COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The Columbia Fireflies are filling seats at their brand new Minor League Baseball Stadium. Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin said the project, which was mostly paid for by the city using $29 million dollars, was finished on time and on budget. The stadium is just phase one of one of the largest land deals in Columbia’s modern…
GREENVILLE, SC (Fireflies) — The Fireflies played 11 innings of baseball on Sunday at Fluor Field, winning Saturday’s postponed game, 13-3, and then dropping the originally scheduled Sunday matchup to the Drive, 5-4. When it was all said and done, Vinny Siena finished 6-for-8 at the plate in the two games combined, and raised his batting average to .366. He…
Columbia Fireflies (15-13) @ Greenville Drive (14-13) Game 1: Resumes at the Start of the Bottom of the Fifth Inning (Columbia leads, 5-0) Game 2: RHP Joe Shaw (2-1, 2.57) vs. RHP Daniel Gonzalez (1-1, 4.88) Sunday, May 8, 2016 — Fluor Field (Greenville, SC) — First Pitch 2:00 p.m. — Games 29 & 30 LISTEN: WGCV 620 AM, 105.1…
GREENVILLE, SC (Fireflies) — Due to a technical issue with the left-field light tower at Fluor Field, Saturday night’s game between Columbia and Greenville was suspended after four and a half innings. The game will resume – beginning with the bottom of the fifth – on Sunday starting at 2 p.m. Sunday’s originally scheduled game at 4:05 p.m. will go…
Columbia Fireflies (15-13) @ Greenville Drive (14-13) RHP Tyler Badamo (1-2, 4.74) vs. LHP Logan Boyd (3-1, 3.91) Saturday, May 7, 2016 — Fluor Field (Greenville, SC) — First Pitch 7:05 p.m. — Game 29 LISTEN: WGCV 620 AM, 105.1 & 96.3 FM / ColumbiaFireflies.com / TuneIn Radio App ABOUT LAST GAME: The Fireflies split a doubleheader with Greensboro…
GREENSBORO, N.C. (Fireflies) — After a 5-2 loss in game one of its doubleheader, Columbia bounced back to defeat Greensboro, 2-1, in the nightcap at NewBridge Bank Ballpark. The Fireflies won the series, taking two of three games from the Grasshoppers. Columbia (15-13) starter Kevin Canelon (W, 2-1) dominated the home team in the second game. The left-hander tossed five…
GREENSBORO, N.C. (Fireflies) — Due to rain in the area, Thursday’s game against the Greensboro Grasshoppers has been postponed and moved to Friday as part of a doubleheader. Both games will be seven innings long, with the first starting at 5:00 p.m. Game two will start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one. You can listen to game…
GREENSBORO, N.C. (Fireflies) — Every Firefly hitter reached base safely on Wednesday night and Columbia cruised past the Greensboro Grasshoppers, 8-3. The Fireflies used three-run innings in the first and eighth frames to propel past their foes. The first five Columbia (14-12) batters of the game all reached against starter Jordan Holloway (L, 0-1). J.C. Rodriguez drew a walk and…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — J.C. Rodriguez singled and extended his hit streak to eight games on Monday night, but Columbia couldn’t muster up much more offense, dropping the series finale to Kannapolis, 5-0, at Spirit Communications Park. The Fireflies infielder has raised his batting average 71 points during the streak. Rodriguez’s single came in the bottom of the ninth inning….
COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) — The Fireflies endured their first rain-shortened game at Spirit Communications Park and fell to the Intimidators Sunday afternoon, 5-4. The rain delay lasted 35 minutes and the game was called after seven innings. In his Fireflies debut, outfielder Enmanuel Zabala scorched two doubles and scored a pair of runs. Rain delay at #SpiritCommPark pic.twitter.com/bYwHe76mIp — Columbia Fireflies (@ColaFireflies)…
