

He also had an at-bat during the contest, laying down a sacrifice bunt that moved Mike Moffatt into scoring position, who would score the game-winning run one batter later in an 8-7 decision. Grimm faced a season-high 14 batters, struck out three, and gave up one run on four hits. He came in during the ninth and pitched three innings of one-run ball. Grimm's win was against the Hamilton Joes in the Steam's last away game of the season. The Cincinnati, Ohio native finished the summer with a 1-0 record and a 2.11 ERA. Kari Lakes: Casey Grimm, LHP, Wright State Lake - 11 G, 1-0, 2.11 ERA, 1 Save “The Maple Leaf Masher” provided the power in the Steam lineup, finishing the year with a team-best seven home runs, including three long balls over a five-game span in mid-July. 414 (12-for-29) over his first five games. 283, collecting 13 extra-base hits.Īlthough he came to the Queen City two weeks into the season, Warkentin got off to a fast start for Cincinnati, hitting. The Leamington, Ontario native finished the Steam season batting. Following behind Beaver with 24 RBI, the Xavier-commit played a mixture of first base and outfield.Īt Johnson County Community College, Warkentin led his team with a. The 6-foot-6 junior led the Steam with seven home runs, playing in only 29 games. Kari Lakes: Matt Warkentin, 1B/OF, Johnson County CC - 29 G. His last two starts of the season were shaky (10 earned runs on 21 hits over 11 innings combined), but Cincinnati ended the year with a 6-2 record in Gremling’s games. In the meeting between the league’s best at Prasco Park on July 18th, Gremling worked one scoreless inning. After a no-decision against Licking County in his summer debut, Gremling rallied off five consecutive victories (including two shutouts) and took a 2.78 ERA into the All-star break. Gremling posted an ERA just south of nine at Wright State last spring, but right away the improvement was evident when he took the hill for the Steam. Will Flynt’s most-used hurler, Mitch Gremling, ended the season with a GLSCL-best six victories and threw Cincinnati’s only complete game of the year, when he allowed just one unearned run and struck out 10 against Grand Lake on June 22nd. Shelby Dermer: Mitch Gremling, RHP, Wright State - 8 G, 1 CG, 6-0, 4.05 ERA, 46 2/3 IP The left-hander did not allow a run until his fourth outing of the year. The most batters he walked during one game was three, which occurred just once. The Morehouse College product finished the season with a 2-1 record in 10 games on the mound. Kari Lakes: Daron Bowling, LHP, Morehouse College - 10 G, 4 GS, 2-1, 1.96 ERAīowling pitched 32 innings this summer and gave up 32 hits, seven earned runs and had a 1.96 ERA. He finished the season with 21 hits over the last 13 games. On June 27th, Beaver had one of the Steam’s three grand slams on the season, launching a bases-clearing blast against the Southern Ohio Copperheads at Bob Wren Stadium. The UCF product had 17 multi-hit games, including a string of six straight over his 10-game hitting streak to begin the season. 323, after a 0-for-5 performance in a win over Galion on July 7th. The lowest Beaver’s average ever dipped was. Starting the season at first base and catcher, he made appearances at third, in the outfield, and even pitched an inning against Lorain County.īeaver had eight 3-plus hit games and finished second on the team in RBI.Īlthough he finished 27 points behind fellow All-star Alex Holderbach for the club’s best batting average, Beaver was a permanent lock in the three-hole of Jimmy Brenneman’s starting nine and was the most consistent offensive threat in the lineup, collecting a hit in 32 of 42 games.

Having only played in 20 games (starting only three) at the University of Central Florida last spring, Beaver became a pivotal player on the Steam roster.

356 batting average and played more positions than anyone else on the roster. 356, 11 2B, 35 R, 3 HR, 28 RBIĪlong with being an All-star, Beaver played in all 42 regular-season games and finished with a.

Kari Lakes: Dallas Beaver - 1B/DH, UCF - 42 G. Here are the awards for the 2017 Cincinnati Steam, picked by Kari Lakes and Shelby Dermer: CINCINNATI, OH - The Cincinnati Steam ended the 2017 campaign on a four-game winning streak, but it was not enough to propel them to a playoff spot for the 11th time in 12 years as they finished a half game back of a wild card spot in the south division.ĭespite failing to make the playoffs, the season was filled with highlights and high-level play from a team that finished the year with the fifth-best overall record in the entire GLSCL.
