COLUMBIA FIREFLIES 2018 GAME NOTES Columbia Fireflies (28-25) @ Rome Braves (33-22) RHP Chris Viall (1-2, 3.80) vs. RHP Odalvi Javier (2-2, 4.28) Sun., June 3, 2018 — State Mutual Stadium (Rome, GA) — First Pitch 2:00 p.m. — Game 54 LISTEN: Fox Sports Radio 1400 AM / ColumbiaFireflies.com / iHeartRadio App GLOW POINTS NEWS & NOTES CONTENTS ABOUT LAST GAME: David Peterson was sharp on the mound for Columbia Pages 2: Today’s Starting Pitcher SAL South 1H Standing: 4th (-6.0) Page 3: Manager & Coaching Staff Home Record: 17-11 despite a 3-1 loss to Rome on Saturday evening. The southpaw lasted seven Road Record: 11-14 innings, allowed two earned runs, issued zero walks, and recorded eight strikeouts. Pages 4-6: Individual Hitting Notes Day Record: 5-3 Peterson has tossed seven frames in four of his eight starts so far this season. Page 7: Extra Hitting Notes Night Record: 23-22 Pages 8-9: Bullpen Notes STREAKIN’: Outfielder Raphael Gladu extended his franchise-record hit streak to Page 10: Miscellaneous Pitching Notes Road Trip: 2-3 18 straight games on Saturday. Gladu passed Asheville’s Shael Mendoza (17 Page 11: Season Highs and Lows Streak: L3 Page 12: Transactions games, April 17-May 10) for the longest hit streak in the SAL and all of low-A Sunday: 3-4 baseball in 2018. Gladu is hitting .384 (25-for-65) during the hit streak. Page 13: Day-by-Day Results Monday: 2-3 Longest Active Hitting Streaks in MiLB & MLB: Tuesday: 4-4 1. Randy Cesar (Corpus Christi) - 25 Wednesday: 6-1 Thursday: 4-5 2. Mauricio Dubon (Colorado Springs) - 23 vs. Rome (0-2, 0-2 Away) Friday: 6-2 3. Daniel Castro (Albuquerque) - 22 Saturday: 3-6 4. Raphael Gladu (COLUMBIA) - 18 April: 12-12 5. Jordan Devencenzi (Beloit) - 16 May: 16-11 June 1 Away L, 7-1 June: 0-2 STREAKIN’ x 2: There have been three different Fireflies this season to record on- July: base streaks of 16 games or longer: August: September: 1. 29, Jeremy Vasquez (April 5-May 6)* *SAL & franchise-best 2. 23, Raphael Gladu (May 2-present) 3. 16, Scott Manea (April 21-May 12) June 2 Away L, 3-1 Leading after six: 18-2 Tied after six: 2-4 Trailing after six: 8-19 BEST OF LUCK: Former Firefly P.J. Conlon was recently designated for Leading after seven: 19-2 assignment by the Mets on May 30. On Saturday, the Dodgers claimed the 24-year Tied after seven: 1-3 -old off waivers and assigned him to Triple-A Oklahoma City. He posted on Twitter June 3 Away 2:00 p.m. Trailing after seven: 8-20 following this news thanking the Mets organization. Conlon held a 1.84 ERA in 12 Leading after eight: 22-1 starts with the Fireflies in 2016. Tied after eight: 5-4 Trailing after eight: 1-19 7:00 p.m. PUTTING IT IN PLAY: The Fireflies have struck out only 419 times this season - July 23 Away Scoring first: 15-7 the fourth-fewest in the SAL. Ali Sanchez has just 14 strikeouts all year and just Opponents score first: 13-18 four over his last 16 games. Raphael Gladu has three strikeouts in his previous Shutout Wins/Loses: 1-4 nine contests July 24 Away 7:00 p.m. Fireflies starter less than 6 IP: 13-17 Fireflies starter 6+ IP: 14-7 SUPERB VISON: Columbia is one of two teams in MiLB with three players leading Fireflies starter 7+ IP: 5-4 their respective league in total walks, the other being the Fresno Grizzlies (HOU): vs. LH starters: 12-5 South Atlantic League (Low A) Pacific Coast League (AAA) vs. RH starters: 16-20 1. Blake Tiberi (COL) - 34 1. Drew Ferguson, 38 July 25 Away 1:00 p.m. Scoring less than three: 3-17 2. Matt Winaker (COL) - 31 T-2. A.J. Reed, 36 Scoring three or four: 5-2 3. Jeremy Vasquez (COL) - 30 T-2. Tyler White, 36 Scoring five or more: 20-6 The Fireflies lead the SAL with 196 walks. Columbia also finished the 2017 season July 26 Away 7:00 p.m. at the top of the league in walks and placed second in 2016. One-run games: 11-10 Two-run games: 6-3 5+ run games: 8-5 ROSTER BREAKDOWN FROM COLA TO THE BIGS Extra Innings: 5-3 Walk-Off Wins: 5 Columbia’s 2018 roster is