Drillers 5, Skyscrapers 2

Drillers 5 Kluber 2

April 10 Scrappers win 4-2

April 11 Drillers win 6-3

April 12 Drillers win 6-0

             Drillers win 6-4

Sept 11 Drillers 7-5

Sept 12 Drillers 13-3

Sept 14 Scrappers 8-3

All but game 1 EQA'd CM-v-CM

Skyscrapers 3, Tweeners 2

Games played @NY via CM.

Game 1 - Tweeners win 3-1. Blake Treinen gets Machado and Kipnis out with the bases loaded in the 9th.
Game 2 - Skyscrapers win 10-0. Max Scherzer dominates.
Game 3 - Tweeners win 3-1. Treinen does it again in the 9th.
Game 4 - Skyscrapers win 3-2.
Game 5 - Skyscrapers win 2-1.

Skyscrapers 4, Killer Bees 1

All games played at New York.

Game 1 - Scrapers win 7-4
Game 2 - Scrapers win 5-4 in the bottom of the 9th.
Game 3 - Bees win 10-4
Game 4 - Scrapers win 6-1 behind Kluber.
Game 5 - Scrapers win 2-0. Scherzer took a no hitter into the 9th inning, but Benintendi pinch hit a single to lead off the inning.

Skyscrapers 2, Wahoos 0

Kluber and Scherzer proved to be way too much for the Wahoos. Game 1, 4-2 Scrapers win. Game 2, 5-3 on the strength of a grand slam from Chris Ianetta. 

Mavs 5, Skyscrapers 2

The Mavs bus of strippers, coaches and players rolled in to Gotham City to play the skyscrapers via CM.   Return with us first to those halcyon days of the spring of 2017 when it looked like 2018 would be a great year for the Mavs; long before Yahoo sent a daily message saying “there are issues with your fantasy baseball roster”.  The strippers wore better make up then although that is a waste because no one looks at their faces anyway.

 

4/16:  Odorizzi  vs.Cole Hamels.  Throwing out the first pitch is the First Lady of the United States here on Mail Order Bride night in Gotham.  Unfortunately with the First Lady here security was increased so this game is being played in front of Secret Service and the First Lady and the bobble heads of the shapely Russian woman will go undistributed.  Justin Upton starts the scoring with a 1-13 homer in the top of the fourth.  A bit confused the First Lady was heard to shout “Goooooaaaaaalllll”.  Through six the score was 1-0 with both teams squandering many chances when in the top of the seventh Chris Davis hit his 37^th homerun to give the Mavs a 2-0 lead.  The First Lady didn’t even look up from the eBay selection of toupees she was perusing.  In the bottom of the eighth Carlos Hernandez hit a triple to drive in one and Ellsbury followed with a double to tie it.  A Machado single gave the Scrapers a lead and a Jose Bootista double finished the Mavs off.  Scrapers win 4-2.  Hernandez wins the Grumpy’s Bail Bonds Player of the Game going 3-4 with the Game Winning Hit (although that isn’t a stat anymore).

 

4/17:  Hammel vs. long time transvestite Kevin Gausman.  It is Village People day here in Gotham.  I can’t begin to describe the bobble head.  Hammel gives up three in the bottom of the first because he sucks which is appropriate on this night.  Chris Davis hits his 38^th with a man on in the top of the second.  Jedd Gyorko hits his 28^th with a man on in the top off the fifth and the Mavs tack on two more including a rare play where Jackie Bradley rounded first too far on a hit.  Third time this year.  I suppose that is kind of rare.  Mavs up 6-3.  In the top of the sixth Harper hits his 24^th with a man on.  8-3 Mavs.  In the top of the seventh the Mavs put Wong in and you should hear the cheers from the Gotham fans.  He doubles but the Mavs leave him hanging.  Mavs win 8-3 and Harper wins the Grumpy’s Bail Bonds Player of the Game going 3-5 with a homer, two runs scored and 2 driven in.

