Brew City came to Metropolis the seeming underdog, having won 97 games to the Avengers' 121. However, the Warriors are playing their best baseball of the season, having swept away the Portsmouth Brewers and Fleetwood Walkers in eight straight games. They also had their undisputed ace, Matt Harvey, on the hill to face Avenger Clay Buchholz.
Warrior Starling Marte got the game started with a double on the second pitch. He scored moments later on Brett Gardner's single, giving the Warriors a quick lead and continuing their hot streak. Buchholz allowed another single to Stephen Drew, but escaped the inning without any further damage.
Harvey, on the other hand, looked sharp right from the start. He retired Metropolis in order in the first and cruised through the first four innings, allowing just two runners. Buchholz did his best to match Harvey and the game remained 1-0 Brew City into the bottom of the fifth.
Metropolis had the bottom of their order due in the fifth, but that didn't matter. Jose Bautista led off the inning with a homer to tie the game and the rally was on. Jarrod Saltalamacchia singled and Carlos Quentin leaned into a fastball to put two on with no outs. A double by Robinson Cano and single by Andrew McCutchen plated three more runs and put the Avengers up 4-1. Harvey gave up a single to Jayson Werth and walks to Bryce Harper and Bautista before finally being relieved. Andy Pettitte retired pinch hitter Josh Satin, but the damage was done. Metropolis had its ace and a deep and rested bullpen to protect a 5-1 lead.
Brew City tried to rally back in the seventh, with singles from Alex Rios and Brandon Phillips to start the frame. Starling Marte pushed across a run with a groundout, making the lead 5-2 and chasing Buchholze from the game. Reliever Nick Vincent retired Gardner and slugger Paul Goldschmidt to end the inning.
Brew City scored another run in the top of the eighth, but Juan Uribe was thrown out trying to score on a Rios double, ending the inning and killing the rally.
Metropolis added two insurance runs on a Matt Wieters eighth inning homer, but Craig Kimbrel didn't need them, closing out the Warriors to end the game and secure the 7-3 Metropolis win in Game One.
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| Matt Harvey was dominant at the start of Game One. |
Harvey, on the other hand, looked sharp right from the start. He retired Metropolis in order in the first and cruised through the first four innings, allowing just two runners. Buchholz did his best to match Harvey and the game remained 1-0 Brew City into the bottom of the fifth.
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| Jose Bautista's solo shot started the fifth-inning rally. |
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| Juan Uribe was thrown out in the seventh, ending a rally. |
Brew City tried to rally back in the seventh, with singles from Alex Rios and Brandon Phillips to start the frame. Starling Marte pushed across a run with a groundout, making the lead 5-2 and chasing Buchholze from the game. Reliever Nick Vincent retired Gardner and slugger Paul Goldschmidt to end the inning.
Brew City scored another run in the top of the eighth, but Juan Uribe was thrown out trying to score on a Rios double, ending the inning and killing the rally.
Metropolis added two insurance runs on a Matt Wieters eighth inning homer, but Craig Kimbrel didn't need them, closing out the Warriors to end the game and secure the 7-3 Metropolis win in Game One.
Warriors AB
R H RBI AVG Avengers AB
R H RBI AVG
S.Marte LF 5
1 3 1 .211
R.Cano 2B 5 1
2 1 .250
B.Gardner CF 5
0 1 1 .425
A.McCutchen CF 4 1
1 2 .345
P.Goldschmidt 1B 5
0 0 0 .111
C.Davis 1B 4 0
0 0 .188
C.Beltran DH 4
1 2 0 .258
J.Werth RF 4 0
1 0 .182
S.Drew SS 3
0 1 0 .188
B.Harper LF 3 1 1 0 .167
J.Uribe 3B 4
0 2 0 .289
J.Bautista 3B 2 1
1 2 .125
W.Castillo C 4
0 0 0 .114
J.Saltalamacchia C 2 1
1 0 .200
A.Rios RF 3
1 2 1 .438
A-J.Satin PH 1 0
0 0 .125
B.Phillips 2B 3
0 1 0 .303
B-M.Wieters ,C 1
1 1 2 .417
C-L.Valbuena
PH 1 0
0 0 .000 C.Quentin DH 3
1 0 0 .308
J.Reyes SS 4
0 1 0 .261
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Totals 37
3 12 3 Totals 33
7 9 7
A-Pinch Hit For
Saltalamacchia In 5th Inning
B-Subbed
Defensively ( ) For Satin In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For
Phillips In 9th Inning
Warriors........
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
- 3 12 1
Avengers........
0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2
- 7 9 1
Warriors
(8-1) IP H
R ER BB
SO HR ERA
SCORESHEET
M.Harvey LOSS(2-1) 4 2/3
6 5 5 3 6
1 2.91 A1 C6
A.Pettitte 2 0
0 0 0
2 0 0.00
C7 D3
D.Salazar 0 2/3 2
2 2 0
1 1 5.06
D4 D7
J.Gomez 0 2/3 1
0 0 0
0 0 15.43
D8
Totals 8 9
7 7 3
9 2
Avengers
(5-2) IP H
R ER BB
SO HR ERA
SCORESHEET
C.Buchholz
WIN(3-0) 5 1/3 6
1 1 2
5 0 2.41
A1 C5
N.Vincent
HOLD(3rd) 1 2 1
1 0 1
0 4.50 C6 D1
C.Thielbar
HOLD(2nd) 1 2/3 3
1 1 0
2 0 1.35
D2 D8
C.Kimbrel 1 1
0 0 0
2 0 0.00
D9
Totals 9 12
3 3 2
10 0
ATTENDANCE-
48,306 DATE- Monday, October 20th 2014 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Bill
Welke, Laz Diaz, Tim Welke, Chuck Meriwether
T- 2:47
LEFT ON BASE-
Warriors: 9 Avengers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS-
Warriors: 1 Avengers: 1
ERRORS-
P.Goldschmidt, J.Reyes
DOUBLES-
S.Marte(3rd), A.Rios(3rd), R.Cano(2nd)
HOME RUNS-
J.Bautista(1st), M.Wieters(3rd)
RBIs-
S.Marte(7th), B.Gardner(7th), A.Rios(4th), R.Cano(1st),
A.McCutchen-2(6th), J.Bautista-2(2nd),
M.Wieters-2(6th)
STOLEN BASES-
S.Marte(3rd), B.Harper(1st)
WALKS- S.Drew, A.Rios,
B.Harper, J.Bautista-2
HIT BY PITCH-
C.Quentin
STRIKE OUTS-
S.Marte, B.Gardner-2, P.Goldschmidt, C.Beltran, S.Drew,
W.Castillo-3, L.Valbuena,
R.Cano-2, A.McCutchen, C.Davis, J.Werth,
J.Bautista, J.Saltalamacchia,
C.Quentin, J.Reyes
GIDP- B.Phillips
WILD PITCHES-
D.Salazar
2-out RBI-
J.Bautista, A.Rios
RLISP 2-out-
J.Uribe, B.Gardner, J.Satin-2, W.Castillo, P.Goldschmidt
WEB GEMS- Top
4th: Jayson Werth robbed Stephen Drew of an extra base hit.
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