COLUMBIA FIREFLIES 2018 GAME NOTES Columbia Fireflies (15-22, 49-55) vs. West Virginia Power (17-20, 54-49) RHP Zac Grotz (1-4, 6.53) vs. RHP Sergio Cubilete (3-4, 5.23) Wed., August 1, 2018 — Spirit Communications Park — First Pitch 7:05 p.m. — Game 105 LISTEN: Fox Sports Radio 1400 AM / ColumbiaFireflies.com / iHeartRadio App WATCH: MiLB.tv GLOW NOTES NEWS & NOTES CONTENTS ABOUT LAST GAME: Tony Dibrell was excellent on the mound in his 18th start Pages 2: Today’s Starting Pitcher SAL Southern 2nd H Standing: 6th (-6.5) Page 3: Manager & Coaching Staff Home Record: 25-27 of the season. The righty tossed six innings and struck out 10 batters. Despite Road Record: 24-28 the solid outing, the Fireflies fell 3-1 to the Power in 10 innings at Spirit Pages 4-6: Individual Hitting Notes Day Record: 9-7 Communications Park. Darwin Ramos also produced a fine performance out of Page 7: Extra Hitting Notes Night Record: 40-48 the bullpen (3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 K). At one point - from the third to the ninth - Pages 8-9: Bullpen Notes Dibrell and Ramos retired 18 consecutive batters. Page 10: Miscellaneous Pitching Notes Homestand: 0-2 Page 11: Season Highs and Lows Streak: L2 Page 12: Transactions LEADERBOARD: Dibrell continues to creep closer to the single-season strikeout Sunday: 7-7 record in Fireflies history. Page 13: Day-by-Day Results Monday: 6-7 1. RHP Joe Shaw (2016) - 134 K Tuesday: 6-8 Wednesday: 8-4 2. RHP Chase Ingram (2016) - 132 K vs. West Virginia (2-3, 2-3 Home) Thursday: 7-11 3. RHP Tony Dibrell (2018) - 120 K Friday: 9-7 4. LHP Kevin Canelon (2016) - 119 K Saturday: 6-11 May 21 Home L, 3-2 (11) April: 12-12 SOLID MONTH: Scott Manea capped off July with a two-hit game on Tuesday. May: 16-11 Manea drove in 19 runs, smacked a team-high nine doubles, and launched three June: 11-14 home runs during the entire month. The 22-year-old played in more games in May 22 Home W, 5-4 July: 10-18 August: July (25) than any other month so far this year. September: BONUS BASEBALL: Columbia played in its 15th extra-inning game on Tuesday May 23 Home W, 6-5 Leading after six: 32-4 night - the most in the South Atlantic League. This is also the most in a single Tied after six: 9-8 Trailing after six: 8-42 season in franchise history (11 - 2016 & 10 - 2017). May 24 Home Canceled Leading after seven: 36-4 Tied after seven: 4-7 UP THE MIDDLE: Edgardo Fermin’s natural position is shortstop. The 20-year- Trailing after seven: 8-42 old has also been tested in centerfield, though, and has made 15 starts in CF this Leading after eight: 37-2 July 30 Home L, 6-1 Tied after eight: 8-9 season. Trailing after eight: 1-40 AROUND THE BASES: Hansel Moreno produced the first inside-the-park home July 31 Home L, 3-1 (10) Scoring first: 31-16 run in franchise history on Saturday. The 21-year-old also became the first to do Opponents score first: 18-39 Shutout Wins/Loses: 5-7 it at SRP Park in North Augusta, SC. August 1 Home 7:05 p.m. Fireflies starter less than 6 IP: 22-37 YOUTH MOVEMENT: Andres Gimenez, a 19-year-old, is currently the youngest Fireflies starter 6+ IP: 25-16 player at the Double-A level. The 2017 Firefly has played in nine games so far Fireflies starter 7+ IP: 10-7 August 15 Away 7:05 p.m. vs. LH starters: 21-16 with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. The Mets top prospect collected nine hits vs. RH starters: 28-38 over his last six games. August 16 Away 7:05 p.m. Scoring less than three: 8-35 TIME CAPSULE: On this day in 2010, the Mets inducted four new members to Scoring three or four: 11-7 Scoring five or more: 30-13 the team’s Hall of Fame. Former GM Frank Cashen, Davey Johnson, Darryl Strawberry, and Dwight ‘Doc’ Gooden were all instrumental