Columbia Fireflies Game Notes 6.1 vs Fayetteville

June 1, 2025 – Carolina League (CarL)
Columbia Fireflies News Release

The Fireflies close out their series with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers tonight at Segra Park at 5:05 pm. LHP David Shields (1-0, 0.69 ERA) takes the bump for Columbia and Fayetteville counters with RHP Ramsey David (1-3, 3.86 ERA).

Tonight is a Kid Sunday Funday where after the game kids can run the bases thanks to Bang Back Pinball Lounge and we’ll host a full team autograph session. Buy your tickets now at FirefliesTickets.com.

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FIREFLIES SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER SATURDAY: The Columbia Fireflies staff used a five-run first and strong pitching to win game one of a doubleheader against the Fayetteville Woodpeckers 5-2. The Fireflies fell short 5-4 in extra innings in game two as they earned the split against Fayetteville Saturday night at Segra Park. Game One The Fireflies jumped on Raimy Rodriguez as they scored five runs in the first inning. 11 Fireflies came to the plate and the team had three hits, three walks and one hit batter to keep the bases loaded with Columbia players. The highlight of the inning was an Angel Acosta two RBI single to plate Derlin Figueroa and Milo Rushford and grant Columbia a 4-0 lead. Asbel Gonzalez and Josi Novas drew walks with the bases loaded to score a pair of runs and Derlin Figueroa singled to score Gonzalez to start the scoring with one out. Game Two Fraynel Nova (L, 1-1) worked a scoreless seventh to give the Fireflies bats a chance in the bottom of the seventh, but Columbia couldn’t break through and the game went to extras. In the eighth, a wild pitch and a fielder’s choice allowed Cesar Hernandez to come around to grant Fayetteville a 5-4 lead. Henry Ramos was the placed runner for Columbia in the bottom of the eighth. The right fielder advanced to third on a wild pitch, but couldn’t score as Columbia went down in order and fell 5-4.

SPEED, I AM SPEED: Asbel Gonzalez is now second in the Carolina League in stolen bases with 40 on the season. He trails Tommy Hawke, who has 45. Gonzalez is also second to Hawke for the most runs scored in the League (41). Gonzalez also has the league’s second-best batting average with a mark of .303. Last Tuesday, Gonzalez became the first Fireflies player to hit a lead-off homer since Jean Ramirez did it at Kannapolis July 14, 2022. It was the center fielder’s first homer of the season and the second of his career.

MASTER OF THE MISS: Friday night, Yunior Marte continued his solid start to the 2025 campaign. The 6’5″…