Weevils 4, Drillers 3

Weevils win 4 of 7 to finish season series.

game 8: 6-3 Weevils on 2 Matt Olson HR

game 9: 9-1 Drillers

game 10: 6-2 Drillers

game 11: 6-5 Weevils on 8 strong IP from Scherzer

game 12: 10-5 Weevils

game 13: 12-3 Weevils

game 14:  12-5 Drillers

DVs 3, Drillers 2

Game 1 – Blackmon hits 3 run homer in the 7^th off Richard Bleier, driving his ERA from 1.05 to 2.15. DVs rally in the 9^th on a Adam Jones home run, but Knebel holds on for the 6-5 Driller win

Game 2 – DVs get the home run bats going as Stanton hits his 60^th and Moustakas hits 2 in an 11-7 DV win

Game 3 – DVs win 5-3 on a Devers walk off in the bottom of the 10^th

Game 4 – DVs use their bats as mitts and commit 4 errors in handing the Drillers a 7-1 win

Game 5 – Stanton hits his 61^st in the 4^th inning, and with first base open later in the game, HAL IBB’s him, setting up a Moustakas 3 run bomb as the DVs win 8-2.

Drillers 4, Killer Bees 1

At the Bees. Vs CM.

Drillers 4, Goofs 1

Drillers take 4 of 5 at Goofs

5/11 Goofs 11 Drillers 4

5/12 Drillers 13 Goofs 3

5/12 Drillers 2 Goofs1 (10 innings)

8/7 Drillers 3 Goofs 1

8/8 Drillers 5 Goofs 0

Buckeyes 5, Drillers 2

Buckeyes take 5 of 7 vs Drillers

4/18 Buckeyes 5 Drillers 4

4/19 Drillers 10 Buckeyes 4

4/20 Drillers 3 Buckeyes 2

4/21 Buckeyes 6 Drillers 2

7/20 Buckeyes 6 Drillers 4

7/21 Buckeyes 5 Drillers 4

7/22 Buckeyes 6 Drillers 5

Drillers 3, Tweeners 2

7/9 6-5 Tweeners. Cozart 2-run blast top 9 ruins Driller day.

7/10 7-6 Tweeners. Sac fly in 16th was too much to overcome. FIVE lead changes in this battle of attrition!

8/24 5-4 Drillers. Walk off Cargo single send the fans home happy.

8/25 10-2 Drillers. Out hit Tweeners 14 - 8.

8/26 5-4 Drillers. Another see saw battle ending with an Asdrubel walkoff single in the 12th.

Tweeners 3, Drillers 2

5 vs. Hal at the Hooverdome.

4/25 - Tweeners 2, Drillers 1.  Taillon and Montgomery were both sharp.  Arenado's 2-out solo shot in the 9th off Shaw made a winner of Rosenthal.

4/26 - Tweeners 7, Drillers 2.  Smoak goes 3/4, 2HR, 4RBI.  L - Godley, W - Morton. 3-inning save for Minor.

4/27 - Drillers 7, Tweeners 6.  Entertaining affair was tied at 6 at the end of regulation.  Blackmon took Rosenthal deep in the 10th.  W - Nicasio.

7/24 - Tweeners 4, Drillers 2.  Queen City favorites Schebler and Winker homered to lead the way.  Charlie Morton improved to 9-2, Minor picked up his 12th save.  L - Berrios.

7/25 - Drillers 5, Tweeners 2.  Seemed like we had our chances but couldn't come up with the big hit.  W - Walker, S - Knebel, L - Montgomery.  Blackmon homered again.  Buster Posey made his one fielding error for the season, but it mattered not.

Killer Bees 3, Drillers 2

Bees take 3 of 5 at Drillers

6/13 3-0 Bees.  Wacha with CG ShO

6/14 5-3 Drillers. Cano/Posey with 3 hits each

6/15 7-1 Drillers. Blackmon/Abreu combine for 5 rbi

9/10 11-4 Bees. 4 Bee runs in 8th AND 9th again expose Driller pen

9/11 6-2 Bees.  Berrios serves up 3 bombs in loss.

Drillers 4, Buckeyes 3

Drillers take 4 of 7 at home vs Buckeyes in EQA CM series.

6/3 6-2 Drillers.  Asdrubel with 3-run blast in 7th

6/4 7-5 Drillers.  Chisenhall and Kendrick blastway to win.

6/5 6-1 Buckeyes. Santana shut us down.

9/6 8-3 Drillers. Cargo goes yard twice.

9/7 3-2 Buckeyes. Cashner goes 11 for the win

9/8 7-4 Drillers.  Godley beats Peacock in battle of 1st rounders.

9/9 8-4 Buckeyes.  Kiki with 2 bombs.