 

4/18:  Hellickson vs. Grienke in a game that the Mavs will likely just mail in.  Oh the humanity.  The Scrapers open the scoring stringing two hits and a grounder in to a run.  The Mavs get one back but Hellickson allows three right back and it is Scrapers 4-1 after three and the Mavs have their fingers hovering over EQA because there is only so many Hellickson starts that a sober man can watch.  Throwing caution to the wind the Mavs continue on a batter at a time and are rewarded with three consecutive innings where they hit in to double plays.  But wait, in the immortal words of Slim Pickens “what in the wide, wide world of sports is a-going on here”, the Mavs take the lead on a HBP, x-chart hit and Chris Davis homer in the top of the eighth.  Davis making a bid for the Betty’s Brothel Blow of the Game hit another straight out off of his card vs. Ryan Dull with two outs.  This would be exciting except I’ve seen the Mavs bullpen in action too many times.  But Strop works around two walks in the eighth and the Mavs take a lead in to the ninth and the Mavs survive forgetting to get Castellanos off the field with a lead in the ninth.  5-4 Mavs.  Davis indeed wins the Betty’s Brothel Blow of the Game.

 

4/19:  Tsunami Martinez vs. Klubot.  Yikes!  Thank goodness only the strippers and girlfriends are allowed to travel with the Mavs.  The wives and children shouldn’t see this.  Through five neither team can score.  Heck the Mavs can’t even get a hit.  In the sixth, Wong and Harper get hits and Correa doubles them both home and a two out single tacks on a run.  In the seventh Wong and Harper get hits again and Jackie F. Bradley singles home one more.  4-0 Mavs.   An error by Martinez gives the Scrapers a run in the eighth.  Carlos Correa hits his 20^th homer with a man on in the ninth.  Mavs lead 6-1 in the ninth.  A hit, walk and two errors later and Goldy is at the plate as the tying run against Matt Bush.  Ballpark homer 1-5 off Goldy’s card and he gets it.  Tie game.  In the top of the eleventh, defensive replacement at third Jedd Gyorko hits a 3-6 homer off of Broxton.  And this time the Mavs catch the ball.  Mavs win 7-6.  Carlos Correa wins the Grumpy’s Bail Bonds Player of the Game going 2-4 and driving in four.

 

4/20:  In game five of the four game series it is Cotton vs. Scherzer.  Brad Miller hits his 25^th homer in the second and the Mavs lead 2-0.  Castellanos adds a ballpark tater and it is 4-0 going to the bottom of the seventh.  Lucroy doubles in one more in the eighth.  Cotton throws a five hitter, walking one and striking out seven winning the Grumpy’s Bail Bonds Player of the Game.  5-0 Mavs.

 

9/18:  In a game sponsored wholly by Betty’s Brothel everyone is eligible (the slogan down at Betty’s) and the starters are Tsunami and Klubot.  Correa hits a two run homer bringing in Wong (another slogan at Betty’s) to start the scoring in the third.  A single and stolen base by Correa followed by a Jackie F. Bradley two out single give the Mavs a 3-0 lead going to the bottom of the fifth.  Meanwhile through six the Scrapers do not have a hit.  In the seventh with two out Kipnis lines a solid single and the Gotham fans don’t even clap.  Eastern elitist bastards.  Chris Davis hits another straight out homer off his card and the Mavs lead 4-0.  Lucroy singles and still Kluber soldiers on – Hal is a sadist.  Paul Goldschmidt hits a three run homer off of Martinez in the ninth chasing him.  The Mavs use three different pitchers to get the last three outs but hang on to win 4-3.  Correa goes three for five with two more extra base hits to win the Grumpy’s Bail Bonds Player of the Game.

 

9/19:  Cookie Carrasco against Max Scherzer in the final game on Nyquil Night.  Kids enjoy the free samples.  Carlos Correa continues his hot hitting with a two run homer in the top of the first.  When will one of these Scraper aces pitch like an ace?  A two out single by Kipnis after a run had already scored gives the Scrapers a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the third.  A Rendon homer in the fourth gives the Scrapers a 4-2 lead and this is beginning to look more like what I expected coming in to this series.  Brad Miller hits a homer 1-3 to bring the Mavs to within one heading in to the bottom of the sixth.  A 6-5 Harper homer ties it in the top of the seventh.  A 3-6 homer by Jackie F. Bradley gives the Mavs the lead.  Once again “what in the wide, wide world of sports is a-going on here”.  And why doesn’t Hal go to that awesome Scrapers bullpen?  I guess because he knows Dickerson is going to hit a two out two run homer in the bottom of the eighth to give the Scrapers the lead.  Hal is a cruel fascist bastard.  Scherzer throws a complete game winning 6-5 and Dickerson wins the Betty’s Brothel Blow of the Game.

