2021 Low-A East League Standings Pitching Probables
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Columbia Fireflies (27-24) VS Charleston RiverDogs (37-16) Tonight’s Top Prospects Game: 52 (Home: 25) | Date: July 7, 2021 |Segra Park | Columbia, SC SS Brady McConnell - 20th KC Radio: Stream Guys/ColumbiaFireflies.com Airtime: 6:50 OF Darryl Collins - 23rd KC C Kale Emshoff - 30th KC C/OF/1B Heriberto Hernandez - 12th TB PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP JJ Gose - 13rd TB RHP Matt Stil (2-1, 5.87 ERA) vs LHP Ian Seymour (0-0, 0.00 ERA) RHP Seth Johnson - 14th TB STIL: Worked four scoreless innings at AUG after allowing lead-off HR 7/1 Current Homestand (7/6-7/11) SEYMOUR: Spun three hitless innings at Kannapolis 7/1 Record: 0-1 Batting Statistics: FIREFLIES UNSEATED BY FIVE-RUN SIXTH FROM RIVERDOGS: The Fireflies went to the bullpen and AVG: 8-for-34 (.235) saw five runs come across in the first inning of relief work in a 6-3 loss to the Charleston RiverDogs Tuesday night at AB: 34 RISP: 1-for-8 (.125) Segra Park. After Cruz Noriega offered five one-run innings with a career-high seven strikeouts for Columbia (27-24), H: 8 Chase Wallace (BS, 3; L, 0-2) entered the game in the sixth. The righty allowed four of the first five RiverDogs (37-16) R: 3 hitters to reach base safely. Abiezel Ramirez capped the frame off with a three-run homer to put Charleston up 6-1. HR: 1 BB: 2 CHASING HISTORY: Last night, Tyler Tolbert stole his 28th base of the season, which is good for the second most SO: 14 in the Low-A East League this season. He trails Jayce Easley of the Down East Wood Ducks, who has 30 stolen bases SB: 3 this season. While chasing the top dogs of the Low-A East League, Tolbert has tied the Fireflies single-season steals Pitching/Defensive Statistics: W-L: 0-1 record that Jacob Zanon set in 2017. Zanon played in 50 games for the Fireflies during the 2017 campaign en route ERA: 6.00 to 28 steals in 31 attempts. Tolbert has been perfect in 2021 so far, with 28 steals and 0 caught stealing. Quality Starts: 0 IP: 9.0 BLASTING STANDARDS: Outfielder Juan Carlos Negret has only 26 hits in 43 games this year, but when the H: 10 slugger makes contact with the ball, he makes it count. Of those 26 hits, 15 are for extra bases, including a team-high R: 6 ER: 6 11 homers. His 11 blasts are good for second-most in the Low-A East League, trailing only Joe Gray Jr. who has Saves/Opportunites: 0/0 12. Negret has been swinging out of his shoes since June 1, he has nine of his 11 homers in the last 36 calendar days, BB: 2 SO: 16 which is tied for the most in all Low-A baseball. If that weren’t enough, he finds himself just a pair of homers shy of HR: 1 Errors: 1 Brandon Brosher, Matt Winaker and Dash Winningham, who all hit 13 homers for Columbia in 2017, for most homeruns for a Fireflies player in a single season. Winningham is the Fireflies all-time homer leader, he hit 25 blasts 2021 vs. RiverDogs in the 2016 and 2017 campaigns for the Fireflies. 4-7 Date Location Result GOING STREAKING: Shortstop Maikel Garcia is currently riding a six-game hitting streak, the 12th streak of 6/10 Charleston L, 5-2 six-or-more games for a Fireflies hitter this season. He has three of those marks already. 6/11 Charleston L, 7-0 6/12 Charleston SUSP - 0-0, B2nd STAYING HOT IN THE TOP SPOT: Shortstop Maikel Garcia has paced the Columbia roster in 2021 for top 6/13 Charleston PPD batting average this season. While on the road playing Augusta, he was able to get the average back over .300 to .304 7/6 Columbia L, 6-3 through a 10-26 (.385) effort at SRP Park. The shortstop is hitting .308 (33-107) in 26 games where he leads off this 7/7 Columbia 7:00 pm season. In that role he has scored 22 runs while driving in an additional 10 RBI. He has only 16 strikeouts from the 7/8 Columbia 7:00 pm lead-off spot in 2021. 