, 1–1) and Pesäkarhut defeated HP 1–0 (3–2, 1–1).