Month: June 2018

Rome, NY June 30, 2018: The Onondaga Flames hitters came alive last night at Rome, New York’s Larry Delutis Field, burning the Rome Generals for 14 hits and 15 runs to win their 12th game of the season. The victory puts the Flames at 12-10, good enough to remain in 2nd place in the East Division 2 1/2 games back of division leader Syracuse Spartans (14-7). The plate explosion overshadowed a solid performance by Flames starter Riley Glenn (Chapman University) who scattered 6-hits over 5 2/3 innings and another brilliant outing by the Flames bullpen, which allowed no one to reach 1st base.

The Flames struck early scoring five runs in the top of the 1st inning, three unearned. They added seven runs on seven hits in the 2nd, including doubles by Adam Gordon (Cal State LA)  and Mike Steffan (Canisius). A double by McClain O’Connor (USCB) in the 4th added a run when he was brought home by a Gordon single. The last of the Flames runs came in the 8th when Jake Zurat (Canisius) walked and eventually scored on a Generals’ error.

Flames standouts at the plate for the night included McClain O’Connor (UCSB) 2 for 3 with 2 ribbies and 2 runs scored, Jarrad Grossguth (Queens College) 2 for 5 with 2 RBI’s, catcher Jake Zurat (Canisius) 2 for 5, 2 RBI’s and 3 runs scored, AJ DiFillipo (Columbia) 2 for 4, 1 RBI and 2 runs scored and Gordon who was 3 for 4 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored.

The Flames Jimmy Flahive (American International College), with a league leading ERA of 0.93, put out a fire in the bottom of the 6th and then shut out the Generals in the 7th. Nick Garcia (Chapman University) struck out the side in the eighth to increase his season total to 31, 2nd best in the league and Mike Ruggerio (Wagner) made his first mound appearance a memorable one putting down the Generals in order to end the game. Ruggerio, finally fully recovered from a hamstring injury, also had a 2-run RBI single earlier in the game.

The Flames play the Cortland Crush at Onondaga CC baseball complex tonight at 7:00 PM.

Box Score

Game Information

• Date: 06/29/2018
• Start Time: 06:42 PM
• Duration: 2:38
• End Time: 09:20 PM

• Winning Pitcher: 25 – Riley Glenn
• Losing Pitcher: 30 – Kevin Simon
• Save Pitcher:

• Field Umpire #3:

• Location: Delutis Field
• Weather:Clear and warm

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Onondaga, NY June 25, 2018: On a rainy, windy and chilly evening at Onondaga CC baseball complex, the Onondaga Flames beat the Syracuse Salt Cats 3-2 in a NYCBL thriller last night. Starting pitchers Mike Netzel (Occidental College) for the Flames and the Salt Cats Max Bain (Northwood University) battled to a 1-1 tie until the East Division pitching duel was halted by a one-hour rain delay in the 6th inning. When play resumed, the Flames jumped ahead for good in the top of the seventh, but needed an insurance run to beat the determined Salt Cats, who rallied to make it a one-run game in the bottom of the ninth.

The Flames opened the scoring in the top of the third when Trace Peterson (Lake Erie College) walked, moved to second on a walk by Jack Chernow (Columbia University) and scored on Adam Gordon’s (Cal State LA) single. The Cats answered in the bottom half of the inning when Matthew Nertz (Abilene Christian U) led off with a single and later scored on a fielder’s choice.

The score remained tied 1-1 for 3 more innings until the Flames’ Adam Gordon (Cal State LA) singled home Jack Chernow (Columbia University) with the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning. The Flames added an insurance run, which proved to be the game-winner, in the top of the ninth when Jake Zurat (Columbia University) walked, moved to second on a single by Trace Peterson (Lake Erie College) and scored on a single by pitcher Mike Netzel (Occidental College).

Control problems from the usually accurate Flames closer Keon Taylor (Cal State LA) put Drew Patterson (Roane State CC) and Taylor Fajardo (Louisiana St U Shreveport) on base with walks. Patrick Minor (Arkansas Tech) also reached base on catcher’s interference to load the bases with no outs.   After Patterson scored on a passed ball and Matt Nertz struck out, Flames Head Coach Mike Cordero (Chaffey College) called for an intentional walk to Christian Naccari (Nichols College) to load the bases. Taylor then got Chris Anderson (Nichols College) to ground into a game-ending 6-4-3 double play.

Jimmy Flahive (1.00 ERA) (American International College) was the winning pitcher on the strength of another clutch relief effort with three scoreless innings, allowing only 2 hits and striking out five.

