2017 WORLD SERIES GAME 3
Chicago Iron Pigs (Alfredo Alejandrez 1-0 3.86) @ Pittsburgh Bulldogs (Tomas Villanueva 1-1 4.96)
1st inning
Collins continues his strong showing, leading off with a single, stealing 2nd on the 2nd pitch to Paul Riggs, but is left at 2nd when Chavez K’s and Salinas pops to CF.
Hedden doubles with 2 outs but Alejandrez gets Tunstall chasing to end it. 0-0 end of 1.
2nd inning
Morgan draws a leadoff walk but stays at 1st as Alexander goes F7, Coates and Knox K.
Palacios singles leading off, Ramox and Ivan Gonzalez fly to left.
Ricardo Gonzalez then drills a double to deep right center and Palacios motors around to give th e ‘Dawgs a 1-0 lead. Ash goes U3 to end it. 1-0 Pittsburgh after 2.
3rd inning
Collins walks with 1 out, Chavez reaches on a Tunstall error to put runners on 1st and 2nd but Salinas goes 6-3 to end it.
Alejandrez has a 1-2-3 inning, 1-0 Pittsburgh after 3, Villanueva at 32, Alejandrez at 37.
4th inning
Wes Morgan draws a leadoff walk and Alexander reaches on a Villanueva error, Morgan reaches 3rd.
Villanueva then lets the very next pitch roll between his legs into left, and the ball rolls into the corner in left, Morgan and Alexander both score. 2-1.
Knox taps a ball in front of the plate, Coates gets to third and then scores when Massi Lorenzelli, in a surprise start, drives the 1st pitch up the gap in right center for a run scoring double. He gets caught stealing 3rd on a 1-1 pitch to Collins, who then K’s. 3-1 Iron Pigs.
Alejandrez goes 1-2-3 on 17 pitches. 3-1 after 4.
5th inning
Riggs doubles and Chavez singles leading off the 5th.
Salinas then singles into right, Riggs scores. 4-1. Chavez gets to third.
Morgan walks to load the bases.
Alexander hits a sac to left, 5-1.
Coates grounds into a FC, Salinas to 3rd.
George Knox busts it open! Driving a 1st pitch to deep center for a double, scoring Salinas and Coates, and ending Villanueva’s day (4.1-6-7-4-4-4). 7-1. Paul Martin on for Pittsburgh.
Alejandrez walks Ricardo Gonzalez with 1 out but gets Ash and Gomez to end it, 7-1 after 5.
6th inning
Martin gets the side in order and Alejandrez does the same on 11 pitches. 7-1 with Alejandrez at 83 pitches.
7th inning
Joe Horton on for the Bulldogs, and Salinas draws a leadoff walk. Wes Morgan hits into a 4-6-3 and Alexander grounds out.
Alejandrez walks Ivan Gonzalez with 2 outs but gets Ricardo Gonzalez looking to end the inning, and his night, and what could likely be his last ever start in a Chicago uniform, 7-3-1-1-2-6. Jake Ellison will start the 8th.
8th inning
Ed Hobbs comes in and after a Coates single gets the next 3.
With 1 out Gomez doubles, Dana Reed singles him home, Allen Hedden then singles and Reed gets to third, Hedden to second on the throw. Ellison gets Tunstall on a liner to right, and the runners hold.
Jose Palacios singles past Riggs at 2nd and Reed and Hedden come home, 7-4, Ernesto Cruz coming on…
Ramos grounds to short on the 1st pitch, 7-4 Chicago after 8.
9th inning
Riggs walks to lead off and then is caught stealing 2 pitches later. The move comes back to haunt when Luis Chavez slams a deep drive to right for a solo homer in the same AB. 8-4 heading to the bottom half.
Where Cruz goes 3 up, 3 down, and puts Chicago just 27 outs away from their first world series title!
Chicago 8 Pittsburgh 4
W Alejandrez (2-0) L Villanueva (1-2) S Cruz (7)
HR CHI Chavez (2)
Chicago leads the series 3-0