Fireflies fall despite Lindsay homer
Desmond Lindsay launched his fourth home run of the season Thursday, but the Columbia Fireflies fell to the Hagerstown Suns, 3-2.
Ali Sanchez attempted to spark a rally when he was hit by pitch in the ninth inning with two outs. Gene Cone came on as a pinch runner and advanced to second on a passed ball. Columbia (27-24) had the potential tying run in scoring position, but Reed Gamache grounded out and ended the game.
The Fireflies had a brief spurt of offense in the third inning. Tim Tebow led off with a single and then Desmond Lindsay smashed a homer that sailed beyond the right-field wall. The visitors led 2-0 in the top of the third.
Hagerstown (32-21) responded quickly in the bottom of the third. Telmito Agustin reached on a single and then stole second base. Blake Perkins registered a double, which scored Agustin. With one runner on and one out, Daniel Johnson clubbed his league-leading 11th homer of the season. The Suns grabbed a 3-2 advantage after three frames.
Gary Cornish (0-1) made his first professional start for Columbia and lasted 6 1/3 innings on the mound. The righty recorded six strikeouts and threw 89 pitches. Matt Blackham came out of the bullpen and tossed 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
Lindsay, Tebow, and Dash Winningham each finished with multi-hit games – accounting for six of the club’s seven hits.
Columbia | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Ramos ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carpio 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paez 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Winningham dh | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sanchez c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cone pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gamache 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Jabs rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Tebow lf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lindsay cf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 31 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
Hagerstown | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Perkins cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Corredor 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Johnson rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Noll 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Banks lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reetz c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Franco 3b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agustin dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Panaccione ss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
TOTALS | 30 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
Columbia | 002 | 000 | 000 | — | 2 |
Hagerstown | 003 | 000 | 00x | — | 3 |
DP — Hagerstown 1. LOB — Columbia 4; Hagerstown 4. 2B — Winningham; Perkins; Reetz. 3B — Johnson. HR — Lindsay; Johnson. SB — Noll; Agustin. CS — Paez.
Columbia | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Cornish L, 0-1 | 6 1/3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Blackham | 1 2/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hagerstown | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
M. Mills W, 5-2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
J. Mills S, 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
HBP — Sanchez (by Mills). PB — Reetz. Umpires — HP: Dillon Wilson. 1B: John Budka. T — 2:21. A — 6,217.
This story was originally published June 1, 2017 at 10:02 PM with the headline "Fireflies fall despite Lindsay homer."