[bigsmooth]

The Flames used a five run first inning and a ten strikeout, eight inning performance from Shawn Teufel to beat the Highlanders 10-3 friday afternoon. The win was the 1,000th in Flames Baseball History. Game two tommorrow with Keegan Linza on the mound with first pitch at 2pm. All games in the series will be broadcast on 90.9 or online at www.thelightonline.com with Nick Pierce and Doug Wallace with the call.

[flaminbaseballfan]

Impressive win! Thankfully the bats are still solid. Are we looking for the sweep yet?

[bigsmooth]

it would be nice to get the sweep for sure, but one game at a time.....

[SuperJon]

We gotta play em one day at a time, give it our best shot, and the good Lord willing, things will work out.

[Hold My Own]

BJ? Is that you?

[SuperJon]

You have to know that reference.

[Hold My Own]

Yeh, I see the smoke coming out the nose but still...re read it and tell me that's not a perfect line from him

[SuperJon]

Oh, it fits perfectly. I definitely won't deny that. I never thought of that til you said it and I had a good laugh about it.

[BJWilliams]

yeah I probably would say something like that...loved that movie btw

[olldflame]

We are up 3-1, batting with a runner on second and nobody out in the top of the 8th. Richardson relieved keegan in the 6th

[BJWilliams]

Radford had a chance in the seventh but Doug Bream threw out the tying run (at the time) at the plate and Richardson struck a man out with runners in scoring position and two down

[Cider Jim]

Potential tying run, BJ. It's only a tying run if the runner actually scores.

[BJWilliams]

Thanks for the catch Cider...Richardson strikes out the last batter and gets the save pitching 3 2/3 innings.

[bigsmooth]

Keegan Linza pitched 5 1/3 innings and as Beej said Josh Richardson goes 3 2/3 for the save. Richardson worked the Flames out of a bases loaded situation when he repalaced Linza. The Flames will go for the sweep tommorrow with left hander Steven Evans taking the mound. This was a real nice win in that the guys usually win in a slugfest, but played in a different fashion today and got it done.

[BJWilliams]

Funny to me how the guys play well and there is very little chatter. we won on Tuesday and the talk was about how we nearly gave it away. We lost the second game of a DH with HPU after lighting them up in the first game and all everybody focused on was a pitching decision and the fact that we tried to swing away in the ninth inning. We've won eight of our last nine. As the Partridge family once sang "C'mon get happy!"

[Cider Jim]

As the Partridge family once sang "C'mon get happy!"

BJ, you are really showing your age!

[BJWilliams]

Haha...Id watch it when I was home sick from school in the mid 90s

[olldflame]

We put up 4 in the top of the 3rd and lead 4-0 as we go for the sweep.

[krh44]

7-5 Flames with lead still

[olldflame]

JJ McLeod comes in to record the last 2 outs and we hold off a Radfurd rally to get the sweep 7-6!

[bigsmooth]

excellent weekend for the flames. congrats to storm and the players. It looks like we could be turning the corner!

[Stevev]

I like the way our bullpen has come along lately. There were countless times when we would get in a jamb with bases loaded one out and then get out of it with minimal damage and a lot of it had to do with our pen. That was the key to us getting the sweep. Our hitting seemed to be its usual self. Looks like Giannini, Richardson, Beakler, Umberger, and McCleod are guys we can depend on to close the deal and that is so important.