NALB 2013 World Championship Series - Game 5

K. Fields
2014-10-10T18:26:31-04:00
Baseball

In game five, the Corals brought back their game one starter, Whitney Sanders. Up three games to one, the Firecats looked to win the championship in its final home game of the series. They named Terrence Steinman as the starter, who last pitched in game two.

Things got off to a rocky start for the Firecats. Steinman gave up a two run home run to Roy Dabbs in the first inning. A Matthew Loy RBI double added another run in the third. The Corals scored four more runs in the fourth and the outcome appeared to be all but certain. Dave Groot had the big hit of the inning with a bases clearing triple. Down 7-0, Nashville showed life in the fifth. Dan Kelly’s three run homer keyed a four run inning for the Firecats. Unfortunately for Nashville, they had few answers for Key West’s bats. Dave Groot went deep in the sixth to put the Corals up 8-4. Both teams scored a run in the seventh. They traded solo home runs in the eighth, first by Matthew Loy and then by Nashville’s Dacey Rager. Also of note, Martin Trujillo and Percy Martinez were ejected in the eighth inning for igniting a bench-clearing brawl. In a game with 32 hits, the Corals made more of their opportunities to win 10-6.

Final score: Key West 10, Nashville 6

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R  H  E
Key West     2 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 0  10 18  1
Nashville    0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0   6 14  2

W: W. Sanders
L: T. Steinman