COLUMBIA FIREFLIES 2018 GAME NOTES Columbia Fireflies (4-3, 38-36) vs. Asheville Tourists (4-2, 31-44) RHP Tony Dibrell (3-3, 3.51) vs. LHP Lucas Gilbreath (4-4, 5.92) Fri., June 29, 2018 — Spirit Communications Park — First Pitch 7:05 p.m. — Games 75 LISTEN: Fox Sports Radio 1400 AM / ColumbiaFireflies.com / iHeartRadio App WATCH: MiLB.tv GLOW NOTES NEWS & NOTES CONTENTS ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Columbia split a doubleheader with Pages 2: Today’s Starting Pitcher SAL Southern 2nd H Standing: 3rd (-1.5) Page 3: Manager & Coaching Staff Home Record: 22-17 Asheville on Thursday, dropping the first game 5-3 in nine innings Road Record: 16-19 Pages 4-6: Individual Hitting Notes Day Record: 8-4 before bouncing back valiantly with a 4-2 victory in game two. Page 7: Extra Hitting Notes Night Record: 30-32 Pages 8-9: Bullpen Notes GAME ONE: Blake Tiberi slashed a double and a single and Page 10: Miscellaneous Pitching Notes Homestand: 1-1 Page 11: Season Highs and Lows Streak: W1 drove in all three of the Fireflies runs. Each team scored a run in Page 12: Transactions the eighth frame before the Tourists pulled ahead for could with a Sunday: 6-5 Page 13: Day-by-Day Results Monday: 3-4 pair of runs in the ninth. Chris Viall lasted a season-long six Tuesday: 4-6 innings and punched out six. vs. Asheville (3-2, 1-1 Home) Wednesday: 7-2 Thursday: 6-8 Friday: 8-3 GAME TWO: Ali Sanchez ripped a two-run homer and starter April 12 Away W, 7-5 (10) Saturday: 4-8 Anthony Kay nearly went the distance in a 4-2 win. Kay struck out April 13 Away L, 5-1 April: 12-12 11 and did not walk anyone over 6.2 IP. The lefty picked up his May: 16-11 April 14 Away W, 7-6 June: 10-13 fourth win of the year. July: August: April 15 Away Cancelled September: POWER SURGE: Sanchez’s blast—and recent streak at the plate—helped earn the catcher a promotion. The 21-year-old June 27 Home PPD Leading after six: 26-3 Venezuelan prospect was transferred to the advanced-A St. Lucie Tied after six: 4-7 June 28 Home L, 5-3 (9) Trailing after six: 8-25 Mets on Friday after hitting .328 over his last 16 games (since June Leading after seven: 28-3 6). Sanchez becomes the fifth Firefly (Dan Rizzie, David Peterson, June 28 Home W, 4-2 (7) Tied after seven: 2-5 Trailing after seven: 8-27 Wuilmer Becerra, Stephen Villines) to earn a promotion this year. June 29 Home 7:05 p.m. Leading after eight: 30-1 Tied after eight: 6-6 Trailing after eight: 1-27 FERM-TASTIC: Shortstop Edgardo Fermin recorded hits in both August 2 Away 7:05 p.m. games of the doubleheader on Thursday and has now hit safely in Scoring first: 22-9 August 3 Away 7:05 p.m. Opponents score first: 16-27 11 straight games. The 20-year-old is hitting .364 (16-for-44) over Shutout Wins/Loses: 3-6 the 11-game hit streak (since June 14). Fermin has smoked six August 4 Away 6:05 p.m. Fireflies starter less than 6 IP: 18-24 extra-base hits in that span and five RBIs. Fireflies starter 6+ IP: 19-10 August 5 Away 2:05 p.m. Fireflies starter 7+ IP: 7-6 vs. LH starters: 17-9 THE OTHER GUYS: Asheville has six Rockies prospects on its August 23 Home 7:05 p.m. vs. RH starters: 21-26 roster according to MLB.com. That includes former first round draft August 24 Home 7:05 p.m. Scoring less than three: 4-24 pick out of Georgia, Robert Tyler: Scoring three or four: 9-4 5. SS, Ryan Vilade 24. 