Drillers 3, Goofs 2

Drillers go 3-2 vs goofs

6/29 7-5 Goofs.  Goofs score 6 in top of 9th...

6/30 11-2 Drillers.  We had 16 hits!

7/1 4-3 Drillers.  Andrus with game winner in 8th.

8/18 5-4 Drillers.  Conforto benefits from a bases loaded single/2 base error in 8th

8/19 5-4 Goofs.  Pen blows another...

DVs 4, Drillers 1

DVs go 4-1 on 5 EQA CM games

May 5 DVs win 7-6 in 12

May 6 DVs win 4-3 Knebel sucks shit yet again

May 7 DVs win 8-1  Driller #7 starter sucks too

July 11 Drillers win 2-1 Senzatela goes 8 shutout

July 12 DVs win 4-0 behind Teheran/Bleier 7=hitter

First trade of the season

The FFTs traded their 5th round pick next year to the Drillers for Max Kepler and the Driller 8th round pick.

Said Dr. FFT, "I now have someone to watch at game I attend."

Fungoes 6, Drillers 4

Fungoes and Drillers played 10 games via net play on Friday in, what turned out to be, a marathon of restarts and freezes stretching game play out to about 14 hours (off and on play).  Fungoes updated windows in the morning and spent the rest of the day trying to un-update!!  Here are those results:

Game 1 at WTF (April 1 Opening Day):

Straily vs Walker ends in a 6-1 Fungo opening day victory.  Trout Homers and Doubles in the Fungo win while Straily, Wil Harris and David Robertson combine for the shutout.  Robertson claims the save by pitching out of a bases loaded jam in the 8th, and an easy 9th inning.

Game 2 at WTF (April 2):

Fungoes shut out the Drillers again winning it 1-0.  Kershaw, Hader and Robertson combine for the shutout while Robertson picks up another save for the home team.  Lucroy drives in the only run on the day.  Senzatella picks up the hard luck loss for the Drillers.

Game 3 At OU Field (May 16):

Drillers shut out the Fungoes and win this one big, 10-0.  Keuchel, Lyons, Nicasio and Infante combine on the 2 hit shutout.  Conforto, Abreu and Gonzalez all homer and drive in 3 (each) for the Drillers.  

Game 4 at OU Field (May 17):

This one is all tied up after 9 innings and the Fungoes push across a run in the 10th and win it 4-3.  Kershaw and Fullmer are the starters but they are long gone when this one was decided.  Dom Leone gets the win while Nicasio is handed the loss.  Will Harris picks up the save.  Eric Hosmer gets the game winner with a bases loaded 1-out single in the 10th inning.  Drillers miss 3 BP homer chances (1-10) in this one.  That will be a trend today at OU.

Game 5 at OU Field (May 18):

Drillers win this one 8-2 with Berrios winning it while Marquez takes the loss.  Conforto and Abreu both hit homers for the Drillers.  Chisenhall drives in 3 for the Drillers.

Game 6 at WTF (June 25):

Drillers score 3 first inning runs and go on to win it 4-3.  Lyons gets the win in relief while Dan Straily takes the loss for the Home team.  Knebel picks up the save.  Eric Thames drives in 3 for the Drillers.

Game 7 at WTF (June 26):

Drillers score first with a single run in the first inning.  Fungoes answer with 2 in the bottum half of the first.  That would be all the scoring as the Fungoes hold on to win it 2-1.  Senzatella absorbs another tough luck loss while German Marquez wins it for the Fungoes.  Robertson picks up the save.  Trout drives in the runs for the Fungi.

Game 8 at WTF (June 27):

Drillers cruise to a 10-2 lead.  Fungoes make it close with a 6 run 8th but the Drillers answer with a 4 run 9th inning to win it 14-8.  Andrus, Cano and Thames all Homer for the Drill crew while Trout goes deep for the Home team.  Tallion gets the win.  Kennedy takes the loss.

Game 9 at OU Field (August 22):

Fungoes break open a tie score with three 9th inning runs.  Lindor smacks a 2 run HR to push the final score to 6-3.  Tepera earns the loss while O'Day gets the win for the fungi.  Robertson gets the save.  Matt Carpenter also homers for the Fungoes while Chisenhall goes deep for the Drillers.

Game 10 at OU Field (August 23):

Fungoes race out to a 6-2 lead with a 5 run 5th inning, wining it 8-5. Marquez gets the win while Walker takes the loss.   Lindor, Hosmer and Betts all go yard in the 5th inning for the Fungoes.  Cano and Conforto both homer for the Drillers.

Fungoes win 6 of 10 improving to 30-25 on the season.

FFTs 8, Drillers 2

Via NetPlay...