Tweeners 1, Skyscrapers 1

Not much suspense in either game as Tweeners wrap up their home schedule.

8/26 - Scrapers rock Kuma for an 8-1 victory.  2 homers for Dickerson, 1 for Kipnis, each drive in 3.  W - Gausman, S - Giles.

8/27 - Tweeners build a 9-1 lead, Scrapers late rally fizzles, 9-5 final.  Of our 9 hits, Tweeners have 3 doubles, 3 triples, and 2 homers (Schoop and Cozart).  W - MadBum, L - Bundy.

Wahoos 3, Skyscrapers 1

Details to follow.

Skyscrapers 2, Fungoes 1

Fungoes and Skyscrapers finish up their season with 3 games via pc manager.  All games played by Fungoman.

July 26 at New York:

Fungoes score first with 2 in the 2nd inning to take a 2-0 lead.  Scrapers scrape a run in the bottom half when Bat flipper 

doubles in a run.  Bautista is later erased at the plate to end the inning.  Skyscrapers tie it up in the bottom of the 6th 

with a beautiful squeeze bunt.  Rendon breaks open the tie with a lead off homer for the home team in the bottom half 

of the 8th.  Scrapers proceed to pour it on scoring 5 more runs and winning it going away 8-2.  Steve Cishek gets the 

win in relief while Joe Musgrove finishes his season with a loss for the Fungoes.

July 27 at NY:

Scrapers get to Price early racing out to a 4-1 lead after 1 inning.  Fungoes still trailing 6-3 into the 9th when the fireworks

go off early!  Fungoes tie it up on a 2 out Carlos Beltran double plating 2 runs.  Extra innings is a very BAD option for the 

Fungoes but here we go.  Top of the 10th Fungoes leave em loaded while in the bottom half of the 10th Jason Kipnis hits a 

lead off, walk off homer!!!  NY wins it 7-6.  Steve Cishek picks up the win in relief while David Robertson is tagged with his first 

loss of the season falling to 9-1.

September 7 at WTF:

Bundy is hit hard in this one lasting only 3 2/3 innings.  Fungoes take a 8-3 lead into the 9th inning.  Harris has to come on 

and nail down his 28th save for the Fungoes.  Straily takes the win improving to 10-11 on the season.  Bundy takes the loss.  

With 2 out in the bottom half of the 4th and the Fungoes up 4-3, disaster struck the scrapers when Greg Garcia hit a CFx 

chance to Jacoby Ellsbury.  Ellsbury, a CF 2e4 gives up a double and commits a 2 base error allowing Garcia to circle the 

bases.  Fungoes now up 5-3 add two more unearned runs in the inning building the lead to 7-3.  

Fungoes now at 89-68.

Inmates 7, Skyscrapers 3

Via CM:

Inmates 7 – Skyscrapers 4 (Empire State Ballpark): A four-run Inmate 6^th slammed the door on the Scrapers in the inaugural meeting between the two teams. Nunez tatered in the 1^st to set the tone for the game. Rendon jacked one for the losers.

Inmates 4 – Skyscrapers 2 (Empire State Ballpark): Solid pitching by both Davies and Kluber highlighted a game without many offensive highlights. Cargo homered for the Inmates.

Skyscrapers 3 – Inmates 2 (Empire State Ballpark): In a rare showing of competence, Pineda allowed only one hit over six innings, handing a 2-0 Inmate lead over to the Inmate Arson Squad. In the last of the 9^th, still trailing 2-1, Ellsbury led off with a walk off of Jeffress. Goldschmidt followed with a single, then Jeffress uncorked a wild pitch to tie the game. Machado and Kipnis both walked to load the bases with no outs. Joey Bats followed with a mammoth 208-foot single to end the game. Bautista was showered with Gatorade; Jeffress was pelted with shit.

Skyscrapers 7 – Inmates 2 (Baptist Bowl): Bautista homered, Kluber pitched well, and the Beakless Chicken Gang played like zombies. ‘Nuff said.

