Cincinnati CoBALTS Baseball Club

Cobalts did advance but did their best to also raise Ol' Coach's blood pressure during the 3 game round-robin Thurs/Fri...

First game was a 3-2 loss to the persistent Chiefs. Cobalts mustered a whopping 4 hits (non really solid) and gave up 3 total hits but found a way to lose the opening game on Thursday night - putting our backs up against the wall.

So Game #2 versus Cheviot on Friday afternoon had the Balts jump out to a 4-0 lead in 1st only to see Patriots score 7 in their half. So Cobalts put 5 more on in 2nd inning but of course that didn't hold....Many, many more tense hours later the Cobalts escape (thanks to a base-running snafu by Patriots) with a 14-12 victory. Mike Hatfield drove in 7 runs and Jason Campbell threw 3 good innings in relief. Admiral Heasley gets the close-shave save.

Game #3 was a late nighter versus Xenia Trophy. Winner advances, Loser goes home...Cobalts wheel Keith Becker out to the hill and he doesn't disappoint, throwing 4 scoreless in a 11-0 route. Wags hit his 2nd HR of day. Akers with 2 hits and 2 RBIs, Todd Taylor 3-3.

So Final 4 playing at 1pm looks like this:

* Cobalts vs. Cincinnati Flames

* Louisville Angels vs. Cincinnati Chiefs

Winners play at 4pm to see who represents at World Series.