Moreno Homers but Columbia's Win Streak is Snapped

COLUMBIA, SC - The Fireflies and Drive battled in a tightly-contested game on Wednesday afternoon. Greenville scored a late run and defeated the home team, 4-3. Hansel Moreno did bash his second home run as a Firefly in 2019. His first-inning dinger was his second in a week.
It was another successful Reading Program Day at Segra Park - the largest crowd of the season (6,603) was on hand on Wednesday.
Columbia (18-28) fought valiantly for two runs in the home seventh to tie the score at 3-3. Down, 3-2, Brian Sharp ripped a base hit that plated Shervyen Newton (who had just driven in his own run moments earlier). The Drive, though, answered with a score the following inning and never relinquished the lead.
Columbia's pitchers punch out nine on Wednesday - five for Simeon Woods-Richardson, three for Alec Kisena and one for Ezequiel Zabaleta (L, 1-1). Greenville (18-27) reliever Yorvin Pantoja (W, 3-2) picked up the win after he tossed 2.1 effective innings of work.
SCORING SUMMARY:
Bottom 1: Hansel Moreno crushes his second homer as a Firefly, a solo shot down the right-field line. COL 1, GVL 0
Top 4: Tristan Casas grounds out to first, plates runner from third … Kole Cottam scores a run with a single. GVL 2, COL 1
Top 5: Devlin Granberg knocks in Tyler Esplin with a base hit. GVL 3, COL 1
Bottom 7: Shervyen Newton and Brian Sharp rip run-scoring hits to tie things up. COL 3, GVL 3
Top 8: Cottam's sacrifice fly into center scores Casas from third. GVL 4, COL 3
The series continues on Thursday at 7:05 ET. Right-hander Jose Butto (0-5, 5.21) is expected to take the mound for the Fireflies to face Drive righty Bryan Bello (1-3, 8.38). You can watch the action at MiLB.tv.