The Flames move to 10-9 and a tie for second place in the East Division of the NYCBL with the Sherrill Silversmiths, 3 1/2 games back of the Syracuse Spartans. The Flames return to action today at 2:00 PM at OCC versus the Sherrill Silversmiths in the first game of a three-game home stand.

Box Score

Game Information

• Date: 06/24/2018
• Start Time: 05:03 PM
• Duration: 3:21
• End Time: 08:24 PM

• Winning Pitcher: 26 – Jimmy Flahive
• Losing Pitcher: 36 – Thomas Genuario
• Save Pitcher: 29 – Keon Taylor

• Plate Umpire:
• Field Umpire #1:
• Field Umpire #2:
• Field Umpire #3:

• Location: Onondaga CC
• Attendance:
• Weather: Rain, windy and cold

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Onondaga, NY June 23, 2018: Held in check for 6 2/3 innings by Silversmiths starter Ryan Cooper (Cazenovia College), the Flames loaded the bases and then scored three runs, two unearned, to take the lead 4-3 at the end of 7 innings. In the bottom of the eighth, Flames bats erupted for three more runs on four hits, including back-to-back triples by Adam Gordon (Cal State LA) and Jake Zurat.(Canisius). Jack Chernow (Columbia) added a pinch hit RBI single. The Flames bullpen once again pitched shut out ball to give the Flames a 7-3 win at Onondaga CC baseball complex last night.

The Smitties started the scoring in the third on three consecutive singles, a walk and a balk to take a two-run lead. The Flames answered in the bottom half of the inning on a single and brilliant piece of base running by the savvy Gordon, who advances all the way to third on an errand throw by the Sherrill second baseman. Jake Zurat brought him in with his first hit of the night, a sharp single in the hole between the third baseman and shortstop. Sherrill added another run in the fourth on two Flames miscues to increase their lead to 3-1.

The Flames bullpen took over in the top of the fifth, shutting out the Smitties the rest of the way. Jake Griffin (Johns Hopkins), Jeff DeStafano (Canisius) and closer Keon Taylor (Cal State LA) combined to allow no runs on one hit, striking out 7 of the 21 batters faced. For the second outing in-a-row, Taylor struck out the side. The Flames pitching staff lead the NYCBL in earned runs allowed and are at or near the top in all important pitching statistics.

Flames catcher Jake Zurat threw out two base runners attempting to steal, one at second and one at third.

The Flames improved to 9-8 and moved into second place in the Eastern Division. They visit division leader Syracuse Spartans tonight at Hopkins Park. Game time is scheduled for 5:00 PM, but is subject to change due to weather conditions. The Sherrill Silversmiths drop to 9-9 are are tied for third with the Rome Generals.

Box Score

Game Date: 06/22/2018
Sherrill Silversmiths  3 AT Onondaga Flames  7
Sherrill 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 3 
Onondaga 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 x - 7 10 2
                                 YTD                                   YTD
Sherrill           AB  R  H BI   AVG  Onondaga           AB  R  H BI   AVG
Cormier, N 3B       5  1  1  0  .306  Ruggerio, M 3B      3  0  0  0  .160
Armitage, R SS      3  0  1  0  .379   Chernow, J 2B,PH   1  1  1  1  .366
Roden, A RF         2  0  0  1  .316  Hart, B 2B,3B       5  0  2  1  .286
Turco, C 1B         3  0  0  0  .318  Netzel, M DH        4  0  0  0  .356
Fitzgerald, M DH    4  0  0  0  .395  DiFillipo, A LF     4  0  0  0  .313
Castronovo, V 2B    3  1  1  0  .214  Mathews, C RF       4  0  1  0  .235
Mullins, M CF       4  0  2  0  .303  Steffan, M 1B       4  1  0  0  .200
Stroshine, A C      3  0  0  0  .000   Paxton, C 1B       0  0  0  0  .182
 Krause, M PH       0  0  0  0  .259  Gordon, A CF        4  2  3  1  .315
 Gozzo, A C         0  0  0  0  .100  Zurat, J C          3  2  3  2  .200
Armitage, Re LF     3  1  1  0  .319  Evans, J SS         1  1  0  0  .235
                   30  3  6  1                           33  7 10  5


