Brosher, Humphreys lead Fireflies to win
Brandon Brosher hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning, leading the Columbia Fireflies to a 4-1 win over the Charleston RiverDogs on Friday in front of a sellout crowd of 7,257.
With the win, Columbia maintains a half-game lead over Greenville in the South Atlantic League Southern Division. The Fireflies can clinch the division title Saturday with a win and Drive loss Saturday.
The home run by Brosher scored Jay Jabs and Jose Miguel Medina.
In the bottom of the second, Charleston took the lead on a single by Ben Ruta that scored Brandon Wagner. Columbia answered in the next half-inning when Milton Ramos hit an RBI single, driving in Brosher.
Columbia right-hander Jordan Humphreys (10-1) picked up a quality start and the win after allowing one run on four hits over six innings. Adonis Uceta pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings for his sixth save of the season.
Milton Ramos added three hits, and Tim Tebow was 1-for-3. Tebow has at least one hit in six of last seven games.
With the win, Columbia improved to 7-1 against Charleston this season.
Columbia | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Cone cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Carpio 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paez 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Winningham 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jabs lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Medina rf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brosher c | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Tebow dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ramos ss | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
TOTALS | 34 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Charleston | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Park ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aguilar 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rutherford cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gilliam rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Wagner 1b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Palma dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ruta lf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Alvarez 3b | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Navas c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TOTALS | 31 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Columbia | 001 | 300 | 000 | — | 4 |
Charleston | 010 | 000 | 000 | — | 1 |
E — Ramos; Alvarez. DP — Columbia 3, Charleston 3. LOB — Columbia 6; Charleston 6. 2B — Paez; Ramos; Wagner. HR — Brosher. SB — Ramos; Ruta; Gilliam.
Columbia | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Humphreys W, 10-1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Henry | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Griffin | 1/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uceta S, 6 | 1 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Charleston | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Nelson L, 0-6 | 3 1/3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
DeCarr | 4 2/3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Lane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
BK — Humphreys. HBP — Medina (by Nelson); Park (by Humphreys); Wagner (by Uceta). Umpires — HP: Mike Snover. 1B: Emil Jimenez. T — 3:03. A — 7,257.
This story was originally published June 17, 2017 at 12:15 AM with the headline "Brosher, Humphreys lead Fireflies to win."