Columbia Fireflies (18-11) AT Myrtle Beach Pelicans (15-14) Tonight’s Top Prospects Games: 30 (Road: 18) | Date: June 6, 2021 | TicketReturn.com Field | Myrtle Beach, SC RHP Ben Hernandez - 15th KC Radio: Stream Guys/ColumbiaFireflies.com Airtime: N/A SS Brady McConnell - 20th KC OF Darryl Collins - 23rd KC SS Ed Howard - 5th CHC PITCHING MATCHUP: OF Yohendrick Pinango - 13th CHC LHP Rylan Kaufman (1-1, 6.60 ERA) vs LHP Adam Laskey (0-2, 10.26 ERA) RHP Riley Thompson - 16th CHC KAUFMAN: Has twirled nine consecutive scoreless frames with 13 punchouts Current Road Trip (6/1-6/6) LASKEY: Allowed four earned runs in 4.2 innings at Salem 6/28, has allowed 9 ER in last 6.1 IP Record: 3-2 Batting Statistics: FIREFLIES SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER TO GUARANTEE SERIES SPLIT: Game 1: For a second consecutive AVG: 34-for-158 (.215) game, the Columbia Fireflies were shutout, this time 4-0 in seven innings. They lost their previous game 1-0 to Myrtle AB: 158 RISP: 9-for-52 (.173) Beach. The last time Columbia was one-hit in back-to-back games was August 26-27, 2018 when the Fireflies lost H: 34 9-0 to Asheville and 4-0 to Charleston. Columbia was almost the first opponent that Myrtle Beach had ever no-hit. R: 16 Although the road team drew five walks, it took until the final inning for Felix Familia to lace a double to left to put HR: 2 Columbia on the board with their first knock. Matt Stil (L, 2-1) got the loss after giving up three runs to Myrtle Beach BB: 20 in the first and an extra in the third to give the Pelicans a 4-0 lead halfway through the first game. Gabriel Jaramillo (W, SO: 54 1-0) tossed two hitless innings of relief to earn the win after Sam Thoreson started the game with four hitless innings SB: 8 and six strikeouts. Game 2: After not scoring in back-to-back games spanning three days, the Fireflies jumped out Pitching/Defensive Statistics: W-L: 3-2 quickly in the second game of the twin bill. Herard Gonzalez and Darryl Collins jumped out of the gate with back- ERA: 2.18 to-back base knocks to start the game before Maikel Garcia popped a sacrifice fly to center to plate Gonzalez. Later, Quality Starts: 0 Omar Hernandez slapped one up the middle to score Collins and put Columbia in front 2-0 before Myrtle Beach could IP: 41.1 step up to the dish. The Pelicans countered with a pair in the bottom of the first to tie the game, but the Fireflies bats H: 24 supported Ben Hernandez in the third when Juan Carlos Negret gapped a double to left to score Maikel Garcia and R: 12 ER: 10 then Omar Hernandez legged out a three-bagger to plate Negret and push the Fireflies in front 4-2. Ben Hernandez Saves/Opportunites: 2/3 cruised through the remainder of the first four innings to protect the lead before handing the ball to Walter Pennington BB: 21 SO: 51 (W, 2-1). The southpaw worked two scoreless innings to set-up a 5-2 game heading to the bottom of the seventh when HR: 2 Errors: 5 Nathan Webb (S, 2) slammed the door shut for Columbia. 2021 vs. Pelicans MAGIC NUMBER: The offense has come in spurts for the Columbia Fireflies in 2021, but the magic number for 3-2 the team is four. When the Fireflies score four runs in a game, they are 18-2 this season. When Columbia scores three Date Location Result or less in a game, they are 0-9. 6/1 Myrtle Beach W, 5-3 6/2 Myrtle Beach W, 6-2 SCHMIDT’S STRIKEOUTS: Matt Schnmidt is going through a tough stretch at the plate, the first baseman is in 6/3 Myrtle Beach L, 1-0 an 0-21 skid and has 11 strikeouts in his last 11 at-bats dating back to May 29 vs Augusta. 6/5 GM 1 Myrtle Beach L, 4-0 6/5 GM 2 Myrtle Beach W, 5-2 EVERYONE WANTS TO BE APART OF A TURNAROUND: After giving up a run in two innings of relief work 6/6 Myrtle Beach 6:05 pm at Augusta May 8, it looked like righty Nathan Webb would have another season similar to his previous four years 6/22 Columbia 7:05 pm in Minor League Baseball. The Missouri-native has a 5.86 career ERA. Since then, the righty has spun nine scoreless 6/23 Columbia 7:05 pm innings and has fanned 19 batters while allowing only three hit. His opposing batting average has dropped from .231 6/24 Columbia 7:05 pm to .159 and his season WHIP is now an incredible 1.00. 