Fireflies Series in Review: vs. Hickory

Hickory Crawdads @ Columbia Fireflies

April 10-12, 2017

            This is a breakdown of the Columbia Fireflies April series against the Hickory Crawdads. The goal with these ‘Series in Review’ posts wasn’t to cover the series as fully as I normally would but to highlight a few players who didn’t get as much coverage throughout the rest of the season.

The Stats:

Batters

Luis Carpio - 12 PA, 0.556/0.583/0.556, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SF, 2 K, 2 SB, 0.625 BABIP

Anthony Dimino - 4 PA, 0.500/0.500/0.500, 1 R, 1 CS, 0.500 BABIP

Brandon Brosher - 4 PA, 0.333/0.500/0.333, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 SB, 01.000 BABIP

Milton Ramos - 7 PA, 0.333/0.429/0.333, 1 BB, 1 SB, 0.333 BABIP

Dash Winningham - 12 PA, 0.222/0.333/0.222, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SF, 3 K, 0.286 BABIP

Desmond Lindsay - 12 PA, 0.000/0.500/0.000, 5 BB, 1 HBP, 5 K, 0.000 BABIP

Gene Cone - 12 PA, 0.167/0.167/0.333, 3 R, 1 3B, 3 K, 0.222 BABIP

Reed Gamache - 4 PA, 0.250/0.250/0.250, 2 K, .500 BABIP

Tim Tebow - 12 PA, 0.100/0.250/0.100, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 4 K, 1 GIDP, 0.167 BABIP

Jose Miguel Medina - 8 PA, 0.125/0.125/0.125, 1 RBI, 5 K, 1 GIDP, 0.333 BABIP

Michael Paez - 12 PA, 0.100/0.083/0.100, 3 RBI, 2 SF, 3 K, 0.111 BABIP

Ali Sanchez - 8 PA, 0.000/0.125/0.000, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB, 0.000 BABIP

Jacob Zanon - 1 PA, 1 HBP, 4 Pitches/PA (HBP to face knocked him out for 2 months)

Pitchers

Colin Holderman - 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 2B, 2 TB, 11 K (8 K/Sw), 3 GB: 3 FB: 2 PU, 83 Pitches (53 Strikes), 15 Swinging, 17 Called, 18.1% SwStr, 41.7% Whiff/Swing, 13.8 Pitches/IP, 19 BF

Matt Blackham - 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 TB, 1 BB, 3 K (3 K/Sw), 3 FB: 1 LD, 8 BF

Joseph Zanghi - 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 TB, 2 K (2 K/Sw), 1 GB: 1 FB, 4 BF

Adonis Uceta - 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 2B, 4 TB, 2 K (1 K/Sw), 1 GB: 1 FB: 2 LD: 2 PU, 8 BF

Taylor Henry - 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 HR, 4 TB, 1 K (0 K/Sw), 4 GB: 1 FB: 1 PU, 7 BF

Cameron Griffin - 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 2B, 3 TB, 1 BB, 2 GB: 1 FB: 1 LD: 1 PU, 6 BF

Harol Gonzalez - 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R (2 ER), 4 TB, 3 BB, 6 K (3 K/Sw), 10 GB: 3 FB: 2 LD, 25 BF

Blake Taylor - 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 2B, 4 TB, 4 BB, 7 K (5 K/Sw), 2 GB: 5 FB: 2 LD: 1 PU, 23 BF

Austin McGeorge - 2 IP, 1 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 3B, 3 TB, 4 K (3 K/Sw), 1 GB: 2 FB, 8 BF

*Pitch log data was only available for the Holderman start

Series in Review

Game One

            The Fireflies made it 5 straight wins (and 3 shutouts) to start the 2017 season when they took the opener with Hickory 3-0 on 4/10. Colin Holderman made the start for Columbia and cooked the Crawdads for 11 K’s over 6 IP with just 1 hit allowed. Holderman’s fastball/curveball combo was too much for the Crawdads and he looked poised for a big year, but then injuries struck and Holderman finished the year with just 10 appearances made. The Cola lineup worked another 7 walks in this one, but they finished with 0 extra base hits and went just 2-11 with runners in scoring position. In total, the three Cola pitchers faced 31 batters and combined for 16 K: 1 BB in the win.

Table 1 – Holderman pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
Total	12	13	11	18	12	17	83
Strikes	8	8	8	11	8	10	53
Swinging*	3	4	2	4	2	0	15

*18.1% Swinging strike rate; 41.7% Whiff/Swing rate

Colin Holderman

K #1

K #2

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K #5

K #6

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K #11

Matt Blackham

K #1

K #2

K #3

Joseph Zanghi

K #1

K #2

Game Two

            The Fireflies first loss of 2017 came with Blake Taylor on the mound, although that became an all too common theme of Taylor’s starts this year. Not like a pitcher’s W/L-record means anything, especially in A-ball, but Taylor finished just 1-9 this year (his first win came on 7/3) before shutting in down at the end of July. He took a 1-0 shutout into the 6^th but then a big inning for Hickory turned the game around – several of his starts were derailed by one big inning. The Cola lineup put up its first dud of 2017, as they scored just once and struck out 12 times in the 5-1 loss. Austin McGeorge and Adonis Uceta each allowed a run over 2 innings of relief for Columbia.

Dimino

Blake Taylor

K #3

K #4

K #5

K #6

K #7

Austin McGeorge

K #1

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K #4

Adonis Uceta

K #1

K #2

Game Three

            Harol Gonzalez turned in a better outing than his first start but the Fireflies still lost the game and the series. There weren’t really any fresh highlights from the game.

  

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