NALB 2016 World Championship Series - Game 6

K. Fields
2017-09-27T12:50:54-04:00
Baseball

The World Championship Series returned to Brooklyn for Game 6. For the second time in the series, it was a showdown between starters Ronaldo Mijangos (14-5, 3.18 ERA) and Tony Tamayo (17-6, 3.57 ERA). The Brooklyn Knights and the Key West Corals will take the World Championship to a decisive 7th game. In a must-win situation today, the Knights beat the Corals 3-1 to force the series into what will essentially be a one-game playoff.

The game was widely expected to be a pitching duel and the two starters did not disappoint. Tamayo in particular was brilliant. He struck out the first six batters he faced. Through four innings, he had struck out eight. Unfortunately, he left the game in the fifth with an injury that is still awaiting a diagnosis. Brooklyn designated hitter Alexis Schmidt delivered in the bottom of the third inning for Brooklyn. With a runner on 1st in a scoreless game, the designated hitter hit a 2-run home run to left. The only other scoring came in the fifth inning. Álex Rodríguez drove in a run to bring the Corals to within a run of the Knights. In the bottom half of the inning, however, Brooklyn center fielder Romeo Usquiano drilled a line drive homer into the right field stands to give the Knights some breathing room. The Knights’ bullpen took care of the rest, refusing to give up any runs down the stretch.

Alexis Schmidt was named player of the game in the win after he went 1 for 2 with a home run and 2 walks, while adding 2 RBI and scoring once.

Final score: Brooklyn 3, Key West 1

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

W: R. Kiyomizu
L: R. Mijangos
S: J. Guillén