Inmates 3 – Skyscrapers 1 (Baptist Bowl): Scherzer allowed solo homers to Martinez, Rizzo, and Cargo to ruin an otherwise nice pitching performance. Rickard tatered for the Vertically Inclined in a game where all runs scored on solo shots.

Skyscrapers 1 – Inmates 0 (11 innings - Empire State Ballpark): A great pitching performance by both teams. A scoreless tie was broken in the 11^th when a Kipnis double scored Goldschmidt with the walk-off run. Dull picked up the win, throwing four innings of scoreless relief. Manaea wasted a fine performance due to the return of the LDMF.

Inmates 4 – Skyscrapers 1 (Empire State Ballpark): Scherzer continued his Mr. Potato Head ways, allowing solo-taters to both Segura and Jones. Castro (!?!) hit a two-run shot off of Broxton to ice the game.

Inmates 11 – Skyscrapers 5 (Baptist Bowl): The Inmate bats finally un-snoozed, blasting Kluber for twelve hits in 5 1/3. Segura, Drury, and Jones all homered; Wood picked up a three-inning save.

Inmates 5 – Skyscrapers 4 (Baptist Bowl): Nunez homered in the Inmate 8^th for the winning run in a close game. “Mr. Potato Head” Scherzer allowed a two-run tater to Altuve, but struck out eleven in seven innings. Dull took the loss in relief.

Inmates 5 – Skyscrapers 4 (17 innings – Baptist Bowl): The Game That Almost Never Ended went into extra innings tied 3-3 thanks to a homer in the last of the 9^th by defensive-replacement Jones. The Tall Ones grabbed a 4-3 lead in the 12^th but the Inmates came back once more to tie. Finally, to a chorus of loud snoring from the 28 Inmate faithful left in the bleachers, Martinez doubled home Rizzo with the game-winner in the 17^th.

The HEAD INMATE

Skyscrapers 7, Rhinos 3

All games played by Rhinos vs CM. Game stories to follow.

Buckeyes 5, Skyscrapers 2

Buckeyes take 5 of 7 in final games with Scrapers

5/26 Buckeyes 8 Sky 2

5/27 Buckeyes 2 Sky 1

5/28 Buckeyes 3 Sky 1

5/29 Buckeyes 7 Sky 4

8/4 Sky 6 Buckeyes 0

8/5 Buckeyes 7 Sky 2

8/6 Sky 4 Buckeyes 3

Skyscrapers 4, Nads 1

SKY go 4-1 at NADS.

June 27th - Corey Kluber struck out 10 batters at The Ball Sack as the blistering-hot New

York Skyscrapers beat the league door-mat Chicago Nads by the count of 6 to 2.

June 28th - Max Scherzer reeled off a total of 13 strikeouts and Paul Goldschmidt left the

yard and had 2 RBI at The Ball Sack as the New York Skyscrapers beat the Chicago Nads 8 to 3.

June 29th  - Second baseman Brian Dozier smashed 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI as the Chicago

Nads bested the New York Skyscrapers 7 to 4 at The Ball Sack.

Sept. 3rd - In the 6th inning New York scored 7 runs when they had 6 base hits. as the New York Skyscrapers defeated the Chicago Nads by a score of 9 to 6

Sept. 4th - Max Scherzer struck out 13 batters at The Ball Sack as the New York

Skyscrapers beat the Chicago Nads 8 to 2.Scherzer(6-4) was tremendous on the

mound for New York.  He surrendered only 4 hits and no walks in 9 innings and

surrendered 2 'round-trippers'.

Skyscrapers 3, SuperGoofs 2

Scrapers take 3 of 5 vs Goofs.

6/16 Sky 6 Goofs 1

6/17 Goofs 3 Sky 1

8/23 Sky 4 Goofs 3

8/24 Sky 4 Goofs 2

8/25 Goofs 8 Sky 2

 

Skyscrapers 6, Warpigs 0

Games played vs CM.

Games 1-3 at The BallPork

Gm 1 - Skyscrapers win 7-6. Russell Martin hit an early 3-run homer, and the Scraper bullpen held on to make a winner of Cole Hamels.

Gm 2 - Skyscrapers win 5-4. Back to back homers in the 9th inning by Paul Goldschmidt and Manny Machado vaulted New York to the win.

