COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Columbia Fireflies, in conjunction with Major League Baseball and The Carolina League, announced today that David Shields has been named The Carolina League Pitcher of the Year. The 19-year-old also was named to the Carolina League All-Star Team. Shields is the first Fireflies player to win

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The Fireflies pitching staff cruised as the offense took advantage of good situational hitting in a 4-1 victory over The Myrtle Beach Pelicans in Game One of the Carolina League South Division Playoff Series Tuesday night at Pelicans Ballpark. The Fireflies will continue the series Thursday

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Columbia Fireflies used five walks and no hits in the ninth inning to push in front of the Augusta GreenJackets 3-2 Tuesday night at SRP Park. Columbia got on the board first in the top of the fifth inning. Yandel Ricardo led-off the inning with a

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Fireflies split their doubleheader with the Hickory Crawdads Thursday night at L.P. Frans Stadium. The team lost game one 5-1 and took game two 9-0 as David Shields faced the minimum through five frames. Game One The Fireflies lost game one of their doubleheader with the

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Fireflies pitching staff fired on all cylinders to produce the team’s sixth shutout of 2025 in a 6-0 victory over the Fredericksburg Nationals Wednesday night at Segra Park. David Shields was lights out on the bump. The southpaw worked four innings and matched a career-best seven

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia worked behind strong pitching from David Shields, Dash Albus and Nick Conte to secure a 4-1 win over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans Thursday night at Pelicans Ballpark. The Fireflies got on the board first Thursday. Stone Russell legged out a lead-off triple in the second inning.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Fireflies pitching staff kept Kannapolis off the scoreboard for the first eight innings, but the bats couldn’t get on the board and The Fireflies lost 1-0 to The Cannon Ballers Friday night at Segra Park. Ronny Hernnadez clubbed a lead-off homer in the top of the

COLUMBIA, S.C. — David Shields, Henson Leal, Dash Albus and Julio Rosario combined to throw Columbia’s first nine inning one hitter since 2019 in a 3-0 win over the Augusta GreenJackets Wednesday night at SRP Park. David Shields had another stellar start Wednesday. The southpaw retired the first 10 batters

HICKORY, N.C. — The Fireflies bats scored a single run in each of the last five innings to beat the Hickory Crawdads 5-3 Saturday night at L.P. Frans Stadium. After back-to-back wins, Columbia can claim the series with a win tomorrow. Brennon McNair broke the scoreless tie in the fourth

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Columbia Fireflies blanked the Fayetteville Woodpeckers 3-0 behind a strong start from David Shields Monday evening at Segra Park. It was Columbia’s first nine-inning shutout since September 4, 2024. David Shields (W, 1-0) worked five one-hit innings for Columbia while striking out a career-best seven opponents.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Columbia Fireflies used an excellent outing from their pitching staff and a late Josi Novas blast to beat the Augusta GreenJackets 3-1 Wednesday night at Segra Park. David Shields was fantastic in his Carolina League debut. The southpaw spun four innings, wrung up five hitters and