8/14/2010 10:39:41 AM
Aflac weekend kicked off this morning with the first practice at the University of San Diego. The West team kicked things off with batting practice this morning and the standouts were Blake Swihart, Billy Flamion, Philip Evans, Matt Dean, Daniel Camerena and Travis Harrison. The East team was up next and the guys who really stood out included Javier Baez, Joshua Tobias, and Cameron Gallagher.
After both teams took infield the scrimmage began. Matt Troupe (Granada Hills, CA, Northridge HS) was brought in to pitch for the West team in the scrimmage and he showed he could hold his own with the talented group of Aflac players. Troupe’s fastball was 90-92 mph and the Oregon State commit did a nice job of holding the big hitting East team in check in his three innings of work.
The West bats came out hot as Phillip Evans opened things off with a hard hit single and Billy Flamion roped a home run to RF as the West team put up 5 runs in the first inning. Shawon Dunston also ripped a double later on in the game for the West team.
Daniel Norris pitched a quick tune up inning for the East team and shut the West bats down with his fastball sitting 93-94 mph.
2012 Lucas Giolitto (Santa Monica, CA, Harvard Westlake HS) came in after Troupe for the West team and was very impressive. The younger Giolitto was very impressive fitting right in with the group of Aflac players with his fastball touching 94 mph. Giolitto will be watched very closely over the next two years as he is one of the top players in his class.
Dillon Maples relieved Norris and his fastball also was up to 94 mph in his inning of work before Philip Pfeiffer closed out the came for the East with a nice breaking ball and a fastball that was up to 88 Mph.
Henry Owens was the lone Aflac pitcher to pitch an inning for the West team in the scrimmage and worked a quick inning mixing his fastball touching 90 mph and a big breaking curveball.