MLCS 2019, Games 5-6

Game 5:

Portland scored in each of the first three innings off Jon Umber to take a 3-0 lead.  Yoda Moreno and Pete Craig had homers.  Ace lefty Joseph Langford was dominant through 4, not allowing a hit.  In the 5th Guillen singled to break up the no-hitter and Luis Harris homered to break up the shutout.

An inning later Bear hit a 2 run homer and Langford was losing 4-3, despite a 3 hit, 11 strikeout performance over 6 innings.

Brian Ohman pitched a scoreless 7th in relief of Umber, and in the 8th had 2 outs and a runner on second when Greg Jackson hit a grounder to third.  Adrian Sandusky threw the ball past first for an error, allowing the tying run to score.

Kevin Ribaudo held New York scoreless in the 9th.  With the New York bullpen taxed, Ohman started his third inning of work.  He struck out Gerald Evans.  He got 2 strikes on Jek Lewis, then hung a slider.  Jek hit the ball 419 feet to right center, giving his team the walk off win.

Game 6:

Ramon Escobar walked 2 batters in the bottom of the first, and with 2 outs Adrian Sandusky brought them home.  Luis Harris followed with a 2 run homer and it was 4-0 New York.  Ren Qing Sun homered in the second to make it 5-0.

Mark Stevens pitched a strong game for Cobra, with 7 innings of shutout ball, allowing 4 hits.  Bryan Avila pitched scoreless 8th.  Portland's bullpen allowed no more runs, but George Kird was able to hand a 5-0 lead over to his closer.  Papelbrad came in to strike out Tyrion Lannister, Michael Vaughn, and Pete Craig, sending Cobra to their third straight world series.