BOX Baseball - Game 79 vs. Oakland

Game 79- Sometimes you just keep swinging for the fences and it works. Other times you swing as hard as you can and screw yourself into the ground by missing. Luckily this interleague game against the A's was the former.

After Ray had a rough first inning where he gave up 2 runs, Ryno hit a solo shot in the second to cut the lead in half. Dave followed with a solo homer in the fourth to give the BOX a 4-3 lead, and Kaylor capped the scoring in the sixth with a 400-foot blast to right.

Ray gave up 9 hits in 5 innings, but with the help of some timely double plays only gave up 3 runs. The bullpen shut it down the rest of the way as J.C., Nick, and Cbug only allowed one baserunner over the last 4 innings.

Notes- Dave was named player of the game for his efforts... I watched Blade Runner while playing this game. I know it's supposed to be a SciFi classic, but I just don't get it. I mean, it was ok, but not outstanding.

Oakland Athletics at Dayton BOX
Jun 27, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland (39-40)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0
Dayton (55-24)	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	x	5	10	0
W: Ray (7-2) L: DiNardo (3-4) S: Cbug (27)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.416
Joey SS	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.269
Matt 2B	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.344
Kaylor 3B	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	.361
Ryno 1B	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	.313
Dave LF	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	.370
Werley CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.261
Agati C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.321
Ray P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143
Chimpy PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.391
BATTING: GIDP: Chimpy HR: Ryno (16), Kaylor (29), Dave (5)
BASERUNNING: SB: Dave, Woodyard, Werley Picked Off: Woodyard
FIELDING: DP: Matt-Ryno, Matt-Joey-Ryno PB: Agati

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ray (W, 7-2)	5	9	3	3	0	2	0	3.72
J.C. (H)	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	9.00
Morgan (H)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45
Cbug (SV, 26)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35

BOX Baseball - Game 78 vs. Cleveland

Game 78- Laura pitched an acceptable 6 innings and Kaylor went yard again as the BOX stopped a two-game losing streak by beating the Indians 6-3.

Kaylor's 28th homer of the year put the BOX ahead to stay after the Indians had taken a 3-2 lead in the top of the sixth against a tiring Laura. Having a tired pitcher is nothing new for the BOX at this point. All but two pitchers in the bullpen are pitching below full stamina. The BOX added 2 more runs in the inning for the 6-3 final margin.

Becky pitched two shut out innings before handing the ball over to Cbug who pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to secure her 26th save.

Notes- Ken and Joey both left the game with injuries after making diving attempts in the field... The BOX did not make a single fly ball out to the outfield in the game but did fly out to the catcher four times... Kaylor just missed his 29th homer of the year when he doubled off the top of the wall in the seventh... I had trouble finding scouting data about Indians starter Fausto Carmona on baseball-reference.com because "Fausto Carmona" is no longer listed after it was discovered this past off-season that he had been using a fake birth certificate for years.

Cleveland Indians at Dayton BOX
Jun 26, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland (39-39)	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	9	0
Dayton (54-24)	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	x	6	12	0
W: Laura (7-5) L: Carmona (3-8) S: Cbug (26)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	.415
Joey SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.273
Chimpy 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.396
Matt 2B-SS	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	.345
Kaylor 3B	4	1	3	3	0	0	1	.359
Ryno 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.313
Dave LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.367
Werley CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260
Ken C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350
Agati C	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	.321
Laura P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148
Grogg PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278
BATTING: 2B: Woodyard 2, Kaylor 2 HR: Kaylor (28) SAC: Laura
BASERUNNING: SB: Matt 3, Werley CS: Joey

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Laura (W, 7-5)	6	9	3	3	0	6	1	2.69
Becky (H)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99
Cbug (S, 26)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.43

BOX Baseball - Game 77 vs. Cleveland

Game 77- So since the last time we played the number of DiMarco children has expanded by 100%. Also, I'm a little rusty.

The Indians play long ball twice. Once in the first off Mike and again in the 10th off Bill. In between, the BOX offense left enough runners in scoring position to turn the game into a loss.

Notes - The BOX has lost 4 of its last 7... This was the first game played since February 28th.

