Fireflies Roster Move and Game Notes: August 4 at Hagerstown (Games 108 & 109)
Published on August 4, 2019 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Columbia Fireflies News Release
Please note the following New York Mets minor league transactions:
- C Carlos Sanchez transferred to Columbia's injured list
- C Phil Capra transferred to Columbia from short-season A Brooklyn
Columbia Fireflies (16-25, 40-67) vs. Hagerstown Suns (20-20, 50-60)
RHP Justin Lasko (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Pearson McMahan (1-2, 3.52)
RHP Bryce Hutchinson (4-6, 3.58) vs. LHP Jackson Stoeckinger (1-2, 3.57)
Sun., August 4, 2019 - Municipal Stadium (Hagerstown, MD) - First Pitch 2:05 p.m. - Games 108 & 109
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WE'RE DOING THIS AGAIN: For the second time in two days, Columbia had a game suspended due to rain. The Fireflies and Suns played into the seventh inning on Saturday before the rain passed through. With the score tied, 2-2, the umpires called for the tarp and shortly afterword suspended the game. The game will be completed on Sunday at 2:05 ET with the Suns due to hit in the bottom of the seventh. Sunday's originally scheduled game will be played when the first tilt is completed. That will be a full nine-inning game.
LAST TIME OUT: The Fireflies suffered two defeats on Friday night in Kannapolis. First, Columbia dropped Thursday's suspended game, 6-4. The game was suspended due to rain in the third inning with the score tied, 3-3, but the Intimidators sprinted by the Fireflies when the game was completed the following day. The series finale went to Kannapolis as well. After taking a 1-0 lead into the fifth, the home team scored three unanswered runs and wound up defeating Columbia, 3-1.
NICE SERIES: One constant during the week was Mark Vientos' hot hitting. The Mets prospect notched a hit in all three games of the series including a couple extra-base hits. Vientos kicked the series off with his 11th homer of the year on Wednesday. The slugger proceeded to collect two hits in the middle game, including a double, before finishing 1-for-3 at the dish in the finale. The 19-year-old Vientos is hitting .258 with a team-best 11 homers and 53 RBI.
HITS ON HITS ON HITS: Ronny Mauricio has 107 hits this season, good for seventh in the South Atlantic League. Mauricio is on pace for 136 hits this year with Columbia, which would smash the single-season record of 111 set by J.C. Rodriguez in 2016.
HE WAS NUMBER ONE: MLB Pipeline (along with Baseball America) has long been the leader in MiLB prospect rankings. It recently re-ranked the Mets' minor-league prospects and Fireflies shortstop Ronny Mauricio is now the top-rated prospect in the Mets system. He's also the 84th-best prospect in all of MiLB.
JULY LEADERS: Brian Sharp led the Fireflies with a .281 average in the month of July. Mark Vientos led the way with five home runs and 19 RBI. Allan Winans went 6-for-6 in save chances and posted a 1.93 ERA (10 GP).
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Columbia makes its only trip to Municipal Stadium in Hagerstown, Maryland, from Saturday through Tuesday. Municipal Stadium is approximately 500 miles from Segra Park. When it's all said and done, the Fireflies will have logged more than 1,000 miles during the road trip (Columbia to Kannapolis, NC, to Hagerstown and back to Columbia).
South Atlantic League Stories from August 4, 2019
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- Fireflies Sweep Suns in Abbreviated Doubleheader - Hagerstown Suns
- Drive Fall to Greensboro on Sunday - Greenville Drive
- Onyshko Fans a Career-High Eight Batters in 7-2 Loss - Charleston Dirty Birds
- Eight-Run First Inning Puts T's Back in the Win Column - Asheville Tourists
- Eight-Run First Keys Tourists Sunday 13-6 Win - Jersey Shore BlueClaws
- Game Notes (August 4) - Charleston Dirty Birds
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