NALB 2015 World Championship Series - Game 2

K. Fields
2016-10-06T19:43:11-04:00
Baseball

The Corals and Knights played the second game of the 2015 World Championship Series in Brooklyn. The Knights looked to Jose Arisa (18-6, 4.13 ERA) to help even the series. The Corals started Jesús Martínez(15-7, 3.46 ERA) and looked forward to the possibility of returning home up two games to none.

For the second straight game, there was scoring in the first inning. This time, however, it was the Brooklyn Knights’ turn. Blas Ramos led off with a triple and later scored on a wild pitch. The Corals’ power was on display again in game two. Right fielder Cipriano Delgudo hit a two run homer in the second to put Key West ahead. Adelmo Porcayo hit another home run in the third and the Corals had a 3-1 lead. Martínez couldn’t find the strike zone in the fourth inning. He gave up three walks, two singles, and hit a batter. It ended up a three run inning as Brooklyn took back its lead. With Miguel Catarino pitching for the Corals in the sixth, the Knights strung together a series of singles to score two more runs. Key West got its third homer of the game in the seventh when Matthew Loy hit an inside the park home run. The Brooklyn bullpen closed out the game with Kiyomizu in the eighth and Clark in the ninth. The only downside for the Knights was an injury to star right fielder Maurílio Godim. He strained an oblique muscle while making an amazing sliding catch. The injury will keep him out for the rest of the series.

Final score: Brooklyn 6, Key West 4

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

W: J. Arisa
L: J. Martínez
S: B. Clark