2016 World Series Recap
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| The 2015 RABL World Series featured the defending World Series Champion Baltimore Orioles versus the Cincinnati Reds who did not clinch a Wildcard berth until the final week of the season. The Reds (91-71) stormed through the National League playoffs including a sweep of the 110-win Chicago Cubs. In fact, the Reds defeated all three division winners on the way to the World Series. After winning it all in 2015, the Orioles (95-65) won a highly competitive AL East crown then defeated the Boston Red Sox in six games before sweeping the 97 win Minnesota Twins. The Cincinnati Reds will host the first two games at Geat American Ballpark. Both teams have impressive pitching finishing 4th and 5th in team ERA on the season and the Reds Closer Craig Kimbrel set a league record by going a perfect 40 for 40 in Save opportunities. Orioles starters Mike Fiers and AL Cy Young winner Gerrit Cole combined to go 32-15. Managers are Sam Alberry of the Reds and Jim Williams of the Orioles. |
Nov 6, Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati…. Game 1 Corey
Kluber vs AJ Burnett - The 1st 3 innings go scoreless with both
pitchers looking sharp and Burnett giving up only 2 singles and a
walk and working around a Brandon Crawford Error. Kluber strikes out 6 and sets
them down in order. After Kluber notches his 7th K to open the 4th,
Yadier Molina cracks the code and delivers a single for the Reds 1st hit.
Joey Votto follows with a walk and suddenly Kluber finds himself in a jam
with Josh Donaldson coming to the plate who delivers a single to right
scoring Molina for the 1st run of the series.
Corey Dickerson follows with a 3 run blast to give the Reds 4 big runs
in the
4th. Kluber K'd the next 2 batters to end the inning giving him 9
Strikeouts in 4 innings. Elvis Andrus singles to lead off the Orioles
5th but
Burnett gets back to back Ks and the inning seems harmless, but then a
wild pitch
moves the runner to 2nd and a Chris Coghlan Double gets Baltimore on
th2 board
then AJ Pollock grounds to 3rd and Donaldson's throwing error
allows a
2nd run to score making it 4-2. Burnett gets Clint Robinson to line out
and
end the inning. Burnett shocks everyone with a solo blast in the bottom
of the 5th for a 5-2 Reds lead. After a double play gets the 1st
2 outs in the top of the 6th 3 singles from Cody Asche, Andrus and
finally
Stephen Piscotty gets Baltimore another run making it 5-3 ending
Burnetts day.
Luke Gregerson comes in and gets a ground out to end the inning. Brett
Cecil, Darren O'Day
and Kimbrel give up 2 hits the rest of the way as the Reds take game 1
. Final: Cincinnati 5 Baltimore 3… Reds take a 1-0 lead in the series |
Nov 7, Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati…. Game 2 Mike
Fiers vs Robbie Ray - Fireworks start right away in game 2; a Francisco Cervelli
walk Pollock single then a Robinson single deliver a play at the plate
where Dickerson was able to throw out Cervelli, a loud out
by Piscotty and the Reds are out of the inning unscathed. After walks
to Kevin Pillar and Votto, Donaldson hits a 3 run homer to left as the Reds
take a early 3-0 lead after 1. In the bottom of the 3rd Donaldson's solo
blast give the Reds a 4-0 lead after 3 . Ray stays out of trouble until
the 6th inning after striking out the 1st 2 batters he runs directly
into trouble. Pollock singles then a Robinson double scores him making it
4-1. A Piscotty walk signs the end of the road for Ray as the Reds summon
Gregerson to face pinch hitter Wellington Castillo as the Orioles skipper makes
the right call as he gets Gregerson for a 3 run homer tying things up
at 4 . After an Andrus single, Javier Lopez comes out of the pen and gives up a
walk making it 1st and 2nd again with 2 outs Liam Hendricks comes in to try
to put an end to the inning and does getting Coghlin to fly out to
shallow left. Hendricks is left in to face the top of the order for the
birds in the 7th but that proves to be an unwise decision as D.J. Lemahieu
and Cervilli single putting runners on 1st and 3rd with no outs. The Reds
go to the pen again this time bringing in Cecil to work out of the jam
with the infield playing halfway a ground ball to second lead's Walker
to try to cut the runner down at the plate but Lemahieu is safe Orioles
make it 5-4, still no one out then a Robinson single loads up the bases
Piscotty delivers a SF for a 6-4 lead. Asche strikes out but Andrus walks
to load the bases again with 2 outs but Cecil is able to strike out
Jason Heyward to end any further damage. Joaquin Benoit, Kevin Jepsen, and Will Smith allow just 1
walk over the last 3 innings as Baltimore earns a come-from-behind
victory heading home with the series tied at 1.Final: Baltimore 6 Cincinnati 4, Series tied 1-1 |
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Wilson vs Gerrit Cole - A Donaldson double followed by a Dickerson
double gives the Reds a 1-0 lead in the 2nd. The score stays the same
till the 5th when a Crawford single and a Molina 2-out double makes the
score 2-0. Votto follows with a 2 run home to give the Reds a 4-0 lead.
An Elvis Andrus solo shot in the bottom half makes it 4-1.
Crawford leads off the Reds 7th with a double, a Pillar Sac Bunt moves
him to 3rd with 1 away. With the infield in Molina's Ground out to
second does not get the job done. Votto's 2 out single scores Crawford
making it 5-1. A Donaldson single then a Dickerson single scores Votto
making it 6-1 Reds. Coles night ends as Charlie Furbush faces PH Trayce Thompson who is
intentionally walked. Cody Rasmus' infield single scores Donaldson for a 7-1
lead. A Kelby Tomlinson ground out ends the inning . 1 walk and 2 singles is all
the O's manage the rest of the game. Final: Cincinnati 7 Baltimore 1 Reds leads the series 2-1 |
Nov 10, Camden Yards in Baltimore…. Game 4 Final: Cincinnati 8 Baltimore 3 Reds leads the series 3-1 |
Nov 14, Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati…. Game 5 Final in 10: Cincinnati 6 Baltimore 4 Reds win the World Series 4-1 |