NALB 2013 World Championship Series - Game 2

K. Fields
2014-10-07T20:25:13-04:00
Baseball

Game two featured a pitching matchup between Nashville’s Terrence Steinman (14-8, 4.98 ERA) and Key West’s Mario Torralbo (12-8, 2.67 ERA). Torralbo was one of League 2’s best pitchers. He led the league in ERA and was second in strikeouts.

The Corals hoped to even the series at a game apiece. They struck quickly with singles by Galicia, Porcayo, and Loy in the first inning to score the game’s first run. Catcher Dacey Rager slugged a home run for the Firecats in the third inning to tie the game. From there, the pitchers took over. Torralbo lasted into the sixth inning and Steinman pitched seven strong innings. Both bullpens held through nine and the game went into extra innings tied 1-1. The Corals sent closer Thornton Peters out to pitch the tenth inning. After giving up a single and an intentional walk, Peters threw a 1-1 fastball to Alfredo Herrán. Herrán responded by smashing it over the left field wall. After pitching the ninth inning for the Firecats, closer Gail Hernandez stayed on to pitch the tenth as well. Hernandez hit Matthew Loy with a pitch and then gave up a two run homer to Martin Trujillo. After almost blowing a 4-1 lead, Hernandez settled down and retired the next three batters with infield ground outs.

Final score: Nashville 4, Key West 3

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10   R  H  E
Nashville    0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0  3   4  9  0
Key West     1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  2   3  7  1

W: G. Hernandez
L: T. Peters