Corey Kluber (18-7, 3.39 ERA) vs. Zack Greinke (24-5, 2.70 ERA)
Two of BRASSball's best regular-season pitchers quared off in this series opener. Neither disappointed, with each pitcher throwing 5 scoreless innings to begin the game.
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| Andrew McCutchen 2-run homer in 6th |
Metropolis turned the game over to its bullpen in the bottom of the 6th inning, and three relief pitchers (Brad Ziegler, Jeff Manship and Joaquin Benoit) closed out the game with 4 scoreless innings.
Final Score: Metropolis 2, Fleetwood 0.
Metropolis leads series 1-0.
Game 2: Metropolis at Fleetwood
Carlos Carrasco (14-5, 2.73 ERA) vs. John Lackey (20-4, 3.68 ERA)
The series' second game started with 2 scoreless innings apiece before Metropolis exploded in the 3rd. First, Nick Hundley smashed a two-run home run off John Lackey, who was chased from the game one batter later when Fleetwood called on lefty Drew Pomeranz to face Metropolis lefty Bryce Harper. Pomeranz quickly picked off Andrew McCutchen for the inning's second out, but surrendered a single to Bryce Harper and then a long home run to Giancarlo Stanton.
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| Carlos Carrasco: 6 IP, 2 R, 10 K |
Fleetwood scored once more in the bottom of the 4th thanks to a Miguel Cabrera solo homer, but that would end the game's scoring. Metropolis starter Carlos Carrasco earned the win (6 IP, 2 R, 10 K), while the Avengers bullpen shined again (3 IP, 0 R).
Final Score: Metropolis 7, Fleetwood 2.
Metropolis leads series 2-0.
Game 3: Fleetwood at Metropolis
Garrett Richards (17-6, 3.55 ERA) vs. Steven Strasburg (9-2, 3.85 ERA)
Fleetwood's Tommy Pham led of the 5th inning with a triple, but was stranded following a line out, a ground out and a strikeout. Time would tell if this missed opportunity would prove costly for the Walkers.
Neither team scored again until the 7th, at which point Fleetwood added to its lead thanks to two stolen bases by Kevin Kiermaier followed by a Craig Kimbrel wild pitch. Fleetwood now lead 3-1 heading into the bottom of the 7th.
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| Bryce Harper game-tying HR in 7th |
Fleetwood escaped that frame without further damage, and then put its first two runners on base in the 8th inning with Miguel Cabrera next up. But Cabrera grounded into a double play, followed by a Carlos Correa strikeout to the end the rally.
After a leadoff out in the bottom of the 8th, and facing arguably Fleetwood's best pitcher in Carter Capps, Robinson Cano broke the tie with a solo home run. That hit seemed to take all the wind out of Fleetwood's sail, as Metropolis quickly pounded out two more home runs in the same inning off of Fleetwood reliever Erik Goeddel -- the first a solo homer by McCutchen and the second a two-run blast by Giancarlo Stanton.
Final Score: Fleetwood 3, Metropolis 7.
Metropolis leads series 3-0.
Game 4: Fleetwood at Metropolis
Hisashi Iwakuma (8-5, 4.23 ERA) vs. Nate Karns (13-7, 4.29 ERA)
With its back against the wall, Fleetwood sent out Hisashi Iwakuma to face Metropolis' murderer's row. And for the 9th time in 9 playoff games, Fleetwood's opponent drew first blood when Giancarlo Stanton hit a 3-run home run in the game's 1st inning. The home run drove Iwakuma from the game quickly in favor of lefty Drew Pomeranz, who escaped the inning without further damage.
Carlos Correa hit a solo shot in the 2nd inning to tighten the score to 3-1, and Fleetwood showed its resiliency by tying the game with two more runs in the 4th on a Francisco Cervelli two-run single.
Fleetwood's joy would not last even an inning, as Jose Iglesias hit a solo homer in the bottom of the 4th to give Metropolis a 4-3 lead.
