The shell-shocked fans headed out into the Battery shopping mall in no mood to party like they had the previous two nights. The night trudged to a merciless ending exactly four hours after it started, with Game 4 hero Jorge Soler whiffing on the final pitch. They kept fighting.”īy the end, Duvall’s first-inning slam seemed a lifetime ago. It’s a nine-inning game, and they didn’t quit. That happened in the bottom of the first. “We got excited, and that’s what you do when you hit home runs, but it’s a long game.
“It’s a nine-inning ballgame,” Duvall said. Even the fashion craze sparked by Joc Pederson’s pearl necklace lost its luster. The rookie starting pitcher couldn’t throw a strike.
