BOX Baseball - Game 68 vs. Boston

Game 68- Nick made his major league debut in an emergency start and the offense gave him all the runs he would need by putting up 4 runs in the first as the BOX avoided the sweep against the Red Sox by winning 7-2.

Kaylor and Ryno knocked in runs with back-to-back doubles in the first and Dave followed with a 2-run homer, his 4th of the year.

Nick looked good on the mound as he managed to get through the Red Sox potent line-up without giving up any long fly balls to Ram-Man. Becky and Alicia each pitched 2 innings of relief to close it out.

Notes - Chimpy was named NL Player of the Week after hitting .556 with 3 homers and 10 RBI in his 3 game DH stint... J.C. was sent down to make room for Nick on the roster... Kaylor continues to run 2nd at third base in All-Star voting. I'm still 3rd in the voting at second.

BOS at BOX - BOXLeft BALLPark
Jun 15, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston Red Sox (37-31)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	9	0
Dayton BOX (48-20)	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	7	12	0
W: Morgan (1-0) L: Ozawa (0-1)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.418
Joey SS	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	.285
Matt 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.344
Kaylor 3B	4	1	3	4	0	0	0	.359
Ryno 1B	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.300
Dave LF	4	1	1	2	0	2	1	.375
Werley CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239
Agati C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.320
Morgan P	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.00
Becky P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300
BATTING: 2B: Kaylor 2, Ryno HR: Dave (4)
BASERUNNING: SB: Joey, Matt
FIELDING: PB: Agati 2

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Morgan (W, 1-0)	5	5	1	1	0	3	0	1.80
Morley	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0.98
Alicia	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.29

BOX Baseball - Game 67 vs. Boston

Game 67- Last game it was the unstoppable Boston pitching (and Manny Ramirez, who will henceforth be referred to as Ram-Man,) this game it was unstoppable Boston offense (and more Ram-Man.)

This was one of those frustrating games where the BOX had a lot of men on base, but thanks to the fussy baserunning controls there were a lot of guys lost running the bases. Since leaving Chicago, the BOX has not homered, but the Red Sox did hit two more (including the third of the series from Ram-Man.)

Notes- Jason Veritek has a terrible arm behind the plate and the BOX took advantage to the tune of 9 stolen bases.

 Manny Ramirez - pre-steroids

BOS at BOX - BOXLeft BALLpark
Jun 14, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston Red Sox (37-30)	0	0	3	0	1	3	1	0	1	9	16	2
Dayton BOX (47-20)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	6	17	0
W: Dice K (3-6) L: J.C. (1-3)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	.421
Joey SS	5	0	3	2	0	0	0	.282
Matt 2B	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	.345
Kaylor 3B	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	.354
Ryno 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.301
Dave LF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.376
Werley CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.243
Ken C	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	.333
Mike P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150
Jenny PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.444
Grogg PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313
Chimpy PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.411
BATTING: 2B: Ken, Chimpy
BASERUNNING: SB: Woodyard 2, Joey, Matt 2, Dave 2, Werley 2

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Mike	4	7	3	3	1	4	0	2.97
J.C. (L, 1-3)	2	5	4	4	1	4	1	10.50
Jay	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	3.86

BOX Baseball - Game 66 vs. Boston

Game 66- One of those games where you have to remember this game was made after the 2007 season and therefore the Red Sox are awesome.

Josh Beckett silenced the BOX bats and pitched the 4-hit shutout.  Laura also pitched well but allowed a pair of solo home runs to Manny Ramirez (who may as well be named Babe Ruth (or Kaylor) in this game.)

The only BOX highlight was Manny Ramirez' second at bat when Laura drilled him in the head, thus becoming the first player this year to successfully hit another player with a pitch.

BOS at BOX - BOXLeft BALLpark
Jun 13, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston Red Sox (36-30)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	0
Dayton BOX (47-19)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
W: Josh Beckett (4-4) L: Laura (6-4)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	.421
Joey SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.276
Matt 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.340
Kaylor 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.357
Ryno 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.307
Dave LF	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	.375
Werley CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239
Ken C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325
Laura P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160
Chimpy PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.403
BATTING: 2B: Dave GIDP: Ryno
BASERUNNING: SB: Dave

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Laura (L, 6-4)	8	5	2	2	0	4	2	2.27
Becky	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02
PITCHING: HBP: Laura (Ramirez)

BOX Baseball - Game 65 at Chicago Cubs

Game 65- The BOX are going to miss Chicago. 3 games, 9 homers, 36 runs, and, most importantly, 3 easy wins over the hapless Cubs.

Ray allowed a solo homer in the second. The BOX hitters went quietly in the first 3 innings, then they got loud. Real fast. Matt, Chimpy, and Kaylor hit back to back to back homers to start the inning. Then Ryno and Dave got singles. Joey followed that up with a 3-run homer. 6 batters, 6 hits, 4 homers, 6 runs, and the game was over.