But, again, Fleetwood battled. Miguel Cabrera came through this time, hitting a lead-off home run off Metropolis reliever Brad Ziegler in the 6th to tie the game 4-4.
The game remained tied until the bottom of the 7th, when Bryce Harper led off the inning with a walk before eventually scoring on a Danny Valencia sacrifice fly. Metropolis now led 5-4, and took that one-run lead all the way into the 9th inning.
In the top of the 9th, Avengers reliever Joaquin Benoit came out for his second inning of work. He retired the first two batters easily, leavings Fleetwood down to its final out. Looking for a quick run, Fleetwood called on its best power-hitting pinch hit option in backup catcher Curt Casali.
And boy did Casali come through! He smashed a Benoit offering deep out of the park for a shocking game-tying home run in the 9th. Fleetwood suddenly had life.
In the bottom of the 9th, with one on and out out, Fleetwood put its best reliever on the mound --flame-throwing righty Carter Capps. Capps retired Stanton on a strikeout, which brought lefty slugger Chris Davis to the plate. After a passed ball put a runner in scoring position, Fleetwood chose to keep pitching to the lefty Davis rather than walk him to bring up a righty in Danny Valencia.
Davis made Fleetwood pay the price, connecting on a two-run walk-off homer that sent the Hall of Justice faithful into a frenzy...and that sent Fleetwood home once again, the victim of another playoff collapse.
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| Chris Davis series-winning walk-off HR |
Final Score: Fleetwood 5, Metropolis 7.
Metropolis wins series 4-0.
NLCS CO-MVPs:
Andrew McCutchen - 6 for 17 (.353 avg), 1 2B, 2 HR, 5 R, 3 RBI
Giancarlo Stanton - 5 for 17 (.294 avg), 3 HR, 3 R, 7 RBI
Metropolis now advances to the BRASSball Championship Series to face the Simi Valley Vikings.
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GM 1 BOXSCORE: 2016 Metropolis Avengers At 2016 Fleetwood Walkers 10/20/2016
Avengers AB R H RBI AVG Walkers AB R H RBI AVG
A.McCutchen CF 4 1 1 2 .364 M.Gonzalez 2B 3 0 1 0 .313
B.Harper RF 3 0 0 0 .136 B-I.Kinsler PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .227
G.Stanton LF 4 0 0 0 .130 M.Trout RF,CF 4 0 0 0 .250
C.Davis 1B 4 0 0 0 .190 J.Turner 3B 4 0 0 0 .227
D.Valencia 3B 4 0 0 0 .227 M.Cabrera 1B 4 0 2 0 .269
D.Ortiz DH 4 0 1 0 .250 C.Correa SS 4 0 0 0 .231
J.Iglesias SS 3 0 1 0 .182 C.Coghlan DH 3 0 0 0 .364
R.Cano 2B 3 0 0 0 .200 M.Betts LF 3 0 0 0 .111
N.Hundley C 2 1 1 0 .429 F.Cervelli C 3 0 1 0 .389
K.Kiermaier CF 1 0 0 0 .250
A-T.Pham PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .154
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Totals 31 2 4 2 Totals 31 0 4 0
A-Pinch Hit For Kiermaier In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Gonzalez In 8th Inning
Avengers........ 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 4 0
Walkers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
Avengers (5-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.Kluber WIN(2-0) 5 1 0 0 1 6 0 1.17
B.Ziegler HOLD(1st) 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
J.Manship HOLD(2nd) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
J.Benoit SAVE(1st) 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Totals 9 4 0 0 2 9 0
Walkers (4-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Z.Greinke LOSS(1-1) 6 3 2 2 0 6 1 3.66
A.Bastardo 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
C.Smith 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0.96
C.Capps 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Totals 9 4 2 2 2 10 1
ATTENDANCE- 48,783 DATE- Thursday, October 20th 2016 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Avengers: 4 Walkers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Avengers: 0 Walkers: 0
DOUBLES- M.Cabrera(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.McCutchen(2nd)
RBIs- A.McCutchen-2(6th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Iglesias(1st), N.Hundley(1st)
WALKS- B.Harper, N.Hundley, C.Coghlan, T.Pham
STRIKE OUTS- A.McCutchen-3, G.Stanton-3, C.Davis-3, J.Iglesias, M.Gonzalez,
M.Trout-3, J.Turner, M.Cabrera, C.Correa, C.Coghlan, F.Cervelli
WILD PITCHES- J.Benoit
RLISP 2-out- J.Turner, M.Betts, G.Stanton-2, M.Trout
TEAM RISP- Avengers: 0 for 2 Walkers: 0 for 5
WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Marwin Gonzalez robbed Nick Hundley of a base hit.