in capturing the 1986 August 17 Away 7:05 p.m. One-run games: 18-15 World Series title. Two-run games: 9-13 5+ run games: 13-13 NOTABLE FIRST HALF MOMENTS FROM COLA TO THE SHOW Extra Innings: 6-9 Walk-Off Wins: 6 April 18 - W, 8-4 @ Greenville Here’s a list of the first former • OF Quinn Brodey becomes third Firefly in team history to homer twice in one game. Out-hitting opponent: 34-8 Fireflies to reach the big Being out-hit: 12-43 April 24 - L, 2-1 @ Charleston leagues (all in 2018): Same number of hits: 4-5 • 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): 5-8-3 Team: Miami Marlins Series W-L-T (Road): 6-8-1 • Fireflies win in walk-off fashion back-to-back nights (first time in franchise history). Debut: April 19, 2018 Series W-L-T (Total): 11-16-4 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: 8-11 June 9 - W, 2-1 vs. Augusta (10) Gray Jerseys: 7-8 Yellow Jerseys: 5-3 • LHP David Peterson tosses a career-high eight innings and records 10 strikeouts. 3. OF Kevin Kaczmarski Navy Jerseys: 26-29 The 2017 Mets first round pick threw 95 pitches (70 strikes). Team: New York Mets Specialty Jerseys: 2-3 #CONNECT WITH THE COLUMBIA FIREFLIES Debut: June 24, 2018 Result: Pinch-hit appearance vs. Los Home crowds of 5,000+: 7 Angeles (grounded out) Home crowds of 6,000+: 4 Home crowds of 7,000+: 1 4. RHP Tyler Bashlor Team: New York Mets Sellouts at Spirit Communications Park: 1 /ColumbiaFireflies @ColaFireflies @ColaFireflies Columbia Fireflies Debut: June 25, 2018 Result: 2 innings, 1 hit vs. Pittsburgh ColumbiaFireflies.com Upcoming Schedule (ET) with Probable Pitchers Thursday, August 2 @ Asheville 7:05 p.m. RHP Marcel Renteria (2-1, 4.33) Friday, August 3 @ Asheville 7:05 p.m. RHP Luc Rennie (2-0, 0.65) Saturday, August 4 @ Asheville 6:05 p.m. RHP Chris Viall (3-6, 4.84) Sunday, August 5 @ Asheville 2:05 p.m. LHP Jake Simon (0-5, 3.70) Monday, August 6 OFF DAY 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 15 Zac Grotz HT: 6-2 WT: 195 B/T: R/R HOMETOWN: Pacifica, CA AGE: 25 BORN: February OBTAINED: Signed with the Mets as a non-drafted free agent on June 17, 1993 15, 2018 YR CLUB W-L ERA G/GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB K BAA 15 Tri-City (HOU, SS) 4-3 4.24 16-0 0 0 17.0 16 8 8 4 11 .250 15 Greenville (HOU, Adv-R) 1-0 0.00 3-0 0 0 5.0 1 0 0 1 4 .063 16 Ogden (LAD, Adv-R) 4-0 0.50 5-2 0 0 18.0 15 9 1 3 11 .211 16 Washington (Ind.) 4-2 1.36 29-1 0 0 46.1 32 8 7 9 51 -- 17 Bridgeport (Ind.) 4-3 3.77 67-0 0 0 74.0 84 39 31 30 80 -- PRO CAREER 17-8 2.64 120-3 0 0 160.1 148 64 47 47 157 -- 2018 STARTS NOTES & LINKS Date Opponent Dec IP H R ER BB K RESULT • 2018: Signed by the Mets on June 15 … pitched previously for the York (PA) Revolution in the Independent Atlantic League … 2-1 with a 2.53 ERA in seven outings (4 of which were GS) for York in 2018 ...33 K, 11 BB in 32.0 7/26 @ Rome L 5.0 12 9 6 1 1 L, 14-5 IP • Spent 2017 in the Atlantic League as well pitching for the Bridgeport (CT) 7/20 Augusta L 6.1 5 5 3 2 4 L, 5-3 Bluefish … exclusively out of the bullpen: 67 GP, 4-3, 3.77 ERA, 80 K, 30 BB … 2017 Bridgeport team also had former big leaguers Sean Burroughs & Manny Parra on roster 7/13 @ Hagerstown ND 5.0 10 5 5 1 4 W, 7-6 • Last played in affiliated baseball in 2016 with the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced-rookie level affiliate in the Pioneer League the Odgen (UT) 7/6 Greenville L 5.0 8 6 6 1 8 L, 7-3 Raptors … signed by LAD in August 2016 after having appeared in 29 games for the independent Washington (PA) WildThings in the Frontier League 7/1 @ Augusta L 4.1 8 9 6 3 5 L, 11-2 • Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 28th round of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Embry-Riddle Univ.