NALB 2018 World Championship Series - Game 1

K. Fields
2019-10-06T13:28:33-04:00
Baseball

The Brooklyn Knights (119-43) are playing in the World Championship Series for the fifth straight season. The defending champs hope to add a third consecutive title this year. Standing in the Knights' way is the Stade Maples (96-67). This is the sixth WCS appearance for the Maples and their first since 2011.

Fresh off his MVP performance in the League 2 Series, Pete Porter put on another show. The 35-year-old Stade first baseman blasted Brooklyn Knights' pitching in game 1 of the World Championship Series, taking player of the game honors. Porter was 2-4 with 2 home runs. He drove in 5 runs and scored twice as the Maples took the 8-4 win. With it, Stade holds a 1-0 lead in the best-of-7 series.

In the top of the first, Porter pounced on a 0-1 fastball from Tony Tamayo and hit a grand slam home run. It put Stade on top, 4-0. Down 7-1 going into the eighth inning, the Knights staged a modest comeback. Despite scoring three runs late in the game, the deficit was too much to overcome. The Knights were on their heels for most of the game as Maples' ace Tyler Stivers (16-9, 2.44 ERA) befuddled Brooklyn's hitters across seven innings. Tony Tamayo (13-7, 2.99 ERA) was far less effective with six earned runs, three hit batsmen, and a wild pitch.

Final score: Stade 8, Brooklyn 4

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R  H  E
Stade        4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1   8 11  0
Brooklyn     0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1   4 11  2

W: T. Stivers
L: T. Tamayo