The Sacramento Senators, having won the first game of the National League Division Series, turned to Trevor Bauer to start the second game. The hometown Metropolis Avengers countered with Carlos Carrasco, hoping to salvage a win and go to Sacramento tied 1-1.
Metropolis got on the board in the bottom of the second, when slugging first baseman Chris Davis started the inning with a long homer to right-center field. Davis hit only .223 during the regular season, but was third on the team with 43 homers.
Sacramento scored two in the top of the fourth inning to take the lead. Prince Fielder had an RBI ground out and Logan Morrison doubled home Alex Gordon for the go-ahead run.
The Avengers stormed back in the bottom of the fifth when they scored three runs on three hits and a walk. The big blow was a two-out Andrew McCutchen triple which scored David Ortiz and Nick Hundley. Bryce Harper followed with a single to knock in the third run of the inning and give Metropolis a 4-2 lead.
The wheels fell off the bus for the Senators in the bottom of the eighth inning. Travis Wood walked Giancarlo Stanton to start the inning and then gave up a single to Davis. Mark Lowe came in from the bullpen and got Danny Valencia on a fly ball, but it was deep enough to score Stanton from third to put Metropolis up 5-2. He walked Ortiz and then Morrison booted a grounder to first to load the bases with one out. Mark Melancon came in from the pen and surrendured a sacrifice fly to Robinson Cano.
He then gave up a single to Todd Hundley and walked McCutchen and Harper. Sacramento gave the ball to Chris Tillman, who kept up the streak by walking Stanton before finally retiring Davis to end the inning.
Altogether in the eighth, the Avengers scored five runs on just two hits. They did have the assistance of an error and five walks in the inning, which ended with a 9-2 Metropolis lead.
Sacramento did score a run in the ninth off Avenger lefty Aroldis Chapman, but it didn't matter, as Metropolis won 9-3 and tied the series at one game each.
The Metropolis pitchers were tough to hit all night, as Carrasco, Zach Britton, and Chapman combined to allow just five hits and no walks while striking out 11 Senators. Unfortunately for Sacramento, their pitchers had trouble finding the strike zone and waked 10 Avengers on the night.
The series now moves to Sacramento for games three, four, and five.
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| Chris Davis's homer started the scoring. |
Sacramento scored two in the top of the fourth inning to take the lead. Prince Fielder had an RBI ground out and Logan Morrison doubled home Alex Gordon for the go-ahead run.
The Avengers stormed back in the bottom of the fifth when they scored three runs on three hits and a walk. The big blow was a two-out Andrew McCutchen triple which scored David Ortiz and Nick Hundley. Bryce Harper followed with a single to knock in the third run of the inning and give Metropolis a 4-2 lead.
| Andrew McCutchen tripled to drive in two runs. |
He then gave up a single to Todd Hundley and walked McCutchen and Harper. Sacramento gave the ball to Chris Tillman, who kept up the streak by walking Stanton before finally retiring Davis to end the inning.
Altogether in the eighth, the Avengers scored five runs on just two hits. They did have the assistance of an error and five walks in the inning, which ended with a 9-2 Metropolis lead.
Sacramento did score a run in the ninth off Avenger lefty Aroldis Chapman, but it didn't matter, as Metropolis won 9-3 and tied the series at one game each.
The Metropolis pitchers were tough to hit all night, as Carrasco, Zach Britton, and Chapman combined to allow just five hits and no walks while striking out 11 Senators. Unfortunately for Sacramento, their pitchers had trouble finding the strike zone and waked 10 Avengers on the night.
The series now moves to Sacramento for games three, four, and five.
BOXSCORE: 2016
Sacramento Senators At 2016 Metropolis Avengers 10/10/2016
Senators AB
R H RBI AVG Avengers AB
R H RBI AVG
J.Kipnis 2B 4
2 2 0 .333
A.McCutchen CF 3 1
2 2 .429
A.Gordon LF 4
1 1 0 .154
B.Harper RF 4 0
1 2 .250
N.Cruz RF 4
0 1 1 .192
G.Stanton LF 3 1
0 1 .000
P.Fielder DH 4
0 0 1 .320
C.Davis 1B 4 2
2 1 .286
L.Morrison 1B 2
0 1 1 .136
D.Valencia 3B 3 0
0 1 .000
A-C.Carter
PH,1B 1 0
0 0 .250 D.Ortiz DH 2
2 1 0 .400
Y.Escobar 3B 3
0 0 0 .217
J.Iglesias SS 4 1
0 0 .125
Y.Gomes C 3
0 0 0 .154
R.Cano 2B 2 0
0 1 .200
F.Galvis SS 3
0 0 0 .273
N.Hundley C 3 2
1 1 .600
K.Pillar CF 3
0 0 0 .348
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 31
3 5 3
Totals 28 9
7 9
A-Pinch Hit For
Morrison In 7th Inning
Senators........
0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
- 3 5 1
Avengers........
0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5
- 9 7 0
Senators
(5-2) IP H
R ER BB
SO HR ERA
SCORESHEET
T.Bauer
LOSS(1-1) 5 4
4 4 4
2 1 3.00
A1 C3
T.Wood 2 2
2 1 2
4 0 3.00
C4 D4
M.Lowe 0 1/3 0
2 0 1
0 0 0.00
D5 D7
M.Melancon 0 1/3 1
1 1 2
0 0 5.40
D8 E2
C.Tillman 0 1/3 0
0 0 1
0 0 0.00
E3
Totals 8 7
9 5 10
6 1
Avengers
(1-1) IP H
R ER BB
SO HR ERA
SCORESHEET
C.Carrasco
WIN(1-0) 5 1/3 3
2 2 0
6 0 3.38
A1 C1
Z.Britton
HOLD(1st) 2 2/3 0
0 0 0
4 0 0.00
C2 C9
A.Chapman 1 2
1 1 0
1 0 9.00
D1
Totals 9 5
3 3 0
11 0
ATTENDANCE-
31,892 DATE- Monday, October 10th 2016 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE-
Senators: 1 Avengers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS-
Senators: 2 Avengers: 1
ERRORS- C.Carter
DOUBLES-
J.Kipnis-2(3rd), L.Morrison(1st)
TRIPLES-
A.McCutchen(1st)
HOME RUNS-
C.Davis(1st)
RBIs-
N.Cruz(1st), P.Fielder(2nd), L.Morrison(1st), A.McCutchen-2(2nd),
B.Harper-2(2nd), G.Stanton(1st),
C.Davis(2nd), D.Valencia(1st),
R.Cano(2nd), N.Hundley(2nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES-
D.Valencia, R.Cano
WALKS-
A.McCutchen-2, B.Harper, G.Stanton-2, C.Davis, D.Ortiz-2, R.Cano,
N.Hundley
STRIKE OUTS-
A.Gordon-2, N.Cruz, C.Carter, Y.Escobar-2, Y.Gomes-2, F.Galvis,
K.Pillar-2, B.Harper, G.Stanton,
D.Valencia-2, R.Cano, N.Hundley
GIDP- P.Fielder,
A.McCutchen, G.Stanton
2-out RBI-
L.Morrison, A.McCutchen-2, B.Harper-2, N.Hundley, G.Stanton
RLISP 2-out-
Y.Escobar, C.Davis-2
TEAM RISP-
Senators: 3 for 7 Avengers: 3 for 5