2B--Gordon, A CF (2). 3B--Gordon, A CF (2), Zurat, J C (1). RBI--Roden, A
RF (10), TOTALS (0), Chernow, J 2B,PH (6), Hart, B 2B,3B (14), Gordon, A CF
(6), Zurat, J C  2 (3), TOTALS  5 (0). HP--Zurat, J C (1). SF--Roden, A RF
(1). SH--Evans, J SS (0). SB--Cormier, N 3B (5), Armitage, R SS (9),
Mullins, M CF 2 (9), Armitage, Re LF (7). CS--Armitage, R SS (2), Roden, A
RF (1), Mullins, M CF (1). E--Castronovo, V 2B (4), Stroshine, A C 2 (6),
Ruggerio, M 3B (3), Evans, J SS (3). 
LOB--Sherrill 10, Onondaga 8. 
                                                                YTD
                                 IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR     ERA
 Sherrill
Cooper, R (L,1-2)               6.2   5   4   2   2   4   0    3.51
Riesberg, A                     0.2   3   2   2   1   0   0    6.14
Baker, R                        0.2   2   1   1   1   1   0    4.32
                                8    10   7   5   4   5   0
 Onondaga
Morrisroe, C                    4.0   5   3   2   3   4   0    6.94
Griffin, J (W,1-1)              3.0   1   0   0   4   4   0    5.65
DeStefano, J                    1.0   0   0   0   1   1   0    0.00
Taylor, K (S,3)                 1.0   0   0   0   1   3   0    2.00
                                9     6   3   2   9  12   0
PB--Stroshine, A, Gozzo, A 2, Zurat, J 2. HB--Cooper, R (5). SO--Cormier, N
2, Armitage, R, Roden, A, Turco, C 2, Fitzgerald, M 2, Castronovo, V,
Stroshine, A, Armitage, Re 2, Ruggerio, M, Netzel, M, Mathews, C, Steffan,
M, Gordon, A. BB--Armitage, R 2, Roden, A 2, Turco, C 2, Castronovo, V,
Krause, M, Armitage, Re, Chernow, J, Netzel, M, Evans, J 2. BF--Cooper, R
28 (112), Riesberg, A 6 (74), Baker, R 5 (37), Morrisroe, C 19 (54),
Griffin, J 13 (53), DeStefano, J 4 (18), Taylor, K 4 (35). P-S--Cooper, R
109-63, Riesberg, A 21-15, Baker, R 24-16, Morrisroe, C 83-41, Griffin, J
60-32, DeStefano, J 13-7, Taylor, K 24-14. 
T--2:59.  

Weather: Cloudy and cool.

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Onondaga, NY June 20, 2018:  A 2-run single in the top of the 10th inning by A.J DiFillipo (Columbia) proved enough for the Flames to slip by the Hornell Dodgers 9-6 last night at Maple City Park in a NYCBL inter-divisional match-up.

After leading from the first inning on, the Flames blew a 2-run lead in the bottom of the ninth sending the game into extra innings. The Flames went in to the frame leading by 6-4, and then opened the door for the Dodgers to tie the game and send it into overtime. A Dodger pinch-hit single by Drew Hefner (Charleston) and a Flames fielding error closed the score to 6-5. Keegan Tyrell (Concordia Chicago) followed with a one-out RBI single to even things up 6-6. Kyler Kent was then intentionally walked to load the bases, setting the stage for a Flames 1-5-3 double play to end the Dodger rally.

The Flames took command right from the opening batter when Jack Chernow (Columbia) walked, stole second, reached third on a wild pitch and scored on A.J. DiFillipo’s first of three hits on the night. The Flames added two more on a Corbin Paxton (Lake Erie) RBI single and a bases loaded walk by Jake Zurat (Canisius). The Flames added another in the 2nd when Chernow scored again after blasting a double.

The Dodgers answered with three runs in the third when Kyler Kent (Webster) had a two-out, two RBI single. The Dodgers scored another run on the play on a throwing error by the right fielder, cutting the Flames lead to 4-3.

The NYCBL Player of the Night, A.J. DiFillipo made it 6-3 Flames when he nailed a two-run home run over the left field fence.

In the Hornell half of the 6th, Nate Tholl (Webster) reached on a fielder’s choice, stole 2nd and 3rd then scored on a wild pitch making the score 6-4 where it remained until the Dodgers rally in the bottom of the ninth.

In the 10th inning, Jack Chernow and Adam Gordon (Cal State LA) both walked setting up DiFillipo’s 2-run single giving the Flames an 8-6 lead. Bryan Hart (Bryant) capped the scoring when he was hit by a pitch, stole second and third and came home on a wild pitch.

Flames starter Gunnar Groen (Pepperdine) without his best stuff, nevertheless managed a solid 6-innings scattering 6 hits for 3 earned runs. Casey Kretsch (LeMoyne) delivered another clutch performance allowing only one hit in shutting down the Dodgers for two innings setting up closer Keon Taylor. Taylor (Chaffey – Cal State LA) fell victim to a costly infield error enabling the Dodger 9th inning rally to continue, but rose to the occasion as he struck out the side in the bottom of the tenth to end the game.