1B, Chad Spanberger Scoring five or more: 25-8 August 25 Home 6:05 p.m. 14. RHP, Will Gaddis 27. OF, Shael Mendoza One-run games: 12-13 23. RHP, Robert Tyler August 26 Home 2:05 p.m. Two-run games: 8-7 5+ run games: 11-7 NOTABLE FIRST HALF MOMENTS Extra Innings: 6-5 FROM COLA TO THE SHOW Walk-Off Wins: 6 April 18 - W, 8-4 @ Greenville Here’s a list of the first four • OF Quinn Brodey becomes third Firefly in team history to homer twice in one game. Out-hitting opponent: 30-4 former Fireflies to reach the Being out-hit: 8-28 April 24 - L, 2-1 @ Charleston big leagues: Same number of hits: 2-4 • RHP Chris Viall ties a single-game franchise record with 12 strikeouts. May 3 & 4 - W, 4-3 vs. Lexington (10) & W, 2-1 vs. Lakewood 1. RHP Merandy Gonzalez Series W-L-T (Home): 5-3-2 Team: Miami Marlins Series W-L-T (Road): 4-6-1 • Fireflies win in walk-off fashion back-to-back nights (first time in franchise history). Debut: April 19, 2018 Series W-L-T (Total): 9-9-3 May 5 - W, 9-7 vs. Lakewood Result: 2 scoreless innings @ Milwaukee • Gio Alfonzo becomes first Firefly to hit a grand slam at Spirit Communications Park. Series Sweeps (Home): 1 2. LHP P.J. Conlon Series Sweeps (Road): 1 May 6 - W, 10-7 vs. Lakewood Team: New York Mets Series Sweeps (Total): 2 • Columbia scores six runs on a team-record eight hits in one inning. Two of these hits Debut: May 7, 2018 were home runs from Edgardo Fermin and Quinn Brodey. Result: 3.2 innings, single, run scored @ Cincinnati White Jerseys: 6-8 June 9 - W, 2-1 vs. Augusta (10) Gray Jerseys: 5-4 Yellow Jerseys: 5-2 • LHP David Peterson tosses a career-high eight innings and records 10 strikeouts. 3. OF Kevin Kaczmarski Navy Jerseys: 19-20 The 2017 Mets first round pick threw 95 pitches (70 strikes). Team: New York Mets Specialty Jerseys: 2-1 #CONNECT WITH THE COLUMBIA FIREFLIES Debut: June 24, 2018 Result: Pinch-hit appearance vs. Los Home crowds of 5,000+: 5 Angeles (grounded out) Home crowds of 6,000+: 3 Home crowds of 7,000+: 4. RHP Tyler Bashlor Team: New York Mets Sellouts at Spirit Communications Park: /ColumbiaFireflies @ColaFireflies @ColaFireflies Columbia Fireflies Debut: June 25, 2018 Result: 2 innings, 1 hit vs. Pittsburgh ColumbiaFireflies.com Upcoming Schedule (ET) with Probable Pitchers Saturday, June 30 @ Augusta 6:05 p.m. RHP Joe Cavallaro (7-2, 2.02) Sunday, July 1 @ Augusta 5:05 p.m. RHP Zac Grotz (1-0, 2.30) Monday, July 2 @ Augusta 7:05 p.m. RHP Yeizo Campos (1-0, 1.69) Tuesday, July 3 @ Augusta 6:35 p.m. RHP Chris Viall (2-4, 5.02) Wednesday, July 4 vs. Greenville 6:05 p.m. Media Contact: Kevin Fitzgerald — [email protected] — 803-888-3040 (Office) — 908-745-9385 (Cell) FCORTOLUMBIA WAYNE FIREFLIES TINCAPS 2018 2014 G AMEGAME N OTESNOTES TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 8 