Cincinnati Steam

9th Inning Rally Extends Winning Streak to Eight

(Cincinnati, OH) - The Steam found themselves in another pitcher’s battle Tuesday night against the Columbus All-Americans, looking to stay atop GLSCL and extend their seven-game winning streak.

Columbus pitcher Burny Mitchem had the Steam batters baffled early, striking out ten and allowing no runs in his six innings of work. The Columbus offense helped Mitchem’s cause, with center fielder Chris Lewis knocking in two RBIs, the only two runs of the game through seven innings.

The Steam finally struck in the 7^th, thanks to a walk, hit batter and an Adam Eaton (Miami) single loaded the bases. After an out, Columbus pitcher Kevin Mementowski hit Jon Edgington (Miami) to score the Steam’s first run of the game. They then left 5 men on in the 7^th and 8^th, trailing by one going into the final inning.

Edgington reached early on a Columbus error in the 9^th and moved to third on an Adam Eaton single. Nate Fields grounded out to third, but knocked in Edgington to knot it up. With only one down, the scene was set for GLSCL Co-Player of the Week Brad Gschwind. He made the most of it, stepping to the plate and hitting a walk-off single to left, scoring Adam Eaton to keep the streak alive, making it 8 straight wins for the Steam.

The Steam, now 8-2, will be on the road for the next two nights against the Anderson Servants and the Lake Erie Monarchs before returning home on Friday night against the Lima Locos. It will be Bahama Night at the ballpark, with Steam sunglasses and beach balls being given away, as well as all kids 12 & under dressed in Bahama theme being admitted free.

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Hitting Leaders:

Steam: Eaton (3-4; 1 run), Nurre (2-4), Gschwind (1-3; 2 rbi)

All-Americans: Lewis (3-4; 2 rbi), Dygert (1-4), Roberts (1-4)

WP – Davis (1-0) LP – Miller (0-1)