NALB 2007 World Championship Series - Game 4

K. Fields
2008-11-13T19:04:03-05:00
Baseball

The Stade Maples knew the World Championship might slip away from them if they couldn’t win game 4. There was a lot of pressure on their starter, Luis Hesterfer. The Knights turned to 25 year old pitcher Omar Cambra, acquired this season in a trade with the Las Vegas Luck.

The game opened with an offensive burst by the Knights. They scored five runs in the first thanks to an error by Hesterfer and back to back home runs by Kid Detherage and Michael Duhon. Brooklyn quickly let Stade back into the game in the bottom half of the inning. Hooks Goetz bobbled dropped an infield grounder that should have been a double play. The Maples took advantage and scored three runs. Cambra was wild in the second inning. He gave up a home run to Shayne Kimpel and a pair of base on balls. The Maples scored three more runs and took a 6-5 lead. With Rip Sukeforth pitching in the fourth, Travis “the Beast” Araoz blasted a solo homer to right-center field for the Maples. Knights’ pitching was helpless against the red hot Maples’ bats. Stade added a run in the fifth and four more runs in the sixth inning. The four runs were courtesy of Leslie Hubbard’s solo home run and a three run homer by Russ Booles. In the seventh inning, Brooklyn tried to mount a significant comeback. The Knights scored two runs but blew a prime opportunity with bases loaded and only one out. Bert Smith induced a pop-up and a ground ball to the shortstop to get out of the inning without any further damage. The score was 12-7 and that was how the game ended. The World Championship Series is now tied 2-2.

Final score: Stade 12, Brooklyn 7