Kay Solid, Tiberi Stays Hot in Sunday Clash with Augusta
COLUMBIA, SC - Sunday's tilt started favorably for the Fireflies. Mets 2016 first round draft pick Anthony Kay struck out four over four innings in his first professional start and Blake Tiberi (with a pair of RBIs) helped Columbia jump out to an early 5-2 lead. Augusta sprinted to the
COLUMBIA, SC - Sunday's tilt started favorably for the Fireflies. Mets 2016 first round draft pick
Kay's highly-anticipated outing was his first official start since June of 2016 (his final collegiate start as a Connecticut Huskie). Eighteen months after his Tommy John surgery, the New York native struck out the first two hitters of the game - two of his four punchouts. Kay surrendered just one earned run and wound up hurling 82 pitches.
Meanwhile, Tiberi notched his second three-hit game in just four days. The second baseman is now 8-for-16 at the dish with three RBIs.
He plated one of the three first-inning Firefly runs.
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The home team mustered just two hits (both in the ninth inning) the rest of the way.
The offensive star for the GreenJackets was
In the other dugout,
Columbia begins a three-game series with the Hagerstown Suns on Monday at 7:05 p.m. at Spirit Communications Park. Right-hander
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