Bot 6th: Danny Valencia robbed Mike Trout of a base hit.
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GM 2 BOXSCORE: 2016 Metropolis Avengers At 2016 Fleetwood Walkers 10/21/2016
Avengers AB R H RBI AVG Walkers AB R H RBI AVG
A.McCutchen CF 5 0 1 0 .333 I.Kinsler 2B 5 0 0 0 .185
B.Harper RF 4 1 1 0 .154 M.Trout CF 4 1 2 1 .278
G.Stanton LF 4 1 1 2 .148 J.Turner 3B 4 0 1 0 .231
C.Davis 1B 4 0 0 0 .160 M.Cabrera 1B 3 1 1 1 .276
D.Valencia 3B 2 1 1 0 .250 C.Correa SS 4 0 1 0 .233
D.Ortiz DH 4 1 1 0 .250 C.Coghlan DH 4 0 1 0 .333
J.Iglesias SS 3 1 0 0 .160 M.Betts LF 2 0 1 0 .138
R.Cano 2B 3 1 1 2 .217 A-D.Wright PH 1 0 1 0 .444
N.Hundley C 4 1 1 2 .389 F.Cervelli C 4 0 0 0 .318
T.Pham RF 4 0 1 0 .176
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Totals 33 7 7 6 Totals 35 2 9 2
A-Pinch Hit For Betts In 9th Inning
Avengers........ 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 7 0
Walkers......... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 1
Avengers (6-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.Carrasco WIN(2-0) 6 5 2 2 1 10 2 3.18
B.Ziegler 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
J.Manship 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.38
C.Kimbrel 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4.15
Totals 9 9 2 2 2 12 2
Walkers (4-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Lackey LOSS(0-2) 2 1/3 3 2 2 1 1 1 8.00
D.Pomeranz 1 4 5 5 2 0 1 11.57
S.Kelley 3 1/3 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.00
A.Bastardo 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
C.Smith 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.84
T.Sipp 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.38
Totals 9 7 7 7 5 12 2
ATTENDANCE- 45,637 DATE- Friday, October 21st 2016 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:45
LEFT ON BASE- Avengers: 4 Walkers: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Avengers: 1 Walkers: 1
ERRORS- J.Turner
DOUBLES- M.Trout(3rd)
HOME RUNS- G.Stanton(1st), N.Hundley(1st), M.Trout(4th), M.Cabrera(3rd)
RBIs- G.Stanton-2(6th), R.Cano-2(5th), N.Hundley-2(4th), M.Trout(5th),
M.Cabrera(8th)
WALKS- B.Harper, D.Valencia-2, J.Iglesias, R.Cano, M.Cabrera, M.Betts
STRIKE OUTS- A.McCutchen-3, B.Harper, G.Stanton, C.Davis-2, D.Ortiz, J.Iglesias,
R.Cano, N.Hundley-2, I.Kinsler-3, M.Trout-2, J.Turner, M.Cabrera,
C.Coghlan-2, F.Cervelli-2, T.Pham
GIDP- D.Ortiz, C.Correa
WILD PITCHES- C.Carrasco, D.Pomeranz
2-out RBI- G.Stanton-2, M.Trout
RLISP 2-out- M.Cabrera, F.Cervelli, G.Stanton, T.Pham, I.Kinsler
TEAM RISP- Avengers: 1 for 4 Walkers: 1 for 9
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Walkers AB R H RBI AVG Avengers AB R H RBI AVG
I.Kinsler 2B 4 0 0 0 .161 A.McCutchen CF 3 2 1 1 .333
M.Trout CF,RF 4 0 1 0 .275 B.Harper RF 3 3 1 2 .172
J.Turner 3B 3 0 0 0 .207 G.Stanton LF 4 1 2 2 .194
M.Cabrera 1B 4 2 2 0 .303 C.Davis 1B 3 0 1 0 .179
C.Correa SS 4 0 0 0 .206 D.Valencia 3B 5 0 1 1 .241
