Columbia Fireflies Game Notes April 24 vs Down East
Published on April 24, 2022 under Carolina League (CarL)
Columbia Fireflies News Release
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Good afternoon,
The Fireflies close out their series with the Down East Wood Ducks at Segra Park at 5:05 pm tonight. RHP Ben Hernandez (0-0, 3.52 ERA) gets the ball for the Fireflies and the Wood Ducks counter with RHP Winston Santos (0-0, 5.63 ERA).
Tonight is Sunday Funday! When the gates open, we'll have a player autograph session from 4:00-4:15 on the concourse and following the games kids can run the bases on the field! Tickets are available at FirefliesTickets.com.
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FIREFLIES STUNNED 10-1 ON PRINCESS KNIGHT: The Columbia Fireflies didn't have an answer for the Down East Wood Ducks on Princess Knight, as the Wood Ducks scored 10 unanswered runs beginning in the second in a 10-1 loss at Segra Park Saturday. After the second, it was all Wood Ducks (7-7). The Fireflies' (5-9) starter Wander Arias (L, 0-2) hit a batter, walked two and allowed four hits in the second to allow four runs to score. The big play was a bases-clearing triple from Jose Acosta that pointed to Down East's 4-1 lead after a pair of innings. The Wood Ducks added three more in the fourth with Shane Connolly on the mound and three in the eighth off Isaiah Henry to point to the 10-1 loss. River Town kept his hot streak alive with a double in the seventh. He has an extra-base hit in each of the three games he has played in the series.
TAKE MY HORSE TO THE OLD TOWN ROAD: Fireflies outfielder River Town has been on a tear the last three games. He joined catcher Carter Jensen as the two Fireflies who have homered in back-to-back games last night. He also became the first Fireflies player to have four hits in a game since Kale Emshoff, who did so July 31, 2021. Over the course of the series, Town is 7-10 (.700) with three doubles and two homers. He has scored three runs and driven in three RBI in the three games he has played. Prior to this week, the Louisiana native was 0-12 in four games played. His current slash line sits at .318/.423/.727.
EIGHTH INNING BLUES: The penultimate inning of games has not been kind to the Columbia Fireflies this season. Opponents have outscored the Fireflies 21-0 in the eighth across the first 14 games of the year. Columbia has outscored opponents in three innings this season, the third (16-8), the sixth (8-4) and the ninth (7-3).
BREATH OF FRESH HERIBERT: In a game where the Fireflies pitching staff struggled Saturday, Heribert Garcia continued his early season dominance, twirling three scoreless innings, working out of jams in a pair of the frames. This year, Garcia has a team-low 1.59 ERA in 11.1 innings across three games. The righty has punched out 12 hitters and has worked a 1.06 WHIP. The WHIP is in line with his career numbers, as he has a 1.08 WHIP in 43 career contests. Garcia has only walked a single hitter in the early part of the season
CRAFTY CERANTOLA: Last night, the Fireflies starter, Eric Cerantola, continued his hot stretch, notching eight innings and 14 strikeouts while allowing just a pair of runs to score in his last two outings. The righty has seen his ERA decline from 10.80 to 4.76 during the stretch.
NOAH KNOWS: After struggling in his first professional ining, where Noah Cameron allowed two runs on Opening Day vs the Augusta GreenJackets, the Fireflies southpaw has locked things down. Cameron has allowed only a pair of runs in his 10 innings of work since then, dropping his ERA from 18.00 to 3.27 in the process. If that weren't enough, he's tallied 14 strikeouts in that time (12.60/nine innings).
THE WHAMMER WORKS: Reliever John McMillon became the first Fireflies reliever to appear in multiple games when he pitched a scoreless ninth Tuesday. The Texas Tech product has not allowed a hit or a run in his first three appearances, all of which have lasted one inning.
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