COLUMBIA FIREFLIES 2018 GAME NOTES Columbia Fireflies (7-4) @ Greenville Drive (3-8) RHP Marcel Renteria (4/10 v. HAG: 4.1 IP, 4 ER, 6 K) vs. LHP Jhonathan Diaz (1-0, 1.54) Tues., April 17, 2018 — Fluor Field (Greenville, SC) — First Pitch 7:05 p.m. — Game 12 LISTEN: Fox Sports Radio 1400 AM / ColumbiaFireflies.com / iHeartRadio App GLOW POINTS NEWS & NOTES CONTENTS ABOUT LAST GAME: Columbia’s pitchers overpowered Greenville on Pages 2: Today’s Starting Pitcher SAL South 1H Standing: T-2nd (-1.0) Page 3: Manager & Coaching Staff Home Record: 4-3 Monday. The staff struck out a franchise-record tying 17 hitters and Pages 4-6: Individual Hitting Notes Road Record: 3-1 won the series opener, 7-1. Day Record: 0-1 Page 7: Extra Hitting Notes Night Record: 7-3 Pages 8-9: Bullpen Notes 17 AGAIN: The 17 strikeouts tied the franchise mark for a single game Page 10: Miscellaneous Pitching Notes Road Trip: 3-1 set on June 22, 2017 vs. the Kannapolis Intimidators. Every Drive Page 11: Season Highs and Lows Streak: W2 Page 12: Transactions hitter on Monday struck out at least once. You can thank these arms: Sunday: 0-1 Page 13: Day-by-Day Results Monday: 2-0 • Chris Viall: 11 K (a career-high), 5 IP Tuesday: 0-1 Wednesday:1-0 • Darwin Ramos: 3 K, 2 IP vs. Greenville (1-0, 1-0 Away) Thursday: 2-0 Friday: 1-1 • Carlos Hernandez: 3 K, 2 IP Saturday: 1-1 April 16 Away W, 7-1 April: 7-4 CAN’T HANDLE THE HEAT: Columbia’s pitching staff has fanned 117 April 17 Away 7:05 p.m. May: June: hitters in 11 games - the most in the SAL. July: April 18 Away 7:05 p.m. August: September: STARTER’S SUCCESS: Columbia’s starting pitchers have been marvelous to begin the year (Tony Dibrell, Joe Cavallaro, Jake May 25 Home 7:05 p.m. Leading after six: 5-0 Simon, Anthony Kay, Chris Viall, Marcel Renteria). The starters’ Tied after six: 1-0 Trailing after six: 1-4 combined ERA is 2.83 (57.1 IP, 18 ER) through 11 games. May 26 Home 6:05 p.m. Leading after seven: 4-0 Tied after seven: 1-0 May 27 Home 6:05 p.m. Trailing after seven: 2-4 WE’RE GOING STREAKING: Both Blake Tiberi and Jeremy Leading after eight: 5-0 Vasquez reached base again on Monday. Those two hitters have Tied after eight: 1-0 reached base safely in all 10 games they’ve played in this season. May 28 Home 12:05 p.m. Trailing after eight: 1-4 Scoring first: 6-1 THESE GUYS CAN HIT...: The Fireflies are arguably the best offense July 4 Home 6:05 p.m. Opponents score first: 1-3 Shutout Wins/Loses: 0-0 in the league. Matter of fact, Columbia is first in the South Atlantic League in batting average (.281), hits (104) and walks (49). The club July 5 Home 7:05 p.m. Fireflies starter less than 6 IP: 4-3 has also scored the second-most runs (59) in the SAL Fireflies starter 6+ IP: 3-1 July 6 Home 7:05 p.m. Fireflies starter 7+ IP: 1-0 vs. LH starters: 2-1 ...ESPECIALLY LATELY: Columbia has whacked 40 hits over its last vs. RH starters: 5-3 August 7 Home 7:05 p.m. four games. Scoring less than three: 0-2 Scoring three or four: 1-1 August 8 Home 7:05 p.m. Scoring five or more: 6-1 LEAGUE LEADERS: Jeremy Vasquez leads the SAL in walks (11), and Edgardo Fermin leads the SAL in triples (4). Blake Tiberi also August 9 Home 7:05 p.m. One-run games: 1-0 owns the league’s third-best batting average (.378). Two-run games: 2-0 5+ run games: 4-2 PROSPECTS IN COLUMBIA ROSTER BREAKDOWN Extra Innings: 1-0 Walk-Off Wins: 0-0 Columbia’s 2018 roster is filled with plenty of skilled Mets farmhands. Here’s the break- down: 19-year-olds: 1 23-year-olds: 8 Out-hitting opponent: 6-1 20-year-olds: 0 24-year-olds: 2 Being out-hit: 1-3 METS PROSPECTS (according to MLB.com & Baseball America) 21-year-olds: 3 25-year-olds: 1 Same number of hits: 0-0 14. LHP Anthony Kay 22. Quinn Brodey 22-year-olds: 10 METS STERLING AWARD WINNERS Series W-L-T (Home): 1-0-1 Drafted, Signed out of HS: 1 Series W-L-T (Road): 1-0-0 Nicolas Debora, RHP (2017 Brooklyn Cyclones, 2015 DSL Mets) Drafted, Signed out of