Gm 3 - Skyscrapers win 6-5. A homer by Yasmany Tomas brought the Pigs from behind and tied the game, but the Scrapers scored in the 9th again to win their third straight 1-run game.

Games 4-6 at John Olerud Park

Gm 4 - Skyscrapers win 4-2. Manny Machado came up a double short of the cycle.

Gm 5 - Skyscrapers win 5-2. That man Machado again... His 3-run homer in the bottom of the 8th broke a 2-2 tie.

Gm 6 - Skyscrapers win 8-7. New York led 8-1 after 6 innings but had to hang on for the 8-7 win.

The Warpigs played without their regular CFer and RFer due to AB issues. Inciarte pinch ran and played some late-inning defense, but only got 1 or 2 at bats. Pence did the same.

Wahoos 3, Skyscrapers 1

Wahoos and Skyscrapers rolled dice on a rainy Saturday afternoon.

Game 1 at The Reservation: Estrada vs. Greinke

This one got out of hand in a hurry. The Scrapers scored 7 in the first and sent 13 men to the plate. Estrada got yanked after 2 innings and 9 hits, 8 runs and 4 walks. THEN, the 4th inning happened. The Scrapers scored 8 more times. 

A few of the offensive highlights for the Scrapers -- Manny Machado went 6-for-7, the No. 2 hitter went 5-for-7, The only lowlight came from the 9 hole hitter -- 0-for-4 with 2 walks. Travis Wood took a beating for the Wahoos. He went 7 innings and gave up 19 hits, 16 runs and 3 homers.

Final score: Scrapers 24 (with 28 hits), Wahoos 4

Game 2 at The Reservation: Verlander vs. Kluber

Uhoh. Scrapers score again in the first. But only once. Wahoos put up a pair in the first and start to pile on in the sixth and seventh with big innings. Hyun Soo Kim left holding the bag in an 0-for-5 day but the rest of the team had hits and/or RBI in a 16-1 thrashing. 

Game 3 at The Reservation: Fernandez vs. Scherzer

This time the pitchers ruled. Fernandez went all the way and allowed 4 singles and 4 walks but managed to induce 3 DPs and struck out 15. Mad Max was almost as good, allowing only a homer to Brandon Crawford and Khris Davis. Wahoos win, 2-0.

Game 4 at The Empire State Building (or whatever): Arrieta vs. Kluber

Wahoos score 4 runs early and Arrieta hangs on for dear life to win this one, 5-2.

Fungoes 2, Skyscrapers 0

Fungoes play two (though it seemed a lot like three)vs Skyscrapers and win em both!  

Games played via PC manager at WTF.

September 5 at WTF:

Fungoes grab a 3-0 lead and hold on to win.  Cole Hamels pitched a pretty good game 

allowing only 5 hits over his 7 2/3 innings.  He takes the loss.  David price picks up a win 

for the Fungoes as he allows 8 hits and 1 run over 7 innings.  Bruce Rondon picks up his 

1st save of the season.  Skyscrapers run comes on the strength of back to back X-chance

grounders to Odor that turned into two single and error.  Fungoes stole 7 bases in the contest.

September 6 at WTF:

This type of game is why TeamViewer or face to face game play are so much more desirable.  

This game went 16 innings and just when the Skyscrapers had the win column all warmed up 

until Dull came in and gave up back to back HRs to Betts and Trout handing the Fungoes the 

win 8-7.  The worst part of this game is that Zach Duke threw 9 innings of 2 hit ball in relief.  

Sorry Robert!  Carlos Torres picked up the win for the Fungi in relief while Mr Dull takes the loss 

on two pitched balls!  He didn't seem to have his best stuff out there today!

Skyscrapers 5, Killer Bees 0

Games played vs CM at Beeville.

Gm 1 - Skyscrapers 6, Bees 5
Gm 2 - Skyscrapers 1, Bees 0
Gm 3 - Skyscrapers 8, Bees 6
Gm 4 - Skyscrapers 6, Bees 2
Gm 5 - Skyscrapers 10, Bees 3

Drillers 5, Skyscrapers 2

Drillers Go 5 - 2 @ Home vs Scrappers

May 23 - Melky Cabrera had 4 hits and 2 RBI as the Oklahoma Drillers defeated the New York Skyscrapers by the score of 8 to 5 at Driller Park.

