NALB 2010 World Championship Series - Game 2

K. Fields
2011-10-17T19:31:25-04:00
Baseball

Stade started 36 year old left-hander Luis Hesterfer (5-5, 4.91 ERA) in game two. Brooklyn had their young horse, 23 year old José Arisa (8-1, 1.79 ERA) on the mound.

The Maples wasted no time to get on the board. James Maguire singled and Travis Araoz followed up with a home run. Hooks Goetz homered for the Knights in the bottom half of the inning. The score stayed 2-1 until the sixth inning. Arisa struggled with his control for much of the game. He was able to work out of several jams, but it finally caught up to him. After a walk to Araoz and a single by Shayne Kimpel, Arisa walked Leslie Hubbard to load the bases. He struck out Rentería and was one out away from getting out of the inning when Gene Anson hit a bases-clearing triple. Down 5-1, Brooklyn came back in the sixth. Hesterfer suddenly couldn’t find the strike zone. He loaded the bases with three straight walks. Swader drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Michael Duhon doubled and Ted Pollet singled. The Knights were back in it, down by a score of 5-4. With Ed Winkleman pitching in the bottom of the eighth, the Knights took the lead for good. Alexis Schmidt and Michael Duhon both hit singles. Ted Pollet came through with a clutch line drive double to right-center field. Both runners scored to put Brooklyn ahead 6-5. Once again, Bernard Gastelu pitched the ninth and retired the Maples in order to get the save.

Final score: Brooklyn 6, Stade 5