NALB 2015 World Championship Series - Game 4

K. Fields
2016-10-08T13:49:04-04:00
Baseball

Down two games to one, this was a critical home game for the Key West Corals. The start fell to Whitney Sanders (10-10, 3.92 ERA), who won his last playoff outing for the Corals. The Knights had Aaron Patterson (11-7, 4.26 ERA) on the mound. Patterson saved Brooklyn from elimination in the League 1 Series when he pitched a gem against the Nashville Firecats.

Game four was a classic pitchers’ duel. There were only five hits between both teams. The Corals had but two hits but they were both home runs. Adelmo Porcayo hit the first homer in the second inning and Marvin Hearn added the second one in the fifth inning. Things looked secure for the Corals when superstar closer Almandeto Trillio (5-4, 48 SV, 1.73 ERA) came in to pitch the ninth with a 2-0 lead. The Knights made it interesting, however. After striking out the first two batters, Trillio walked Hsiao-lou Yeh and gave up a single to Ángel Santago. Yeh scored when second baseman Marvin Hearn committed an error, his second of the game. Flavio Marquez drew a walk to load the bases. Brooklyn’s comeback ended when Carlos Cardenas grounded out to the shortstop. The World Championship Series is now tied at two games apiece.

Final score: Key West 2, Brooklyn 1

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

W: W. Sanders
L: A. Patterson
S: A. Trillio