World Championship Game 2

K. Fields
2006-11-07T20:20:04-05:00
Baseball

The Brooklyn Knights faced the prospect of going down 0-2 if they could not win Game 2 of the World Championship Series. The pressure was placed on one of Brooklyn's ace starters, Dave Hambright. Joe Endicott was given the start for the Slam. Richmond was feeling good about achieving at least split in Brooklyn for the first two games. However, a two-game sweep would give them a lot of confidence heading back to Richmond for the rest of the Series.

As he did in Game 1, George Montgomery got the Slam on the board first with a solo home run in the top of the second. In the bottom half of the inning, Hooks Goetz and Dan Kelley drew two consecutive walks. The Knights were determined to play more aggressively than they did in Game 1 in which they failed to score a run. Goetz and Kelley successfully executed a double steal. Goetz scored the tying run on a Yale Burns ground out. In the fourth, Jeff Castino singled to lead off the inning for the Knights. With two outs and Castino on third base, Ted Pollet singled to score Castino. Ted Pollet later scored on a Gary Mccreery single to make it a 3-1 Brooklyn lead. Walt Suarez came on in relief for Endicott in the sixth. Ted Pollet doubled off of Suarez and later scored with some aggressive baserunning thanks to a Yale Burns single. The Knights extended their lead to 4-1. The bottom of the eighth started with a Castino double, his second hit of the game. The next batter was Hooks Goetz who promptly drilled the second pitch over the left field wall. His home run made it a 6-1 game. The Slam managed one run in the bottom of the ninth but failed in their comeback.

Final score: Brooklyn 6, Richmond 2