Anthony Kay Shines For Columbia In 5-0 Win Over Hickory

Hickory Crawdads @ Columbia Fireflies

April 22, 2018

Reid Anderson @ Anthony Kay

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

W: Kay (1-0, 1.69 ERA); L: Anderson (1-2, 2.41 ERA)

Boxscore

Fermin waiting for his first AB

The Stats:

Pitchers

Anthony Kay (W, 1-0, 1.69 ERA) – 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 5 K: 1 BB, 92 Pitches (59 Strikes), 4 GO: 5 FO

Carlos Hernandez (0.00 ERA) – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K, 17 Pitches (14 Strikes), 1 GO: 2 FO

Trey Cobb (1.50 ERA) – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K, 14 Pitches (9 Strikes), 2 GO

Batters

SS – Edgardo Fermin – 1-5, 2 K, CS

2B – Blake Tiberi – 1-2, 2 R, 3 BB

LF – Matt Winaker – 1-4, R, 3B, RBI, BB

1B – Jeremy Vasquez – 0-1, RBI, 3 BB

CF – Quinn Brodey – 0-4, RBI, K

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

DH – Ali Sanchez – 2-4, 2B

RF – Raphael Gladu – 1-4, RBI, K

C – Scott Manea – 2-3, RBI, HBP, K

Recapish

            The Columbia Fireflies rode a great start from lefty Anthony Kay to a 5-0 win Sunday afternoon in South Carolina, which forced a series split with the Hickory Crawdads. Kay allowed just three singles over six scoreless to lower his ERA to a paltry 1.69 and earn his first professional win. Cola relievers Carlos Hernandez and Trey Cobb then combined to face the minimum over the final three innings as they held on to the first Fireflies shutout of 2018. After a quiet game Saturday, the Cola offense was at it again Sunday, with all but one batter reaching base for the Fireflies, and that batter (Quinn Brodey) had an RBI to help the cause anyway.

Cola Bats Held In Check Against Hickory

Hickory Crawdads @ Columbia Fireflies

April 21, 2018

Jean Casanova @ Jake Simon

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

W: Casanova (1-1, 2.45 ERA); L: Simon (0-3, 3.38 ERA); Save: Zawadzki (1)

Boxscore

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 5^th, 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.

Fireflies Bats Stay Hot For Second Straight Win In Greenville

Columbia Fireflies @ Greenville Drive

April 17, 2018

Marcel Renteria @ Jhonathan Diaz

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Columbia	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0		7	11	1
Greenville	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0		5	11	1

Boxscore

The Stats:

Pitchers

Marcel Renteria (W, 1-1, 5.59 ERA) – 5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 7 K: 1 BB, 79 Pitches (51 Strikes), 6 GO: 3 FO

Nicolas Debora (2.84 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 K: 1 BB, 28 Pitches (15 Strikes), 1 IR – 0 S

Joshua Payne (H, 1, 3.38 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 K, 17 Pitches (9 Strikes), 2 GO, 1 IR – 0 S

Stephen Villines (S, 1, 5.40 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K, 19 Pitches (15 Strikes), 1 GO, 2 IR – 0 S

Batters

SS – Edgardo Fermin – 1-5, R, 2 K

2B – Blake Tiberi – 2-5, R, 2B, RBI, 2 K

LF – Matt Winaker – 0-4, BB

1B – Jeremy Vasquez – 1-2, R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB, SF, K

CF – Quinn Brodey – 2-4, R, 3B, 2 RBI, BB, SB

DH – Rigoberto Terrazas – 1-4, RBI, BB, 2 K

RF – Raphael Gladu – 1-5, R, K

C – Scott Manea – 1-4, R, HR, RBI

3B – Gio Alfonzo – 2-4, R, 2 2B, RBI, K

Recapish

            The Columbia Fireflies won their second straight in Greenville Tuesday night, scoring 7 runs for a second straight game to top the Drive 7-5. Cola starter Marcel Renteria struck out a career-high seven batters over 5.1 IP (also a career-high) while issuing just one walk to earn the win. Greenville battled back some against the Cola pen late, but the Fireflies held on to improve to 8-4 this year. Offensively, Cola batter reached base at least once for the second straight, plus Blake Tiberi, Quinn Brodey, and Giovanny Alfonzo had multi-hit efforts.