Columbia Fireflies Game Notes at Myrtle Beach
Published on August 28, 2021 under Carolina League (CarL)
Columbia Fireflies News Release
The Columbia Fireflies continue their series with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans today at 6:05 pm at TicketReturn.com Field. RHP Luinder Avila (2-0, 0.00 ERA) gets the nod for Columbia and Myrtle Beach will offer southpaw DJ Herz (2-4, 3.58 ERA).
The Fireflies return home to Segra Park for a six-game homestand with the Charleston RiverDogs August 31. It all starts with a Miller Lite $2 Tuesday where hot dogs, popcorn, fountain soda and 12 oz cans of Miller Lite are all only $2. You can purchase tickets at FirefliesTickets.com.
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COLUMBIA RUNS AWAY WITH 5-0 WIN OVER PELICANS: The Columbia Fireflies sat behind an early lead and excellent pitching to end their losing streak against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans in a 5-0 win at TicketReturn.com Field Friday night. Adrian Alcantara (W, 5-7) spun his third quality start of the season, working six scoreless innings while wringing up a handful of batters and allowing only three hits before he handed the ball to AJ Franklin (S, 1) who closed the door with three scoreless frames. The only offense Columbia (46-54) needed was Diego Hernandez. The centerfielder scored the first run of the game, drawing a four-pitch lead-off walk before Juan Carlos Negret hit a sacrifice fly to score him. The next inning, Hernandez cracked his first career homer off Pelicans (50-50) starter Jose Miguel Gonzalez (4-6) beyond the right field fence to put the Fireflies in front 2-0. The big inning for the Fireflies came in the fourth. Omar Hernandez got the ball rolling, lifting a ground-rule double to left to plate Gage Hughes, putting Columbia in front 3-0. Then, Diego Hernandez came in clutch again, singling to score Omar Hernandez. Diego would once again etch his name in the scorebook off a Herard Gonzalez sacrifice fly that put the Fireflies in front 5-0 prior to the end of the fourth inning.
CHALLENGING LEAGUE TOP MARKS: Fireflies outfielder Juan Carlos Negret has established himself as an all-or-nothing hitter during the 2021 campaign. The slugger leads the Low-A East League with 21 homers, which is the most in a single season in Fireflies history. He trails just Dash Winningham, who hit 25 homers between the 2016 and 2017 campaigns for the most all-time homers in Fireflies history. Negret has also done an excellent job at producing RBI this season. Despite having a sub-.200 batting average, Negret has driven in 68 RBI, which is good for the second most in the league in the 2021 campaign. He trails only Charleston's Diego Infante, who has sent home 69 RBI for the 67-29 RiverDogs this season.
WILY WALLACE: Righty reliever Chase Wallace has turned around his season in the month of August. After recording a season-worst 10.24 ERA throughout 9.2 innings in July, the Tennessee-native has already worked 12 innings in August and has allowed only a pair of earned runs. Limiting opponents to a .196 average, Wallace has maintained a 1.50 ERA in the month of August.
HEY, IT'S FRANKLIN: A.J. Franklin spun three scoreless frames Friday, bringing his tally to 8.2 scoreless innings while donning a Fireflies uniform. It hasn't always been clean for the Vanderbilt-product, who has a 1.50 WHIP with the Fireflies so far. He has walked 10 batters and allowed three hits in his four outings with Columbia, but he has been able to work around trouble to keep runs from scoring in each of his outings so far. Franklin's four consecutive games without allowing a run are the most in his career.
SUNDAY SCARIES: The Columbia Fireflies are 5-8 on Sundays this season. The .385 winning percentage is by far the worst mark for the Fireflies on any day of the week. Columbia is actually above .500 on Tuesdays and Thursdays this season. The team holds a 7-6 record on Tuesdays and a 10-8 record on Thursdays this season. Columbia would have to win each of their remaining Sunday games to finish the year with a .500 record to start the week.
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