7/9 Columbia 7:00 pm 7/10 Columbia 6:35 pm BOUNCE BACK WITH DE AVILA: Fireflies reliever Luis De Avila had by far his best outing of the season July 7/11 Columbia 5:05 pm 4. The southpaw worked four scoreless frames, while punching out half a dozen hitters. His ERA dropped from 7.84- 7/27 GM 1 Charleston 5:05 pm to-6.57 during the game, and it helped him to rebound from a June where he held an 8.31 ERA across five outings. 7/27 GM 2 Charleston TBA SAVING JUNE: Walter Pennington was an extremely bright spot for the Fireflies in the month of June. The Southpaw entered six games for Columbia, working 11.2 frames where he fanned 12 batters and allowed just two to score. He 2019 Results: 11-10 CSC finished the month with a 1-0 record and a save to pair with a 1.54 ERA. All-Time Record: 55-38 CSC 2021 Low-A East League Standings Fireflies at a Glance South Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs North Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs Central Division Italics=Eliminated from Playoffs 2021 Quick Records Overall Record: 27-24 W-L GB PCT W-L GB PCT W-L GB PCT Charleston 37-16 -- .698 Delmarva 35-18 -- .660 Carolina 31-23 -- .574 Place: 2nd Columbia 27-24 9.0 .529 Salem 31-24 5.0 .564 Down East 31-23 -- .574 GB: 9.0 Augusta 25-29 12.5 .463 Lynchburg 26-27 9.0 .491 Fayetteville 22-32 9.0 .407 Myrtle Beach 24-30 13.5 .444 Fredericksburg 17-38 19.0 .309 Kannapolis 16-38 15.0 .296 Home: 13-11 Away: 14-13 Last 10 4-6 2021 Season Leaders Pitching Probables Batting Avg: Garcia - .303 Home Runs: Negret - 11 Date Opponent/Time Fireflies Starter vs. Opponent RBI: Negret - 30 7/7 vs CSC/7:05 pm RHP Matt Stil (2-1, 5.87 ERA) vs LHP Ian Seymour (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Stolen Bases: Tolbert - 28 7/8 vs CSC/7:05 pm RHP Anderson Paulino (3-2, 4.85 ERA) vs LHP Jose Lopez (3-3, 6.06 ERA) 7/9 vs CSC/7:05 pm LHP Rylan Kaufman (1-2, 5.09 ERA) vs LHP Ben Brecht (2-2, 3.38 ERA) Wins: De Avila - 4 7/10 vs CSC/6:35 pm RHP Adrian Alcantara (2-4, 3.82 ERA) vs RHP Seth Johnson (3-2, 3.20 ERA) ERA: Marquez - 1.39 7/11 vs CSC/5:05 pm RHP Cruz Noriega (3-1, 4.21 ERA) vs TBA Strikeouts: Marquez - 52 7/12 OFF DAY Saves: Webb - 4 TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER 32 | Matt Stil| RHP Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 DOB: July 5, 2000 Birthplace: Marlton, NJ Acquired: Picked in the 2019 MLB Draft Drafted: 21st round (2019) 2021: 2-1/9G/7GS/5.86 ERA/27.2 IP/35K/24BB/6HR/.222 2019: 0-3/9 G/0 GS/6.30 ERA/10.0 IP/15 K/10 BB/2 HR/.257 Career Stats (2 Seasons): 2-4/18 G/7 GS/5.97 ERA/37.2 IP/50 K/34 BB/8 HR/.231 AVG 2021: Placed on the Columbia Fireflies 2021 Opening Day roster. Career: Tossed 10 innings in nine appearances in 2019. Struck out 15 batters in that time, but also walked 10 in the AZL… Twirled an immac- ulate inning against the AZL Indians July 11, 2019… College: Spent one year at Rowan College at Glouster County Junior College as an 18-year-old. He appeared in 10 games and earned a 2-0 record to pair with a 3.33 ERA. He was able to post an incredible 45 K’s in only 27 innings pitched... He fanned a season-high 11 batters in five innings while allowing just one hit at Cecil College May 1, 2019. The Columbia Collection 4SFB 2SFB CHANGE SLIDER 2021 DAY-BY-DAY STATISTICS DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR K BB Notes 5/6 GM 2 @ AUG W (1-0) 2.2 1 0 0 0 5 2 First Win of MiLB Career 5/12 CSC ND 3.0 2 4 4 2 5 2 First MiLB start (11th appearance) 5/18 @ KAN W (2-0) 4.0 1 0 0 0 8 2 Career-high 8 strikeouts 5/23 @ KAN ND 3.0 3 2 2 0 4 3 Career-high 3 walks 5/29 AUG ND 3.1 2 2 2 1 3 3 6/5 GM 1 @ MB L (2-1) 2.1 4 4 4 0 1 2 Shortest outing of 2021 6/19 AUG ND 1.2 3 3 3 1 0 5 6/26 MB ND 3.2 3 2 2 1 5 4 7/1 @ AUG ND 4.0 3 1 1 1 4 1 Allowed just three base runners after a lead-off HR 2021 Fireflies Highs: CG: IP: K: BB: H: R: ER: Win Streak: Losing Streak: 0 4.0 8 3 2 4 4 2 1 Career Highs: CG: IP: K: BB: H: R: ER: Win Streak: Losing Streak: 0 4.0 8 3 4 4 4 2 3 CAREER VS.