NALB 2016 World Championship Series - Game 4

K. Fields
2017-09-25T10:44:00-04:00
Baseball

On the road and down 2-1 in the series, the Brooklyn Knights needed a win. They pinned their hopes on rookie starter Alex Mobley (14-7, 4.97 ERA), a right-hander with a hard cutter in his pitching arsenal. 30 year old Venezuelan Marcos Amaya (8-9, 3.63 ERA) was named the Game 4 starter for Key West. Amaya began the season with the Dayton Grizzlies but was traded to the Corals on July 26 for shortstop Martin Swader.

Brooklyn batters were more aggressive at the plate than they were in Game 3. After Romeo Usquiano led off with a double to start the game, Lariel Gómez hit a home run to put the Knights on top 2-0. In the bottom of the inning, the Corals cut that lead in half when a sacrifice fly from Rene Hounsell scored a run. The key to the game came in the top of the fifth, however. The Knights scored five runs thanks to a walk and four straight hits. The last two hits did the most damage as Ángel Santago hit a three run homer and Hooks Goetz followed with a solo blast to left.

The Brooklyn Knights went on to defeat the Key West Corals, 7-3. Earning player of the game honors was left fielder Ángel Santago, who went 3 for 4 with a home run and 2 singles. He drove in 3 runs and scored once. The win moves Brooklyn into a 2-2 tie with Key West in the series.

Final score: Brooklyn 7, Key West 3

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

W: R. Kiyomizu
L: M. Amaya