Chad Nelligan had his stuff in full swing tonight, as he threw six innings of two-hit ball to lead Seattle to a 5-3 victory over the Gothams in Game 2.
Nelligan moved down one Gotham after another, allowing only a single in the second, a double in the fourth and a pair of walks in the sixth. Only one Gotham reached third against Nelligan. When he was lifted for a pinch hitter in the sixth, the Monarchs were up 5-0.
New York started chipping away at that lead once Nelligan was out of the game. The Gothams got one in the seventh off of Rodriguez, another two in the eighth off of Stoker and Davis.
The Monarchs brought in Vallejo to close things out in the ninth, but it wasn't a lights out outing. Despite coming in with a two-run lead, Vallejo managed to bring the winning run to the plate. But when it came to crunch time, he managed to strike out Gossard and get Stelly to fly out to close out the game.
Mike will do Game 3 over the weekend and will announce the schedule. I'll run Game 4 on Monday night.
Zev
Both games have had the same feel to them, watching on replay. Gerhardt has sparked things in the bottom of the first with a steal and a run scored. (Stole both second and third in Game 1, actually.) The Monarchs take an early comfortable lead while the starting pitcher is cruising. Then, we hold on by the skin of our teeth as New York claws back into the game and threatens to win.
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely digging the replay thing. Fun way to watch a playoff game.
Game 3 will be simmed Saturday morning, if that's okay with Mack and Paul.
ReplyDeleteOk with me. I don't have any changes to upload.
ReplyDeleteI'm good to go.
ReplyDeleteGo Paul! Upload our league honor!
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