The second final game brought a drama and a close win for Draci
Extraliga Czech Series continued on Saturday, this time on Hroši home field and we got to see a more dramatic game than on Friday.
After a huge win on Friday, Draci started confidently and scored two run in the first inning after hits from Alex Monsalve and Martin Červinka. However, Hroši were able to find an answer and didn’t allow their opponent to build a bigger lead. In the bottom of the second they tied the game thanks to hits from Michal Pokorný and Vojtěch Menšík.
The next two innings were dominated by starters. Both John Hussey and Filip Čapka held their teams and over 450 fans had to wait for another run till the 5th inning, where Milan Prokop gave his team the lead. But even then Draci couldn’t keep the lead for a long time. In the bottom half of the 6th inning we got to see Martin Červenka to tie the game with a solo homerun, for Michal Pokorný to hive Hroši the lead moments later. This also meant the end of the game for Filip Čapka who was substituted by Tomáš Hrbek.
However, Draci were able to build a solid batting form by the end of the season and Milan Prokop’s triple batted in Šimon Klacl, followed by Alex Monsalve’s hit giving Draci the lead again.
Hroši substituted pitcher in the 9th inning when Tomáš Ondra came in for Hussey. Ondra, who had a long game pause due to an injury, didn’t show any lack of playtime and managed to close the inning with 2 strikeouts.
Hosts had 3 outs to at least tie the game. And they were not far from it. Marek Krejčiřík started the inning with reach the base after being hit by a pitch, for Hroši to gradually load the bases with one out. However, Hrbek struck out Petr Čech then and Tomáš Říčny was unable to become a hero, after Jakub Hajtmar almost didn’t catch his high ball. However, visiting infielder handled it in the end Draci started the celebrations.
Hroši couldn’t win despite outhitting Draci 13 to 9 and are now 2 games behind in the series. The finals continue in YD Arena on Sunday at 13:00. mnohem dramatičtější duel, než
