Warpigs 6, Drillers 4

Via Netplay - but with several glitches. For the most part, the game doesn't like it when you switch hosts. Close and re-open the game when you switch hosts, I guess. That seemed to work.

April 28 @ The BallPork - Drillers win 6-2. Michael Fulmer threw 6 shutout innings, and both Buster Posey and Josh Donaldson homered. The Pigs avoided the shutout with an 8th-inning home run from Aaron Judge. Danny Duffy (2-3) was mashed around a bit in the loss.

April 29 @ The BallPork - Drillers win 6-1. Everything is rosy in DrillerLand. Posey homered again. So did Jose Abreu. Hell, Michael Conforto homered twice. All while Lucas Giolito was taking his turn to shutout the Warpigs' pitiful offense. This time the Pigs needed a 9th inning, 2-out solo shot by Corey Seager to get on the board. Rich Hill (1-3) took the loss.

Through two games, the Driller SPs had given up zero runs on 8 hits in 13 innings.

June 20 @ Driller Park - Warpigs win 5-4 in 10 innings. For awhile there, it appeared the day's trend was going to be All Drillers, All the Time... but thanks to some late inning heroics, the trend has become Home Teams Suck. Trailing 4-1 in the 7th, the Warpigs' Tommy Pham hit a 2-out, 2-run homer to close the gap to 1. In the top of the 9th, after the first two Pigs made outs, the next four Pigs went: walk, HBP, walk, walk. The last one, to DJ Lemahieu, forced in the tying run. Another 2-out rally in the top of the 10th gave the Pigs the lead. Corey Seager doubled home Aaron Judge, who had walked to open the inning. Sean Doolittle (1-0) got the win in relief. Steve Cishek nailed down the final out for his 8th save.

June 21 @ Driller Park - Warpigs win 8-5. The Pigs trailed 4-3 in the 6th when they exploded for a 5-spot capped off by a 3-run homer by Tommy Pham. Adrian Beltre and David Freese also homered for the Pigs. Josh Donaldson and Lonnie Chisenhall homered for the Drillers. Raisel Iglesias (2-0) got the win in relief while Adam Warren notched his 3rd save.

June 22 @ Driller Park - Warpigs win 6-4. Five games, five road wins. Jake Lamb homered in the 6th inning, turning a 4-3 lead into a 6-3 lead. Luis Severino (4-2) wasn't great, but pitched just well enough over 8.2 innings to win. Doolittle got the final out for his 3rd save.

July 13 @ The BallPork - Warpigs win 3-2. It was the first home win of the series for either team, and also the first blown save by a Warpig reliever in their first 36 games. Luis Severino was cruising along with a shutout into the 9th inning, but a leadoff walk and a 1-out triple by Eric Thames sent him to the showers. Warren came on to try and strand the game-tying run at third. He did his job, striking out Abreu, bringing up CarGo as the last hope. Sean Doolittle was a little weary, but was called in for the final out. He couldn't get it. Pinch hitter Howie Kendrick blooped a single to tie the game. The Drillers went on to load the bases, but Carl Edwards struck out Robinson Cano to keep the game tied going to the bottom of the 9th. In their half, the Pigs rallied after two were out. Joe Mauer doubled, and Pirela singled him to 3rd. Corey Seager was intentionally walked to bring up J.T. Realmuto in the clutch. Ryan Tepera was tapped to get him out, but Jon Jay grabbed a bat instead and grounded a single up the middle to end the game in dramatic fashion. Edwards (2-0) was the winner as the Pigs take their fourth in a row.

July 14 @ The BallPork - Drillers win 4-3. The Drillbits put an end to the 4-game losing streak with a wild 9th inning. Tied 1-1 into the final frame, the visiting Drillers scored 3 times, the final 2 on a triple by Kendrick. Corey Seager hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the inning, but it wasn't enough. Lucas Giolito got the win, Corey Knebel the save, and Adam Warren (2-2) took the loss.

July 15 @ The BallPork - Warpigs win 4-3 in 11 innings. In my favorite game of the series, there were a combined 26 runners left on base. Aaron Judge homered in the 4th, and Christian Yelich hit one in the 7th, but when the Drillers scored 2 in the 8th, the game was tied at 3. In the top of the 10th, Charlie Blackmon tripled with 1 out. Raisel Iglesias was brought on to face Josh Donaldson, who lifted a flyball to right. With Blackmon tagging at 3rd, Judge came up firing and nailed him at the plate. Judge was denied his chance to finish his Hero's Journey in the bottom of the inning because he was intentionally walked. In fact, the bottom of the 10th went like this for the Pigs: double, IBB, sac, IBB, gbDP. Grrr. But in the bottom of the 11th, the Pigs loaded the bases again, and this time the Driller Dude had to pitch to Judge. It wasn't intentional, but Judge walked again to give the Pigs the win. Iglesias (3-0) was the winner.

September 3 @ Driller Park - Drillers win 4-3. In my least favorite game of the series, Asdrubal Cabrera's walk off BP HR off of Doolittle's card sent the home folks away happy.

September 4 @ Driller Park - Warpigs win 3-0. Lemme tell ya, the Driller lineup is scary good. And the right side of Danny Duffy's card is scary bad. But somehow, Duffy managed to twirl some magic for 6.1 innings of 2-hit ball. The bullpen finished up the Duffy (3-3) shutout, with Cishek earning his 9th save. Corey Seager and Roberto Perez both homered in the 2nd inning for the only runs of the game.