Cincy Flames 7, Licking County Magic 3

With their backs against the wall the scrappy Cincy Flames battled back in the Pool Play of the "Cincy Flames Classic" and won their last two games to qualify for the Championship round of the tournament.

Kane Bateman pitched his best game of the season by going 4 2/3 innings with an amazing 9 stikeouts. Kane allowed just 2 H, and 0 ER to earn the win. Nick Ernst pitched the 6th innning with a strikeout for his first save as a 2006 Flame.

Offensively Tristan Lana went 1-2 and scored two runs, one run on Brett Bosel's 2-run homer in the first inning that put the Flames ahead for good. Mark Peterson added two singles, and Trey Amann smacked a single in the 5th and scored a run.

Lana 1-2, 2 R, BB
Bosel HR, R, 2 RBI
Peterson 2-2
Moyer 0-1, CI, R
Amann 1-1, 2 R
Ernst 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, R

W - Bateman 4 2/3 IP, 9 K, 0 ER, 4 H, BB
S - Ernst 1 IP, 1 K