Games

Warpigs 3, Wahoos 0

At the BallPork, the Warpigs all but eliminated the Wahoos from any hope of making the post season.

Game 1
Pigs 3, Hoos 0 - Cole Hamels and John Lackey matched zeroes until Lackey ran out of innings after the 6th. Hamels came out after allowing two baserunners in the bottom of the 8th. Jason Frasor relieved him and was greeted by a 3-run homer by Albert Pujols. Joba Chamberlain pitched the 9th for the save. Joel Pineiero got the win.

Game 2
Pigs 8, Hoos 7 - On the strength of 3 home runs, the Wahoos took a 7-2 lead to the 8th inning, but Garrett Atkins hit a 2-out, 2-run homer in the 8th to cut the Wahoo lead to 7-4. That was the score entering the bottom of the 9th. With C.J. Wilson on the mound, Delmon Young pinch hit and got a 1-out single. Justin Speier then came on and allowed a single to pinch-hitter Marcus Thames. With the tying run now at the plate, the Chief turned to ace stopper Carlos Marmol, but he walked Travis Hafner to load the bases. Albert Pujols was up next and ended the game in style with a walk-off grand slam. Gavin Floyd got the win in relief.

Game 3
Pigs 6, Hoos 2 - Again the Wahoos took a lead into the late innings. Again they squandered it. Down 2-1 at the 7th inning stretch, the Warpigs put together a hit batter and five base hits for a 5-run inning. The tying run came on a pinch single by Wilson Betemit, and the go ahead run scored on a 2-out clutch single by Marcus Thames. Pujols's RBI double and Ryan Church's 2-run single followed. Joba Chamberlain saved the game for starter and winner Edwin Jackson. Fausto Carmona took the loss.

That game-tying single by Betemit was on a roll that read Single 1-3, gb(1B)B 4-20. The corners were in, so the ground ball to first would have erased the runner on third trying to score. Betemit rolled the 3. The Thames clutch single was, as far as I can recall, the first Warpig omega hit of the year.

In his last at bats of the three games, Pujols went a combined 3-3 with a double, 2 homers, 3 runs scored and 8 RBI.

Needless to say, it was not a good day for the Wahoos. The Rhinos' magic number is down to 4. The Wahoos have 13 games remaining. The Rhinos have 10.