Miranda's Magical Night Lifts Fireflies to 8-7 Win
August 13, 2018 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Columbia Fireflies News Release
COLUMBIA, SC - David Miranda became the third player in Fireflies history to produce a five-hit game. Miranda's fifth hit was an RBI single, which broke a 7-7 tie in the bottom of the eighth inning. Columbia outlasted Delmarva 8-7 in the series finale at Spirit Communications Park.
Miranda joins Enmanuel Zabala (August 22, 2016: 5-for-5) and Dan Rizzie (July 19, 2017: 5-for-6) as the only three players to deliver a five-hit performance in team history. The 23-year-old also holds a .545 batting average through his first six games with Columbia.
SCORING SUMMARY
Bottom 1: Matt Winaker blasted a two-run homer, his 10th of the season, and extended his on-base streak to 24 games. COL 2 | DEL 0
Top 2: The Shorebirds plated five runs highlighted by Will Robertson's two-run double and Zach Jarrett's two-run triple. DEL 5 | COL 2
Bottom 3: David Miranda drove in Hansel Moreno with a double. Miranda later scored on a passed ball. DEL 5 | COL 4
Top 6: Jarrett earned a walk with the bases loaded. DEL 6 | COL 4
Bottom 6: Jose Brizuela singled and scored Zach Rheams. DEL 6 | COL 5
Top 7: Robertson's second double of the evening brought home Cadyn Grenier. DEL 7 | COL 5
Bottom 7: With the bases loaded, Scott Manea squeaked a groundball into left field and drove in Moreno. Edgardo Fermin tied the game with a sacrifice fly. COL 7 | DEL 7
Bottom 8: Dionis Paulino reached on a fielding error and moved to second on Gio Alfonzo's sacrifice bunt. Miranda plated Paulino with a line-drive single up the middle. COL 8 | DEL 7
Tony Dibrell made his 20th start of the season and battled through five innings. Aside from the five-run second inning, the righty finished strong and allowed zero runs in his final three frames on the hill. Taylor Henry was solid out of the bullpen (2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 K). The southpaw entered the game with the bases loaded and no outs in the sixth inning. Henry struck out Seamus Curran and then produced a double-play ball to escape trouble. Darwin Ramos (W, 4-3) closed the door with a scoreless eighth and ninth innings.
Columbia is off on Monday and then begins a seven-game road trip on Tuesday night against the West Virginia Power. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. You can listen to the action live at 6:45 p.m. on FOX SPORTS Radio 1400 AM.
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