Fireflies Sweep Suns in Abbreviated Doubleheader
HAGERSTOWN, MD (August 4, 2019) - The Suns dropped two close games to the Columbia Fireflies while leaving 10 men on base in game two of the doubleheader at Municipal Stadium Sunday.Hagerstown (50-62, 20-22) fell 3-2 in the completion of a suspended game and then fell 6-4 in a full nine-inning
HAGERSTOWN, MD (August 4, 2019) - The Suns dropped two close games to the Columbia Fireflies while leaving 10 men on base in game two of the doubleheader at Municipal Stadium Sunday.
Hagerstown (50-62, 20-22) fell 3-2 in the completion of a suspended game and then fell 6-4 in a full nine-inning affair against the Fireflies (42-67, 18-25).
After playing six-and-a-half innings Saturday, a storm came through Municipal Stadium and the game was suspended with the score tied 2-2 and finshed Sunday afternoon. In the eighth inning Sunday,
Columbia got on the board first in this one against Suns starter
However, the second was the only inning in which Rutledge allowed a baserunner. The Nationals' 2019 No. 1 draft pick spun five strong innings, allowing just one earned run on one hit and striking out two. The righty also retired the final 11 batters he faced.
The Hagerstown offense took a little longer to get going, but it started to put hits together in the fourth. After
GAME TWO
A two-run rally in the seventh proved to be the difference in game two as Columbia held on 6-4 and picked up the sweep on the day.
With the game tied at four,
The Suns got baserunners on in the eighth and two in the ninth against
Just like in game one, pitching dominated early in game two. Each team got a run in the third inning, but that was the only scoring through four. For the Fireflies, it was a lead-off triple from Granadillo that started the rally and then he scored on a sacrifice fly from Mauricio. The Suns got a similar lead-off triple from Upshaw in the bottom of the inning and then Cluff brought him home with a sacrifice fly of his own.
However, the game belonged to the hitters starting in the fifth. It was then that the Columbia offense jumped on Hagerstown starter
Stoeckinger came back out and got through a one-two-three sixth, and the lefty allowed four runs on seven hits over six innings. However, the Suns got him off the hook for the loss in the bottom half of the frame.
With one away in the sixth,
After Hernandez gave up the runs in the seventh, he did settle down and put together scoreless innings in the eighth and ninth. However, the Hagerstown offense couldn't put together a rally to tie the game.
Hagerstown continues its four-game series with Columbia tomorrow at 7:05 p.m. The Suns send RHP
The Suns are in the midst of a seven-game homestand against the Rome Braves and Columbia Fireflies. The stretch includes plenty of exciting promotions, including Sunday Funday, Shark Weekend and Summer Camp Day. For tickets or more information visit hagerstownsuns.com or call 301-791-6266.