Brew City fought off elimination in Game Four and hoped to do the same in Game Five, this time with their ace on the hill. Matt Harvey took the loss in Game One, but dominated Metropolis for four innings before running into an Avenger rally in the fifth. Metropolis sent Clay Buchholz to the mound, hoping he could pick up his second win in the series and fourth win of the postseason.
Harvey started the top of the first strong, striking out leadoff hitter Robinson Cano, but Andrew McCutchen silenced the crowd when he took a 3-2 fastball to straight-away center for a home run and a 1-0 Avenger lead.
Buchholz had only a slim lead, but didn't give the Warriors much room or hope, allowing just a single base runner in the first two innings.
Metropolis added to their lead in the top of the third when Cano and McCutchen hit one-out singles to start a rally. Cleanup hitter Chris Davis ripped a line drive down the line, but first baseman Paul Goldschmidt snared it for the second out. Jayson Werth came through with a clutch three-run homer, putting Metropolis up 4-0 and taking any remaining air out of the Brew City fans.
Buchholz continued to cruise, pitching through the fifth inning while allowing just a single hit, along with a walk and a hit batsman. Buchholz also struck out five Warriors, but Metropolis still pulled him for reliever Kenley Jansen at the start of the sixth inning.
Metropolis used its deep bullpen aggressively all series and Jansen worked the sixth and got two outs in the seventh, before giving the ball to Nick Vincent. Vincent protected the 4-0 lead and gave the ball to lefty Caleb Thielbar with one out in the ninth inning. Thielbar allowed a double to Brett Gardner, but retired Carlos Beltran to end the game and send Metropolis to its third World Series in a row.
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| McCutchen's homer put Metropolis ahead 1-0. |
Buchholz had only a slim lead, but didn't give the Warriors much room or hope, allowing just a single base runner in the first two innings.
Metropolis added to their lead in the top of the third when Cano and McCutchen hit one-out singles to start a rally. Cleanup hitter Chris Davis ripped a line drive down the line, but first baseman Paul Goldschmidt snared it for the second out. Jayson Werth came through with a clutch three-run homer, putting Metropolis up 4-0 and taking any remaining air out of the Brew City fans.
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| Clay Buchholz dominated for five innings. |
Metropolis used its deep bullpen aggressively all series and Jansen worked the sixth and got two outs in the seventh, before giving the ball to Nick Vincent. Vincent protected the 4-0 lead and gave the ball to lefty Caleb Thielbar with one out in the ninth inning. Thielbar allowed a double to Brett Gardner, but retired Carlos Beltran to end the game and send Metropolis to its third World Series in a row.
BOXSCORE: 2014
Metropolis Avengers At 2014 Brew City Warriors 10/25/2014
Avengers AB
R H RBI AVG Warriors AB
R H RBI AVG
R.Cano 2B 4
1 2 0 .289
S.Marte LF 4 0
0 0 .185
A.McCutchen CF 4
2 2 1 .318
B.Gardner CF 3 0
1 0 .370
C.Davis 1B 4
0 0 0 .172
P.Goldschmidt 1B 3 0
1 0 .140
J.Werth RF 4
1 1 3 .216
C.Beltran DH 4 0
0 0 .200
B.Harper LF 4
0 0 0 .160
S.Drew SS 3 0 0 0 .163
J.Bautista 3B 2
0 0 0 .135
J.Uribe 3B 2 0
0 0 .260
J.Saltalamacchia C 4
0 2 0 .286
A-L.Valbuena PH,3B 1 0
0 0 .000
B-M.Wieters
C 0 0
0 0 .333 W.Castillo C 3
0 0 0 .106
C.Quentin DH 4
0 0 0 .262
A.Rios RF 3 0
1 0 .356
J.Reyes SS 4
0 0 0 .222
B.Phillips 2B 3 0
0 0 .311
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Totals 34
4 7 4
Totals 29 0
3 0
A-Pinch Hit For
Uribe In 7th Inning
B-Subbed
Defensively (C ) For Saltalamacchia In 9th Inning
Avengers........
1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
- 4 7 0
Warriors........
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- 0 3 0
Avengers
(8-3) IP H
R ER BB
SO HR ERA
SCORESHEET
C.Buchholz
WIN(4-0) 5 1
0 0 1
5 0 1.90
A1 B9
K.Jansen 1 2/3 1
0 0 0
2 0 0.00
C1 C5
N.Vincent 1 2/3 0
0 0 0
2 0 2.35
C6 D1
C.Thielbar 0 2/3 1
0 0 0
1 0 1.00
D2
Totals 9 3
0 0 1
10 0
Warriors
(9-4) IP H
R ER BB SO
HR ERA SCORESHEET
M.Harvey
LOSS(2-2) 9 7
4 4 2
12 2 3.23
A1
Totals 9 7
4 4 2
12 2
ATTENDANCE-
46,966 DATE- Saturday, October 25th 2014 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Tim
McClelland, Larry Vanover, Mike Everitt, Mike Dimuro
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE-
Avengers: 5 Warriors: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS-
Avengers: 1 Warriors: 0
DOUBLES-
R.Cano(5th), P.Goldschmidt(3rd)
TRIPLES-
J.Saltalamacchia(1st)
HOME RUNS-
A.McCutchen(2nd), J.Werth(3rd)
RBIs-
A.McCutchen(7th), J.Werth-3(10th)
STOLEN BASES-
B.Gardner(4th)
WALKS-
J.Bautista-2, P.Goldschmidt
HIT BY PITCH-
B.Gardner
STRIKE OUTS-
R.Cano, A.McCutchen, C.Davis, J.Werth-2, B.Harper-2, J.Bautista,
J.Saltalamacchia-2, J.Reyes-2,
S.Marte-3, B.Gardner, P.Goldschmidt,
C.Beltran, S.Drew, L.Valbuena,
W.Castillo, A.Rios
GIDP-
P.Goldschmidt
2-out RBI-
J.Werth-3
RLISP 2-out-
C.Quentin, R.Cano, S.Drew, C.Davis, C.Beltran
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