NALB - 2023 World Championship Series Game 6

K. Fields
2023-09-22T10:51:36-04:00
Baseball

The World Championship Series returned to Brooklyn for game six. The starters were the same as in game two, Rudolph Carpoza (14-9, 3.71 ERA) and Aaron Patterson (9-8, 3.16 ERA). The Knights prevailed in that game 2-1 although neither starter got the decision.

The Wild wasted no time getting started in this one. Leadoff hitter Codie Laton singled and Rubén Viladina followed with a single as well. Laton made a daring steal of third base and Morris Brown batted him in for a quick 1-0 lead. The Knights countered with a two out rally in the bottom of the first inning. After back to back singles by Nick Koche and Dick Gosden, Ramon Alconer crushed a three-run home run to center field. In the bottom of the third, the Knights struck again with another three-run homer. This time, it was couttesy of shortstop Frank Brunson. A triple by Joe Geddes in the top of the fourth scored Fernando Chira. Geddes later scored on a single by Codie Laton. The Wild narrowed the deficit to 8-3. Brooklyn's relief pitching took them the rest of the way, however. Takanobu Kishita and James McKinning provided scoreless long relief the rest of the way.

The Brooklyn Knights and the Vancouver Wild will take the World Championship to a decisive seventh game.

Final score: Brooklyn 8, Vancouver 3

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

W: T. Kishita
L: R. Carpoza

Player of the game: Ramone Alconer