COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) — Kevin Canelon had just finished his eighth inning of work against Charleston when Dash Winningham stepped to the plate in the home half of the frame. Winningham’s run-scoring single snapped a 3-3 tie and gave Columbia the lead for good. The Fireflies downed the Charleston RiverDogs, 4-3, at Spirit Communications Park. Canelon (W, 5-6) secured his…
COLUMBIA, SC – The largest crowd in Spirit Communications Park history watched the Fireflies on Independence Day. 9,228 fans packed the house on Monday, but Columbia fell in its series opener against the Charleston RiverDogs, 3-1. Monday marked the first professional baseball game in the Palmetto State’s capital on the Fourth of July since the Capital City Bombers hosted the…
CHARLESTON, WV (Fireflies) – The Fireflies lost the series finale to West Virginia on Sunday afternoon, 4-0, at Appalachian Power Park. Luis Ortega notched a multi-hit game, finishing 2-for-3. It was a pitchers’ duel early. Joe Shaw (L, 4-6) allowed just three hits over the first four innings and Logan Sendelbach (W, 6-2) surrendered just two. Daniel Arribas broke the…
CHARLESTON, WV (Fireflies) – Vicente Lupo blasted a three-run home run on Saturday night, but Columbia still fell to West Virginia, 7-6. Lupo drove in four runs at Appalachian Power Park and extended his hit streak to seven games. The contest was tied, 5-5, heading to the ninth inning. The first two Fireflies recorded outs, but it was Kevin Kaczmarski…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — Columbia and Augusta kicked off the second half of the South Atlantic League season on Thursday night. The Fireflies fell behind early and dropped the series opener to the GreenJackets, 6-3. The crowd of 4,828 watched four home runs whiz out of Spirit Communications Park. Miguel Gomez homered twice for Augusta (1-0, 37-34). His two-run…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — Seven-time Major League Baseball All-Star and South Carolina native Bobby Richardson will speak at Faith and Family Night at Spirit Communications Park on Sunday, June 26, before the Fireflies host the Augusta GreenJackets (San Francisco Giants). First pitch is scheduled for 5:05 p.m. and Richardson will deliver a faith-based speech shortly after gates open to the…
Former Gamecock 2nd baseman Max Schrock went 2-3 with 2 RBI and earned MVP honors at the South Atlantic League All-Star game in Lexington, Kentucky Tuesday night. Schrock’s North team knocked off the South division team 2-1. The Hagerstown Suns slugger got a first inning RBI double off Columbia Fireflies pitcher P.J. Conlon. Conlon ended up the losing pitcher, giving…
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Fireflies) — Columbia fell victim to an Asheville power surge on Friday night, falling 6-2 to the Tourists at McCormick Field. Jeff Diehl and Ivan Wilson combined for three extra-base hits in the ballgame but the home team overwhelmed their opponent with 14 base knocks. Columbia (35-33) faced a 3-0 deficit in the top of the fifth…
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Fireflies) — After 30 hits and 16 runs combined on Thursday night, the Fireflies edged the Tourists, 10-6, at McCormick Field in Asheville, North Carolina. The circus of a game lasted three hours and 36 minutes, the longest nine-inning game of the season for Columbia. The visitors pushed across the first run in the the top of the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — Jeff Diehl knocked in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to break a tie on Wednesday night, and Columbia downed the Rome Braves, 4-3, at Spirit Communications Park. The Fireflies took two of three in the series against Rome and finished the seven-game homestand with a 5-2 mark. Columbia’s (34-32) 3-0 lead vanished in…
