Game four of the NLCS was a rematch of game one. Metropolis's
Doug Fister hoped to avenge the team's game one loss as he again faced Springfield's Tim
Lincecum. The Isotopes were looking to tie the series at two and avoid
falling into a deep 3-1 hole. The game was decided early when Springfield scored eight runs in the second inning on the way to an easy 13-2 win.
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| Marco Scutaro scored on Todd Helton's two-out single. |
Springfield started the scoring early, putting up a run
in the bottom of the first when Todd Helton drove home Marco Scutaro
with a two-out single. Despite going ahead early, the Isotopes may have felt like they missed a
chance when they two runners in the first, but that was quickly
forgotten.
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| Lance Berkman's homer put Springfield ahead 7-0. |
That first run only got the Isotopes started, as their first ten hitters reached base in
the second, on the way to a nine-run inning. Three runs had already
scored in the frame by the time Lance Berkman came to the plate with two
runners on. He homered to made it 7-0 Springfield and drove Fister from
the game. Young lefty Aroldis Chapman came on in relief in hopes he
could hold Springfield down and give Metropolis a chance to rally. It didn't work out that way, as Jesus Guzman misplayed a Hunter Pence
grounder and Chapman couldn't collect a Helton come backer. That restarted the rally and had two runners on with no outs for Ryan Zimmerman. The third baseman
singled and Melky Cabrera walked before Jerry Hairston Jr. hit a
sacrifice fly for the first out of the inning. Scutaro eventually grounded out to end
the inning, leaving the bases loaded and Metropolis looking up at a
nine run deficit.
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| Metropolis starter Doug Fister lost his second NLCS start, giving up seven hits and seven runs in one inning. |
Metropolis scored its first run
in the fourth on an Alex Gordon sac fly after Andrew McCutchen led off
the inning with a triple. The team really needed to string together
base runners, but Lincecum wouldn't allow it. He gave up just four hits
and a walk in his seven innings of work.
Avenger reliever David Herndon
ran into more trouble in the fifth. The score was 9-1 when he allowed
consecutive one-out singles to Berkman, Pence and Helton to allow
another run. Cabrera capped the inning with a three-run homer and it
was suddenly 13-1.
Both teams seemed to go on cruise control after
that. Metropolis couldn't put together a serious rally until they
pushed across a single run in the ninth to make the final score 13-2.
That tied the series at two games and set up a game five matchup between Avenger ace C.C. Sabathia and fellow lefty Randy Wolf. No matter who wins, the series will return to Metropolis for game six and game seven, if necessary.
BOXSCORE: 2012 Metropolis Avengers At 2012 Springfield
Isotopes 10/24/2012
Avengers AB
R H RBI AVG Isotopes AB
R H RBI AVG
J.Reyes SS 4
0 1 0 .319
N.Morgan CF 5 1
1 1 .278
J.Bautista 3B 4
0 0 0 .368
M.Scutaro SS 5 2
2 1 .238
R.Cano 2B 3
1 0 0 .093
L.Berkman DH 4 2
2 3 .243
A.McCutchen
CF 4
1 1 0 .286
H.Pence RF 5 2
1 0 .233
A.Gordon LF 3
0 1 1 .156
T.Helton 1B 5 2 2 2 .225
C.Hart RF 4
0 1 1 .237
R.Zimmerman 3B 5 0
2 1 .410
J.Guzman 1B 4
0 2 0 .250
M.Cabrera LF 4 2
3 2 .289
M.Wieters C 4
0 0 0 .194
J.Hairston Jr 2B 4
1 0 1 .160
T.Hafner DH 1
0 0 0 .214
J.Posada C 4 1
2 1 .250
A-J.Gomes PH,DH
1 0 0 0
.000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 2
6 2 Totals 41 13 15 12
A-Pinch Hit For Hafner In 8th Inning
Avengers........ 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 1 -
2 6 4
Isotopes........ 1 8 0
0 4 0 0 0 - 13 15
1
Avengers (6-5)
IP H R
ER BB SO
HR ERA SCORESHEET
D.Fister LOSS(0-2)
1 7 7
6 1 2
1 7.50 A1 B3
A.Chapman
2 1 2
0 2 1
0 0.00 B4 C5
D.Herndon
2 6 4
4 0 1 1
13.50 C6 D8
M.Rzepczynsk
3 1 0
0 1 1
0 0.00 D9
Totals
8 15 13
10 4 5 2
Isotopes (6-4)
IP H R
ER BB SO
HR ERA SCORESHEET
T.Lincecum WIN(2-1)
7 4
1 1 1
6 0 6.86
A1 C8
B.Bray
2 2 1
1 1 3
0 2.70 C9
Totals
9 6 2
2 2 9 0
ATTENDANCE- 31,129 DATE- Wednesday, October 24th 2012
TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Jerry Meals, Bill Miller, Paul Emmel, Gary
Darling
T- 3:14
LEFT ON BASE- Avengers: 6
Isotopes: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Avengers: 0
Isotopes: 1
ERRORS- J.Reyes-2, J.Guzman, A.Chapman, M.Scutaro
DOUBLES- J.Guzman-2(3rd), R.Zimmerman(4th),
M.Cabrera(2nd), J.Posada-2(3rd)
TRIPLES- A.McCutchen(1st)
HOME RUNS- L.Berkman(2nd), M.Cabrera(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- J.Reyes(4th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Gordon, J.Hairston Jr
WALKS- R.Cano, T.Hafner, N.Morgan, L.Berkman, M.Cabrera,
J.Posada
STRIKE OUTS- J.Reyes-2, R.Cano, A.McCutchen, A.Gordon,
J.Guzman, M.Wieters-2,
J.Gomes, N.Morgan-2, L.Berkman, R.Zimmerman, J.Hairston Jr
GIDP- R.Cano
2-out RBI- T.Helton, M.Cabrera-2
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