NALB 2013 World Championship Series - Game 7

K. Fields
2014-10-12T13:34:09-04:00
Baseball

The 2013 NALB World Championship Series had been filled with drama. The Firecats and the Corals split the first six games to force a decisive game seven. The pitching duel was a good one with Nashville’s Fred Millard matched up against Key West’s William Constable.

A team had scored in the first inning of the previous six games. This game was no different. The Firecats jumped on Constable early. Jim Stoneman singled to start the game and then scored on a Dacey Rager double. Veteran lefty Fred Millard failed to hold Nashville’s lead for long. In the bottom of the first, Roy Dabbs and Adelmo Porcayo got on base and left fielder Alonso Martucci came to the plate. Martucci hit a ball to right field which just cleared the fence. The Corals led 3-1. Both starters settled in and pitched scoreless innings through the sixth. With two out In the seventh inning, Roy Dabbs batted in Alex Sestiaga for another Corals run. Millard left the game and turned things over to the Firecats bullpen. The score remained 4-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth. The Corals and their fans could taste the franchise’s first championship. Almendeto Trujillo was called on to close out the game. He gave up a single to Pete Chavez but came back and struck out Sancho Alguirre. Then Raúl Mendoza singled and sent Chavez to third. A ground out by Smoky Wortman scored Pete Chavez. Representing the tying run, Mauro Chávez came to the plate. He went down looking on a 2-2 fastball.

Final score: Key West 4, Nashville 2

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

W: W. Constable
L: F. Millard
S: A. Trillio