2017 WORLD SERIES GAME 2
Pittsburgh Bulldogs (Vincente Castillo 1-0 1.00) @ Chicago Iron Pigs (Ken Lee 2-0 0.63)
1st inning
Lee punches out Hedden to end a 1-2-3 1st on 9 pitches.
Castillo walks Riggs with 1 out but gets out unscathed. 0-0 end of 1.
2nd inning
Gomez singles with 1 out but another zero for Lee, 13 pitches.
Morgan singles and Coates walks with 1 out, Knox pops to 2nd and Harris K’s to end it. 0-0 after 2.
3rd inning
Ramos leads off with a single, 2 outs laters, Aarden (on a FC) steals 2nd. Dana Reed singles him home to open the scoring, 1-0.
Collins leads off the 3rd with a solo shot to straight away right, 1-1.
Riggs, singles, Salinas singles with 1 out and Morgan singles to load the bases. Alexander drives in Chavez with an RBI ground out and Coates pops to 2nd to end the inning. 2-1 after 3, Chicago.
4th inning
Both starters go through the 4th quickly, 3 up 3 down. 2-1 after 4.
5th inning
Lee gets 3 up 3 down, punching out Palacios and Ramos.
With 2 outs and Chavez on 1st, Morgan doubles deep to center to make it 3-1, 4 pitches later…..
Bill Alexander drills a 444 foot blast to right center to bust it open, 5-1 Chicago. Ken Hardy comes out of the Bulldog pen. 5-1 after 5. Castillo’s night ends with a 4.2-8-5-5-2-2 line.
6th inning
Arden leads off the 6th pounding a 1-1 pitch to left center for a solo homer, 5-2.
Reed singles, Hedden gets on, on a FC, Tunstall then replaces him on another.
Gomez singles and a WP to Miranda puts runners at 2nd and 3rd.
Miranda singles, Tunstall scores, 5-3.
Palacios ends the inning on an F8.
Harris walks to lead off but 3 straight outs end the 6th at 5-3. Lee at 98 pitches.
7th inning
Ramos k’s to open the inning, Villaneuva and Arden single to end Lee’s night, 110 pitches (6.1-9-3-3-0-4), Rodriguez in to get Reed. He does, k’ing him on a 1-2 chase. Pennington in to get the lefties and he gets Hedden on a 3-1 inning ender, 5-3 bottom 7.
Paul Martin in, and he retires the side in order, on 3 pitches! 5-3 after 7.
8th inning
Pennington gets Tunstall and Gomez swinging, Miranda singles and Palacios walks with 2 outs, Cruz comes on to face Ramos and gets him swinging 0-2, 5-3.
Will Clark comes on after a Coates F7, gets PH Ron miller and Will Harris to send it to the 9th, 5-3.
9th Inning
Cruz fans Villanueva on a 3-2 slider for the 1st out.
Arden goes 6-3 for the 2nd out, and…
Reed does the same, grounding out to Harris to end the inning, and game.
Chicago 5 Pittsburgh 3
W Lee (3-0) L Castillo (1-1) S Cruz (6)
HR PIT Arden (1) CHI Alexander (3) Collins (1)
Chicago leads the series 2-0.