Game 158

Wacky, windy night
Wild pitch runs and homers
Eight Rox arms help win

Game 157

That was a huge win
Iannetta saves the day
Let's forget the ninth...

Game 156

Ace de la Rosa
Quiet sixteen victories
Double play saves Street

Game 155

Rox lack one big hit
Umps strange strike zone didn't help
Cards clinch the Central

Game 154

Rox needed this one
Yorvit's hits walk off sac fly
A sigh of relief...

Game 153

Padres make us sweat
Rox aren't making it easy
What will be, will be

Game 152

Mood swings with the Rox
No fun when Marquis struggles
Make me happy, win

Game 151

Wet seesaw battle
Pesky Padres don't forget
Smith caught the ball!

Game 150

Trip finally ends

Wrap up Wild Card at home?

Make the Dodgers sweat...

Game 149

That is more like it!

Offense returns, Rox on top

Keep it up CarGo

Game 148

Chips are down, who blinks?

Rox bluffing isn't working

Who's ace in the hole?

Off Day

Time to catch our breath
The final fifteen game push
Playoff hopes looming...

Game 147

Betancourt's HUGE save
Palms were a sweatin' Rox win
Could define season

Game 146

Confidence lacking
Someone needs to carry team
Wild card is still ours!

Game145

A Giant spanking
Wild card race not over
Sleeping bats wake up

Game 144

Long day at Petco

Marquis' second half struggles

Giant (!) series next

Game 143

Yorvit ties the game
Late inning magic runs dry
Rox just won't give up

Game 142

What is there to say?
Yorvit gets pinch hit double
Rox truly steal one!

Game 141

Nine and one home stand
A series sweep, Rox beat Reds
Road trip hurdle next

Game 140 Inning By Inning

At the game last night decided to keep score (to my wife's chagrin) and decided I'd do a haiku an inning...

Inning 1
Reds strike with double
Hammel pitches through unscathed
Rox strand two runners

Inning 2
Reds down in order
Pitchers get into their zone
Reds error squashed

Inning 3
Hammel looking good
EY and CarGo single
Rox get two runs in

Inning 4
Nice play by Barmes
Diving stop prevents a hit
Rox down in order

Inning 5
Hammel gets fifth K
Dominanting performance
Rox go quietly

Inning 6
Reds three up, three down
Nice diving catch by Atkins
DP end Rox threat

Inning 7
Hammel gets eighth K
Great start for this young pitcher
He almost homers!

Inning 8
Uh-Oh, wheels fall off
Three doubles later, game tied
Daley throws great pitch

Inning 9
Home run gives Reds lead
Rox respond, load the bases
Smith singles, scores two

Game 140

Riveting, must see
Nerve racking, scoreboard watching
Smith wins it in ninth!

Game 139

Remember Senior?
Old Mile High, first hit homer...
Now it's Junior's turn!

Game 138

Rox rally to win
Stewart's homer gets the lead
Morales seals save

Game 137

Sensational Smith
He smashes and stomps those snakes
Rox settle for sweep

Game 136

It's September Seth
See Seth score, see Seth homer
See Contreras win

Game 135

Smith's four hits, lead way
The bullpen finds their mojo
Giambi the Great

Game 134

Pitchers were dismal
Thumped by sixteen hit barrage
Still a series win...

Game 133

The Great Giambi
His mighty bat, tree stump arms
Dispatch foes with hits

Game 132

Whew Rox find the switch
Run scoring machine back on
Helton leads the way