Tahko v Kempeleen



Hyvinkään Tahko v  Kempeleen Kiri

29th June 2019


Tahko looked to capitalise on JoMa’s loss to Jymy on Friday and close in on out of form KPL at third in the table. Unfortunately KeKi had a very different idea and were looking to lift themselves out of the lower half of the table, scrambling for survival.

In the first jakso Tahko got the first run on the broad after Teemu Rouhiainen scored on a wild throw. Tahko built on this adding 2 more runs from Juha Korhonen in the first and second innings, bringing home Lauri Vierimaa both times. KeKi did reduce the lead to just 1 run in the second and third innings with runs from Ossi Meriläinen and Marri Korhonen, but in the end Tahko managed to pull away and win the jakso 5-2.

In the second jakso KeKi came to bat with purpose and immediately put down a marker scoring twice in the first inning thanks to Jonne Luhtavaara. KeKi built on this in the second inning with 2 more runs from Marko Pelkonen and Matti Korhonen and a fifth run in the third inning from Ossi Meriläinen to leave Tahko a significant score to chase. Despite runs from Juha Korhonen in the third and Roni Wahl in the fourth, Tahko simply couldn’t overcome the early lead KeKi had built. A run from Matti Korhonen in the fourth gave KeKi a sixth run to truly bury Tahko and take the game to supervuoro.

Tahko batted first in the supervuoro, but Juha Korhonen couldn’t bring home Patrik Vartama or Teemu Nikkanen who were both out running from third to home. KeKi kept their momentum from the second jakso and scored the winning run without recording an out as Jani Lassila crossed the home base line from Marko Pelkonen’s hit. 

Tahko squandered their first jakso win, but the day belonged to KeKi who were moving lead runners at a rate of 59%. The result lifted KeKi to seventh in the table, who now lead the pack of teams trying to secure their place in Superpesis next season.

Score - 1-2s (5-2, 2-6, 0-1) to Kempeleen
Stats -  https://pesislive.fi/#gamePage?id=2tieZQ 
Up next for Tahko - Koskenkorva (02.07.2019)
Up next for Kempeleen - KPL (30.06.2019)

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