Columbia Fireflies Game Notes 6.4 at Hickory
June 4, 2025 - Carolina League (CarL)
Columbia Fireflies News Release
The Fireflies continue their series with the Hickory Crawdads tonight at 7 pm at L.P. Frans Stadium. RHP Yunior Marte (3-3, 2.64 ERA) takes the ball for Columbia and Hickory counters with RHP Enrique Segura (1-3, 4.35 ERA).
Columbia returns home to Segra Park Tuesday, June 10 to start a series with the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers. They start the week with Fort Jackson Night, presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina. Join the team as they honor recent graduates of basic training at Segra Park. That weekend is also Copa de la Diversion weekend! Join the Fireflies as they become Los Chicharrones de Columbia. We'll have a Sugar Skull Bobblehead giveaway for the first 1,000 fans Friday, June 13, live music, dancing and a fireworks show post-game Saturday June, 14 and Sunday you can enjoy live music, a pre-game classic car and motorcycle show and dads can play catch on the field. Buy your tickets now at FirefliesTickets.com.
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NOVAS HOMERS AGAIN IN 10-1 LOSS: The Columbia Fireflies opened their road trip with a 10-1 loss to the Hickory Crawdads at L.P Frans Stadium Tuesday night. The Crawdads jumped out of the gate. Hickory had three-straight hits to start the game including a homer from Chandler Pollard. The Crawdads ended up tallying four runs off four hits and a walk before the start of the second inning. Josi Novas hammered his eighth homer of the year in the top of the second to get Columbia on the board. The round-tripper cut Hickory's lead to 4-1. The righty became the fourth Fireflies player to homer in back-to-back games this year. He joined Brennon McNair, Derlin Figueroa and Ramon Ramirez who have also accomplished the task in 2025.
SPEED, I AM SPEED: Asbel Gonzalez is now second in the Carolina League in stolen bases with 41 on the season. He trails Tommy Hawke, who has 45. Gonzalez is also second to Hawke for the most runs scored in the League (42). Gonzalez also has the league's sixth-best batting average with a mark of .293.
MASTER OF THE MISS: Friday night, Yunior Marte continued his solid start to the 2025 campaign. The 6'5" righty spun his third quality start of the year. He ranks among the Carolina League Leaders in most significant pitching statistics including ERA (6th, 2.83), strikeouts (4th, 45), innings pitched (1st, 47.2), opposing average (4th, .200) and WHIP (4th, 1.05). In his first full-season in the Carolina League, Marte has looked the part as Columbia's ace.
RAKING RAMIREZ: Ramon Ramirez is second in the Carolina League with nine homers and leads the pack with 39 RBI. He is also third in runs scored with 35. The backstop ended a 14-game on-base streak in game one of Saturday's doubleheader. It was the Fireflies longest on-base streak of the 2025 season and the longest since Callan Moss reached safely in 22-consecutive games in 2024.
KEEPING TABS: The Fireflies are three games back of the Augusta GreenJackets with 14 games remaining in the first half. The Fireflies play six against Hickory and Kannapolis and three at Carolina to end the half.
STRONG START: Among the 15 teen pitchers in the Carolina League, lefty David Shields has the second-lowest ERA (1.84) after his first four starts. He has the highest K% in the group (32.1%), is tied for the lowest opposing batting average (.154), has the lowest WHIP (0.82) and the second-lowest BB% (7.3%). Shields has spun 14.2 innings across his first four starts in the Carolina League to a tune of a 1.84 ERA.
IT'S JUST LIKE MAGIC: Left-handed Reliever Dash Albus hasn't allowed an earned run since April. In 10 appearances starting May 2, Albus has worked 12 frames with nine strikeouts. The Texas native has a 1.00 WHIP on the run and has held opponents to a .200 average. During the stretch, Albus is 2-0 and is 3-3 in save opportunities.
NO PLACE LIKE SEGRA PARK: Tuesday, Josi Novas launched his eighth homer of the season at L.P Frans Stadium. It was his first away from Segra Park. The homer also made him the fourth Fireflies player to homer in back-to-back games this season. Novas is batting .273 at Segra Park this season and he has the second-highest OPS (.883) on the team at home in 2025. Derlin Figueroa leads the pack with a home OPS of .955.
Carolina League Stories from June 4, 2025
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- Crawdads Fall 6-2 in Extras - Hickory Crawdads
- Charleston Downs Mudcats in Extra Innings - Carolina Mudcats
- Late Offense Gives Ajolotes First Win of Week over Myrtle Beach Wednesday - Kannapolis Cannon Ballers
- Cannon Ballers Walk off Pelicans 3-2, Even Series - Myrtle Beach Pelicans
- Lynchburg Pulls out Low-Scoring Affair with Sox 2-1 - Salem Red Sox
- Fireflies Plate Four in Extras to Win 6-2 - Columbia Fireflies
- Tejeda Jr. Covers Seven Innings in 3-1 FredNat Win - Fredericksburg Nationals
- Delmarva's Offense Silenced in Loss to Fredericksburg - Delmarva Shorebirds
- Celebrate Fort Jackon Cadets at Segra Park - Columbia Fireflies
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