Cincinnati CoBALTS Baseball Club

After a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to St. Petersburg in the opening round game, the Balts powered thru the normal blown hammies and locked up calfs to take 2 games and enter Friday in the Final 6!!!

First Win came with T-Stone throwing hot-mess-stuff to shut down the fast running and gap hitting Texas Express from Houston. Mike Gastrich with a 3 run bomb, Adrian Schau with an awesome gun from left field to nail a speedy go-ahead runner. Rocky and Stiggy with RBIs and the Cobalts win 6-4. Awesome plate work by Tyler Schunk.

But no rest for the weary as game 2 starts before Coach can buy a round of gatoraides....and lucky us, its the 2 time consecutive defending World Champion Canton Stallions. Not sure if the northern ohio bunch took the lowly 13 Natty Boys serious but Adrian Schau was getting their attention on the hill as we took a 3-3 tie into the 8th inning thanks to his right arm. Then hot hitting John Kennedy reached on his second hit of game, was bunted over, then stole 3rd, and scored on Jason Cohill's sac fly.....uh oh, Balts up 4-3! So Schau running on fumes takes on the meat of the powerful Stallions lineup in bottom of 8th. They hit a couple consecutive balls hard but good defense from Kennedy and Jinkins gets the outs but then a single, and a double with tying run rounding 3rd.... but an incredible relay from Thamann to Schunk guns their runner at home to end the inning! Adrian shuts them down in 9th for complete game and a huge win for the Balts.

Next up for the undersized, out-numbered, dirty uniformed and jaeger bomb smelling crew from The Natti is the Albany Athletics. Curfew set at midnight.....think any of the 13 Cobalts gonna be home by then?.?.?

Adrian Schau deserved better as he gives up 2 unearned in an opening round city tourney loss to the Chiefs.

Cobalts manage just 4 hits in the quick affair that sends us to the loser bracket for a long journey out.

Steve Beiser helped keep it close with two perfect innings of relief but the Chiefs wrong-hander was on his game this night and kept the Balt's bats silent.

Next up: Yorkville who lost to Bombers. 

Well, the lumbers woke from their slumber and the Balts hit a hard throwing righty in a good rebound win late Monday night.

The 21st Win of the season was sealed with T-Stone throwing lights-out for 4 innings and Steve Beiser finished again with great relief work.

Stiggy, Rocky, and Phil all with RBIs as the Hits were many. So were the Natty Lights after the game as the 2012 Cobalts prepare for World Series Baseball, tiki huts, and tiki huts....did I mention tiki huts???

Next up Bombers 6:30pm Tuesday night 

As Rocky prepares the Team Truck for another Cobalt Florida Adventure, Mike Soto and his Meridians graciously schedule a non-league game on Saturday afternoon - somewhere deep in Colerain Twp down by the river....

Nice day for a 9 inning ballgame and the Balts get everybody involved as Kent Jinkins, Bobby Seda, and Will Shortreed lead the offense. Aaron Kehres, Ryan Ruble, and Ryan Beard all work the mound for the 13-7 win. Cobalts looked spiffy in their new white uniforms. Nice and cool for Port St. Lucie.

The victory gets us our 20th on the season...another good Cobalt Year! 

City Tournament up next versus Chiefs 6:30pm Monday night at Roselawn.