D.Wright DH 4 0 2 0 .462 D.Ortiz DH 3 0 0 0 .217
M.Betts LF 1 0 0 0 .133 C-M.Mahtook PH,DH 1 0 0 0 .200
A-C.Coghlan PH,LF 2 0 1 1 .353 J.Iglesias SS 4 0 1 0 .172
B-K.Kiermaier PR,CF 1 1 0 0 .235 R.Cano 2B 4 1 3 1 .296
F.Cervelli C 4 0 1 1 .308 N.Hundley C 3 0 0 0 .333
T.Pham RF,LF 3 0 1 0 .200
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Totals 34 3 8 2 Totals 33 7 10 7
A-Pinch Hit For Betts In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Coghlan In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Ortiz In 7th Inning
Walkers......... 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 8 0
Avengers........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 - 7 10 0
Walkers (4-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Richards 4 2/3 3 1 1 3 5 0 3.12
A.Bastardo 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
C.Smith BS(1st) 0 2/3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2.38
D.Pomeranz 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.13
C.Capps LOSS(0-1) 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 1.50
E.Goeddel 0 1/3 2 3 3 2 1 2 9.00
Totals 8 10 7 7 7 11 4
Avengers (7-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
S.Strasburg 3 1/3 5 2 2 0 5 0 2.08
B.Ziegler 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
A.Chapman 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.25
J.Manship 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.45
C.Kimbrel 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 5.06
M.Albers WIN(1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
J.Benoit 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Totals 9 8 3 3 1 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 47,038 DATE- Sunday, October 23rd 2016 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Walkers: 5 Avengers:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Walkers: 1 Avengers: 1
DOUBLES- R.Cano(1st)
TRIPLES- T.Pham(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.McCutchen(3rd), B.Harper(1st), G.Stanton(2nd), R.Cano(2nd)
RBIs- C.Coghlan(1st), F.Cervelli(3rd), A.McCutchen(7th), B.Harper-2(4th),
G.Stanton-2(8th), D.Valencia(7th), R.Cano(6th)
STOLEN BASES- K.Kiermaier-2(2nd)
WALKS- J.Turner, A.McCutchen-2, B.Harper, G.Stanton, C.Davis-2, N.Hundley
HIT BY PITCH- B.Harper
STRIKE OUTS- M.Trout-2, J.Turner-3, C.Correa, D.Wright, T.Pham, A.McCutchen,
B.Harper, G.Stanton, C.Davis, D.Valencia, D.Ortiz, M.Mahtook,
J.Iglesias, R.Cano, N.Hundley-2
GIDP- M.Cabrera, D.Valencia
WILD PITCHES- C.Smith, C.Kimbrel
2-out RBI- D.Valencia, F.Cervelli, A.McCutchen, G.Stanton-2
RLISP 2-out- D.Ortiz, T.Pham, B.Harper, J.Turner, D.Valencia, N.Hundley,
M.Mahtook, C.Correa
TEAM RISP- Walkers: 1 for 11 Avengers: 1 for 9
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GM 4 BOXSCORE: 2016 Fleetwood Walkers At 2016 Metropolis Avengers 10/24/2016
Walkers AB R H RBI AVG Avengers AB R H RBI AVG
