Games

Warpigs 6, Inmates 0

The dice were rolling down in Waco. All of the games were close, decided late. The Inmates had the lead in all but the last game. The games were so close that the Warpigs had saves in 5 of them and a walk off win in the other.

7/7 - at The Baptist Bowl - Warpigs 6, Inmates 4 - Jesse Litsch went 7 innings for the win. Joakim Soria got the last out for a save. Gavin Floyd took the loss. Manny Ramirez went 3-3 with a walk and two doubles.

7/8 - Warpigs 2, Inmates 1 - Ryan Howard homered off John Lackey in the first inning, then Jason Bay and Miguel Olivo homered off of Brett Myers in the top of the 2nd. That was all the scoring. Soria got the save.

7/9 - Warpigs 5, Inmates 4 - In the battle of the Santanas, the deciding run was scored in the top of the 8th when Ryan Howard made a 2-out, 2-base error allowing Jeff Keppinger to score from 2nd base. Heath Bell got the win in relief and Matt Thornton earned the save. Miguel Olivo and Chris Dickerson both homered off of Johan Santana.

8/20 - at The BallPork - Warpigs 7, Inmates 6 - Orlando Hudson ended the game in the 9th with a 2-out single to score Albert Pujols with the winning run. Jeff Keppinger went 3-3 with a double and a triple. Jason Bay hit a game-tying homer off of Frank Francisco in the 6th inning. Ryan Howard homered twice for the Inmates. Garrett Atkins also homered for the Pigs. Matt Thornton got the win.

8/21 - Warpigs 9, Inmates 6 - The Pigs hammered Brett Myers for 5 home runs and Cliff Lee went 5 innings for the win. Billy Wagner got the save. Manny Ramirez homered twice. Also homering were Curtis Granderson (to lead off the game), Albert Pujols, and Ryan Doumit. The Inmates had 3-run homers by Steve Pearce (off of Lee) and Adrian Beltre (off of Heath Bell).

8/22 - Warpigs 3, Inmates 0 - Rich Harden and Heath Bell combined on a 3-hit shutout. Harden struck out 11 in 7 innings, including 6 of the last 7 batters he faced. Javier Vazquez threw a complete game for the Inmates but took the loss.