Fireflies Win Thriller, Take Series from Hagerstown
HAGERSTOWN, MD - Columbia finished off the Suns in a thriller on Friday night. The Fireflies scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning at Municipal Stadium and hung on for a 7-6 series-clinching win over Hagerstown. Columbia took two out of three from the Suns and is
HAGERSTOWN, MD - Columbia finished off the Suns in a thriller on Friday night. The Fireflies scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning at Municipal Stadium and hung on for a 7-6 series-clinching win over Hagerstown. Columbia took two out of three from the Suns and is now back to .500 (44-44) on the season.
The score was tied at 5-5 when manager
Ironically enough, Columbia held three separate leads against Hagerstown (7-14, 34-55) on Friday.
Friday's game featured 28 combined hits - nine of which were extra-base hits.
SCORING SUMMARY:
Top 1 - Blake Tiberi bashes a two-run homer (scoring Edgardo Fermin, who singled), his fourth of the season. COL 2, HAG 0
Bottom 1 - With the bases loaded,
Bottom 4 - Paul Pannacione plates Dunlap from third base on a sacrifice fly to left field. COL 2, HAG 2
Top 5 -Fermin plates Gio Alfonzo (who tripled) with a single … Matt Winaker doubles in Fermin …
Bottom 5 -
Bottom 6 -
Top 9 -Manea singles in a run with the bases loaded … with the bags still full, Zach Rheams is hit by a pitch to bring in a run. COL 7, HAG 5
Bottom 9 -
Columbia begins a four-game set with the Lakewood BlueClaws (Philadelphia Phillies) at 7:05 ET on Saturday at FirstEnergy Park. You can listen to the action on FOX Sports Radio 1400 AM, ColumbiaFireflies.com and the iHeartRadio Radio app starting at 6:45 p.m.