NALB 2014 World Championship Series - Game 4

K. Fields
2015-10-17T13:44:48-04:00
Baseball

Richmond led the Series 2-1 going into game four. Because of the injury to starter Ronaldo Mijangos in the League 1 Series, the Knights turned to Juan Fuentes (4-3, 3.84 ERA). The 25 year old with the blazing 100+ mph fastball was under a lot of pressure pitching on the road in his first playoff game. The Slam hoped to get a solid performance out of Taiwanese starter Chun-Hua Zhou (12-9, 4.45 ERA).

Both pitchers looked good early on. However, the Knights broke out against Zhou in the third with two runs. They followed up with three runs in the fourth. Blas Ramos surprised everyone when he took Zhou deep for a two run homer. Ramos had only hit four home runs all season. The Slam finally managed to score of off Fuentes in the fifth inning. They trailed 5-1 but were happy to see Fuentes taken out in the sixth inning. The Slam challenged the Knights relievers and they started to find some success at the plate. Runs in the seventh and eighth innings trimmed the lead to 5-3. After Pyeong-kyu Pae doubled in the ninth, the Slam brought the tying run to the plate against Knights closer Bris Clark. Pae was stranded on second as the Knights held on to tie the Series.

Final score: Brooklyn 5, Richmond 3

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R  H  E
Brooklyn     0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0   5  5  1
Richmond     0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0   3 11  1

W: J. Fuentes
L: C. Zhou
S: B. Clark