April 23, 2024 – Carolina League (CarL)
Columbia Fireflies News Release
The Fireflies open up a series with the Augusta GreenJackets this morning at 11:05 am at Segra Park. RHP Ethan Bosacker (0-0, 0.81 ERA) takes the hill for Columbia and Augusta counters with RHP Cade Kueller (1-1, 0.00 ERA).
It’s a beautiful day for day-time baseball and WLTX Weather Day! Tons of students-and possibly you-can learn more about how weather affects baseball before the game this morning. Plus, shop the best lunch specials in town at Segra Park on a Miller Lite $2 Tuesday. Enjoy $2 hot dogs, popcorn, fountain sodas and 12 oz cans of Miller Lite.
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LATE OFFENSE PUSHES COLUMBIA TO 3-1 WIN: The Fireflies added some late runs behind another stellar pitching performance to take their third-consecutive game over the Charleston RiverDogs 3-1 Saturday night at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park. The Fireflies edged ahead in the top of the eighth inning. Erick Torres reached on a fielder’s choice and moved to second after Blake Mitchell singled. Next, Daniel Vazquez bounced out to pitcher Wooyeoul Shin to move runners to second and third with a pair of outs. Derlin Figueroa didn’t even need to put the ball into play. Shin threw a wild pitch in the dirt that plated Torres to put Columbia on top 2-1. Last Tuesday, Torres scored on a wild pitch from Garrett Brown to start off the Fireflies series vs the Pelicans, so it is the second time he has scored the go-ahead run late off a wild pitch this season.
YOU CAN COUNT ON CHARLES: After a slow start to the 2024 season, Austin Charles has put himself right back on top with the rest of the Carolina League Leaders. The Fireflies third baseman is riding a nine-game hitting streak that began April 10. During the run, he is 13-31 (.419) at the plate with one homer and an incredible 12 RBI. His streak has the fifth-most RBI in the circuit this season, but Charles sits with 14, just two behind league leader Brandon Pimentel in Fredericksburg. His hitting streak is tied for the 2nd longest hitting streak in the Carolina League.
QUALITY BOSACKER: Ethan Bosacker became the first Fireflies pitcher to notch a quality start during the 2024 season yesterday. The righty has gotten off to a great push this year. After five scoreless frames from the bullpen in his first appearance of the year at Segra Park, yesterday he went six innings, allowing a single hit (a homerun) while punching out seven. He’s tied for the team lead with 12…
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