Cavallaro Leads The Way Against Hickory

Hickory Crawdads @ Columbia Fireflies

April 20, 2018

A.J. Alexy @ Joe Cavallaro

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

W: Cavallaro (2-0, 1.42 ERA); L: Alexy (0-1, 7.15 ERA); Save: Villines (2)

Boxscore

The Stats:

Pitchers

Joe Cavallaro (W, 2-0, 1.89 ERA) – 6 IP, 2 H, 2 R (1 ER), 6 K: 2 BB, 8 GO: 1 FO, 93 Pitches (57 Strikes, 9 Swinging)

Joshua Payne (3.60 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 5 K, 1 GO, 29 Pitches (24 Strikes, 8 Swinging)

Stephen Villines (S, 2, 4.35 ERA) – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K, 1 GO, 19 Pitches (12 Strikes, 2 Swinging)

Batters

SS – Edgardo Fermin – 1-4, 2B, RBI, BB

2B – Blake Tiberi – 1-4, RBI, BB

DH – Matt Winaker – 1-4, R, 2B, RBI, SF, 2 K

1B – Jeremy Vasquez – 1-4, 2B, RBI

CF – Quinn Brodey – 0-4, BB, K, CS

3B – Rigoberto Terrazas – 1-4

C – Ali Sanchez – 1-3, R, BB, K

RF – Raphael Gladu – 1-2, 2 R, 2 BB

LF – Walter Rasquin – 2-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, K

Recapish

            The Columbia Fireflies beat Hickory 6-3 at home Friday night to even their four game series with the Crawdads. Cola starter Joe Cavallaro turned in his third straight strong outing to start the season, striking out six and limited the Crawdads to just two hits and two walks over the first six innings Friday. The Fireflies offense stayed hot with another on base party, as everyone in the lineup reached base at least once, which is something they did multiple times in Greenville.

David Peterson Season Debut A Success For Fireflies As They Sweep In Greenville

Columbia Fireflies @ Greenville Drive

April 18, 2018

David Peterson @ Kutter Crawford

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Columbia	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	2		8	13	3
Greenville	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		4	8	1

W: Peterson (1-0, 1.50 ERA); L: Crawford (0-1, 3.21 ERA)

Boxscore

The Stats:

Pitchers

David Peterson (W, 1-0, 1.50 ERA) – 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 4 K: 2 BB, 85 Pitches (58 Strikes), 12 GO: 2 FO

Cannon Chadwick (12.60 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 0 K: 1 BB, 18 Pitches (8 Strikes), 1 FO

Carlos Hernandez (H, 1, 0.00 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 K: 1 BB, 36 Pitches (24 Strikes), 1 IR – 0 S

Stephen Villines (4.82 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 K, 21 Pitches (13 Strikes)

Batters

SS – Edgardo Fermin – 0-5, 2 K

DH – Blake Tiberi – 0-5, 2 K

LF – Matt Winaker – 0-4, R, HBP, 3 K

1B – Jeremy Vasquez – 3-4, R, BB

CF – Quinn Brodey – 2-4, 3 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, BB, K

3B – Rigoberto Terrazas – 2-5, R, RBI

2B – Walter Rasquin – 2-5, R, RBI

RF – Raphael Gladu – 2-4, R, 3B, 2 RBI, HBP, SB

C – Dan Rizzie – 2-4, RBI, K

Recapish

            The Columbia Fireflies wrapped up a three-game sweep in Greenville Wednesday night with the help of top Mets pitching prospect David Peterson, who was making his 2018 and Fireflies debut. Peterson was in control over six strong innings, allowing just the one run while working around three Cola errors behind him. Meanwhile, the Fireflies bats stayed hot in Greenville, scoring at least seven runs for a third straight game against the Drive. In total, the Fireflies scored 22 runs on 33 hits and 15 walks in this series, while the pitching staff limited the drive to 10 runs on 25 hits, with 41 K: 12 BB.

Chris Viall Strikes Out 11 As Fireflies Win Opener In Greenville

Columbia Fireflies @ Greenville Drive

April 16, 2018

Chris Viall @ Alex Scherff

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

Boxscore

The Stats:

Pitchers

Chris Viall (W, 1-0, 2.00 ERA) – 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 11 K: 4 BB, 89 Pitches (58 Strikes), 4 GO: 1 FO

Darwin Ramos (H, 1, 10.50 ERA) – 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 K: 2 BB, 41 Pitches (25 Strikes), 1 GO: 1 FO

Carlos Hernandez (0.00 ERA) – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 K, 27 Pitches (19 Strikes), 2 GO

Batters

SS – Edgardo Fermin – 3-4, 3 R, 2B, BB, SB

2B – Blake Tiberi – 0-2, BB

PH/2B – Gio Alfonzo – 1-2, 2B, K

LF – Matt Winaker – 1-4, RBI, BB, K, GIDP

1B – Jeremy Vasquez – 0-3, 2 BB, 2 K

CF – Quinn Brodey – 1-4, R, 3B, RBI, BB, K

3B – Rigoberto Terrazas – 1-4, BB, K

DH – Walter Rasquin – 1-5, R, HR, 2 RBI, GIDP

C – Scott Manea – 0-3, R, BB

RF – Jay Jabs – 1-4, R, 3B, RBI, K

Recapish

            The Columbia Fireflies got a top-notch performance from big Chris Viall Monday night in Greenville as they cruised to a 7-1 win in the opener of their series with the Drive. Viall set a career-high with 11 strikeouts over five innings of work and barely let the Drive hit the ball out of the infield. He randomly experienced some control problems in the 4^th as the Drive tried to put together a rally, but then Viall buckled down and struck out five of six batters to end his night on a high note. Edgardo Fermin led the Fireflies offensively, finishing with three hits, three runs scored, a double, a stolen base, and his second walk of the season. Although Fermin had the biggest night, everyone in the Fireflies lineup reached base at least once, and the team as a whole walked more times (8) than they struck out (7).