Fireflies Fall Two Feet Short against Augusta Friday
July 23, 2021 - Carolina League (CarL)
Columbia Fireflies News Release
Columbia Fireflies pitcher Cruz Noriega
(Columbia Fireflies)
COLUMBIA, SC - The Columbia Fireflies had the tying run on base and the go-ahead run at the plate when Burle Dixon came up to the plate and sent a drive to right field, but it died at the wall and the Fireflies fell 4-3 to the Augusta GreenJackets at Segra Park Friday evening.
Luis De Avila (L, 4-2) entered the game in the sixth and pitched three innings, giving up three runs. The deciding run crossed the plate in the top of the eighth when Willie Carter smoked a triple to right with Bryson Horne on the base paths.
After the Fireflies (34-33) were trailing 3-1 in the sixth, Kale Emshoff smacked his sixth homer of the season to bring the Fireflies within one. Gage Hughes tied it in the seventh with a solo shot of his own to bring the score to 3-3.
Columbia answered the GreenJackets score in the home half of the second. After reaching on a fielder's choice, Saul Garza was able to come around on a Gage Hughes sacrifice fly to center field. The first baseman moved to third from an Omar Hernandez double that eventually allowed the team to tie the game in the second.
Landon Stephens cracked open the score column on the first pitch of the top of the second. The left fielder cracked a pitch from Cruz Noriega to left-center field to give Augusta a 1-0 lead.
The Fireflies will play their second doubleheader of the week tomorrow evening beginning at 4 pm. LHP Foster Griffin (0-0, 0.00 ERA) gets the ball in game one and the Fireflies have righty Matt Stil (2-2, 5.30 ERA) toeing the rubber in game two. Augusta tosses RHP Jared Johnson (0-5, 7.79 ERA) in game one and have yet to announce their game two starter.
Tomorrow is Princess Knight presented by Lowe's Foods at Segra Park. Fans can spend an enchanted night at the ballpark and afterwards can enjoy a stellar fireworks show performed by Munnerlyn Pyrotechnics. Tickets are available at FirefliesTickets.com.
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