EXL: Třebíč beat Tempo in make up game
The series between Tempo and Nuclears was finished on Monday with the third game. It was hosted by Třebíč and fans could enjoy the game under the lights. Another make up game in Ostrava had to be postponed due to rain.
Looking at the starting pitchers, it was clear who the favorite was going to be. And Ryan Johnson confirmed it when he scored a solo homerun. Visiting Aleš Zhao threw only two innings in the end, allowing 2 runs. Even substitute pitcher Dominik Marani couldn’t hold the home team scoreleass and Nuclears kept increasing their score.
Jeffrey Barto had a good game on the mound, thanks to which home team took 5-1 lead after 4 innings. However, then the game got interesting. Home team started to make defensive errors and Tempo took advantage of it. First, Prague scored their second run thanks to Keibert Petit, which came after an error that could result into a third out. Martin Červenka then hit a two run homerun to decrease the score to 4-5.
The next inning went even worse for the home team. Nuclears finished the inning with 4 errors and Barto, who was clearly in a bad mood, left the mound. On the other hand, Tempo was gifted a chance to take the lead for the first time.
Miroslav Křivánek opened the next half inning with a long hit which allowed him to reach third base. Home team had troubles to move him, however, until Tadeáš Kalčev helped them with a wild pitch. And we got a completely new game after six innings.
The end of the duel belonged to the home team. They managed to take advantage of a pitching substitution, when Jhonny Duran came on mound. He didn’t do his job and Třebíč scored three runs against him. Seventeen years old Filip Kollmann closed the game, earning his first Extraliga win in the career.
After winning 9-6 Třebíč dominated the series against Tempo, who are yet to win a series of their own. Nuclears will now have a short break before the game against Draci on Wednesday. Tempo will play on Saturday against Hroši.