I.Kinsler 2B 3 0 0 0 .147 A.McCutchen CF 5 2 3 0 .353
C-C.Casali PH 1 1 1 1 .444 B.Harper RF 4 2 1 0 .188
D-M.Gonzalez 2B 0 0 0 0 .313 G.Stanton LF 5 1 2 3 .194
M.Trout RF,CF 5 0 0 0 .256 C.Davis 1B 5 1 1 2 .152
J.Turner 3B 2 1 0 0 .219 D.Valencia 3B 1 0 0 1 .214
M.Cabrera 1B 3 2 2 1 .278 D.Ortiz DH 4 0 0 0 .185
C.Correa SS 4 1 1 1 .222 J.Iglesias SS 3 1 1 1 .194
C.Coghlan DH 3 0 2 0 .350 R.Cano 2B 4 0 0 0 .200
M.Betts LF 4 0 0 0 .114 N.Hundley C 3 0 1 0 .417
F.Cervelli C 4 0 1 2 .276
K.Kiermaier CF 1 0 0 0 .235
A-D.Wright PH 1 0 0 0 .364
B-T.Pham RF 2 0 0 0 .227
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Totals 33 5 7 5 Totals 34 7 9 7
A-Pinch Hit For Kiermaier In 4th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Wright In 4th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Kinsler In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Casali In 9th Inning
Walkers......... 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 - 5 7 1
Avengers........ 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 - 7 9 0
Walkers (4-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
H.Iwakuma 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 ----
D.Pomeranz 3 1/3 4 1 1 1 7 1 7.56
S.Kelley 2 2/3 1 1 1 3 5 0 0.90
A.Bastardo LOSS(2-1) 2 1/3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0.75
C.Capps 0 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1.42
Totals 8 2/3 9 7 6 5 14 3
Avengers (8-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
N.Karns 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 6.00
J.Manship 0 2/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 2.84
A.Chapman 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.80
B.Ziegler BS(1st) 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1.29
J.Benoit WIN(1-0) BS(1st) 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2.45
Totals 9 7 5 5 5 7 3
ATTENDANCE- 47,644 DATE- Monday, October 24th 2016 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:07
LEFT ON BASE- Walkers: 6 Avengers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Walkers: 1 Avengers: 1
ERRORS- I.Kinsler
DOUBLES- M.Cabrera(2nd), A.McCutchen(2nd), B.Harper(1st)
HOME RUNS- C.Casali(2nd), M.Cabrera(4th), C.Correa(2nd), G.Stanton(3rd),
C.Davis(2nd), J.Iglesias(1st)
RBIs- C.Casali(4th), M.Cabrera(9th), C.Correa(4th), F.Cervelli-2(4th),
G.Stanton-3(11th), C.Davis-2(4th), D.Valencia(7th), J.Iglesias(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Valencia
WALKS- I.Kinsler, J.Turner-2, M.Cabrera, C.Coghlan, B.Harper, D.Valencia-2,
J.Iglesias, N.Hundley
STRIKE OUTS- I.Kinsler, M.Trout, J.Turner, C.Coghlan, M.Betts, D.Wright, T.Pham,
A.McCutchen-2, B.Harper-2, G.Stanton-3, C.Davis-2, D.Ortiz,
J.Iglesias-2, R.Cano, N.Hundley
GIDP- M.Trout, R.Cano
2-out RBI- F.Cervelli-2, C.Casali, C.Davis-2
RLISP 2-out- D.Ortiz-2, D.Wright, M.Betts-2
TEAM RISP- Walkers: 2 for 8 Avengers: 2 for 7
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