NALB - 2023 World Championship Series Game 3

K. Fields
2023-09-19T13:48:25-04:00
Baseball

Game three was a heavyweight matchup of pitching aces—the Knights' Tony Tamayo (17-5, 2.47 ERA) vs. the Wild's Rey Alvarado (23-4, 1.87 ERA).

The game was scoreless through four innings. Heading into the fifth, Alvarado had given up a mere two hits while Tamayo was pitching a no-hitter. The Vancouver Wild came alive, however, with consecutive hits by James, Gustamante, and Geddes to score the game's first run. Just when it looked like Tamayo would limit the damage, Codie Laton hit a two-out triple, which scored two runs. The Knights responded in the top of the sixth. After Ramos singled, catcher Nick Koche doubled to give Brooklyn its first run. In the bottom of the sixth, catcher Morris Brown blasted a solo homer to extend the Wild's lead to 4-1. The Knights showed some life in the eighth inning when Shimohira doubled off of closer Joe Farrell and later scored. That was all Brooklyn could manage, however. Farrell closed out the ninth to save the win.

Final score: Vancouver 4, Brooklyn 2

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

W: T. Tamayo
L: R. Alvarado
S: J. Farrell

Player of the game: Rey Alvarado