NALB 2011 World Championship Series - Game 2

K. Fields
2012-10-31T18:09:04-04:00
Baseball

Jose Battista (16-10, 4.06 ERA) started game two for the Maples. The Knights started their ace, Ronaldo “Groove Thing” Mijangos (20-3, 2.20 ERA).

The starting pitchers were rocked early in game two. Mark Huff led off the game with a line drive double. Another three hits and a walk by the Maples hitters gave them a quick 3-0 lead over Mijangos and the Knights. Brooklyn roared back in the first with a six run flurry. Alexis Schmidt scored two runs on a double to right field. After Hsiao-lou Yeh blasted a three-run homer, Jose Battista was quickly pulled. The Stade bullpen had a long night ahead. Martin Swader added a solo home run and the Knights led 6-3 after one inning. Mijangos lasted through the sixth inning and didn’t give up another run. Meanwhile, the Maples’ relief pitchers cruised through the middle innings. The Knights appeared to put the game away in the eighth with back to back home runs. Flavio Marquez hit a two-run shot off of Brian Hanson and Swader hit a solo shot (his second of the game) off of Elbert Sullivan. Brooklyn took a 9-3 lead into bottom of the ninth inning. With Francisco Jimenez on the mound, the Maples started to mount a comeback. Red Valdez drew a base on balls and Mark Huff reached on a throwing error by Martin Swader. They both scored when Wei-qiang Goei hit a triple. The Knights replaced Jimenez with Bernard Gastelu. Gastelu promptly gave up a double to Travis Araoz and Brooklyn’s lead was down to three runs. Gastelu finished the game by striking out Shayne Kimpel and by coaxing a ground ball out of Leslie Hubbard.

Final score: Brooklyn 9, Stade 6

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R  H  E
Stade        3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3   6 12  0
Brooklyn     6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0   9  6  1

W: R. Mijangos
L: J. Battista