Hickory Crawdads @ Columbia Fireflies
April 21, 2018
Teams
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Hickory
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W: Casanova (1-1,
2.45 ERA); L: Simon (0-3, 3.38 ERA); Save: Zawadzki (1)
The Stats:
Pitchers
Jake Simon
(L, 0-3, 3.38 ERA) – 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 4 K: 2 BB, 1 HR, 6 GO: 4 FO
Aaron Ford (0.00 ERA) – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K, 3 FO
Nicolas Debora (2.89 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 K: 2 BB, 2
GO: 1 FO
Carlos Hernandez (0.00 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 IR – 0 S
Batters
RF – Raphael Gladu – 0-4
2B – Blake Tiberi – 1-3, BB
LF – Matt Winaker – 0-4
1B – Jeremy Vasquez – 0-3, BB, K
CF – Quinn Brodey – 0-3, BB, K
3B – Rigoberto Terrazas – 0-4, GIDP
C – Ali Sanchez – 1-3, CS
DH – Scott Manea – 1-1, R, HR, RBI, 2 BB
SS – Gio Alfonzo – 0-3
Recapish
The
Columbia Fireflies took a 4-1 loss to the Hickory Crawdads Saturday evening in
South Carolina, which has them at a 2-1 disadvantage in this four game set. The
Fireflies offense entered the game as arguably the best in the SAL but was held
to just 1 run on 3 hits by three Hickory pitchers. Cola starter Jake Simon was
very good over his first 4+ innings of work but then ran into two out trouble
in the 5th, allowing three runs on three straight hits, including a
two-run homer from Melvin Nova. That proved to be the difference in this game,
as both pens were strong over the final four innings. As an aside, there was no
gameday log for this game and I didn’t have time to make one, so no pitch count
information is available, official or unofficial.
Jake
Simon has been a tough luck loser in each of his three starts this year, as
he’s allowed just 6 ER over 16 IP but he hasn’t thrown a pitch with the
Fireflies on the scoreboard yet. Simon has been significantly better than in
2017, when he struggled both in the rotation and out of the pen for Brooklyn.
He limited Hickory to three singles and a pair of walks over the first four
innings, tallying three of his four strikeouts while he was cruising.
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| K #1 |
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| K #2 |
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| K #3 |
Simon
was dealing over the first four innings but Hickory starter Jean Casanova was
even better during that span, holding the Fireflies hitless as the game moved
to the 5th.
Hickory
outfielder Miguel Aparacio kept the 5th inning alive with a two out
single to right field, and that was enough to temporarily open the floodgates
for the Crawdads. Yohel Pozo followed with an RBI double and then Novoa
connected on his homerun to make it a 3-0 game. I thought it was impressive
that, despite suddenly allowing three runs on three straight hits, Simon didn’t
need a mound visit before the next batter came up, and then he quickly struck
out Pedro Gonzalez swinging to end his frame. He was able to put those previous
mistakes aside and focus on the batter in front of him, instead of letting that
homerun get to him and then letting the inning get away from him.
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| Pozo |
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| Novoa |
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| K #4 |
Ali
Sanchez singled in the Cola 5th, but he was caught trying to steal
second base. The caught stealing was especially unfortunate because Scott Manea
teed off for a solo blast shortly after Sanchez was caught. Manea’s homer
traveled an estimated 415 feet and had an exit velocity of 106 MPH, so it was a
bomb.
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| Sanchez |
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| Manea |
Aaron
Ford made his season debut in the 6th and worked a perfect frame
with a strikeout of Tyler Ratliff. Ford is taking the place of Cannon Chadwick,
who retired unexpectedly last week. Ford stuck around for the 7th and
faced the minimum in the frame thanks to a pickoff.
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| Ford's K |
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| Ford's pickoff |
The
final Cola hit came when Blake Tiberi singled in the 6th.
Nicolas
Debora took over for Ford in the 8th and threw a scoreless frame. He
stuck around for the 9th but had to be relieved after allowing a run
on a pair of doubles. He did strikeout Miguel Aparicio before leaving, and then
Carlos Hernandez came in and ended the inning.
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| Debora's K |
Looking
ahead, the Fireflies will try to force a series split Sunday behind Anthony
Kay.
These are the droids we have been looking for: AI beats astronomers at predicting long-term habitability of 'Tatooines' (exoplanets that orbit more than one star).https://t.co/do88cllbZ4 pic.twitter.com/zGXip3DDMJ— Astronomy Magazine (@AstronomyMag) April 23, 2018
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