Columbia Fireflies @ Greenville Drive
April 21, 2016
Teams
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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R
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H
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E
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Columbia
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0
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2
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2
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2
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2
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0
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0
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0
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5
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13
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20
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3
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Greenville
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0
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2
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1
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3
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0
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0
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3
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0
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0
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9
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11
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2
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W: Palsha (1-1, 5.40
ERA); L: Glorius (1-1, 5.59 ERA)
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Thomas McIlraith
(5.14 ERA) – 3.1 IP, 9 H, 6 R (5 ER), 3 BB, K, 57 Pitches (31 Strikes), 4 GO: 2
FO
Christian Montgomery (7.71 ERA) – 3 IP, H, 3 R (1 ER), BB, 5
K, 53 Pitches (37 Strikes), 5 GO: 1 FO, 2 IR – 0 S
Alex Palsha (W, 1-1, 5.40 ERA) – 2.2 IP, H, BB, 5 K, 2 GO, 1
IR – 0 S
Batters
RF – Kevin Kaczmarski – 1-2, R, K
PH/RF – Tucker Tharp – 1-3, R
2B – Vinny Siena – 4-5, 2 R, 2 2B (7), 2 RBI (6), K
LF – Joe Tuschak – 1-5, R, K, GIDP
3B – David Thompson – 4-5, 3 R, 3 RBI (16)
1B – Dash Winningham – 3-5, R, 2 2B (4), RBI (8)
DH – Jeffrey Diehl – 2-5, RBI (3), K, GIDP
C – Tyler Moore – 1-4, R, RBI (2), SF, K
CF – Ivan Wilson – 3-4, 3 R, 2 2B (6), HR (1), 2 RBI (5), K
Greenville
(BA Rank with Red Sox system)
#9 Luis Alexander Besabe – 1-5, R, 2 K, GIDP
#10 Michael Chavis – 1-4, R, BB
#23 Josh Ockimey – 3-4, 2 R, HR (4), 2 RBI (7), BB
Recapish
The
Columbia Fireflies and Greenville Drive found themselves locked in an intense
SAL slugfest Thursday night during the series opener. The teams combined for 14
runs between the top of the 2nd and the top of the 5th innings,
but Columbia saved the best for last. Neither starter stood out in this game,
but the Fireflies defense made things harder for McIlraith in the 2nd
than it needed to be. Christian Montgomery and Alex Palsha both picked up 5 K’s
in relief, but the defense again faltered behind Montgomery in the 7th,
and Greenville held a 9-8 lead heading into the 9th. Sparked by the
final hits of the night from Ivan Wilson, Vinny Siena, David Thompson, and Dash
Winningham, the Fireflies exploded for five 9th inning runs, which
catapulted them ahead 13-9.
I
break this game down in more detail below, so enjoy! There would normally be
more here, but there were 3 games worth covering Thursday night, so I’m leaving
it to the other sections to tell the story. This series continues Friday night
at 7:05 PM, with Kevin Canelon scheduled to pitch for the Fireflies.
Scoring Highlights
David
Thompson sparked the 2nd inning rally with a leadoff single. He went
to 3B went Dash Winningham pulled a double to the RF wall. Thompson finally
came around to score when Jeff Diehl followed with a single, and Dash came home
one batter later on a sac fly from Tyler Moore.
Josh
Ockimey led off the 2nd inning with his 4th homerun of
the year.
Ivan
Wilson led off the 3rd with a double to LF. Kevin Kaczmarski and
Vinny Siena would then hit consecutive singles to bring Wilson around and take
back the lead for Columbia. Thompson added an RBI single later in the frame to
make that lead 4-2.
Chad
De La Guerra drew a one out walk in the 3rd, and then Michael Chavis
and Josh Ockimey followed with singles to bring him home for a run.
Jeff
Diehl led off the 4th by ripping a line drive into the LF corner,
but he’d be thrown out trying to extend his hit into a double. Tyler Moore
followed with a single to RF, and then Ivan Wilson went deep for the first time
in 2016 two batters later – “there’s no way the ballpark is handling that one”
was the announcer’s immediate reaction.
Vinny
Siena led off the 5th inning with his 6th double of the
year. He’d score two batters later when David Thompson continued his great
night with a single into CF. Thompson would then score all the way from 1B on
another double from Dash, this one to the LF wall. The last GIF shown in this section is Dash's deep fly out to CF from his previous AB.
Siena
added a single in the 7th, but would be stranded at 2B.
Ivan
Wilson sparked the Fireflies game-winning rally with a leadoff double to CF in
the 9th inning. He’d come around to score on a bunt single/E1 from
Tucker Tharp when the pitcher threw the ball away. Siena followed with his
second double of the night, bringing home Tharp from 2B. Joe Tuschak, Thompson,
and Dash connected for 3 more singles, pushing the Fireflies total to 20 for
the night, and leading to 3 more runs.
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| Ivan Wilson |
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| Vinny Siena |
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| David Thompson |
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| Dash Winningham |
Defensive Highlights
Dash
made a couple of mistakes in the field during this one, but he also made a nice
choice to start a double play in the 2nd.
Milton
Ramos was hardly tested, but he looked good on this slow grounder.
Vinny
Siena made a nice diving stop on a ball to his right for the last out of the
game.
Pitcher Coverage
Thomas McIlraith
Table 1 – McIlraith pitch stats by inning
1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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Total
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Total
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9
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19
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14
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15
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57
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Strikes
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5
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10
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9
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7
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31
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Swinging*
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1
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0
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1
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1
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3
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*5.3% Swinging strike rate
First pitch strike to 9/20 batters faced (45%)
There
weren’t many highlights for McIlraith in this start, so I’m only sharing a few
of his pitches in this section. His 1st inning was great, and he
started the night with a strikeout of Joseph Monge, but he’d be hit hard over
the next 3 frames.
Christian Montgomery
Montgomery
took over in the 4th with runners on the corners and one out and
escaped the jam by inducing two groundouts. He’d retire the first 8 batters to
face him, picking up a pair of strikeouts in both the 5th and 6th
innings:
Tate Matheny and Luis Alexander Basabe swinging in the 5th.
Kyri Washington and Monge in the 6th.
Things
got weird behind Montgomery in the 7th, and he’d end up leaving with
a runner on 2B and only one out, but he’d strikeout Basabe one more time before
leaving.
Alex Palsha
Palsha
took over and struck out Austin Rei and Washington to finish the 7th.
He
worked around a leadoff single allowed in the 8th, striking out
Monge and De La Guerra to finish the frame.
Ockimey
drew a one out walk against Palsha in the 9th, but Palsha would get the next
two to finish the game, striking out Tate Matheny along the way.
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