Indians at BOX |
Jun 25, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Cleveland (39-38)	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	13	0
Dayton (53-24)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0
W: Borowski (2-0) L: Heaston (2-1) S: Brewslow (4)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.414
Joey SS	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.272
Matt 2B	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	.342
Kaylor 3B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.354
Ryno 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314
Dave LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.368
Werley CF	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	.264
Ken C	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.353
Vardaro P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136
Herrman PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Chimpy PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400
BATTING: 2B: Woodyard
BASERUNNING: SB: Werley 3, Woodyard, Dave

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Vardaro	6	6	2	2	0	8	1	3.31
Morgan	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.70
Heaston (L, 2-1)	2.1	4	1	1	0	0	1	1.66
Cbug	.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.51

BOX Baseball - Game 76 vs. Cleveland

Game 76- CC Sabathia made the BOX look silly for 8 innings and a last ditch rally fell short as the BOX lost to the Indians 7-5.

Fuzzy got the start for the BOX and didn't pitch well, giving up 5 runs on 10 hits in only 5 innings. It was his first game in 6 days as fatigue continues to be a problem for the entire BOX pitching staff. His patented "Fuzzball" was flat all night, allowing the Indians hitters to really tee off.

Meanwhile, the BOX offense was also mostly missing against Sabathia. The only real threat was Ryno to made "good contact" all four times at bat but ended up with 2 warning track fly outs and a double before finally getting to Sabathia with a homer in the ninth. It was Rynos third straight game with a home run, but even after Chimpy added a pinch hit 2-run shot to chase Sabathia two batters later, it was too little too late.

Notes: Samantha became the third girl baby to pitch for the BOX this season when she made her debut after relieving Fuzzy... Matt and Kaylor continue to run in second place in the all-star voting at their respective positions... Dennis Hopper just showed up in the movie I'm watching, that should make it awesome. Although I think I've seen this already... This game was made so long ago that Cliff Lee and CC Sabathia were still pitching for the Indians.

Cleveland Indians at Dayton BOX
Jun 24, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland (38-38)	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7	17	0
Dayton (53-23)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	12	0
W: Sabathia (8-4) L: Fuzzy (6-1) S: Breslow (3)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.414
Joey SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.273
Matt 2B	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	.348
Kaylor 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.352
Ryno 1B	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	.318
Dave LF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.370
Werley CF	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	.257
Chimpy PH	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	.404
Agati C	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.316
Fuzzy P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
Jenny PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.484
Grogg PH-CF	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.286
BATTING: 2B: Ryno, Dave HR: Ryno (15), Chimpy (8)
BASERUNNING: SB: Woodyard, Joey (2), Matt, Werley Picked Off: Dave
FIELDING: PB: Ken

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Fuzzy (L, 6-1)	5	10	5	5	0	5	1	2.19
Samantha	3	5	1	1	0	1	0	3.00
Greg	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	2.45

BOX Baseball - Game 75 vs. Cleveland

Game 75- In the middle of their longest stretch without a day off all season, the BOX needed a strong pitching performance from Katy K. What they didn't know is that she'd also end up providing some offense too.

After allowing a game tying hit in the top of the 4th to Indians pitcher Cliff Lee, Katy came up with 2 outs in the bottom inning and smacked a line drive into right that scored Werley to give the BOX the lead for good. On the mound Katy allowed 3 runs over 6 innings and improved to 10-0 on the year. She should be the leading candidate to start the all-star game.

The BOX offense wasn't all Katy. Ryno and Kaylor both bombed 400-foot plus opposite field homers. Ryno went 3 for 4 on the day and finished a triple short of the cycle.

Notes: Bill Heaston pitched 3 innings to pick up the save on the day he was called up from AAA to get a fresh arm in the bullpen... Samantha Miller (Ryno's girl kid) also got called up for a fresh arm... Jay and Stella got sent down for a few days.

Cleveland Indians at Dayton BOX
Jun 23, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland (37-38)	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0
Dayton (53-22)	0	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	x	8	13	0
W: Katy K. (10-0) L: Cliff Lee (4-4) S: Heaston (1)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	.418
Joey SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.270
Matt 2B	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.348
Kaylor 3B	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	.357
Ryno 1B	4	2	3	2	0	0	1	.315
Dave LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.368
Werley CF	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.253
Agati C	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.323
Katy P	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.080
Jenny PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.467
Bill H. P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143
BATTING: 2B: Matt, Ryno, Agati HR: Ryno (14), Kaylor (27)
BASERUNNING: SB: Woodyard 2, Werley

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Katy K. (W, 10-0)	6	8	3	3	0	4	1	1.39
Bill H. (SV, 1)	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.40

BOX Baseball - Game 74 at Oakland

Game 74- It only took one game to get back in the swing of things. (pun!) After managing only one goal (watching hockey on the other tv!) in the first game back from 8 months away from the BOX, this time we put 2 on the board in the first followed by 2 more in the third. Who was the guy in the middle of it all? BOX MVP Kaylor of course.

