Suns Get Revenge With Offensive Explosion Against Columbia In Game Two

Hagerstown Suns @ Columbia Fireflies

April 10, 2018

Brigham Hill @ Marcel Renteria

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Hagerstown	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	2	0		9	9	1
Columbia	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		3	6	2

W: Braymer (1-0, 0.00 ERA); L: Renteria (0-1, 8.31 ERA)

Boxscore

The Stats:

Pitchers

Marcel Renteria (L, 0-1, 8.31 ERA) – 4.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R (4 ER), 6 K: 2 BB, HR, HBP, 4 GO: 2 FO, 83 Pitches (50 Strikes, 15 Swinging)

Cannon Chadwick (7.36 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K: 2 BB, 2 GO, 26 Pitches (15 Strikes, 4 Swinging)

Darwin Ramos (15.75 ERA) – 2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 K: 2 BB, 2 GO: 2 FO, 42 Pitches (23 Strikes, 4 Swinging)

Carlos Hernandez (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K: 1 BB, 1 GO, 9 Pitches (5 Strikes, 1 Swinging)

Batters

SS – Edgardo Fermin – 0-4, 2 K, GIDP

2B – Blake Tiberi – 1-4, RBI, K

LF – Matt Winaker – 1-4, RBI, K

C – Scott Manea – 1-3, R, BB, K

DH – Quinn Brodey – 1-4, 2 K

3B – Rigoberto Terrazas – 1-4, RBI, 2 K

CF – Raphael Gladu – 0-4, 4 K

RF – Gio Alfonzo – 1-4, R

1B – Jay Jabs – 0-2, R, BB, HBP

Recapish

            One night after the Fireflies offense exploded for a season high eight runs in an easy win over Hagerstown, the Suns offense came alive for a season high nine runs for an easy win over Columbia. While nine runs is definitely a team effort, the Suns have one player to thank for most of that offense: 19-year old Juan Soto, the second best prospect in the Nationals system. Soto reached base all five times he came to the plate, finished a triple shy of the cycle, hit a 434’ homerun (over an 18’ wall), smoked all three of his hits, scored twice and knocked in six runs – he didn’t just steal the show, he was the show. Cola starter Marcel Renteria came out of the gate strong in his first pro start before running into control problems in the 3^rd and then allowing a two-run homerun (that knocked him out of the game) in the 5^th.

Fireflies Take Their First L Of 2018 On Saturday

Augusta Green Jackes @ Columbia Fireflies

August 7, 2018

John Gavin @ Jake Simon

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Augusta	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2		6	7	0
Columbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		2	9	2

W: Gettman (1-0, 4.50 ERA); L: Simon (0-1, 1.50 ERA); Save: Parra (1)

Boxscore

The Stats:

Pitchers

Jake Simon (L, 0-1, 1.50 ERA) – 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 4 K: 2 BB, 5 GO: 6 FO, 79 Pitches (45 Strikes, 11 Swinging)

Cannon Chadwick (13.50 ERA) – 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 K: 2 BB, 1 GO: 1 FO, 35 Pitches (21 Strikes, 10 Swinging)

Nicolas Debora (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 2 R (0 ER), 0 K: 1 BB, HBP, 3 GO, 23 Pitches (11 Strikes, 2 Swinging)

Batters

SS – Edgardo Fermin – 0-4, 2 K

2B – Blake Tiberi – 2-4, R, K

DH – Matt Winaker – 0-4, K

1B – Jeremy Vasquez – 1-4, K

CF – Quinn Brodey – 1-3, R, RBI, 2 BB

RF – Raphael Gladu – 3-4

LF – Walter Rasquin – 1-3, SAC, 2 K

C – Dan Rizzie – 0-4, K

3B – Giovanny Alfonzo – 1-3, RBI, BB

Recapish

            The Columbia Fireflies lost for the first time this season Saturday night, taking a 6-2 defeat from the Augusta Green Jackets at home. Cola starter Jake Simon didn’t have great command of his stuff, but he made it work, allowing just a 1^st inning run over six strong innings of work. Unfortunately for him, Green Jackets starter John Gavin was sharp as well, allowing zero runs over his 4.2 innings before yielding to the Augusta pen. In a game that became a battle of bullpens, the Cola pen struggled, and that was the difference. Cannon Chadwick and Nicolas Debora allowed a combined five runs over the final three innings, which made the mini-scoring outburst from the Fireflies offense meaningless.