Fireflies Roster Move and Game Notes: May 10 at Hickory (Game 33)
Published on May 10, 2018 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Columbia Fireflies News Release
Please note the following New York Mets minor league transactions.
Effective Thursday, May 10, 2018
- INF Walter Rasquin suspended by the Mets
*Retroactive to May 3
- LHP Jake Simon transferred to Columbia's disabled list
- OF Jay Jabs transferred to Columbia from short-season A Brooklyn
Columbia Fireflies (17-15) @ Hickory Crawdads (10-19)
RHP Tony Dibrell (0-1, 4.91) vs. RHP Alex Eubanks (1-3, 9.55)
Thurs., May 10, 2018 - L.P. Frans Stadium (Hickory, NC) - First Pitch 7:00 p.m. - Game 33
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ABOUT LAST GAME: The series opener between Columbia and Hickory on Wednesday was a 3-hour and 40-minute roller coaster that featured 21 runs, 24 hits, two ties, two lead changes and one walk-off. The Fireflies dropped the opener 11-10 when Crawdads infielder Tyreque Reed hit a pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the ninth.
GOING YARD: A pair of Columbia hitters walloped home runs on Wednesday: Ali Sanchez (5th career) and Scott Manea (3rd of the year). The Fireflies have slugged nine homers of their last seven games.
BALANCED LINEUP: Manager Pedro Lopez has been able to boast all season about just how balanced his starting lineup is. Columbia's hitters 5-through-9 (Ali Sanchez, Matt Winaker, Rigoberto Terrazas, Scott Manea, Raphael Gladu) in the order all recorded multi-hit games on Wednesday. Here's what the group did collectively:
- 11-for-22, 8 runs, 2B, 2 HRs, 7 RBI, 3 BB
...ANOTHER CONTINUES: Catcher Scott Manea doubled and homered on Wednesday. The Massachusetts native has reached safely in 14 straight games and owns an absurd .509 on-base percentage during that stretch (since April 21). That includes 10 hits, 10 walks and 7 HBPs.
MVP...MORE VASQUEZ, PLEASE: Jeremy Vasquez, the 21-year-old first baseman from Palm City, Florida, is one of the bets hitters in the South Atlantic League. The lefty recorded a franchise-record 29-game on-base streak from April 5-May 6 and is top five in the league all of these statistical catagories:
2nd, BBs - 23 2nd, 2Bs - 9
4th, OBP - .439 4th, BA - .327
4th, Hits - 35 4th, XBH - 14
WELCOME TO THE BIGS: On Monday, 2016 Firefly and Mets Minor League Pitcher of the Year P.J. Conlon made his Major League debut for New York. The southpaw started against the Reds in Cincinnati and logged 3.2 innings. Conlon struck out a batter, scattered four hits and even recorded a base hit of his own in his second at-bat. The 24-year-old is the second Firefly to reach the majors (see bottom right corner of page) in a matter of three weeks.
South Atlantic League Stories from May 10, 2018
- Drive Outdueled by Intimidators on Thursday - Greenville Drive
- Second Straight Win for Tourists over Sloppy 'Hoppers - Asheville Tourists
- Busby, Cruz Shine in 13-2 Drubbing of Hagerstown - Charleston Dirty Birds
- 'Birds Pound Legends on 17 Hits - Delmarva Shorebirds
- Lexington Legends Drop Game Two to Delmarva Shorebirds - Lexington Legends
- GreenJackets Dig the Longball - Augusta GreenJackets
- Battenfield Dazzles for I's in 2-0 Shutout Win - Kannapolis Cannon Ballers
- 'Dads Extinguish Fireflies Bats in Win - Hickory Crawdads
- Brodey Bashes Pair of Doubles, Fireflies Fall - Columbia Fireflies
- BlueClaws Squeeze RiverDogs for Second Straight - Charleston RiverDogs
- Scheiner, Rivero Homer; Claws Top Charleston 2-1 - Jersey Shore BlueClaws
- Fireflies Roster Move and Game Notes: May 10 at Hickory (Game 33) - Columbia Fireflies
- Lexington Legends Can't Even with Millennial Night, May 14 - Lexington Legends
- West Virginia Power: Game Notes (May 10) - Charleston Dirty Birds
- Yankees Promote DeCarr to Charleston - Charleston RiverDogs
- Movie Night at First National Bank Field, Home to the Greensboro Grasshoppers - Greensboro Grasshoppers
- Suns Fall to Power 7-3 on Wednesday - Hagerstown Suns
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