Kaylor knocked in the first run of the game with a double and then, after making solid contact multiple times in the last two games, finally got enough of one in the third to go oppo for his 26th homer of the year. Ryno immediately followed by pulling one into the upper deck of the cavernous McAfee Coliseum to put the BOX up for good.

Jay got the emergency start at pitcher as the BOX was forced to go to a pitcher by committee approach to the game after a tsetse fly epidemic at their Oakland hotel led to an outbreak of sleeping sickness among the BOX starting staff. Jay, Becky, Stella, and Greg worked together to hold Oakland to 3 runs over the first 8. Cbug came on to pitch the 9th and despite allowing the tying run to come to the plate managed to close it out for her 25th save.

Note: Joey fell victim to a 2 goal in 14 seconds Flyers outburst when I got so distracted by the hockey game that I forgot to pause the game during his at bat. He struck out on 5 pitches with me only looking up in time to see the final one cross the plate.

Dayton BOX at Oakland Athletics
Jun 22, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dayton (52-22)	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	12	0
Oakland (38-36)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	11	0
W: Becky (6-3) L: Gaudin (4-7) S: Cbug (25)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.418
Matt 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.349
Chimpy DH	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.398
Kaylor 3B	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	.355
Ryno 1B	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	.310
Dave LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.370
Joey SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.274
Werley CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.253
Ken C	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.367
BATTING: 2B: Kaylor, Ken HR: Kaylor (26), Ryno (13) GIDP: Woodyard
BASERUNNING: SB: Woodyard, Dave, Werley (2)
FIELDING: PB: Ken

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jay	3	4	2	2	0	0	0	4.21
Becky (W, 6-3)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03
Stella	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	7.13
Greg (H)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.29
Charlotte (S, 25)	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.57
PITCHING: WP: Jay

BOX Baseball - Game 73 at Oakland

Game 73- Everything was rusty after a long time away from BOX baseball. Swings couldn't get loose. Ray was tired after the 4th inning. No hits were strung together, and in spite of all that it was still all tied at 1 headed to the ninth.

Ryno hit a one out double, but Dave followed up with a strikeout and Joey grounded out to end the threat. In the bottom of the ninth the BOX was victimized by a controversial foul ball that the ump called fair. Then they were further victimized by me forgetting how to make the outfield play in. A dumped single into the outfield was all she wrote.

Note: Despite being 30 games over .500, the BOX is only 4-7 in Saturday games.

Dayton BOX at Oakland Athletics
Jun 21, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dayton (51-22)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	0
Oakland (38-35)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	13	0
W: A. Brown (2-0) L: Becky (5-3)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.418
Matt 2B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.354
Chimpy DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.405
Kaylor 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353
Ryno 1B	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	.307
Dave LF	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.371
Joey SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277
Werley CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249
Agati C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319
BATTING: 2B: Matt (2), Ryno GIDP: Joey
BASERUNNING: SB: Woodyard
FIELDING: PB: Agati

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ray	6	8	1	1	1	6	0	3.60
Becky (L, 5-3)	2.1	5	1	1	0	0	0	1.06

BOX Baseball - Game 72 at Oakland

Game 72- Nick has been spending time as a spot starter and chief team comedian. Against the A's he rode to the rescue after Mike left the game early with an injury.

The A's jumped out to a 4-0 lead after 2 innings. Mike settled down in the third, but in the fourth left the game with a tweaked elbow. Nick came in and only allowed 1 run through 4 innings of relief. He held down the fort long enough to allow the offense to wake up.

For the 2nd game in a row there were no long balls from the BOX offense, but Chimpy was able to provide a spark off the bench in the DH role with a long triple in the third that got the BOX on the board. From there it was a series of singles at opportune times that got the BOX over the top.

