Cincinnati Steam

Steam Take Two From Mariners
Sweep Moves Team to 13-4

Cincinnati, Oh. - The Cincinnati Steam scored three runs in the bottom of the second inning and held off a late inning surge from the Grand Lake Mariners to win 3-2 in the first game of Wednesday’s double header.

Charlie Leesman made his first appearance on the hill for the Steam going 2.1 innings, giving up one
hit and three walks, but allowing no runs to move to 1-0 on the year. Dave Paddock of the Mariners
went 5.1 innings in a losing effort giving up ten hits, and three earned runs moving him to 1-2 on the
year.

The Steam scored their three runs in the bottom of the second with two outs. With Billy O’Conner
aboard after a double to left field, Steve Brown advanced O’Conner to third. Adam Eaton singled to left
plating O’Conner, advancing Brown to third and Eaton moved to second as a result of heads up base
running making it 1-0. Ryan Strausborger dribbled a ball down the third base line that scored Brown
making the score 2-0. Brad Gschwind nubbed a grounder down the first base line that stayed fair and
scored Eaton making it 3-0.

The Mariners didn’t strike until the bottom of the sixth inning. After Stephen Davis walked Mike
Staloway, Ryan Schlater singled to left scoring Staloway and cutting the Steam lead to 3-1. Again in the
bottom of the seventh the Mariners were able to get on the board. Brian Suerdick doubled to right-
center to lead off of the inning and was brought in by a Nick Urban groundout making the score 3-2.
Stephen Davis got Mike Staloway to ground out to Ryan Strausborger to end the game and record the
first save of his young season.

Game 1

Steam        030 000 0 3 10 1
Mariners     000 001 1 2 4 1

WP – Leesman (1-0)        LP – Paddock (1-2)        Sv – Davis (1)

Hitting Leaders:

Steam – Strausborger (2-4, 1 rbi) O’Conner (2-3, dbl, 1 run) Eaton (2-3, dbl, 1 run, 1 rbi)
Mariners – Suerdick (2-2, 1 run) Schlater (1-2)

Records:    Steam (12-4)        Mariners (5-7)

Steam Take Game 2 of DH in Dramatic Fashion

The Cincinnati Steam won Game 2 of the doubleheader in dramatic fashion after giving up three runs in
the top of the seventh inning forcing extras. Damage control and solid hitting allowed the Steam to get
out of numerous jams and find a way to win.

After a lead-off double from Nate Fields to open the game, Zach Hurley poked a double of his own off
the chain-link monster in right field, plating Fields and giving the Steam a 1-0 lead.

The Steam scored again in the bottom of the second inning with Ryan Bellamy reaching on a throwing
error by third basemen Mike Stalowy. Jon Edgington then hit a bleeder down the first baseline. With
Bellamy trying to advance to 3rd, Grand Lake second basemen Brian Robinson made a throwing error in
attempt to throw out Bellamy that got passed the third basemen allowing Bellamy to come home on the
passed ball making the score 2-0.

After singles in the bottom of the fourth by Adam Eaton and Jon Edgington and a double steal, Brad
Gschwind plated Eaton with a sacrifice fly to right field making the score 3-0 in the favor of the Steam,

The Mariners finally got on the board in the top of the seventh inning with Trevor Willis aboard via a
Michael Korfhagen walk,. Nick Urban then stepped up and hit a deep shot over the left field fence to cut
the lead to 3-2. Mike Staloway and Joe Mack hit back-to-back singles with the go-ahead run on first
base. With two outs Brett Burch hit a bouncer down the first base line that first basemen Tommy Nurre
could not handle, allowing Staloway to come all the way home tying the score at 3-3.

In the bottom of the seventh, Jake Brown reached on a single to right, then Steve Brown was hit by a
pitch putting the winning run in scoring position. Billy O’Conner came in to pinch run for Jake Brown
and Ryan Bellamy popped one over second basemen Brian Robinson, but a great throw from right
fielder Kory Benbow gunned O’Conner at the plate sending the game to extra innings.

The Steam were able to get out of harm’s way in the top of the eighth inning as the Mariners strand
runners on second and third. In the Steam’s half of the inning, Eaton walked to lead off the inning and
moved over to 2nd on a Jon Edgington sacrifice bunt. Eaton then got to third as Nate Fields reached on
a fielding error by shortstop Trevor Willis. With one out, Brad Gschwind ended a long, hard-fought at
bat with a ground ball back to the pitcher who nonchalantly looked back Eaton and proceeded to throw
out Gschwind at first. However, aggressive, smart base running brought Adam Eaton home
when Mariners pitcher Heath Riley threw a lazy assist to get Gschwind at first allowing Eaton to plate
the winning run, 4-3. Joel Ernst gets the win and Heath Riley will be credited with the loss.

The Steam’s sweep of Wednesday’s doubleheader moved them to 13-4 on the summer and dropped
the Grand Lake Mariners to 5-8.

The Steam remain in the lead of the GLSCL ahead of Southern Ohio and will be back in action Thursday
night against the Anderson Servants at 7:05 for Kids Hot Dog Night where the first 50 kids in the
stadium receive a ticket for a free hot dog and soft drink.

Game 2

Mariners    000 000 30 3 9 3
Steam        110 100 01 4 8 2

WP – Ernst (1-0)    LP – Riley (0-1)

Hitting Leaders:

Mariners – Urban (2-4, 2 run HR) Willis (1-3, 1 run)
Steam – Edgington (2-3) Eaton (1-1, 2 runs)

Records – Mariners (5-8)    Steam (13-4)