filled with plenty of skilled Mets farmhands: Out-hitting opponent: 22-3 METS PROSPECTS (according to MLB.com & Baseball America) Being out-hit: 7-18 2. LHP, David Peterson (1st round—20th, ‘17) 22. OF, Quinn Brodey Same number of hits: 1-4 14. LHP, Anthony Kay (1st round—31st, ‘16) 27. C, Ali Sanchez 19. OF, Wuilmer Becerra Series W-L-T (Home): 4-1-2 Series W-L-T (Road): 3-5-0 METS STERLING AWARD WINNERS (awarded to best player at each Mets MiLB level) Columbia had its first two former Series W-L-T (Total): 7-6-2 Nicolas Debora, RHP (2017 Brooklyn Cyclones, 2015 DSL Mets) players make their Major League debuts in 2018. Right-hander Rigoberto Terrazas, INF (2017 Kingsport Mets) Series Sweeps (Home): Merandy Gonzalez (above) was the Series Sweeps (Road): 1 TOP 10-ROUND METS DRAFT PICKS: first. The 2017 SAL All-Star pitched Series Sweeps (Total): 1 two scoreless innings for the Miami David Peterson (Oregon, 2017 - 1st round) Anthony Kay (UConn, 2016 - 1st), Quinn Brodey (Stanford, 2017 – 3rd), Blake Tiberi (Louisville, 2016 – 3rd), Tony Dibrell (Kennesaw Marlins on April 19. Left-hander P.J. White Jerseys: 5-6 th th th Gray Jerseys: 5-3 State, 2017 – 4 ), Matt Winaker (Stanford, 2017 – 5 ), Chris Viall (Stanford, 2016 – 6 ), Conlon (below) started for the Mets th Yellow Jerseys: 4-1 Marcel Renteria (New Mexico State, 2017 – 6 ), Conner O’Neil (Cal. State Northridge, 2017 on May 7 in th th th Navy Jerseys: 12-14 – 7 ), Trey Cobb (Oklahoma State, 2017 – 8 ), Stephen Villines (Kansas, 2017 – 10 ) Cincinnati. The Specialty Jerseys: 2-0 #CONNECT WITH THE COLUMBIA FIREFLIES 2016 Mets Minor League Pitcher of Home crowds of 5,000+: 5 the Year hurled 3.2 Home crowds of 6,000+: 3 IP, struck out a Home crowds of 7,000+: batter and evened /ColumbiaFireflies @ColaFireflies @ColaFireflies Columbia Fireflies smacked a base hit Sellouts at Spirit Communications Park: in his second at- ColumbiaFireflies.com bat. Upcoming Schedule (ET) with Probable Pitchers Monday, June 4 OFF DAY Tuesday, June 5 vs. Charleston 7:05 p.m. RHP Tony Dibrell (2-2, 3.88) Wednesday, June 6 vs. Charleston 7:05 p.m. RHP Joe Cavallaro (6-1, 2.22) Thursday, June 7 vs. Charleston 7:05 p.m. LHP Anthony Kay (2-3, 4.40) Friday, June 8 vs. Augusta 7:05 p.m. LHP David Peterson (1-4, 2.10) 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 OB- Selected by the Mets in the 6th round of the 2016 MLB 28, 1995 TAINED: 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 • Placed on Columbia’s disabled list on May 12...activated off DL on June 3 5/6 Lakewood ND 2.0 2 4 4 4 2 W, 10-7 • Tied a Fireflies single-game franchise record with 12 Ks in start at Charleston on 4/24 4/29 @ Augusta L 5.0 2 1 1 5 5 L, 2-0 • College: Stanford University (CA)...spent three seasons with 4/24 @ Charleston L 5.1 5 2 2 2 12 L, 2-1 (7) the Cardinal...appeared 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 4/16 @ Greenville W 5.0 2 1 1 4 11 W, 7-1 • Attended Soquel High School...final outing of his career was in the D III Quarterfinals (16 strikeouts) 4/9 Hagerstown ND 4.0 5 2 1 2 6 W, 8-3 • 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 different MLB teams) also went to Soquel • 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 a month prior to this • Originally was selected by the Giants in the 39th round of the 2013 MLB Draft, but did not sign CAREER MARKS IP H R ER BB K 5.1 (4/24 @ CHS) 6 (8/22/16 @ Johnson City) 5, 2x (Last: 8/22/16 @ Johnson City) 5 (8/22/16 @ Johnson City) 5 (4/29/18 @ Augusta) 12 (4/24 @ CHS) START ME UP (2018 STARTERS) Pitcher Games Started W-L Team W-L Run Support Runs/Game RHP Tony Dibrell 9 2-2 6-3 13 1.4 RHP Joe Cavallaro 8 6-1 6-2 30 3.8 LHP Jake Simon 6 0-3 3-3 6 1.0 LHP Anthony Kay 9 2-3 4-5 32 3.6 RHP Chris Viall 5 1-2 3-2 15 3.0 RHP Marcel Renteria 7 2-1 4-3 30 4.3 LHP David Peterson 8 1-4 1-7 16 2.0 RHP Yeizo Campos 1 0-0 1-0 0 0.0 RHP Briam Campusano 1 0-0 1-0 0 0.0 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.