Fireflies Roster Move and Game Notes: July 17 at Lakewood (Game 92)
July 17, 2018 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Columbia Fireflies News Release
Please note the following New York Mets minor league transactions.
Effective Tuesday, July 17, 2018
- RHP Ronald Sanchez transferred from Columbia to short-season A Brooklyn
- LHP Jake Simon activated from Columbia's disabled list
Columbia Fireflies (11-13, 45-46) @ Lakewood BlueClaws (15-9, 56-37)
RHP Nicolas Debora (2-2, 2.67) vs. RHP Julian Garcia (3-2, 3.71)
Tues., July 17, 2018 - FirstEnergy Park (Lakewood, NJ) - First Pitch 11:05 a.m. - Game 92
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ABOUT LAST GAME: Zach Rheams and Luc Rennie led Columbia to a doubleheader split against Lakewood on Monday. Rheams blasted the decisive two-run homer and Rennie was splendid on the hill in a 2-0 game one win. The BlueClaws bounced back and defeated the Fireflies, 12-6, in the second game.
0 0 0 0 0: Rennie led Columbia to its fifth shut-out win of the season. The San Diego native has allowed just two earned runs in 14.2 IP as a Firefly (three appearances), good for a 1.23 ERA. After Rennie logged 6.2 IP, Carlos Hernandez needed one pitch to retire the final batter of the game. It was the second shutout of the road trip (5-0 win @ Hagerstown, July 11).
THE LEGEND OF THE RED RAIDER: Former Texas Tech slugger Zach Rheams has gotten off to quite the start with Columbia. The lefty tallied 3 more hits during the doubleheader on Monday. In his first 5 games (in all of which, he's reached base safely), Rheams is batting .357 (5-14) with a .526 on-base percentage, 3 runs, 4 doubles, a homer, 3 RBI, 2 BBs and he's been hit 3 times.
BT CRUISER: Blake Tiberi has had arguably the best road trip at the plate of anyone on the team. The former Louisville Cardinals infielder notched a pair of hits not once, but twice on Monday during the doubleheader. Tiberi has recorded 11 hits in five games during the trip and has raised his batting average 20 points (.245 to .265) since July 11. His current six-game hit streak is one off his season high of seven. Tiberi has had plenty of success vs. Lakewood, too, owning a .438 average against the club in nine games.
HEY, MA!: Playing in front of nearly two dozen friends and family members, catcher Scott Manea demolished a 417-foot home run in the nightcap on Monday night as part of a 3-hit game. The blast was Manea's 7th of the season. The one-time New Jersey resident is hitting .409 during the road trip (and not to mention .326 during the month of July) with 5 extra-base hits and 6 RBI.
DID WE MENTION HIS DEFENSE?: Manea's also been stellar behind the plate. The catcher has not allowed a passed ball during the trip. In 43 starts behind the plate this year, Manea has been charged with just four passed balls - no other catcher in the league with 40 or more starts has fewer than 4 passed balls.
[INSERT WILLIE NELSON SONG TITLE]: The Fireflies finish their road trip on Tuesday and will head back to the Soda City. Columbia visited Hagerstown, Maryland, from July 11-13 and then faced the Lakewood BlueClaws in New Jersey from July 14 through Tuesday. Columbia will log nearly 1,500 miles traveling from Columbia to the two aforementioned cities and back.
South Atlantic League Stories from July 17, 2018
- Double Trouble for Augusta - Augusta GreenJackets
- Upshaw Has Four Hits, Three RBIs in Suns 10-9 Loss - Hagerstown Suns
- Rogers Fans Career-High 8 to Earn Win - Greensboro Grasshoppers
- West Virginia Claims 8-1 Rain-Shortened Finale - Charleston Dirty Birds
- Five-Run Ninth Inning Closes Door to Drive - Lexington Legends
- 'Birds Falter in Rain-Shortened Finale - Delmarva Shorebirds
- RiverDogs End Season-Long, Seven-Game Drought on Tuesday - Charleston RiverDogs
- Bouchard Drives Home a Pair in 5-2 Loss - Asheville Tourists
- Drive Fall 10-3 to Legends on Tuesday Afternoon - Greenville Drive
- Tiberi Finishes Road Trip with 12 Hits - Columbia Fireflies
- Nieporte Homers, Claws Finish Homestand at 6-1 - Jersey Shore BlueClaws
- Fireflies Roster Move and Game Notes: July 17 at Lakewood (Game 92) - Columbia Fireflies
- Led by Gasparini's Long Ball, Legends Halt Drive's Winning Streak in 7-5 Victory - Lexington Legends
- West Virginia Power: Game Notes (July 17) - Charleston Dirty Birds
- Promo Preview: Christmas in July, Sidewalk Prophets, and More - Hickory Crawdads
- Legends Snap Drive Winning Streak on Monday - Greenville Drive
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