BOX at OAK - McAfee Coliseum
Jun 20, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dayton BOX (51-21)	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	6	18	0
Oakland Athletics (37-35)	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	15	0
W: Nick (2-0) L: Devine (2-2) S: Cbug (24)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	.420
Matt 2B	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	.352
Chimpy DH	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	.425
Kaylor 3B	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	.358
Ryno 1B	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	.301
Dave LF	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.370
Joey SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281
Werley CF	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	.252
Ken C	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.362
BATTING: 2B: Ken 3B: Chimpy GIDP: Chimpy
BASERUNNING: SB: Werley 2, Woodyard
FIELDING: DP: Kaylor-Matt, Joey-Matt-Ryno

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Mike	3.2	8	4	4	1	0	0	3.34
Nick (W, 2-0)	4	6	1	1	0	5	0	2.00
Alicia (H)	.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.32
Cbug (S, 24)	.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67

BOX Baseball - Game 71 vs. Cincinnati

Game 71- The BOX played sloppy baseball for the first 6 innings before a late inning rally fell just short in a 6-5 loss to the Reds.

Laura was roughed up for 11 hits and 4 runs in 5 innings. It could have been worse as the BOX pulled off 3 inning ending double plays in her 5 innings (4 double plays for the game.) Of course it's hard to turn double plays when you can't keep the ball in the yard and both Adam Dunn and Brandon Phillips homered for the Reds. Dunn's 2-run shot in the 6th ended up providing the winning margin.

It almost didn't matter. The BOX plated 3 in the bottom of the 9th to pull to within one. They had runners on 1st and 2nd with 2 outs and MVP-candidate Kaylor at the plate, but after fouling off several close pitches he popped out to first base for the final out.

CIN at BOX - BOXLeft BALLPark
Jun 19, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati Reds (38-33)	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	6	16	0
Dayton BOX (50-21)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	16	1
W: Harang (11-2) L: Laura (6-5) S: G. Aybar (1)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	5	1	3	3	0	0	0	.421
Joey SS	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.286
Ken PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.356
Matt 2B/SS	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.348
Kaylor 3B	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.361
Ryno 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.299
Dave LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.369
Werley CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.244
Agati C	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.324
Herrman PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.259
Laura P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.154
Grogg PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303
Chimpy PH/2B	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.413
BATTING: 2B: Kaylor, Chimpy GIDP: Dave, Grogg SF: Chimpy
FIELDING: DP: Matt-Ryno (2), Kaylor-Ryno, Joey-Matt-Ryno E: Matt (Dropped Throw) PB: Agati

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Laura (L, 6-5)	5	11	4	4	1	2	1	2.56
Jay	2	4	2	2	0	2	1	4.09
Becky	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.95

BOX Baseball - Game 70 vs. Cincinnati

Game 70- Chimpy labored through 6 innings and the bullpen blew an early lead but Ryno started the bottom of the eighth by hitting a homer off of Louie's favorite karaoke song (that's right, I just wrote a line that only I will possibly understand) to lead the BOX to victory.

Kaylor led the initial offense attack by homering in the second and again in the fifth for his 24th and 25th homers of the year. The BOX managed to plate 4 runs in the 4th by taking advantage of the first 2 walk inning we've had all year.

Chimpy gave up 8 hits in the first 5 innings but managed to only give up a single run thanks to two inning ending double plays. He even knocked in 2 runs in the 4th to help his own cause but left the game after giving up 2 more in the sixth. Alicia gave up the tying run in the top of the eighth, but ended up getting the win when Ryno started the 4 run rally in the bottom.

Note: Kaylor reached 25 homers and 75 RBI for the season

CIN at BOX - BOXLeft BALLPark
Jun 18, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati Reds (37-33)	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	6	17	0
Dayton BOX (50-20)	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	4	x	10	14	0
W: Alicia (3-1) L: G. Aybar (0-2)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	.418
Joey SS	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	.283
Matt 2B	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	.347
Kaylor 3B	4	2	2	2	0	1	2	.360
Ryno 1B	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	.300
Dave LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.371
Werley CF	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	.244
Ken C	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.348
Herrman PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.259
Fuzzy P	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	.261
Chimpy PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.405
Jenny PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.483
BATTING: 2B: Werley HR: Kaylor 2 (24, 25), Ryno (12)
BASERUNNING: SB: Werley
FIELDING: DP: Matt-Ryno 2

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Fuzzy	6	11	3	3	0	4	1	1.81
Raffio (H)	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	2.41
Alicia (BS, W 3-1)	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	3.38
Cbug	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.73