Fireflies Game Notes: June 12 vs. West Virginia (Game 63)
June 12, 2016 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Columbia Fireflies News Release
Columbia Fireflies (32-30) vs. West Virginia Power (30-31)
LHP Kevin Canelon (4-3, 2.83) vs. RHP Bret Helton (2-5, 3.93)
Sunday, June 12, 2016 - Spirit Communications Park - First Pitch 2:05 p.m. - Game 63
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ABOUT LAST GAME: The Fireflies scored in the first inning, led wire-to-wire and won again on Saturday, 8-2, over West Virginia. Columbia also accomplished that the first two games of the series. In his first start as a Firefly, Gaby Almonte allowed one unearned run in six innings and picked up the win.
FIRED UP: Columbia has outscored West Virginia 23-6 in the first three games of the series. It's the most prolific three-game stretch of the season for the Fireflies in terms of run differential.
WHAT'S AT STAKE: The Fireflies can notch the franchise's first four-game home sweep with a win on Sunday.
ALL THE WAY UP: Jeff Diehl had his best night at the plate on Saturday. The right fielder finished with a walk, a double and an opposite-field two-run home run. Diehl's home run is arguably the longest at Spirit Communications Park this season, clearing the wall past the 382-foot sign in right-center field by a wide margin.
THE SIENA EFFECT: Vinny Siena scored another run for Columbia on Saturday. The second baseman is first in the South Atlantic League with 49 runs scored. The Fireflies are 25-6 when Siena scores a run in a game. The SAL All-Star has proved to be the ultimate table setter this season:
Leading Off an Inning: .355 (22-62)
First Inning of Games: .449 (22-49), 13 Runs, 6 BB
Siena has scored in the first inning the last three games.
THE OTHER GUYS: Bret Helton starts for the Power on Sunday afternoon. The right-hander's father is Barry Helton, the former All-American punter at Colorado and two-time Super Bowl champion with the San Francisco 49ers (1988, 1989).
DOGGY BITE: Sunday's originally scheduled 'Bark in the Park' has been postponed to July 5.
South Atlantic League Stories from June 12, 2016
- Tourists Bounce Back with Eighth Inning Outburst - Asheville Tourists
- 'Dads Finish 4-Game Sweep with 8-1 Win - Hickory Crawdads
- Gittens' Two Homers Not Enough as RiverDogs Handed 6-3 Loss by Asheville - Charleston RiverDogs
- Zavala Shuts Down Crawdads Running Game - Kannapolis Cannon Ballers
- Siena Stays Hot in Series Finale - Columbia Fireflies
- Home Run Derby Lifts Shorebirds to Series Win - Delmarva Shorebirds
- Homers Fly as Suns Top Legends 7-5 - Lexington Legends
- Suns Defeat Legends 7-5 in Series Finale - Hagerstown Suns
- Power Dodges Sweep, Returns to .500 - Charleston Dirty Birds
- Shorebirds Hit Three Home Runs in Topping BlueClaws 5-3 on Sunday - Jersey Shore BlueClaws
- Delmarva Shorebirds Game Notes for Sunday, June 12 - Delmarva Shorebirds
- Fireflies Game Notes: June 12 vs. West Virginia (Game 63) - Columbia Fireflies
- WV Power Game Notes - Charleston Dirty Birds
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