NALB 2016 World Championship Series - Game 3

K. Fields
2017-09-24T11:36:57-04:00
Baseball

The Corals looked forward to playing Game 3 in Key West. At home, they had starter Jesús Martínez (12-8, 3.71 ERA) on the mound. The Knights elected to start Darius Luxton (20-6, 3.31 ERA), the league leader in pitching wins. Jesús Martínez pitched a gem to help the Key West Corals escape with a tight 2-1 victory over the Brooklyn Knights in a low-scoring World Championship contest. The right-handed Martínez threw 7 innings of shutout ball in the win, just enough for the Corals on a day when their offense dried up. Key West now leads the best-of-7 series 2-1.

Martínez was in the zone all game. He frustrated Brooklyn hitters while giving the Corals 7 innings of quality work. Martínez threw 106 pitches, allowing 2 hits and getting 5 punchouts.

Final score: Key West 2, Brooklyn 1

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R  H  E
Brooklyn     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0   1  3  0
Key West     0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0   2  5  1

W: J. Martínez
L: D. Luxton
S: J. Everitt