BOX Baseball - Game 33 at Toronto

Game 33- Kaylor had the big bat early and a lack of pinch hitters ended up being a blessing in disguise as the BOX defeated Toronto 4-3 in 12 innings.

The game started well as a Woodyard leadoff walk (further cementing his place at the top of the lineup) was followed by a single and fielders choice putting runners on 1st and 3rd for Kaylor.  He sent the first pitch he saw into the 2nd deck in left field for his 7th home run of the year.  The BOX wouldn't get another baserunner until the 8th inning.

Meanwhile the Blue Jays chipped away against Ray and tied it in the 5th.  No one really came close to scoring again until the 9th when pinch-hitter extraordinaire Chimpy slammed a ball to the deepest part of centerfield but it hit the top of the wall for a double and he was stranded there.

In the 12th Gary hit a one-out single and stole second. Agati hit a sharp ground ball to short that caused Gary to be tagged out in a rundown between 2nd & 3rd. With two outs and a less than swift Agati on first we weren't going to use one of our remaining two pinch hitters, so Jay stepped to the plate. This turned out to be a genius coaching move.  Jay ripped a shot over the shortstop which skidded on the astroturf and rolled all the way to the wall.  Agati had his racing shoes on and scored all the way from first, Jay tried to stretch into a triple and was out at third, but that hardly mattered.

Charlotte set them down 1-2-3 in the 12th and the BOX won their 5th in a row.

Notes: Werley left the game in the 8th after sliding awkwardly and jamming a finger.... For the first time all season the BOX had three consecutive batters strike out in the 3rd. This happened because I forgot to pause the game while answering a phone call.

Final Score (12 innings)-
BOX 4
Blue Jays 3

WP: Jay (2-1)
LP: Downs (0-3)
SV: Cbug (14)
HR: Kaylor (7)

Woodyard 1-4 2b r bb
Joey 1-5 k
Matt 1-5 r k
Kaylor 1-5 hr r 3rbi k
Ryno 2-5
Dave 0-5
Werley 0-3 k
Grogg 1-2
Agati 0-5 r
Ray 0-2
Chimpy 1-1 2b
Jay 1-1 2b rbi

Ray 5ip 6h 6k 3er
Greg 2ip 2h 3k
Alicia 2ip h 3k
Jay 2ip h
Charlotte 1ip 2k