NALB - 2023 World Championship Series Game 5

K. Fields
2023-09-21T13:24:26-04:00
Baseball

Game five was the final game in Vancouver. Up 3-1, the Wild desperately wanted to win the Championship at home. Standing in their way was Knights' starter Marcos Delgadillo (17-6, 2.02 ERA). The Wild felt good with Anastasio Urbáez (13-15, 3.22 ERA) on the mound. Urbáez had looked sharp in the playoffs with a 2-0 record.

The Knights' offense had been anemic in the World Championship Series. In game five, however, Brooklyn wanted to score early with aggressive hitting. They did exactly that. With two outs in the first inning, Dick Gosden singled. Nick Koche followed with another single and Don Hartz drew a walk. With the bases loaded, Ramone Alconer drove a ball deep to center field. It initially looked like a grand slam but fell just short of the wall. Alconer settled for a bases clearing double that put the Knights up 3-0. The game quickly turned into a pitcher's duel. Delgadillo pitched six shutout innings and Urbáez pitched into the seventh. In the eighth inning, Fernando Chira hit a solo home run over the right field wall to give the Wild some life. Knights' closer Ken Hannah pitched a clean ninth, however, and dashed Vancouver's hope for a comeback.

The WCS heads back to Brooklyn with the Wild up three games to two.

Final score: Brooklyn 3, Vancouver 1

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

W: M. Delgadillo
L: A. Urbáez
S: K. Hannah

Player of the game: Marcos Delgadillo