NLDS Game 5: Fleetwood at Parkland

Game 5 - Fleetwood at Parkland
Zack Greinke (24-5, 2.70 ERA) vs. Chase Anderson (5-7, 5.91 ERA)

With the series tied 2 games apiece, Parkland looked to take Game 5 at home before the series headed back to Fleetwood. But to do so, the Green would have to defeat Fleetwood ace Zack Greinke.

David Murphy RBI single in 1st

Somewhat amazingly, Parkland scored the first run of the game for the 5th time in 5 games. The Green did so in the 1st inning via a Melky Cabrera double and a Daniel Murphy RBI single.

Fleetwood gained that run back in the 3rd inning after a lead-off double by Kevin Kiermaier and a shocking 2-base error by Parkland center fielder Lorenzo Cain against Fleetwood's Ian Kinsler. Fleetwood then took a 2-1 lead in that same inning on a Justin Turner sacrifice fly.

Parkland answered back in the bottom of the 4th when Greinke exhibited a rare wild spell. He walked the first two batters of the inning, and then hit Yasmani Grandal with a pitch after a Francisco Lindor sacrifice bunt. Cain quickly followed with a sacrifice fly, tying the game at 2-2 through 4 innings.

In the top of the 6th inning, Carlos Correa quickly untied the game with a moonshot home run against Parkland relief pitcher Alex Colome. And then in the 7th inning, Fleetwood added 2 more runs on back-to-back solo homers by Mike Trout and Justin Turner. The Walkers suddenly had a 6-2 lead.

In the bottom of the same 7th inning, Parkland's Jose Bautista hit a solo home run of his own to cut Fleetwood's lead to 6-3.

Miguel Cabrera grand slam in 9th inning

Neither team plated a run in the 8th. In the 9th, Fleetwood mounted a quick threat with a lead-off walk to Kinsler followed by a double to Mike Trout. Parkland then decided to intentionally walk Justin Turner to set up a double play. But in doing so, they loaded the bases for Fleetwood cleanup hitter Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera made them pay by smacking a Grand Slam to deep center field.

Cabrera's slam made the score Fleetwood 10, Parkland 3. And, after the Green failed to plate a run in the bottom of the 9th, that would prove to be the final score. Fleetwood now headed home with a 3-2 series lead.

Final score: Fleetwood 10, Parkland 3.

W: Zack Greinke (1-0)
L: Alex Colome (0-1)
SV: None
HR: Mike Trout (1), Justin Turner (1), Miguel Cabrera (2), Carlos Correa (1), Jose Bautista (2).

Fleetwood leads series 3-2.

BOXSCORE: 2016 Fleetwood Walkers At 2016 Parkland Green            10/13/2016

  Walkers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Green              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  I.Kinsler 2B        4  2  0  0 .235     L.Cain CF           4  0  1  1 .174  
  M.Trout RF          5  2  3  1 .208     M.Cabrera LF        5  1  1  0 .136  
  J.Turner 3B         3  2  1  2 .235     J.Votto 1B          3  0  0  0 .333  
  M.Cabrera 1B        5  2  2  4 .250     J.Bautista RF       4  1  1  1 .167  
  C.Correa SS         5  1  2  2 .333     D.Murphy DH         4  0  2  1 .400  
  C.Coghlan DH        1  0  0  0 .429     B.Zobrist 2B        3  1  0  0 .400  
A-D.Wright PH,DH      1  0  1  0 .500     L.Valbuena 3B       2  0  0  0 .000  
B-J.Smoak PH          0  0  0  0 .000     F.Lindor SS         3  0  1  0 .211  
C-T.Pham PR,DH        1  0  0  0 .200     Y.Grandal C         2  0  0  0 .222  
  M.Betts LF          4  0  1  0 .150   D-K.Davis PH          1  0  0  0 .063  
  F.Cervelli C        4  0  1  0 .385   E-M.Zunino C          0  0  0  0 .143  
  K.Kiermaier CF      3  1  1  0 .333                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36 10 12  9                 Totals      31  3  6  3

A-Pinch Hit For Coghlan In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Wright In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Smoak In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Grandal In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Davis In 9th Inning

Walkers......... 0 0 2  0 0 2  2 0 4  - 10 12  1
Green........... 1 0 0  1 0 0  1 0 0  -  3  6  1

Walkers (3-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
Z.Greinke WIN(1-0)        8       6   3   3   5   6   1   3.95
C.Capps                   1       0   0   0   0   2   0   0.00
Totals                    9       6   3   3   5   8   1

Green (2-3)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Anderson                3 2/3   3   2   0   2   1   0   0.00
A.Colome LOSS(0-1)        1 1/3   2   2   2   1   1   1  10.13
B.Finnegan                2       4   2   2   0   1   2  15.00
G.Holland                 1       2   2   2   2   1   0  19.29
J.Papelbon                0 1/3   1   2   2   1   0   1  10.80
S.Geltz                   0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3.38
Totals                    9      12  10   8   6   4   4

ATTENDANCE- 49,620 DATE- Thursday, October 13th 2016 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 3:25
LEFT ON BASE- Walkers: 6  Green: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Walkers: 1  Green: 3
ERRORS- C.Correa, L.Cain
DOUBLES- M.Trout-2(2nd), K.Kiermaier(1st), M.Cabrera(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Trout(1st), J.Turner(1st), M.Cabrera(2nd), C.Correa(1st),
           J.Bautista(2nd)
RBIs- M.Trout(1st), J.Turner-2(4th), M.Cabrera-4(7th), C.Correa-2(2nd),
      L.Cain(2nd), J.Bautista(2nd), D.Murphy(1st)
STOLEN BASES- F.Lindor(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Lindor
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Turner, L.Cain
WALKS- I.Kinsler, J.Turner, C.Coghlan, J.Smoak, M.Betts, K.Kiermaier, J.Votto-2,
       B.Zobrist, L.Valbuena-2
HIT BY PITCH- Y.Grandal
STRIKE OUTS- I.Kinsler, C.Correa, F.Cervelli-2, L.Cain, M.Cabrera, J.Votto-2,
             J.Bautista-2, B.Zobrist, L.Valbuena
GIDP- M.Betts-2, K.Kiermaier, K.Davis
2-out RBI- D.Murphy
RLISP 2-out- M.Cabrera, B.Zobrist-2, L.Cain, F.Cervelli, M.Cabrera-2
TEAM RISP- Walkers: 1 for 9  Green: 1 for 7