NALB - 2025 World Championship Series Game 3

K. Fields
2025-09-17T10:20:36-04:00
Baseball

Game three featured a pair of elite starting pitchers—Brooklyn's James McKinning (13-3, 2.56 ERA) and Stade's Renato Balcazar (14-7, 2.08 ERA).

The Knights got a couple of hits in the first inning that led to two runs. Third baseman Dave Crayton smashed a solo home run in the second inning to make it 3-0 Brooklyn. The Maples came right back, however. In the bottom of the second, a walk and three singles scored three runs. Stade added another run for a 4-3 lead. That was how the scored remained until the ninth. The Knights tied the game thanks to a solo homer by Clement Barrows. Brooklyn's excitement was short-lived. With one man on base, Alfredo Germán came on to pinch hit in the bottom half of the inning. He crushed a walk-off home run to win the game.

Final score: Stade 6, Brooklyn 4

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R  H  E
Brooklyn     2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1   4  6  0
Stade        0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2   6 10  0

W: B. Sarzoza
L: P. Johnstone

Player of the game: Renato Balcazar