May 24 - Oklahoma Drillers broke the deadlock in their last at bats, pulling out a 4 to 3 win over the New York Skyscrapers and sending their hometown fans home smiling.

May 25 - Center fielder Charlie Blackmon ripped 2 homeruns as the Oklahoma Drillers defeated the New York Skyscrapers 4 to 3 at Driller Park.

July 31 - Cole Hamels delivered 8 solid innings as the New York Skyscrapers staged a dramatic comeback over the Oklahoma Drillers by a score of 2 to 1 at Driller Park.

August 1 - Right fielder Max Kepler knocked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Michael Fulmer tossed a complete game as the Oklahoma Drillers outscored the New York Skyscrapers 8 to 1.

August 2 - Corey Kluber struck out 12 batters and Anthony Rendon jacked one out of the ballyard and had 2 RBI as the New York Skyscrapers defeated the Oklahoma Drillers by a score of 5 to 2 at Driller Park.

August 3 - Shortstop Elvis Andrus went yard and had 4 RBI as the Oklahoma Drillers defeated the New York Skyscrapers 6 to 2 at Driller Park.

Skyscrapers 3, DVs 2

Plenty of offense in this 5 game series (the last game had 6 total runs- the rest were 10 or more) – and the Skyscrapers had enough pitching to take 3 of 5 at the DVs.

Mavs 6, Skyscrapers 1

The Skyscrapers roll in to the wide open spaces of Midlothian to play seven games in the Rastadome vs. the Mavs. 

 

May 30^th:  Grienke vs. Hellickson – and as if it could get any worse the Mavs have to rest Harper, Gyorko and Castellanos due to at bat problems thank goodness it is Tequila Body Shot Night sponsored by Betty’s Brothel or no one would be at the game.  It is 4-0 after three as once again Carlos Correa let two base hits go through and the Skyscrapers hit two taters.  The Mavs battle back to tie it after Chris Davis’s second two out RBI double in the bottom of the fifth and suddenly fans are paying attention at the body bar.  Paul Goldschmidt hits a triple 1 with no one out to lead off the eighth.  Grounder to first.  Intentional walk to Kipnis because Givens is abysmal against lefties.  Oh good, he walks the next righty.  Bases loaded, one out.  2-6 K to Anthony Rendon.   Dickerson up the Mavs counter with K-Rod.  5-7 grounder to first and the Skyscrapers manager Joe Pepitone is seen heading to the body bar.  In his inebrieated state, Pepitone brings in Steve Cishek after Davis hits his third double of the game.  Cishek gives up a 6-5 single to Kolten Wong (because the Godless heathen is weak against righties).  Mavs win 5-4.  The Grumpy’s Bail Bonds Player of the Game goes to Chris Davis who went 3-3 with 3 RBI’s and scored the winning run.

May31st: Cory Kluber vs.  Carlos Martinez.  Wow Harper and Gyorko are out of the lineup again although it appears that some of the Body Shot Girls from the night before may have more to do with this than rest.  Throwing out the first pitch is the 2015 Grumpy’s Bail Bonds “Bond Girl” – the 2015 calendar is still available by the way http://grumpysbailbonds.com/calendar.php.  Brad Miller hits a 3-6 three run homer in the bottom of the third sending Bernice Brewer down the slide.  Justin Upton hits a 3-10 ballpark tater sending her down the slide again in the bottom of the seventh.  Russell Martin hits a 1-11 ballpark tater in the top of the eighth.  Brad Miller wins the Betty’s Brothel Blow of the Game and six Mav pitchers combine to allow four hits.  5-1 Mavs.

June 1^st:  Well-known neo-Nazi Max Scherzer vs. the beloved inventor of the Everclear Margarita Carlos Carrasco.  Today’s give away is clean urine samples from the good folks at NORML.  Scherzer has a no-hitter until the fifth.  Three singles and two walks later and the first run crosses home plate (credit Mavs incredible base running decisions for that math).  Correa hits a two star single to plate two more.  3-0 going to the sixth.  The Skyscrapers push home a run on a Kipnis ground out in the eighth but it is too little, too late.  The Mavs win 4-1 worsening their draft position.