6/25 Columbia 7:05 pm 6/26 Columbia 6:35 pm PARITY OF DIVISION: Just .207 separates the first place Columbia Fireflies and the last place Augusta GreenJackets 6/27 Columbia 5:05 pm winning percentage this season. Through the first 29 contests, that represents six games. While that may seem like a lot, in the North division, Fredericksburg trails leader Delmarva by 13.5 games and in the Central Division, Kannapolis 2019 Results: N/A trails first-place Carolina by 14 games. The Fireflies are 5-1 when they play games outside of the division this season All-Time Record: 2-1 COL and 13-10 in the South Division. 2021 Low-A East League First Half 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: 18-11 W-L GB PCT W-L GB PCT W-L GB PCT Columbia 18-11 -- .621 Delmarva 20-8 -- .714 Carolina 18-10 -- .643 Place: 1st Charleston 18-11 -- .621 Lynchburg 16-12 4.0 .571 Down East 17-11 1.0 .607 GB: -- Myrtle Beach 15-14 3.0 .517 Salem 15-14 5.5 .517 Fayetteville 11-17 7.0 .393 Augusta 12-17 6.0 .414 Fredericksburg 7-22 13.5 .241 Kannapolis 4-24 14.0 .143 Home: 7-5 Away: 11-6 Last 10 7-3 2021 Season Leaders Pitching Probables Batting Avg: Garcia - .330 Home Runs: Means - 5 Date Opponent/Time Fireflies Starter vs. Opponent RBI: Emshoff, Garcia - 18 6/6 at MB/6:05 pm LHP Rylan Kaufman (1-1, 6.60 ERA) vs LHP Adam Laskey (0-2, 10.26 ERA) Stolen Bases: Tolbert - 15 6/7 OFF DAY 6/8 at CSC/7:05 pm TBA vs TBA Wins: (5 tied) -2 6/9 at CSC/7:05 pm TBA vs TBA ERA: Webb - 0.69 6/10 at CSC/7:05 pm TBA vs TBA Strikeouts: Alcantara - 32 6/11 at CSC/7:05 pm TBA vs TBA Saves: Pennington, Webb - 2 TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER 51 | Rylan Kaufman | LHP Height: 6-4 Weight: 190 DOB: June 23, 1999 Birthplace: Galveston, TX Acquired: Selected in the 2018 MLB Draft Drafted: 12th Rd (KC) 2021:1-1/5G/3GS/6.60 ERA/15.0 IP/23K/3BB/1HR/.283 2019: 0-1/2 G/2 GS/6.75 ERA/8.0 IP/3 K/6 BB/0 HR/.267 Career Stats (2 Seasons): 1-3/11 G/9 GS/6.00 ERA/30.0 IP/34 K/11 BB/1 HR/.263 AVG 2021: Placed on the Columbia Fireflies 2021 Opening Day roster. Career: After an injury sidelined him for much of the 2019 season, he wasn’t able to compete in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In his brief time in professional baseball, he has a 5.40 ERA over 15 innings sandwiched between 2018 and 2019. College: Attended San Jacinto College in North Texas, the same school that Roger Clemons and 2019 first round pick (Washington Nationals) Jackson Rutledge. While at San Jacinto for his freshman year, Kaufman went 7-1 with a 2.18 ERA and fanned 59 batters in 53.2 innings. The Columbia Collection 4SFB CHANGE CURVE 2021 DAY-BY-DAY STATISTICS DATE OPP. DEC. IP H R ER HR K BB Notes 5/8 @ AUG L (0-1) 0.0 8 8 8 1 0 0 Did not record an out 5/14 CSC ND 3.0 4 2 2 0 6 1 5/20 @ KAN ND 4.0 3 1 1 0 5 0 5/26 AUG W (1-1) 4.0 1 0 0 0 6 0 Ties career-highs in strikeouts and IP 6/1 @ MB ND 4.0 1 0 0 0 6 2 Has spun nine-consecutive scoreless innings 2021 Fireflies Highs: CG: IP: K: BB: H: R: ER: Win Streak: Losing Streak: 0 4.0 6 2 8 8 8 1 1 Career Highs: CG: IP: K: BB: H: R: ER: Win Streak: Losing Streak: 0 4.0 6 2 1 8 8 1 1 CAREER VS. PELICANS W-L ERA IP H R ER HR K BB Notes 0-0 0.00 4.0 1 0 0 0 6 1 Worked 4 scoreless IP in a no decision at MB Tuesday TONIGHT'S SECOND PITCHER 29 | Chase Wallace | RHP Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 DOB: November 13, 19988 Birthplace: Sevierville, TN Acquired: Signed as an undrafted free agent June 23, 2020 Drafted: N/A 2021: 0-0/1G/0GS/9.00 ERA/3.0 IP/3K/1BB/1HR/.400 2019: Career Stats (1 Season): 0-0/1 G/0 GS/9.00 ERA/3.0 IP/3 K/1 BB/1 HR/.400 AVG 2021: Placed on Columbia Fireflies active roster May 28..