First Half Comes to a Close on Sunday
COLUMBIA, SC - The first half of Columbia's season wrapped up on Sunday at Segra Park. While Mark Vientos recorded a pair of hits in the series finale against Lexington, the Legends completed the sweep and defeated the Fireflies, 10-1. Lexington finished a half-game ahead of Charleston in the first
COLUMBIA, SC - The first half of Columbia's season wrapped up on Sunday at Segra Park. While
While Vientos registered his 10th multi-hit game of the year, the rest of the Columbia (24-42) hitters did little else. Lexington's (37-32) pitchers held the Fireflies to just four hits.
After four scoreless innings, the Legends plated three in the fifth. Simeon Woods-Richardson (L, 1-7) had allowed just three base-runners over the first four but then walked back to back hitters in the fifth.
The visitors added three more the following frame.
Columbia loaded the bases in the seventh against starter
The Legends distanced themselves from the Fireflies with two runs in eighth and ninth innings. Gigliotti wound up with three hits and four RBIs on the day for Lexington.
Columbia ends the first half with a 24-42 mark. The Fireflies are off for the all-star break from June 17-19 but return to action on Thursday in Asheville. Columbia faces the Tourists from Thursday to Sunday before continuing to Lexington for a three-game series from June 24-26.
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