NALB 2005 Playoffs - League 1 Series

K. Fields
2006-11-05T17:43:00-05:00
Baseball

League 1 Series - Cornfield Axemen vs. Brooklyn Knights

Game 1: Brooklyn 5, Cornfield 2
Game 2: Cornfield 9, Brooklyn 4
Game 3: Brooklyn 7, Cornfield 5
Game 4: Cornfield 1, Brooklyn 0
Game 5: Brooklyn 10, Cornfield 5
Game 6: Brooklyn 6, Cornfield 5

The Knights won the first game behind strong pitching from Dave Hambright. In Game 2, they were up 4-0 through seven innings and on their way to another win. However, Brooklyn's relief pitching struggled mightily and surrendered a total of nine runs in the eighth inning to blow the lead. The Series moved to Cornfield for Game 3. Cornfield had a 4-3 lead going into the eighth inning but some late heroics by Brooklyn gave the Knights their second playoff win. Hap Bedford pitched a great Game 4 for the Axemen to lead Cornfield back into the series with a 1-0 shutout. Game 5 was a slugfest that featured 28 hits in all. The Knights' hitters did most of the damage, however, and brought home the win. Game 6 was back in Brooklyn and featured a showdown between two lefties, John Watkins and Fred Millard. The game was tied 2-2 when the Axemen broke things open in the ninth inning. They added two more runs and sent closer Joe Pendarvis to the mound to save the 4-2 lead. However, the Knights forced extra innings with a Detherage two-run home run. In the top of the tenth, Dee Fletcher hit his second home run of the game, a solo shot to deep left field. Brooklyn refused to yield. They came right back in the bottom of the inning with a Ted Pollet single. That was followed by a stolen base from pinch runner Andy Carpenter. A wild pitch sent him to third and he scored the tying run on Gary Mccreery's infield single. Mccreery moved to second base on a ground ball and scored the winning run on a Dick Moran double.

It was over. The Brooklyn Knights defeated the Cornfield Axemen four games to two in a wild playoff series.