@ The BallPork
Game 1 - Fungoes win 5-1. Harvey goes the distance, scattering 7 singles. Wily Peralta started for the Pigs, but wasn't up to the task.
Game 2 - Fungoes win 3-0 in game 1 of the DH. The matchup was Kershaw vs Wheeler, so losing only 3-0? I'm counting that as a win. Daniel Murphy started what would become a familiar theme of the day by hitting a home run.
Game 3 - Fungoes win 1-0 in game 2 of the DH. The starting pitcher for the Fungoes was Todd Redmond, although he didn't last long enough to get the win. He was followed by 5 relievers. Adam Wainwright started for the Warpigs, but he wasn't around long enough to the loss. Waino threw 8 innings of 4-hit shutout ball, but was lifted starting the 9th. Casey Fien surrendered a solo homer to... Daniel Murphy. The Pigs threatened in the bottom of the 9th. After 2 were out, Matt Wieters had a pinch hit single. Yoenis Cespedes pinch ran, stealing 2nd (without the benefit of a good lead, so it was only a 1-8 chance) and going to 3rd on the overthrow. Michael Bourn was intentionally walked (and then stole 2nd w/o a throw. Brandon Crawford was forced to hit but whiffed for the third straight time.
In the 3 home games, the Pigs amassed 1 run on 12 hits.
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Game 4 - Fungoes win 3-2 in 10 innings. Wainwright pitched well again, and again took a no decision. After a HBP and a SAC, Matt Carpenter singled off of Michael Wacha with 1 out in the 10th for the walk off win. SP Jose Fernandez started at DH against David Price. He went 0-2.
Game 5 - Warpigs win 1-0. Stephen Strasburg knows all too well that the only way to win on this particular Warpig team is to shutout your opponent (and even then, it's 50/50). He held the Fungoes to 3 hits in 8 innings. Wacha and Fien combined to get through an exciting 9th. Mike Trout came up with a runner on and 2 outs, but rolled his gap out at 1-9 to end the game.
Game 6 - Fungoes win 6-5 in 12 innings. Some highlights... (1) Both Harvey and Jose Fernandez got rocked. This was especially weird since these guys are pretty good and neither team has just a whole lotta offense. (2) The Warpigs played 24 of their 25-man roster, leaving only reliever Nick Tepesch out in the bullpen to play with himself. (3) Daniel F. Murphy hit another homer, a 3-run shot in the 1st. He also doubled twice. I don't like him very much. (4) The ghost of Albert Pujols made an appearance, going 3-4 with 4 RBI and missing the cycle by only the triple. Ahh, memories of yesteryear. It makes me mist up a little. (5) Matt Carpenter had another walkoff game winner. (6) The Warpigs sent THREE consecutive starting pitchers up to the plate to bunt in the 11th. Wainwright came in with a runner at 1st and no outs. While the Fungo hurler was concentrating on Waino, the speedy Yonder Alonso somehow managed to get his lead and steal second. Wainwright sacrificed him to third. In came Strasburg for an obvious squeeze attempt, but he was intentionally walked... which brought in Wily Peralta for another obvious squeeze attempt. His bunt failed, nailing Alonso at the plate. So when Bourn came in to pinch hit (the 5th straight pinch hitter in the inning), it left the Warpigs with Alonso (5e71) at 2b, Yadier Molina (4e25) at 1b, and no dh for the rest of the game. And finally, (7) the Pigs scored more runs this game (and lost!) than they had in the previous 5 games combined.
When's the Draft???
Some Fun(go) Facts from today's 6 games vs the Warpiggies:
Fungoes hit 3 homeruns, all by Daniel Murphy. Murphy hit at a .421 clip while scoring 6 times and driving in 7!
Matt Carpenter had 2 RBIs today, both walk off hits!
Trout hit .304 vs the Pigs and scored 3 times while driving in ZERO!
Fungoes team ERA vs Pigs; 1.40
Fungoes bullpen allowed ZERO runs.
Kershaw goes 1-1 vs pigs with a 0.56 ERA!
Pigs managed 36 hits and 9 runs in 58 innings.
Yep, it was a pretty good day!
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