NALB 2014 World Championship Series - Game 2

K. Fields
2015-10-14T19:17:53-04:00
Baseball

Game two of the 2014 World Championship Series featured two very successful starting pitchers. For the Slam, it was Katamor Eizan (13-8, 3.78 ERA). For the Knights, it was this season’s winningest pitcher, Ralph Kerfoot (21-5, 2.57 ERA).

Hooks Goetz singled in the first inning. He then scored all the way from first base when Alexis Schmidt hit a line drive double down the third base line. The Knights lead was short lived, however. The Slam took a 2-1 lead the next inning when catcher Steve Sheppard hit a 404 foot long ball. The Knights responded in the bottom half of the inning. A base on balls to Maurílio Godim got things started. Hits by Flavio Marquez and Alvino Flores scored a run. After another base on balls by Romeo Usquiano, a Blas Ramos single scored another run. Hooks Goetz batted in the third run of the inning on a sac fly to make it 4-2 Brooklyn. The Knights did more damage in the fifth. Schmidt led off the inning with a home run. Next, Yeh walked. Consecutive doubles by Godim, Marquez, and Florez added a pair of runs. Brooklyn’s lead was 7-2. Godim continued his fine game with a solo homer in the seventh. The Slam are a team that never quits, however. In the ninth, Kerfoot left after retiring a batter and giving up a hit. Richmond began a rally when Pyeong-kyu Pae went deep to left with a man on. Reliever Bruce MacOmish was replaced with Isaîas Alemán, who struck out one batter but walked two. Rigo Hurtado came on with two on and two out to halt the Slam’s comeback. Shimon Rhodes ripped a ball into the gap in right-center. It took a diving catch by Godim to end the game. After committing two errors in game one, the Knights looked excellent defensively. In addition to Godim’s great catch, Lariel Gómez made three amazing catches at shortstop. Brooklyn also turned two double plays.

Final score: Brooklyn 8, Richmond 4

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

W: R. Kerfoot
L: K. Eizan
S: R. Hurtado