Each team's aces -- Zack Greinke for Fleetwood, Yu Darvish for Portsmouth -- faced off in this elimination game. Darvish blinked first, throwing back-to-back wild pitches in the 2nd inning to allow Fleetwood to score the game's first run. However, the Brewers responded in the bottom of the same inning with 3 runs on a walk and three singles...all with two outs.
Portsmouth had its share of defensive lapses throughout this series, and the problem reared its ugly head again in the 4th. First baseman Anthony Rizzo committed the error this time, making a bad throw to Darvish covering first and putting runners on 2nd and 3rd. David Wright then followed with a ground ball to Nick Castellanos, who fielded the ball cleanly but airmailed a throw down the right field line. The bad throw allowed both runners to score, tying the game 3-3 through 4 innings.
Neither team would score in the 5th, but Fleetwood rallied in the 6th. Pinch-hitter Francisco Cervelli led off the frame with a hit-by-pitch, and then advanced to second on Darvish's third wild pitch of the game. One out later, Wright doubled to drive in Cervelli and Chase Utley singled to score Wright. Following a strikeout of Robbie Grossman, Darvish walked three consecutive hitters to force home yet another run. All in all, Fleetwood had now found itself with a 6-3 lead.
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| David Wright tags out Juan Francisco to end 7th inning rally. |
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| Mookie Betts homers to lead off 8th inning. |
Wilhelmsen retired Portsmouth with relative ease in the 8th, and was replaced by Roman Mendez in the 9th. Mendez retired the first two Portsmouth batters quickly, bringing Fleetwood to within one out of its sixth NLCS appearance in the last 11 years.
Again, Portsmouth responded with force. Cameron Maybin sliced a hanging Mendez breaking ball down the right field line and past Fleetwood right fielder Kevin Kiermaier. The ball caromed around the corner, allowing Maybin to motor all the way into third base with a triple. The tying run was now at the plate in the form of Andrelton Simmons.
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| David Wright's diving catch in 9th. |
Fleetwood's next game would indeed be in the National League Championship Series against the winner of the Metropolis/North Georgia divisional series. Meanwhile, Portsmouth's fans headed home for the season, disappointed in the final result but proud of their team's success and perseverance.
Final score: Fleetwood 7, Portsmouth 5.
W: Greinke (1-0). L: Darvish (0-1). SV: Mendez (1). HR: Betts (1).
BOXSCORE: 2015 Fleetwood Walkers At 2015 Portsmouth Brewers 10/14/2015
Walkers AB R H RBI AVG Brewers AB R H RBI AVG
S.Smith DH 3 0 1 0 .333 A.De Aza LF,RF 4 0 0 0 .211
G-M.Betts PH,DH 1 1 1 1 .250 D.Pedroia 2B 4 0 0 0 .250
M.Trout CF 3 0 0 0 .150 A.Rizzo 1B 4 0 1 0 .105
K.Kiermaier RF 4 0 0 1 .250 J.Lucroy C 4 0 0 0 .267
M.Cabrera 1B 5 2 2 0 .150 M.Saunders RF 1 0 0 0 .300
A.Avila C 2 0 0 0 .000 A-S.Rodriguez PH,LF 2 0 0 0 .000
B-F.Cervelli PH,C 1 1 0 0 .000 H-D.Brown PH 1 0 0 0 .200
M.Gonzalez SS 4 1 2 0 .250 M.Napoli DH 3 2 1 0 .067
D-J.Segura SS 1 0 0 0 .400 N.Castellanos 3B 2 2 1 0 .214
D.Wright 3B 5 1 1 1 .118 F-C.Maybin CF 1 0 1 01.000
C.Utley 2B 3 1 2 1 .267 A.Simmons SS 4 1 1 1 .111
R.Grossman LF 3 0 1 0 .167 I.Suzuki CF 2 0 1 2 .267
C-D.Jennings LF 1 0 0 0 .111 E-J.Francisco PH,3B 1 0 1 2 .167
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Totals 36 7 10 4 Totals 33 5 7 5
A-Pinch Hit For Saunders In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Avila In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Grossman In 6th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Gonzalez In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Suzuki In 7th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Castellanos In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Smith In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Rodriguez In 9th Inning
Walkers......... 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 - 7 10 0
Brewers......... 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 5 7 2
Walkers (4-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
Z.Greinke WIN(1-0) 5 3 3 3 1 4 0 2.38 A1 C1
D.Pomeranz HOLD(1st) 1 2/3 1 2 2 1 3 0 6.00 C2 C8
T.Wilhelmsen HOLD(1st) 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 3.60 C9 D4
R.Mendez SAVE(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 D5
Totals 9 7 5 5 2 10 0
Brewers (1-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
Y.Darvish LOSS(0-1) 6 2/3 9 6 4 4 7 0 3.60 A1 D8
D.Farquhar 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 D9 D9
T.Rosenthal 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 36.00 E1 E3
J.Soria 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.40 E4
Totals 9 10 7 5 4 10 1
ATTENDANCE- 48,513 DATE- Wednesday, October 14th 2015 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Gary Cederstrom, Fieldin Culbreth, Jim Reynolds, Tim Timmons
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Walkers: 9 Brewers: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Walkers: 0 Brewers: 1
ERRORS- A.Rizzo, N.Castellanos
DOUBLES- D.Wright(2nd), C.Utley(3rd), J.Francisco(1st)
TRIPLES- C.Maybin(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Betts(1st)
RBIs- M.Betts(2nd), K.Kiermaier(5th), D.Wright(3rd), C.Utley(1st),
A.Simmons(1st), I.Suzuki-2(2nd), J.Francisco-2(2nd)
WALKS- S.Smith, M.Trout, K.Kiermaier, F.Cervelli, M.Napoli, N.Castellanos
HIT BY PITCH- M.Trout, F.Cervelli, C.Utley
STRIKE OUTS- S.Smith, K.Kiermaier, A.Avila, F.Cervelli, M.Gonzalez, D.Wright-2,
R.Grossman-2, D.Jennings, A.De Aza-2, D.Pedroia-2, A.Rizzo-2,
J.Lucroy, S.Rodriguez, D.Brown, M.Napoli
GIDP- K.Kiermaier
WILD PITCHES- Y.Darvish-3
2-out RBI- A.Simmons, I.Suzuki-2, K.Kiermaier, J.Francisco-2
RLISP 2-out- C.Utley, S.Smith-2, M.Cabrera-2, D.Jennings-2, A.Simmons
TEAM RISP- Walkers: 3 for 10 Brewers: 3 for 5
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Mike Trout robbed Sean Rodriguez of an extra base hit.
In a close game it was the Fleetwood Walkers 7, the Portsmouth Brewers 5 at
Wrigley Field.
Fleetwood scored 3 runs in the top of the 6th inning. Fleetwood ended up with
10 hits for the game while Portsmouth had 7. The victory was credited to
Zack Greinke(1-0) who went 5 innings, allowing 3 runs. Roman Mendez preserved
the game for Greinke, recording his his 1st save. Yu Darvish(0-1) was the
losing pitcher. He got hammered, allowing 9 hits and 4 walks in 6 and 2/3
innings.
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