CarL Columbia Fireflies

Columbia Fireflies Game Notes vs Charleston

September 1, 2021 - Carolina League (CarL)
Columbia Fireflies News Release


The Columbia Fireflies continue their series with the Charleston RiverDogs at Segra Park at 7:05 pm. LHP Rylan Kaufman (2-3, 4.38 ERA) gets the nod for Columbia and Charleston counters with RHP Sandy Gaston (1-0, 2.12 ERA).

Tonight is Trash the Poop Wag-Along Wednesday, where fans can bring their leashed and rabies vaccinated dogs to the park with the purchase of a berm ticket. It's also White Claw Wednesday. Concession stands will have 16 oz cans of White Claw available for only $5. Tickets are available at FirefliesTickets.com.

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FOUR ERRORS RESULT IN 8-1 LOSS IN OPENER: The Columbia Fireflies fielding wasn't sharp in the opening game against the Charleston RiverDogs Tuesday night. The team committed four errors, resulting in three unearned runs coming home to drop the game 8-1. The four errors were the most Columbia has allowed in a single game this season. Early offense was the key for the Charleston RiverDogs (72-31) who scored a pair of runs in each of the first three innings, sending Wander Arias (L, 0-1) to the bench having given up six runs, four of which were earned. Columbia's (47-56) lone run came in the bottom of the first. Diego Hernandez led things off with a single, stole his 29th base to get into scoring position and then came home off a broken-bat single from Saul Garza.

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 69 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 70 RBI for the RiverDogs this season.

HEROIC HERNANDEZ: Diego Hernandez is riding a five-game hitting streak, dating back to August 24. During that stretch, he is hitting .316, has a homer and four RBI. The speedster has also swiped three bags during the streak.

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 15 innings in August and has allowed only a pair of earned runs. Limiting opponents to a .196 average, Wallace has maintained a 1.20 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.

NEW FACES, NEW PLACES: After Sunday, the Fireflies have released Jose Marquez, placed Tyler Tolbert on the injured list and seen Kale Emshoff called up to Quad cities. To replace the three, catcher Luca Tresh, second baseman Peyton Wilson and first baseman Dillan Shrum have been added to the Fireflies roster. Tresh and Wilson are both members of the 2021 draft class and Shrum was signed as an undrafted free agent in July. Shrum had 15 homers in just 36 games while playing for the University of Nevada this last season. The final hitter called up to the Fireflies was 17th-round draftee Tresh, who the Royals were able to lure away from North Carolina State after a .231 average season where he smashed 15 homers. In the ACL Tresh was hitting .389 in six games with a homer.

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