February 7th, 2022


The Flames were back in action for 3 scrimmages over the weekend.  Friday night Joe Adametz and Dylan Cumming dazzled.  Adametz pitched 4 strong innings with 6 k's, 2 hit and 0 runs as he continues his return from TJ surgery.  Cumming was sharp as well in his 4 innings of work with 3 k's 2 hits and no runs.  David Erickson looked good as well in 2 innings of relief work with 3 K's 2 hits and no runs allowed.  Mason Fluharty & Cade Hungate each had a scoreless inning as well.  Fluharty had 2 k's and Hungate 1 respectively.  

Saturday was another cold blustery day that saw Trey Gibson battle through the conditions for 4 strong innings while allowing 2 runs with 5 strikeouts.  Cole Garrett and Emmanuel Johnson also had strong outings on Saturday as well combining for 5 k's.  

Garrett Horn continued his strong spring Sunday with 3 scoreless innings and 6 punch outs.  Another encouraging outing from the freshman lefty.  Tim Miller looked the part as well with 2 innings pitched and 5 k's, 1 hit and no runs allowed.  Looks more and more like he could factor into the bullpen.  

Cam Foster had a strong weekend with 5 singles and a walk.  Brady Gulakowski added in 3 singles, a double & 2 walks.  Logan Mathieu had 2 singles, 2 walks and an impressive opposite field HR to left field as Nick Pierce noted.  Derek Orndorff had a HR to left and a double on the weekend as well.  Aaron Anderson also had 2 singles and a walk on the weekend.  Hitting a homerun to LF is no small feat early in the year with cold weather and the wind blowing across.  

Lineup wise we know the Flames have all kinds of good hitters from the LH side with Betts, Gulakowski, Mahtieu and Anderson (SH) plus the addition of Lazzaro.  It's encouraging to see good AB's from Foster and Orndorff to provide some good AB's and power from the right side to keep the opposition from being able to match us up with lefty relievers late in the game.  

The Flames will take today off before scrimmaging again tomorrow and then scrimmaging Friday, Saturday & Sunday again this weekend before the series in Gainesville.  


#Risewithus


Brent

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