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#5 Trey Amann the winning pitcher of the night cap on Saturday. Struck out 3 in his 1 1/3 inning of work.








#23 Ryne Poli clobbered 7 hits, knocked in 10 runs, and scored 9 times during the weekend.









#21 Joey Wenning allowed no earned runs and no hits while striking out 5 in his win in the Semi-final game









#19 Mark Peterson struck out 2 in his two inning save in the semi-final game.








#10 Ryne Fritz, the winning pitcher in game 2, reached base 6 times and scored 5 times for the weekend.









#9 Justin Moyer's patience and timely hitting paid off, as he reached base in 8 of his 11 plate appearances for a .727 OBA.

#99 Brett Bosel pounding out one of his team leading 10 hits including a triple and a double. Brett's slugging percentage is a robust 1.500

#44 Brandon Mullins pitching his 3-strike out perfect inning save. Brandon also slapped 5 hits and scored 6 runs for the weekend.

# 3 Kane Bateman lacing one of his 9 hits for the weekend. Kane scored a team leading 10 times and recorded 9 RBI.








#7 John Malott hurling one of his 8 strikeouts, in his no-hit 4 inning performance.

#11 Tristan Lana scored 9 runs, and drove in 6 for the weekend. Tristan had 6 hits, and executed a perfect suicide squeeze for the weekend.

Flames burn through Nashville! {Click on this link for pictures}

Nashville, TN - The 9u Cincy Flames earned their first Championship trophy in their first tournament as a team at the Early Bird Classic in Nashville, TN. In the 5-game tourny the Flames scored 73 runs, on 52 hits in just 17 innings. In 19 innings of pitching the Flames hurlers recorded 32 strikeouts.


Game 1
Cincy Flames 24, Murfreesboro Blaze 5

After getting rid of the first inning jitters, the Flames settled down and cruised to their first tournament game victory. Justin Moyer pitched 2 2/3 stellar innings holding the Blaze down while the offense went to work pounding out 24 runs. The play of the game was Tristan Lana's suicide squeeze bunt. The pitch was over his head and Tristan, with the bat vertically over his head, still laid it down perfectly.

Bateman 2-4, 2R, 2RBI
Lana 2-2 3R, 3RBI
Poli 2-2 4R, 5RBI
Bosel 4-4 2R, 6RBI

WP - Moyer 2 2/3 IP, 3K, ER

Game 2
Cincy Flames 9, Kentucky Bearcats National 6

Ryne Fritz held the Bearcat Nationals down for 3 innings and then Brett "Laffy Taffy" Bosel came in to slam the door in the 4th. Kane Batemen led the offense with 3 hits.

Bateman 3-3, 2R, 2RBI
Wenning 2BB, 2R, RBI
Mullins 1-1 R, BB

WP - Fritz 3IP, 2ER
S - Bosel IP 3K, ER

Game 3
Cincy Flames 16, Kentucky Bearcats American 7

In the night cap Tristan Lana struck out 3 in one inning of work, and then Trey Amann and Brett Bosel finished the game for the Flames. The Flames bats were hot again with Brett, Trey, and Brandon each having 2 hits.

Bosel 2-2, 3B, HR, 2RBI
Mullins 2-2 2R
Amann 2-2, 2R

WP - Amann 1 1/3IP, 3K
S - Bosel 2/3IP 2K

Cincy Flames 15, Kentucky Bearcats American 2
In the Semi Final game the Flames scored 15 runs on 15 hits. Joey Wenning pitched 2 innings giving up no runs and no hits while striking out 5. Mark Peterson closed the game with 4 ks in two innings.

Bateman 2-3 3R, 3B, 3RBI
Lana 3-3 2R, 3RBI
Malott 3-3 2R, 2RBI
Poli 2-3, 2R, 3RBI
Moyer 2-2 2R, 2RBI

WP- Wenning 2IP, 0H, 0ER, 5K
S - Peterson 2IP, ER, 3K

Championship Game
Cincy Flames 9, Kentucky Bearcats American 1

John Malott and Brandon Mullins combined for an 11 strike out no-hitter and were backed up with another potent offensive output.

Poli 2-3, 2R, 2RBI
Bosel 2-2 R, RBI
Mullins 1-2 2B

WP Malott 4IP, 0H, 0ER, 8K
S Mullins IP, 0H, 0ER, 3K

The Flames took to the field against someone other than themselves on Sunday night, and their first performance together was quite impressive. They outscored the 10u CNE Swarm 12-7. The CNE Swarm will be one of the top 3 knothole teams in Clermont County in 2006. The Swarm has played together as a team for 6 years, and last year finished 3rd in the D Sr. City Tournament. The play of the game had to be Joey Wenning's "foul ball". If we weren't playing in the Summit Dome that would have easily been a double, maybe even a four-bagger.

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