College: 16 Series W-L-T (Total): 2-0-1 Rigoberto Terrazas, INF (2017 Kingsport Mets) International Signings: 6 Series Sweeps (Home): TOP 10-ROUND METS DRAFT PICKS: Undrafted Free Agent Signings: 2 Series Sweeps (Road): Anthony Kay (UConn, 2016 - 1st round), Quinn Brodey (Stanford, 2017 – 3rd), Blake States (12) / Countries (5) Series Sweeps (Total): Tiberi (Louisville, 2016 – 3rd), Tony Dibrell (Kennesaw State, 2017 – 4th), Matt Winaker th th Represented (18): AZ, CA, GA, FL, (Stanford, 2017 – 5 ), Chris Viall (Stanford, 2016 – 6 ), Marcel Renteria (New Mexico White Jerseys: 1-2 th th IL, KY, MA, NY, OK, PA, TX, UT, Gray Jerseys: 3-0 State, 2017 – 6 ), Conner O’Neil (Cal. State Northridge, 2017 – 7 ), Trey Cobb (Oklahoma State, 2017 – 8th), Cannon Chadwick (Arkansas, 2017 – 9th) Canada, Dominican Republic, Yellow Jerseys: 2-0 Mexico, Venezuela Navy Jerseys: 1-2 #CONNECT WITH THE COLUMBIA FIREFLIES Specialty Jerseys: 0-0 Most of 2017 Season Spent In: Home crowds of 5,000+: 1 COLUMBIA (A) - 3 Home crowds of 6,000+: 1 Brooklyn (SS) - 13 Home crowds of 7,000+: Kingsport (Adv-R) - 6 /ColumbiaFireflies @ColaFireflies @ColaFireflies Columbia Fireflies DNP, Injury - 2 Sellouts at Spirit Communications Park: Ind. (Atlantic Lg.) - 1 ColumbiaFireflies.com Upcoming Schedule (ET) with Probable Pitchers Wednesday, April 18 @ Greenville 7:05 p.m. RHP Tony Dibrell (0-0, 2.70) vs. RHP Kutter Crawford (0-0, 2.00) Thursday, April 19 vs. Hickory 7:05 p.m. RHP Joe Cavallaro (1-0, 2.08) Friday, April 20 vs. Hickory 7:05 p.m. LHP Jake Simon (0-2, 2.45) Saturday, April 21 vs. Hickory 6:05 p.m. LHP Anthony Kay (0-0, 2.70) Sunday, April 22 vs. Hickory 2:05 p.m. RHP Chris Viall (1-0, 2.00) 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 24 Marcel Renteria HT: 5-11 WT: 185 B/T: R/R HOMETOWN: Rio Rico, AZ AGE: 23 BORN: September OB- Selected by the Mets in the 6th round of the 2017 MLB 27, 1994 TAINED: First-Year Player Draft out of New Mexico State Univ. YR CLUB W-L ERA G/GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB K BAA 17 Brooklyn (SS) 1-2 9.53 9-0 0 0 11.1 15 12 12 7 17 .300 MiLB CAREER 1-2 9.53 9-0 0 0 11.1 15 12 12 7 17 .300 2018 STARTS NOTES & LINKS Date Opponent Dec IP H R ER BB K RESULT • Selected by the Mets in the 6th round of the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of New Mexico State … third-highest draft pick in Aggies history and just the fifth player from the school selected in 4/10 Hagerstown L 4.1 5 5 4 2 6 L, 9-3 the first 10 rounds … two others: Luke Hopkins (5th round, 2006 - Blue Jays), Daniel Johnson (5th round, 2016 - Nationals) • Appeared in 32 games - including 28 starts - for New Mexico State in 2016 and 2017 … compiled 165 strikeouts in 158.2 IP • 2017 with the Aggies: 14 starts, 7-3 record, 4.78 ERA, 79.0 innings, and 86 strikeouts (2nd on team) • Transferred to NMSU from Pima Community College following the 2015 season … second team All-Conference in 2014 (Arizona . Community College Athletic Conference) • Graduated from Nogales High School in 2013 … in addition to baseball, was a quarterback for the football team … helped lead Nogales High to first state title in baseball in 36 years • Nogales High is located approximately an hour south of Tucson • Continuing to pursue his degree in Education from New Mexico State … sister Aissa is a principal at an elementary school in Nogales and brother, George Jr., is a teacher at a high school in Tucson Link - “One of the Highest Drafted Aggies” CAREER MARKS IP H R ER BB K 4.1 (4/10 v. HAG) 5 (4/10 v HAG) 5 (4/10 v HAG) 4, 3x (Last: 4/10 v HAG) 3 (7/25/17 v ABD) 6 (4/10 v HAG) START ME UP (2018 STARTERS) Pitcher Games Started W-L Team W-L Run Support Runs/Game RHP Tony Dibrell 2 0-0 2-0 3 1.5 RHP Joe Cavallaro 2 1-0 2-0 12 6 LHP Jake Simon 2 0-2 0-2 0 0 LHP Anthony Kay 2 0-0 1-1 8 4.0 RHP Chris Viall 2 1-0 2-0 12 6 RHP Marcel Renteria 1 0-1 0-1 3 3 Page 2 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.