Cincinnati Steam

Steam Win in Thrilling Fashion
O'Conner and Oester come through in the Clutch

Beat Writer: Chris Heaton
Western Hills - The Cincinnati team sent two runners across the plate in the eighth inning to defeat the Lima Locos 3-1 on Thursday night in front of a packed house at Western Hills High School . Billy O’Conner (Indiana University ) put two runners in scoring position with a sacrifice bunt with no outs in the eighth. Jake Oester ( University of Toledo ) followed with a 2 RBI single giving the Steam all they needed to win. The Steam play a double header on Sunday beginning at 1:05 .

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Lima Locos 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0

Cincinnati Steam 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 x 3 7 1

WP: Winterhalter; (2-0)

LP: Brown; (0-2)

S: Stewart; (3)

Key Players: LL; Bonner: 2-4 1 RBI,

CS; Strausborger: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 Run; Oester 1-4; 2 RBI; Steve Brown: 2-2, 2 Runs