2014 NLDS Game One - Metropolis vs. Glen Allen

The Metropolis Avengers won 121 games and have the top seed in the National League playoffs. They host the Glen Allen Mets, winners of 92 games during the regular season.

The Avengers sent Clay Buchholz to the mound for Game One to face Mets ace Jon Lester. Both starters cruised through the early innings, as Buchholz allowed just two base runners and Lester allowed three.

Matt Wieters put the Avengers on the board in the fifth.

Metropolis started a rally in the fifth, when Jayson Werth and Yoenis Cespedes started the inning with back-to-back walks. Lester got a ground ball double play from Jose Bautista and hoped to escape with the game still scoreless. Avenger catcher Matt Wieters had other plans, catching up with a fastball for a two run homer and the first runs of the NLDS.


With Buchholz cruising and a deep bullpen ready, the Avengers hoped two runs would be enough. However, Met second baseman Ian Kinsler started the top of the sixth with a solo homer to cut the lead to a single run. The game stayed 2-1 into the seventh, when Cespedes hit a one out triple and scored on a Chris Davis sacrifice fly to make it 3-1 Metropolis.

Hunter Pence flew out with the tying runs on base.

Avenger reliever Caleb Thielbar kept the game 3-1 into the eighth and gave the ball to Aroldis Chapman with one out and Kinsler on first. Chapman retired pinch hitter Craig Gentry but badly misplayed a grounder by Adrian Gonzalez, committing a two-base error and putting the tying run on base. Metropolis called on righty Nick Vincent to face Hunter Pence, who made solid contact but flew out to left to end the threat.

Kenley Jansen closed out Game One.

Vincent got two outs in the ninth before allowing a single to Alexi Ramirez. Metropolis brought in Kenley Jansen as Pablo Sandoval came to the plate. Jansen threw him three straight cutters, which didn't surprise anyone, much less Sandoval. Catcher Jarrod Saltalamcchia hung on to a tipped third strike to end the game and give Metropolis a 1-0 series lead.

Metropolis will send Stephen Strasburg to the mound for Game Two. Glen Allen will send righty Wily Peralta out hoping to grab a road win and tie the series before heading to Glen Allen for games three, four and five.

BOXSCORE: 2014 Glen Allen Mets At 2014 Metropolis Avengers          10/8/2014

  Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Avengers           AB  R  H RBI AVG

  C.Crisp CF          4  0  1  0 .250     R.Cano 2B           3  0  0  0 .000 

  A.Ethier LF         3  0  1  0 .333     A.McCutchen CF      4  0  2  0 .500 

E-C.Gentry PH,LF      1  0  0  0 .000     J.Satin 1B          3  0  0  0 .000 

  A.Gonzalez 1B       4  0  1  0 .250   D-J.Saltalamacchia C  1  0  0  0 .000 

  H.Pence RF          3  0  0  0 .000     J.Werth RF          1  1  0  0 .000 

  J.Castro C          2  0  1  0 .500     Y.Cespedes LF       2  1  1  0 .500 

A-N.Freiman PH        1  0  0  0 .000     J.Bautista 3B       2  0  0  0 .000 

B-D.Ross C            0  0  0  0 ----     M.Wieters C         2  1  2  21.000 

F-J.Turner PH         1  0  0  0 .000   C-C.Davis PH,1B       0  0  0  1 ---- 

  A.Craig DH          4  0  0  0 .000     C.Quentin DH        3  0  1  0 .333 

  A.Ramirez SS        4  0  1  0 .250     J.Reyes SS          3  0  0  0 .000 

  P.Sandoval 3B       4  0  0  0 .000                                         

  I.Kinsler 2B        3  1  2  1 .667                                         

                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     

         Totals      34  1  7  1                 Totals      24  3  6  3

A-Pinch Hit For Castro In 6th Inning

B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Freiman In 6th Inning

C-Pinch Hit For Wieters In 7th Inning

D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Satin In 8th Inning

E-Pinch Hit For Ethier In 8th Inning

F-Pinch Hit For Ross In 9th Inning

Mets............ 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  1  7  0

Avengers........ 0 0 0  0 2 0  1 0    -  3  6  1

Mets (0-1)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET

J.Lester LOSS(0-1)        6 1/3   5   3   3   5   5   1   4.26  A1 C6

J.Benoit                  0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00  C7 C8

G.Perkins                 1       1   0   0   0   2   0   0.00  C9

Totals                    8       6   3   3   5   8   1

Avengers (1-0)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET

C.Buchholz WIN(1-0)       5 2/3   5   1   1   1   5   1   1.59  A1 C4

C.Thielbar HOLD(1st)      1 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00  C5 D1

A.Chapman HOLD(1st)       0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00  D2 D3

N.Vincent HOLD(1st)       1       1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00  D4 D7

K.Jansen SAVE(1st)        0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00  D8

Totals                    9       7   1   1   1   6   1

ATTENDANCE- 49,851 DATE- Wednesday, October 8th 2014 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average

UMPIRES- Tim McClelland, Larry Vanover, Mike Everitt, Mike Dimuro

T- 2:43

LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 7  Avengers: 3

DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 5  Avengers: 1

ERRORS- A.Chapman

DOUBLES- J.Castro(1st), C.Quentin(1st)

TRIPLES- Y.Cespedes(1st)

HOME RUNS- I.Kinsler(1st), M.Wieters(1st)

RBIs- I.Kinsler(1st), M.Wieters-2(2nd), C.Davis(1st)

SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Davis

WALKS- H.Pence, R.Cano, J.Werth-2, Y.Cespedes, J.Bautista

STRIKE OUTS- A.Ethier, H.Pence, J.Castro, A.Ramirez, P.Sandoval, I.Kinsler,

             R.Cano-2, A.McCutchen, J.Satin-2, J.Saltalamacchia, Y.Cespedes,

             C.Quentin

GIDP- A.Gonzalez, A.McCutchen, J.Satin, J.Bautista-2, J.Reyes

2-out RBI- M.Wieters-2

RLISP 2-out- P.Sandoval, J.Reyes, N.Freiman, H.Pence-2