Fireflies slammed by Power
Clark Eagan hit a grand slam in the third inning, leading the West Virginia Power to a 9-3 win over the Columbia Fireflies on Saturday at Spirit Communications Park.
West Virginia pitcher Eduardo Vera (2-1) allowed two runs on seven hits in five innings.
Fireflies starting pitcher Jake Simon (1-2) took the loss, surrendering eight runs and eight hits over four innings.
Former South Carolina standout Gene Cone had three hits and a run scored for Columbia, while Tim Tebow added a double, a walk, an RBI and scored a run.
W Virginia | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Santos cf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Moore lf | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Owen 3b | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Baur 1b | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Arbet 2b | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Eagan rf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Gibbs dh | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Pabst c | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Valerio ss | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
TOTALS | 39 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
Columbia | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Cone rf | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gimenez ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paez 2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jabs 3b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Winningham 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gamache dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Brosher c | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Tebow lf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
M. Ramos 3b-2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Lindsay cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
TOTALS | 33 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
W Virginia | 044 | 000 | 001 | — | 9 |
Columbia | 000 | 200 | 100 | — | 3 |
LOB — W. Virginia 7; Columbia 7. 2B — Moore, Owen, Gamache, Brosher, Tebow, M. Ramos. HR — Eagan. PO — Santos.
W Virginia | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Vera, W 2-1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Cederlind | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Eckelman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Columbia | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Simon, L 1-2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
Atkins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Zanghi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
D. Ramos | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
BK — D. Ramos. HBP — Baur (by Simon), Paez (by Vera), Brosher (by Cederlind). Umpires — HP: Zach Neff. 1B: Sam Burch. T — 2:43. A — 7,007.