Games

Tweeners 4, Inmates 1

From the Tweeners...
Not exactly what we had in mind, but Tweeners embraced the role of "spoiler". Smoltz pitched a strong game 5 to avoid a sweep. Tweeners finish at 74-88. Wish I could be a spectator for the big Inmates/Buckeyes showdown.

The Inmate losses lifted the Buckeyes into first place in the MFD by half a game with a just over one day left in the regular season. Yep, those last 14 head-to-head games should be fun. The winner will have the home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs; the loser is finished.

Just got another update...

Inmates 5, Nads 2
Still waiting on the Nads to confirm. The Inmates leapfrog back into first. They lead the Buckeyes by 1 with just the 14 head-to-head games remaining.

Rhinos 5, Zaps 5
The Rhinos clinch the BUD. They will host a first round series.

And finally...

Warpigs 4, Oilers 3 at the BallPork

Game 1: Pigs 17, Oilers 7 - The Warpigs pounded out 7 homers, 5 of them off of Braden Looper, and scored in every inning. Vic Martinez went 4-5 with 7 RBI.

Game 2: Pigs 4, Oilers 3 - Albert Pujols hit 2 solo homers, including a game-winning walk off homer in the 9th. Mark Ellis had 3 hits and a homer.

Game 3: Oilers 6, Pigs 4 - The Oilers scored early off of Jake Westbrook, and then held on. Hunter Pence homered for the second straight game. Pujols went 3-4 with another homer.

Game 4: Oilers 3, Pigs 1 - Four Oiler pitchers combined on a 1-hitter. The one hit was yet another Pujols home run. Xavier Nady hit a 3-run double in the third for all of the Oiler runs.

Game 5: Oilers 5, Pigs 2 - Shawn Hill went 8 innings in the win. Jason Varitek homered and Eric Chavez had 3 hits. Pujols' homer streak came to an end.

Game 6: Pigs 7, Oilers 5 - The Pigs erased a 5-0 deficit with 5 runs in the 4th inning. The big blow was a 3-run home run by Garrett Atkins. Nady and Chavez both had 3 hits for the Oilers.

Game 7: Pigs 1, Oilers 0 - Mark Ellis hit a homer in the bottom of the 8th inning and Felix Hernandez threw a complete game 5 hitter. He walked 2 and struck out 11. Both walks were intentional passes to Jim Thome. A quandry was narrowly avoided in the sixth. Oiler starter Shawn Marcum had a no-hitter entering the inning, which was to be his last inning of the year. I had already made up my mind that Marcum should be allowed to continue pitching if his no-hitter was intact, especially considering this was the last game ever for the historic Oilers. A single by Kelly Johnson with 1 out in the 6th made the decision moot.