The Flames Jarrad Grossguth is a natural talent to watch. One of the youngest Flames, the hard-hitting shortstop/third basemen has demonstrated an abundance of raw talent playing in his first collegiate summer baseball season. Fresh from the junior college ranks at CC of Rhode Island, Grossguth is slashing .273/.430/.455, proving he has seamlessly made the transition to wooden bat and the next level of competition. He also shares the team home run title with AJ DiFillipo with 3.  At CCRI his slash line was an outstanding .327/.426/.609 with seven home runs and 33 runs batted in. In somewhat of a recruiting coup for the Head Coach Chris Reardon, Jarrod will be transferring to Division II Queens College in the fall as a sophomore, eligible to play for three more seasons. Not yet 19 years old, the 5-11 185 pounder has a 60-yard dash time of 7.0 seconds and an infield velocity ...
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Slashing .327/.421/.469 with great range, sure hands and strong arm, outfielder Adam Gordon, a rising senior at Cal State LA, is a complete ballplayer with great instincts on the base paths. Time and again, he has amazed us with his canny ability to grab the extra base when few others would try it. His heads up play alone has won a few games for the Flames.  In his 113 at bats, Adam has 37 hits with 5 doubles, 4 triples and one home run producing 24 RBIs, second only to team leader AJ DiFillipo. His contributions to the Flames have been a large part of the team's success. He will be sorely missed as he graduates next year. Gordon played his first two college years at Saddleback College in his hometown, Mission Viejo, California where he hit .289 as a sophomore with 41 hits in 142 at bats. Scored 26 ...
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Simply put, the Flames Collin Mathews is on fire with 14 hits in 28 at bats over the last seven games. The owner of the 4th highest batting average in the league, the redshirt freshman is slashing .380/.468/.478 on the season with 5 doubles, 2 triples and 15 RBI's over 109 plate appearances. Collin has created 20.788 runs, second most on the team. A two-way player, Collin has been clocked at 93-mph on the mound. The 6'2"  200 pound Kent State Golden Flash appears to have fully recovered from Tommy John surgery. performed in the fall of 2016. However, the Flames have used him almost exclusively as an outfielder to get his bat in the lineup. Mathews is a gifted athletic who can hit, run, throw and field. His contributions to the Flames have been invaluable ...
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It has been an interesting summer for Columbia University rising junior A.J. DiFillipo. After hitting a home run in the College World Series, AJ has taken the NYCBL by storm with a slash line of .359/433/.534 with 8 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs and 34 RBIs. A tough out as evidenced by his .433 OBP, DiFillipo has struck out only 14 times in 103 at bats or 13.5% of the time compared to a league average of 19.1%. Not one to leave the bat on his shoulder, AJ has only walked 12 times in 120 plate appearances. His aggressive approach has created a team high 25.435 runs and an OPS of  .967. A strong-armed corner infielder/outfielder, AJ bats left and throw right. He hails from Peabody, MA. AJ has participated in Flames community outreach events, including both visits to the Onondaga Free Library to read to children and volunteering at ...
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Onondaga, NY July 2. 2018: The Onondaga Flames collegiate summer league baseball team, currently in voluntary suspension, announced today they will be resuming play in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) next season. The Flames will play in the PGCBL Central Division,under the league's newly created 3 divisional format, which was created to mitigate travel time and costs. West Central East Elmira Pioneers Adirondack Trail Blazers Albany Dutchman Geneva Red Wings Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs Amsterdam Mohawks Jamestown Jamers Onondaga Flames Glens Falls Dragon Newark Pilots Utica Blue Sox Saugerties Dragons   Watertown Rapids   Widely recognized as one of the premier collegiate summer baseball leagues in the nation, the PGCBL is a wood bat development league for aspiring major leaguers. The league was founded in the fall of 2010 by eight summer baseball teams located across upstate New York in conjunction with Perfect Game USA, baseball's largest scouting service. The league's first ...
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Onondaga, NY June 25, 2018: The Onondaga Flames pitching staff has been rock solid so far this season, leading the NYCBL in fewest earned runs with 61 over 19 games. Flames pitchers have given up 145 base hits, second best in the league. The staff has a team league best ERA of 3.14. Contributing to the staff's success has been the reliable performance of the bullpen with none more steady than Jimmy Flahive, a rising Junior at American International College. Flahive's 1.00 ERA is the best in the NYCBL (pitchers with 8 or more innings pitched). Appearing in 18 innings over nine games, Jimmy has allowed only 2 earned runs on 11 hits - only one for extra bases. He has struck out twenty while walking only nine for a WHIP of 1.11. A sidearm southpaw, Flahive has an excellent pickoff move and has already caught a couple of base runners ...
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