Mais Non! Flames Advance to Championship Game

Moss Park (AP) - The Trump Tower Flames advanced to their 2nd straight championship game (first in the B league), by scrapping out a 26-22 victory over Mais Oui.

The Flames got off to a quick start by piling on the maximum 8 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning, led by a thundering grand slam home run by recent repatriate Kristian Borg-Olivier.

Mais Oui responded by pounding out 7 runs in the 3rd inning and 8 runs in the 4th to trail 19-18 at the end of 4 innings. Mais Oui added 4 runs in the top of the 5th inning but the Flames responded with 6 runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 25-22 lead, a lead which they would not relinquish the rest of the way.

The Flames shut out their opponents in the 6th and 7th innings, to reach the championship game for the 2nd consecutive season.

The game threatened to turn ugly on a controversial call at 1st base early in the game, where the runner was called safe but video replays clearly showed he was out. The play would have been the third out of the inning but instead Mais Oui scored an additional 2 runs.

The championship game pits the Flames against archrivals The George Bells, who defeated the Flames 30-20 earlier this season. Rumblings in the Flames locker room after the game, suggest that revenge is on the menu for this game.

Game Notes: Flames are now 1-2 when allowing more than 20 runs in a game and 4-1 when scoring 20 or more runs in a game. The Erclik duo of Teddy and Mary went 5 for 5 (5 runs) and 4 for 4 (3 runs) respectively.