5/13 OUD 4 7 1 FFT 7 10 0 J.Samardzija (6-2) A.Senzatela (2-1)
5/14 OUD 0 5 0 FFT 3 5 2 Y.Darvish (6-8) Z.Godley (4-4)

6/ 1 FFT 3 11 1 OUD 4 6 0 D.Keuchel (6-3) D.Pomeranz (4-4)
6/ 2 FFT 6 12 0 OUD 2 5 0 J.Samardzija (6-1) M.Fulmer (6-3)

7/29 OUD 4 9 1 FFT 7 10 0 M.Leake (7-8) D.Keuchel (5-3)
7/30 OUD 0 3 0 FFT 2 10 2 L.Lynn (7-4) M.Fulmer (5-2)
7/31 OUD 5 7 1 FFT 6 13 0 N.Goody (2-0) B.Shaw (0-2)

8/31 FFT 7 16 1 OUD 6 11 0 L.Lynn (7-4) A.Senzatela (2-1)
9/ 1 FFT 1 7 0 OUD 0 7 0 D.Pomeranz (5-4) J.Taillon (0-3)
9/ 2 FFT 1 6 0 OUD 4 8 0 L.Giolito (3-0) J.Samardzija (6-2)

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.

Warpigs and Drillers Swap Hitters

The Drillers traded Jake Lamb and Tim Beckham to the Warpigs for Carlos Gonzalez and Asdrubal Cabrera.

CarGo will be part of a RF platoon for Oklahoma, while Lamb returns to Hooterville as the lefty side of the DH platoon.

The two utility infielders provide the Drillers and Warpigs with the same role, but Cabrera excels vs LHP and Beckham is a little better vs righties.

Fungoes Raid the Cut Piles for Pitching

The Drillers traded Ian Kennedy and Pedro Baez to the Fungoes for pick 109.

The Nads traded Michael Feliz and pick 82 to the Fungoes for pick 77.

Drillers and Warpigs Trade

The Drillers traded Christian Yelich to the Warpigs for Jake Lamb.

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

Rhinos 7, Drillers 3

Rhinos 2 Drillers 1 5/15/2017

The Rhinos and the Drillers locked up in an exciting one-run game at Driller Park.  The final score was the Rhinos 2 the Drillers 1. The Rhinos winning run came across in the 7th inning.  The Drillers went down quietly in the bottom of the 9th. 

Rhinos 9 Drillers 2 5/16/2017

Votto enjoyed a big day at the plate he had 4 hits and 4 RBI as the Rhinos defeated the Drillers by the score of 9 to 2 at Driller Park. The Rhinos out-hit the Driller 15 hits to 7.

Rhinos 13 Drillers 3 6/27/2017

Kris Bryant had a great day at the plate.  Bryant hit 3 homeruns and had 8 RBI as the Rhinos beat the Drillers, 13 to 3. Trevor Story and Adam Duvall also homered for the Rhinos.

Drillers 4 Rhinos 1 6/28/2017

Michael Fullmer goes 7 innings limiting the Rhinos to 1 run and 3 hits as he picks up the win.

Rhinos 4 Drillers 1 6/29/2017

Wil Myers had 2 base hits and 2 RBI as the Rhinos outscored the Drillers 4 to 1. The Drillers lost it in the 5th inning when the Rhinos did all their damage as they scored 4 runs on 5 base hits.  The critical plate appearance was by Myers who laced a one-base hit bringing home two runs.

Rhinos 6 Drillers 2 7/23/2017

Kris Bryant launched 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the Rhinos bested the Drillers 6 to 2 at Driller Park. The Rhinos out hit the Drillers 13 to 7.

Drillers 3 Rhinos 2 7/24/2017

The Drillers edged the Rhinos at Driller Park by the score of 3 to 2. Colby Lewis pitched a solid game. He allowed 2 hits and 2 walks in 6 and 2/3 innings The Rhinos had a chance in the 9th but they came up short as the wind was blowing in at Driller Park, with Kemp pinch hitting he launched what appeared to be the tying run but missed the 1-8 ball park homerun chance. 

Drillers 3 Rhinos 1 7/25/2017

Taijuan Walker allowed 1 run in 5 innings, and picked up the victory. Lorenzen earned the save.  Chris Archer pitched a complete game and was the loser despite striking out 11 batters in 8 innings. The difference in the game was Charlie Blackmon’s 2 run homerun in the 5^th inning.

Rhinos 8 Driller 3 9/3/2017

Wilmer Flores blasted a homerun and had 3 RBI as the Rhinos defeated the Drillers by the score of 8 to 3 at The Rhino Preserve.

Rhinos 4 Drillers 2 9/4/2017

Bruce Maxwell had 3 base hits and 2 RBI as the Rhinos beat the Drillers by a score of 4 to 2. Edwin Diaz pitched well in relief and was credited with the victory.  He didn't allow much, just 2 hits and 2 walks in 4 and 2/3 innings and recorded 7 strikeouts.