Tony Dibrell HT: 6-3 WT: 220 B/T: R/R HOMETOWN: Johns Creek, GA AGE: 22 BORN: November OBTAINED: Selected by the Mets in the 4th round of the 2017 MLB 8, 1995 First-Year Player Draft out of Kennesaw State University YR CLUB W-L ERA G/GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB K BAA 17 Brooklyn (SS) 1-1 5.03 12-0 0 0 19.2 19 13 11 8 28 .253 MiLB CAREER 1-1 5.03 12-0 0 0 19.2 19 13 11 8 28 .253 2018 STARTS NOTES & LINKS Date Opponent Dec IP H R ER BB K RESULT • 2018: Owns the 6th-highest strikeout rate in the SAL according to Fangraphs: 10.6 / 9 IP … five of his last seven outings have been quality 6/22 Lakewood W 5.1 6 1 1 2 7 W, 9-1 starts • Appeared in 12 games for the Brooklyn Cyclones (Mets A-Short) in 2017 L, 2-1 (5) 6/12 @ Lexington L 4.1 4 2 1 2 5 after being selected by the Mets in the 4th round of June’s MLB First-Year Player Draft 6/5 Charleston ND 6.0 3 2 2 3 7 L, 6-5 • Became just the 2nd Kennesaw State Owl drafted between rounds 3-5 … 5/30 @ Charleston W 6.1 5 1 1 3 3 W, 2-1 marked 10 straight years an Owl has been drafted • Was named to the A-SUN 2nd Team after a stellar junior season at W, 6-5 5/23 West Virginia ND 5.2 5 4 4 5 5 Kennesaw State last spring … posted a 2.45 ERA in 14 starts … that ERA was 3rd-best in KSU D-I history … finished with a 7- 4 record, 3 CGs and 5/17 @ Charleston W 7.0 4 1 1 3 7 W, 2-1 103 Ks in 95.2 IP In three years at Kennesaw State, finished 8-8 (39 GP - 22 GS) with a 3.42 5/10 @ Hickory L 6.1 5 3 2 2 8 L, 5-2 • ERA and 186 strikeouts in 165.1 IP 5/3 Lexington ND 6.0 1 1 0 4 6 W, 4-3 (10) • Stood out in the wood-bat collegiate summer league, the Cape Cod Baseball League, pitching for the Bourne Braves & Chatham Anglers in 2016 … 4/26 @ Charleston ND 5.1 5 2 2 2 11 L, 3-2 named a CCBL All-Star: 1.66 ERA and 36 Ks in 38.0 IP 4/19 Hickory L 4.1 10 10 9 2 7 L, 10-5 • Favorite player is Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander … typically eats Chick-Fil-A on days he starts (order: Chick-fil-a sandwich with cheese) … cheesecake is the favorite late night snack 4/11 Hagerstown ND 6.0 5 3 3 3 7 W, 8-3 Links: 4/5 Augusta ND 4.0 1 0 0 4 6 W, 4-2 Lifestyle Sports Interview with Dibrell Tony Dibrell Draft profile Stealing Home with Tony Dibrell CAREER MARKS IP H R ER BB K 7.0 (5/17/18 @ Charleston) 10 (4/19/18 v Hickory) 10 (4/19/18 v Hickory) 9 (4/19/18 v Hickory) 5 (5/23/18 v West Virginia) 11 (4/26/18 @ Charleston) START ME UP (2018 STARTERS) Pitcher Games Started W-L Team W-L Run Support Runs/Game RHP Tony Dibrell 12 3-3 7-5 23 1.9 RHP Joe Cavallaro 11 7-2 7-4 35 3.2 LHP Jake Simon 7 0-4 3-4 6 0.9 LHP Anthony Kay 13 4-4 7-6 45 3.5 RHP Chris Viall 9 2-4 4-5 21 2.3 RHP Marcel Renteria 7 2-1 4-3 30 4.3 LHP David Peterson 9 1-4 2-7 17 1.8 RHP Yeizo Campos 3 1-0 3-0 7 2.3 RHP Briam Campusano 2 0-1 1-1 0 0.0 RHP Zac Grotz 2 1-0 1-1 6 3.0 Page 3 COLUMBIA FIREFLIES 2018 GAME NOTES 2018 FIREFLIES MANAGER & COACHING STAFF MANAGER PEDRO LOPEZ On January 17, 2018, the New York Mets named two-time Eastern League (AA) Manager of the Year Pedro Lopez the next Fireflies skipper.