Columbia Fireflies blast 3 homers in 5-3 win
The Fireflies used three homers to push past the BlueClaws, 5-3, on Sunday afternoon at FirstEnergy Park. Michael Paez and Dash Winningham produced back-to-back long balls, which broke the tie in the eighth inning. It’s the club’s fourth consecutive win.
Desmond Lindsay singled in the third inning, which jumpstarted Columbia’s (18-16) offense. Luis Carpio recorded a sacrifice fly and scored Lindsay for the first run of the game. The Fireflies added to their lead when Brandon Brosher smashed a two-run homer in the fourth, giving the visitors a 3-0 advantage.
Lakewood (21-15) answered in the bottom of the fourth. With runners at second and third, Luke Williams reached on a ground ball (fielder’s choice) that went towards the second-base bag and Luis Carpio’s throw to third base hit the baserunner (ruled a throwing error). The ball bounced towards the mound and both runners scored. The home team added one more run during this inning and the game was tied, 3-3, after four frames.
Paez now has a team-leading five homers, and Winningham has launched three in his previous four games.
The Fireflies prepare for a doubleheader against the BlueClaws on Monday evening. First pitch for game one is at 5:05 p.m.in Lakewood, N.J.
Columbia | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Cone rf/lf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gimenez ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carpio 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paez 3b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Winningham 1b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tebow lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Cespedes rf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brosher c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Jabs dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lindsay cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TOTALS | 34 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
Lakewood | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Brito 2b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rivas ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Moniak cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hall 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Barbier dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sandberg rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Williams 3b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cabral c | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Duran lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 35 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Columbia | 001 | 200 | 020 | — | 5 |
Lakewood | 000 | 300 | 000 | — | 3 |
E — Tebow; Carpio; Gimenez; Rivas. DP — Columbia 2; Lakewook 0. LOB — Columbia 5; Lakewood 8. 2B — Brito; Williams. HR — Brosher; Paez; Winningham. SF — Caprio. HBP — Gimenez; Brito.
Columbia | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Taylor | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Simon W, 1-1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lakewood | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Falter | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Morris L, 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Hennigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
WP — Taylor. PB — Cabral. Umpires — HP: Wmil Jimenez. 1B: Mike Snover. T — 2:31. A — 6,468.
This story was originally published May 14, 2017 at 6:10 PM with the headline "Columbia Fireflies blast 3 homers in 5-3 win."