Fireflies blast 2 homers before falling to Suns
The Fireflies belted two home runs in a 4-3 loss to the Suns on Saturday at Municipal Stadium. Columbia has five homers in the first three games of this series.
Andres Gimenez launched a two-run blast with two outs in the third – the second of the season for the 18-year-old.
The home-run trend continued for the visitors in the fourth inning. Ali Sanchez crushed his first long ball of the season and gave the squad a 3-0 edge.
Columbia pitcher Harol Gonzalez tied a season high with seven innings on the mound.
The Fireflies drew seven walks in the game, but stranded 10 runners on base in the contest. Paez also recorded his league-leading 19th double of the season despite the defeat.
Columbia | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Cone rf | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Gimenez ss | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Paez 3b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Winningham 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Lindsay cf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Carpio 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sanchez c | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tebow lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Ramos dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
TOTALS | 31 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
Hagerstown | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Perkins cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Corredor 1b | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Johnson rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Noll 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Banks dh | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Franko 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Agustin lf | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Reistetter c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
La Bruna ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
TOTALS | 35 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Columbia | 002 | 100 | 000 | — | 3 |
Hagerstown | 000 | 000 | 211 | — | 4 |
E — Franco; VanVossen. DP — Columbia 1, Hagerstown 2. LOB — Columbia 10; Hagerstown 8. 2B — Paez, Franco, Agustin 2, Corredor. HR — Gimenez, A. Sanchez. SB — Noll. CS — Lindsay, Paez..
Columbia | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Gonzalez | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
D. Ramos L, 0-1 | 1 1/3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Atkins | 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hagerstown | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Pena | 2 2/3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Ramirez | 3 1/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
VanVossen W, 3-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
HBP — Paez (by Pena). Umpires — HP: Dillon Wilson. 1B: John Budka. T — 2:57. A — 6,351.
This story was originally published June 3, 2017 at 10:01 PM with the headline "Fireflies blast 2 homers before falling to Suns."