NALB 2012 World Championship Series - Game 3

K. Fields
2013-09-16T19:37:21-04:00
Baseball

The World Championship Series moved to Richmond for game three. The pitching matchup was Bob Wiesner (7-3, 4.78 ERA) for the Knights against Joe Lehr (9-19, 6.34 ERA) for the Slam.

Both pitchers pitched quality starts in game three. Bob Wiesner was a bit shaky early on, however. He gave up three singles and a walk in the first inning, which led to two runs. After a leadoff double by Edmundo Ovelha in the bottom of the third, Yuan Li brought him home with a sacrifice fly. After the third inning, Wiesner settled in and did not surrender any more runs. Joe Lehr pitched with confidence and put up seven straight scoreless innings. The Knights broke through in the eighth when Hooks Goetz hit a two run homer to bring his team to within one run. The Slam sent in their closer, Benny Alazardo, to get the save in the ninth. He walked Angel Santago to start the inning. Carl Gwinn reached safely when Yuan Li made an error at first base. With runners on second and third, the Knights brought catcher William Garner in to pinch hit. Garner hit a hard grounder to the shortstop and failed to drive in the run. Alazardo proceeded to walk Kid Detherage to load the bases. Pinch hitting for the pitcher, Martin Swader came in and struck out on three pitches. Down to their last out, Brooklyn’s hopes rested on Lariel Gómez. Gomez grounded to third. Héctor De Echevarría made a wild throw to first and two runs scored. Bernard Gastelu pitched the ninth and got the save for the Knights.

Final score: Brooklyn 4, Richmond 3

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

W: C. Hatton
L: B. Alazardo
S: B. Gastelu