Ray allowed one more solo shot over 7 innings and Greg closed out the game.

Notes: Two players had a shot at the cycle in the eighth inning. Matt needed a triple and flew out. Chimpy only needed a single, but grounded out. No one in the majors has hit for the cycle yet this year.

BOX at CHC - Wrigley Field
Jun 12, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dayton BOX (47-18)	0	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	0	12	14	0
Chicago Cubs (19-46)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
W: Ray (6-2) L: Sean Marshall (2-5)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.423
Matt 2B	5	3	3	2	0	0	1	.345
Chimpy DH	5	3	3	4	0	0	1	.408
Kaylor 3B	5	1	2	3	0	0	1	.358
Ryno 1B	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.310
Dave LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.373
Joey SS	5	1	1	3	0	0	1	.276
Werley CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242
Agati C	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.320
BATTING: 2B: Woodyard, Matt, Chimpy, Kaylor 3B: Chimpy HR: Matt (3), Chimpy (7), Kaylor (23), Joey (2)
FIELDING: DP: Joey-Matt-Ryno 2 PB: Agati 2

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ray (W, 6-2)	7	4	2	2	0	2	2	3.80
Greg	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.98

BOX Baseball - Game 64 at Chicago Cubs

Game 64- Chimpy sent a ball over Sheffield and into the Addison Red Line station. Kaylor hit one into someone's backyard on Waveland. Yep the wind was blowing out again and the BOX took advantage for a 9-4 win over the Cubs.

For all the power on display my favorite run of the game came from Ken. With Werley on second, Ken hit a soft liner to center. Werley tried to score on the play and beat the throw home. Ken is slow enough that when he tried to go to second on the throw home, the catch tried to throw him out. Instead of making it to second the ball flew into center field where the centerfielder was no where to be seen. Ken took advantage of that situation to scramble all the way around and score.  Sadly, the Cubs scorer did not credit him with an inside the park homer.

Katy pitched well enough to win and Alicia picked up the save by pitching the final 4 innings.

BOX at CHC - Wrigley Field
Jun 11, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dayton BOX (46-18)	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	9	12	2
Chicago Cubs (19-45)	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	8	1
W: Katy K. (8-0) L: Jon Lieber (1-9) S: Alicia (2)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.428
Matt 2B	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.341
Chimpy DH	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	.394
Kaylor 3B	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	.357
Ryno 1B	5	2	2	0	0	2	0	.312
Dave LF	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	.377
Joey SS	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.278
Werley CF	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	.246
Ken C	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.338
BATTING: 2B: Dave, Werley, Ken HR: Chimpy (6), Kaylor (22)
BASERUNNING: SB: Dave 2, Joey 1
FIELDING: DP: Matt-Ryno E: Joey, Alicia PB: Ken

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Katy K. (W, 8-0)	5	5	3	2	0	5	1	1.27
Alicia (SV, 2)	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	3.47

BOX Baseball - Game 63 at Chicago Cubs

Game 63- The wind was blowing out today at Wrigley and Alphonso Soriano took advantage when he led off the bottom of the first with a home run. That was the last thing that went right for the Cubs.

Ryno made a triumphant return to his hometown by hitting two homers and Chimpy took advantage of the start at DH by knocking a ball on to the roof of a building on Waveland as the BOX batted around twice in a 15-4 demolition of the Cubs.

Fuzzy bounced back from the rough start to pitch 7.1 solid innings. Stella closed out the game.

Notes: Kaylor is still second in the most recent all-star voting despite leading the league in homers. The fans are dumb.

BOX at CHC - Wrigley Field
Jun 10, 2008	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dayton BOX (45-18)	0	7	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	15	23	0
Chicago Cubs (19-44)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	12	0
W: Fuzzy (6-0) L: Rich Hill (1-4)

Dayton BOX
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Woodyard RF	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	.435
Herrman PH-RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.259
Matt 2B	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	.347
Chimpy DH	6	3	3	5	0	0	1	.377
Kaylor 3B	5	1	4	2	0	0	0	.360
Ryno 1B	5	2	3	5	0	0	2	.310
Dave LF	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	.371
Joey SS	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	.278
Werley CF	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	.246
Grogg PH-CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.323
Agati C	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	.315
BATTING: 2B: Chimpy 3B: Werley HR: Ryno 2 (10, 11), Chimpy (5)
BASERUNNING: SB: Joey 2, Werley 2, Matt
FIELDING: Assist: Grogg

Dayton BOX
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Fuzzy (W, 6-0)	7.1	7	2	2	0	9	1	1.61
Stella	1.2	5	2	2	0	0	0	7.47