NALB 2017 World Championship Series - Game 2

K. Fields
2018-09-29T15:20:01-04:00
Baseball

The game 2 starters were Lewis McGrew (13-10, 3.12 ERA) for the Wild and Darius Luxton (18-10, 3.73 ERA) for the Knights. Luxton had some struggles in the season down the stretch but he led the league in wins for the second season in a row.

Playing in place of an injured Flavio Marquez, Brooklyn’s second baseman Haden Leventon got the Knights on the scoreboard first with an RBI single in the second inning. The Wild quickly tied the game in the top of the third when Phil Murray hit a solo home run. In the top of the fifth, Murray struck again with his second solo homer of the game. Brooklyn’s home crowd erupted when Hooks Goetz tied the game at 2-2 with a homer in the sixth inning. After the sixth inning, both teams turned to their bullpens. On paper, this appeared to be a big advantage for the Knights. However, the Wild once again used their not-so-secret weapon, closer Matt Genge. The overworked reliever was spectacular, pitching scoreless eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh innings. He struck out five while only giving up one hit. The game ended in the twelfth inning when Lariel Gómez hit a walk off two-run home run over the left field wall.

The World Championship Series is now tied at one game apiece.

Final score: Brooklyn 4, Vancouver 2

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12   R  H  E
Vancouver    0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0  0  0  0   2  5  1
Brooklyn     0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0  0  0  2   4 11  1

W: X. Scaife
L: L. Sherston