The Flames, who have won four of their last five, improve to 8-7 one-game back of the Syracuse Spartans, while the Dodgers slide to 5-9.

The Flames host Western Division leader Wellsville Nitros at Onondaga CC baseball complex tonight at 7:00 PM.

Box Score

Game Date: 06/19/2018
Onondaga Flames  9 AT Hornell Dodgers  6 (EXTRA INNINGS)
Onondaga 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 9 9 3 
Hornell  0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 6 9 1
                                 YTD                                   YTD
Onondaga           AB  R  H BI   AVG  Hornell            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Chernow, J CF       3  4  2  0  .389  Broughton, C SS     4  2  1  1  .246
Gordon, A LF        4  1  0  0  .292  Tyrell, K LF        4  1  2  1  .429
Netzel, M RF        1  1  0  0  .378  Kent, K 1B          4  0  2  2  .302
DiFillipo, A 3B     6  2  3  5  .350  Johnson, C C        5  0  1  0  .273
Hart, B 2B          4  1  1  0  .277  Tholl, N CF         5  1  0  0  .250
Zurat, J C          4  0  1  1  .107  Laurie, J 2B        4  0  0  0  .160
Peterson, T C      0  0  0  0  .244  Marshall, T DH      2  0  0  0  .333
Paxton, C 1B        6  0  1  1  .182  Leathersich DH,PH  2  0  0  0  .357
Garcia, N DH        3  0  1  0  .286  Fauth, M RF         3  0  1  0  .167
Grossguth,  DH,PH  1  0  0  0  .219  Hefner, D PH       1  0  1  0  .340
Ruggerio, M SS      3  0  0  0  .182  Faudskar, J PR,RF  0  1  0  0  .286
                                      Staker, M 3B        4  1  1  0  .214
                   35  9  9  7                           38  6  9  4


2B--Chernow, J CF (4). HR--DiFillipo, A 3B (2). RBI--DiFillipo, A 3B  5
(15), Zurat, J C (1), Paxton, C 1B (5), TOTALS  7 (0), Broughton, C SS (5),
Tyrell, K LF (8), Kent, K 1B  2 (18), TOTALS  4 (0). HP--Gordon, A LF (2),
Netzel, M RF (3), Hart, B 2B (5). SH--Netzel, M RF (0). SB--Chernow, J CF 2
(4), Gordon, A LF (3), DiFillipo, A 3B (2), Hart, B 2B 3 (8), Grossguth, 
DH,PH (2), Ruggerio, M SS 2 (2), Broughton, C SS (4), Tholl, N CF 2 (11).
E--Netzel, M RF (1), DiFillipo, A 3B (1), Ruggerio, M SS (2), Staker, M 3B
(5). 
LOB--Onondaga 13, Hornell 7. 
                                                                YTD
                                 IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR     ERA
 Onondaga
Groen, G                        6.0   6   4   3   3   3   0    3.27
Kretsch, C                      2.0   1   0   0   1   1   0    1.42
Taylor, K (W,1-0)               2.0   2   2   1   1   3   0    2.25
                               10     9   6   4   5   7   0
 Hornell
Neighbors, T                    1.0   2   3   3   4   1   0    9.00
Henby, J                        5.0   4   3   3   3   3   1    5.40
Burdett, B (L,0-1)              4.0   3   3   3   6   5   0    6.75
                               10     9   9   9  13   9   1
WP--Groen, G (3), Taylor, K (1), Neighbors, T (11), Henby, J (1), Burdett,
B (1). HB--Henby, J (1), Burdett, B 2 (2). SO--Gordon, A 2, DiFillipo, A,
Hart, B, Paxton, C, Garcia, N 2, Grossguth, J, Ruggerio, M, Broughton, C,
Tyrell, K, Tholl, N, Laurie, J, Leathersich, T 2, Fauth, M. BB--Chernow, J
3, Gordon, A, Netzel, M 3, Hart, B, Zurat, J, Peterson, T, Grossguth, J,
Ruggerio, M 2, Broughton, C, Tyrell, K, Kent, K, Laurie, J, Marshall, T.
BF--Groen, G 25 (63), Kretsch, C 9 (29), Taylor, K 9 (31), Neighbors, T 9
(78), Henby, J 22 (22), Burdett, B 21 (21). P-S--Groen, G 96-58, Kretsch, C
28-15, Taylor, K 33-23, Neighbors, T 38-17, Henby, J 82-52, Burdett, B
82-41. 
T--3:41.  

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