COLUMBIA FIREFLIES 2018 GAME NOTES Columbia Fireflies (13-16, 47-49) @ Rome Braves (13-17, 53-46) Game 1: RHP Chris Viall (3-5, 4.61) vs. RHP Odalvi Javier (2-7, 4.05) Game 2: LHP Jake Simon (0-4, 2.88) vs. RHP Freddy Tarnok (4-1, 3.13) Mon., July 23, 2018 — State Mutual Stadium (Rome, GA) — First Pitch 5:00 p.m. — Games 97 & 98 LISTEN: Fox Sports Radio 1400 AM / ColumbiaFireflies.com / iHeartRadio App GLOW NOTES NEWS & NOTES CONTENTS UMBRELLA: Monday’s game between the Fireflies and Braves has been Pages 2: Today’s Starting Pitcher SAL Southern 2nd H Standing: 5th (-4.0) Page 3: Manager & Coaching Staff Home Record: 25-25 postponed due to rain. The two teams will make up this contest as part of a Road Record: 22-24 doubleheader (two seven-inning games) on Tuesday at State Mutual Pages 4-6: Individual Hitting Notes Day Record: 9-6 Stadium. Page 7: Extra Hitting Notes Night Record: 38-43 Pages 8-9: Bullpen Notes Page 10: Miscellaneous Pitching Notes Homestand: 2-2 ABOUT LAST GAME: Columbia edged Augusta 2-1 at Spirit Page 11: Season Highs and Lows Streak: W1 Communications Park. Luc Rennie owned Sunday’s series finale against Page 12: Transactions Sunday: 7-7 the GreenJackets. The righty set a Fireflies franchise record with 14 Page 13: Day-by-Day Results Monday: 6-6 strikeouts across seven innings. Rennie threw 92 pitches and 71 of those Tuesday: 5-6 were for strikeouts (77%). Wednesday: 8-3 Scoring Summary Thursday: 7-10 vs. Rome (0-3, 0-3 Away) Friday: 9-6 • Bottom 7: Zach Rheams drove in Matt Winaker with a single (1-0, COL) Saturday: 5-11 • Top 8: Jeffry Parra launched a solo home run (1-1) April: 12-12 • Bottom 8: Edgardo Fermin’s sacrifice fly scored Jay Jabs (2-1, COL) June 1 Away L, 7-1 May: 16-11 June: 11-14 July: 8-12 STRIKEOUT KING: Rennie inked his name in the team record books on August: Sunday afternoon. Here’s the list of the top three strikeout performances in September: Fireflies history: June 2 Away L, 3-1 Leading after six: 30-4 1. Luc Rennie (14) - July 22, 2018 Tied after six: 9-7 2. Jordan Humphreys (12) - April 24, 2017 Trailing after six: 8-37 T-2. Chris Viall (12) - April 24, 2018 June 3 Away L, 5-3 Leading after seven: 34-4 Tied after seven: 4-6 Trailing after seven: 8-37 SUPER SCOTT: Catcher Scott Manea reached base twice again on Leading after eight: 36-2 Sunday. Manea has put together a splendid month of July: July 23 Away PPD Tied after eight: 8-8 Trailing after eight: 1-36 • 18 GP: .311 BA, .425 OBP, 9 R, 8 2B, 3 HR, 17 RBI, 9 BB His July batting average is the highest on the team and the catcher has Scoring first: 29-13 started 15 straight games. July 24 Away 5:00 p.m. Opponents score first: 18-36 Shutout Wins/Loses: 5-7 YOUNG AND SKILLED: Mets top prospect and former Firefly Andres Fireflies starter less than 6 IP: 21-33 Gimenez was promoted to Double-A Binghamton today. The 19-year-old is Fireflies starter 6+ IP: 24-14 July 24 Away Game 2 Fireflies starter 7+ IP: 10-7 now the second-youngest player at the Double-A level (Vladimir Guerrero Jr. vs. LH starters: 21-13 is the youngest). Gimenez left Advanced-A St. Lucie tied for the league-lead vs. RH starters: 26-35 with 28 stolen bases. He also hit .282 in 86 games with the Mets. July 25 Away 1:00 p.m. Scoring less than three: 8-30 Scoring three or four: 10-7 TIME CAPSULE: On July 23, 1988, Hall of Famer John Smoltz made his big Scoring five or more: 29-12 -league debut with the Atlanta Braves. Smoltz faced the Mets at Shea Stadium and his first career strikeout was against Darryl Strawberry. July 26 Away 7:00 p.m. One-run games: 17-14 Two-run games: 9-12 5+ run games: 13-10 NOTABLE FIRST HALF MOMENTS