NALB 2008 World Championship Series - Game 5

K. Fields
2009-10-30T19:05:49-04:00
Baseball

Game 5 is usually a pivotal game in any series. That was certainly the case here with the World Championship Series tied at two games apiece. Bernard Gastelu (11-5, 3.55 ERA) started for the Brooklyn Knights. Mike Conigliaro (13-10, 3.67 ERA) looked great in his game 2 start against the Knights and was back to start game 5.

The Wild wasted no time with their bats in this one. Jack Wills and Marty Hunter started the bottom of the first inning with singles. Wills scored on a balk by Gastelu. Batting Champ Pat Greene followed with a two run homer over the wall in left-center field. The Knights came back in the second inning and scored off of a wild pitch. Gastelu continued to struggle in the second. He gave up another two run home run, this time to Jack Wills. Three singles from the Brooklyn hitters added to the scoring in the third. A slugfest was underway. The Knights were chipping away while the Wild kept scoring with the long ball. Feared slugger Jason Walton hammered a Gastelu fastball deep over the centerfield wall to put Vancouver up 6-3. Brooklyn kept the pressure on by scoring in the fifth and sixth innings. Mccreery’s solo homer in the sixth brought the Knights to within one run, 6-5. The Wild added one more in the bottom half of the inning to keep their lead at two runs.

The deciding blow for Vancouver came in the seventh, again by the home run. Jason Walton went deep for the second time in the game, scoring another two runs.

Final score: Vancouver 9, Brooklyn 5