August 11^th:  Greinke wearing a tasteful Dior gown takes the mound against Hellickson sporting a chic Kate Spade ensemble in our annual Cross-Dresser game.  The Skyscrapers score first with a Rendon two run homer coming despite a broken heel in the top of the second.  Chris Davis sent Bernice Brewer down the slide (thankfully still dressed in her cutoffs and tank top) in the bottom of the second to cut the lead in half.  But Goldy launched a 5-5 homer 1-12 to get the run back in the top of the third.  Goldy blasts a two run homer on a 6-5 off Buchholz and the rout is on.  The Mavs take their purses and head home as the Skyscrapers win 6-1.  Goldy wins the Grumpy’s Bail Bonds Player of the Game going 2 for 4 with two homers and three RBI’s.

August 8^th:  Kluber vs. Martinez in Occupy Wall Street Remembrance Day.  Anthony Rendon doubles home Jason Kipnis who was on via a 1-2 HBP for the first run in the top of the second.  A spontaneous protest tent camp has sprung up in left field which really can only help Dickerson and Upton (4 and 3 respectively).  The Mavs push home the tying run in the fourth with a walk, the second error of the series by Kipnis (he appears mesmerized by Bernice Brewer’s parabolic splendor), a passed ball by Martin and a grounder.  Chris Davis sends the ever ready Bernice Brewer down the slide with a 3-10 straight out homer in the bottom of the sixth, 2-1 Mavs.  Manny Machado strikes out with the bases loaded in the top of the seventh.  Via a pinch hit in the seventh the Skyscrapers are now playing an all 40 outfield.  Sure enough CF X leads to a run.  Followed by Davis sending Bernice back down the slide.  5-1 Mavs and more homers are hit later.  Mavs win 10-1.  Davis earns the Grumpy’s Bail Bonds Player of the Game hitting two homers and driving in three.

August 9^th:  Scherzer vs. Cookie Carrasco.  Davis sends Bernice down the slide in the bottom of the second.  Apparently his gift from ARod arrived for this series.  Dickerson hits a 6-5 homer off Cookie with a man on in the fourth.  At this point I’d like to point out that Bautista after 4 X-chart tries has yet to give up a hit.  On the other hand Russell Martin has missed two ballpark taters (1-17 here).  Strange series.  With the Skyscrapers up 3-1 and Ryan Dull in Brad Miller leads off the ninth sending Bernice down the slide.  But Dull strikes out Gyorko.  But wait, Lucroy nails a 1-6 triple 1-4.  Who can run for him?  No one because the genius Mavs already used their back up catcher as a pinch hitter.  The Mavs pinch hit their last bench player, Tommy Joseph, who rolls a 3-7 double 1-9.  Since the Mavs are going to lose their DH anyway Carlos Martinez comes in to run for Joseph.  And now that the game is tied, Pepitone brings in Herrera.  Herrera strikes out Heyward (who doesn’t), Pepitone walks Correa to get to Bradley.  But Herrera walks Bradley.  Pepitone brings in Cishek to fan Castellanos.  Extra innings again.  Oh boy.  Bush shuts down the Scrapers in the top of the tenth.  Chris Davis walks.  Miller singles him to third.  And then Cishek sends the ball past Martin to the fence.  Mavs win 4-3.

August 10^th:  Getaway game for the Skyscrapers and believe me they have the bus running.  Cole Hamels against Jake Odorizzi.  Jake has allowed 12 homers in 50 innings so far so it is souvenir baseball day in left field.  Manny Machado hits the first one in the third with a runner on.  Goldschmidt hits the next one with no one on in the fifth.  Triple and an error on a Bautista X (finally got that jerk) leads to the Mavs first run in the bottom of the fifth.  A Valencia walk and a Correa homer later and the game is tied.  Odorizzi gives up a lead off double and Mychael Givens gives up a run scoring single to Rendon.  Scrapers 4-3 after five and half.  Dickerson homered off Strickland to add an insurance run in the top of the eighth.  The Mavs, down two going to the bottom of the ninth, rally and tie it on a two out double by pinchhitter Nick Castellanos off of Ryan Dull.  Oh goody.  Extra innings.  Bush shuts down the Scrapers in the top of the tenth and Justin Upton rolls a 3-6 homer.  Mavs win 6-5 in ten.  Upton earns the Betty’s Brothel Blow of the Game with the game winning home run.