‘Birds Wrap Road Trip with 7-3 Loss to ‘Flies

COLUMBIA, S.C.- Three homers within the first two innings sank the Delmarva Shorebirds hopes of a series win as they went on to lose 7-3 to the Columbia Fireflies on Sunday evening at Segra Park.

The Shorebirds (9-18) ended up splitting their series with the Fireflies (10-17) three games apiece.

Columbia opened up an early lead just three batters in as Guillermo Quintana swatted a two-run homer, his fourth of the season.

In the second, Jaswel De Los Santos swatted a two-out, two-run homer, his first of the year to double the Fireflies lead to 4-0. On the very next pitch Edgar Martinez popped a solo homer, his first of the year as well to make it 5-0.

The Shorebirds finally got on the board in the fifth on a Moisés Ramirez sacrifice fly and Noelberth Romero cut it back to a three-run game with a solo homer in the sixth, his third of the year.

A Martinez RBI single in the bottom of the sixth pushed it back to a four-run contest before Martinez came through with another RBI knock in the eighth to make it 7-2.

The Shorebirds pushed across a run in the ninth on a run-scoring wild pitch to make it 7-3 but saw the rally fizzle out.

Luinder Avila (3-3) picked up his second win of the week for the Fireflies with five innings of one run baseball, giving up three hits and two walks while striking out five.

Daniel Federman (0-4) was dealt the loss for the Shorebirds after allowing five runs on seven hits and one walk in four innings, striking out four.

After an off-day Monday, the Shorebirds return home on Tuesday, May 10 to kick off a 12-game homestand, beginning with a six-game series with the Salem Red Sox. First pitch on Tuesday is slated for 11:05 a.m. from Perdue Stadium. Starters have not yet been announced for the series opener. Pregame coverage will begin at 10:50 a.m. on MiLB.TV and theshorebirds.com with Sam Jellinek on the call.

ABOUT THE DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS

The Delmarva Shorebirds were founded in 1996 and have been the Class-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles since 1997. The Shorebirds have won two South Atlantic League championships in 1997 and 2000 and were named the MiLB.com Minor League Team of the Year in 2019 after going 90-48 in the regular season. Based in Salisbury, Maryland, the Shorebirds are proud to represent the entire Delmarva Peninsula and have hosted two SAL All-Star Games in 1999 and 2011. The Shorebirds are owned by 7th Inning Stretch, LP, based in Stockton, California headed by Chairman Tom Volpe and President Pat Filippone.