Manse PP and Seinäjoki Maila-Jussit, who are at the top of the league table, met in Tampere. Batter joker Aino-Kaisa Mantere secured his position at the top of the batting statistics.
The only match of the day in the Women’s Superpesis was a battle for the top, when Seinäjoki Maila-Jussit played as a guest of Manse PP in Tampere. Maila-Jussit won the match in periods 2–0 (0–2, 5–6).
Despite their second loss of the season, Manse PP is still at the top of the league table, but SMJ, which is second, is one point away from Tampere, who have played one less match, with their win.
SMJ secured the victory in the opening period Aino-Kaisa to the continent with punches. In the first inning, the joker, who holds the top spot in the batting statistics, homered Liinu Turpelanwhen Manse PP locker Venla Tanhua couldn’t scoop up the ball thrown to him in his flipper. On Manteree’s tying hit in the third, he ran home Maiju Mäntylä. Manse didn’t get a run account open before the break.
The visitors also started the second period strongly, and SMJ jumped out to a three-run lead in the first inning. First Anni Laakso returned home Susanna Ojalan and Liinu Turpelanand moments later Laakso himself brought in a run for Mantere with a triple.
The home team responded to this immediately, when the 17-year-old playing his debut season in Superpesis Lilli Mäkelä hit the ball into the landscape and scored his first goal at the major league level. At the same time, he also ran home Saga-Angelia Raudasoja.
In the next inning, the visiting team increased their lead again with three runs, one of which was a walk Anna Honkala municipality. As the period progressed, the home team scored with a deflection, a clearance and Anna Lower-Kauhaluoman with the mayor running to the end, but SMJ’s lead lasted until the end and the visitors were able to celebrate their 13th win of the season.