NALB - 2024 World Championship Series Game 6

K. Fields
2024-09-30T19:04:00-04:00
Baseball

It was Sosuke Nakamura (1-4, 2.91 ERA) vs. Dan Courtlandt (16-6, 3.63 ERA) as the starters for game six. This was a pitching rematch of game two. The Knights had their backs to the wall down three games to two in this must win game. For the Maples, this was a chance to clinch their second World Championship in three seasons.

Nakamura and Courtlandt both looked good. Neither surrendered any runs. Courtlandt pitched five impressive innings while Nakamura pitched six. Things broke open in the sixth inning, however. With Pat Johnstone on the mound, Knights' shortstop Frank Brunson committed a throwing error, which allowed Kurt Johnson to reach first base. Ramiro Vázquez doubled to score Johnson. Lorenzo Torres and Ken MacEachern followed with doubles of their own and Stade had a 3-0 lead. In the top of the seventh, the Maples had a pair of base runners. The Knights called for closer Ken Hannah to try and limit the damage. Hannah struck out two batters before facing Ramiro Vázquez. A passed ball advanced the runners and then Vázquez doubled to score two more runs. The Maples lead was 5-0, which was the game's final score.

Perhaps the most improbable of champions, the Stade Maples did it again by winning the 2024 World Championship Series.

Final score: Stade 5, Brooklyn 0

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

W: S. Nakamura
L: P. Johnstone

Player of the game: Sosuke Nakamura