Extra Innings: 6-7 FROM COLA TO THE SHOW 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: 34-7 Fireflies to reach the big Being out-hit: 11-37 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): 5-7-3 Team: Miami Marlins Series W-L-T (Road): 6-7-1 • Fireflies win in walk-off fashion back-to-back nights (first time in franchise history). Debut: April 19, 2018 Series W-L-T (Total): 11-14-4 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: 8-10 June 9 - W, 2-1 vs. Augusta (10) Gray Jerseys: 7-5 Yellow Jerseys: 5-3 • LHP David Peterson tosses a career-high eight innings and records 10 strikeouts. 3. OF Kevin Kaczmarski Navy Jerseys: 24-27 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 Wednesday, July 25 @ Rome 1:00 p.m. RHP Tony Dibrell (4-5, 3.38) vs. RHP Alan Rangel (3-6, 5.15) Thursday, July 26 @ Rome 7:00 p.m. RHP Zac Grotz (1-3, 5.94) vs. RHP Keith Weisenberg (0-2, 3.45) Friday, July 27 @ Augusta 7:05 p.m. RHP Marcel Renteria (2-1, 4.89) Saturday, July 28 @ Augusta 6:05 p.m. RHP Luc Rennie (1-0, 0.83) Sunday, July 29 @ Augusta 5:05 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 39 Chris Viall HT: 6-9 WT: 230 B/T: R/R HOMETOWN: Santa Cruz, CA AGE: 22 BORN: September OBTAINED: Selected by the Mets in the 6th round of the 2016 MLB 28, 1995 First-Year Player Draft out of Stanford University YR CLUB W-L ERA G/GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB K BAA 16 Kingsport (Adv-R) 0-2 6.75 9-6 0 0 20.0 18 19 15 17 27 .228 17 Brooklyn (SS) 0-3 3.42 9-5 0 0 26.1 17 12 10 14 31 .187 MiLB CAREER 0-5 4.86 18-11 0 0 46.1 35 31 25 31 58 .206 2018 STARTS NOTES & LINKS Date Opponent Dec IP H R ER BB K RESULT • 2018: In his last start (6/10 vs. AUG) walked no one for the first time all season … has allowed more than 2 ER in just one of his seven starts … placed on Columbia’s 7/16 @ Lakewood L 4.0 7 8 5 5 6 L, 12-6 disabled list on May 12...activated off DL on June 3 7/9 Charleston W 6.0 5 1 1 2 7 W, 2-1 • Tied a Fireflies single-game franchise record with 12 Ks in start at Charleston on 4/24 … has posted his highest K:BB ratio (2.4:1) in his 3-year pro career - prior 2 years is was 1.8:1 7/3 @ Augusta ND 5.0 1 1 0 4 10 W, 2-1 • College: Stanford University (CA) … spent 3 seasons with the Cardinal … appeared 6/28 Asheville ND 6.0 4 2 2 2 6 L, 5-3 (9) in 47 games and made 15 starts (13 of these starts came in his freshman and sophomore years)...finished his career with a 4.80 ERA … Junior season (2016): 1-1, 6/16 @ Hagerstown L 3.0 7 9 9 3 4 L, 12-6 5.01, 16 GP-2 GS, 23 IP, 29 K, 19 BB 6/10 Augusta W 5.1 2 0 0 0 4 W, 4-0 • Attended Soquel High School (near the Pacific Ocean, 45-minute drive to Stanford Univ.) … final outing of his career was in the DIII Quarterfinals - struck out 16 batters 6/3 @ Rome L 2.0 3 1 1 1 3 L, 5-3 • Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Pitcher of the year in 2013 (1.45 ERA, 113 strikeouts, & 72 innings)...former big leaguer Casey McGehee (played for eight 5/6 Lakewood ND 2.0 2 4 4 4 2 W, 10-7 different MLB teams) also went to Soquel 4/29 @ Augusta L 5.0 2 1 1 5 5 L, 2-0 • In October of 2016, Viall underwent surgery to reposition the ulnar nerve in his right elbow … this was the same surgery Mets RHP Jacob deGrom had underwent a 4/24 @ Charleston L 5.1 5 2 2 2 12 L, 2-1 (7) month prior 4/16 @ Greenville W 5.0 2 1 1 4 11 W, 7-1 • Was originally selected by the Giants in the 39th round of the 2013 MLB Draft, but did not sign 4/9 Hagerstown ND 4.0 5 2 1 2 6 W, 8-3 • Grew up a “15-minute jog” from the beach in Santa Cruz (which is known as Surf City) … enjoys playing the guitar CAREER MARKS IP H R ER BB K 6.0, 2x (Last: 7/9/18 v.