Peterson's Grand Start to 2018 Continues
CHARLESTON, SC - New York Mets 2017 first round draft choice David Peterson was splendid again on Sunday. The lefty allowed just one earned run and struck out seven over seven innings, but Columbia fell to Charleston, 2-1.Peterson (1-2, 1.91) has now yielded just two earned runs over his last
CHARLESTON, SC - New York Mets 2017 first round draft choice
Peterson (1-2, 1.91) has now yielded just two earned runs over his last 26 innings (four starts). Most impressive, Peterson did not walk a batter on Sunday for the first time in his six starts.
Columbia (22-20) won the first two games of the series but still managed a split of the four-game set after back-to-back losses. Fourteen of the Fireflies first 18 games in May have been decided by three runs or fewer.
The Fireflies jumped ahead 1-0 in the fifth.
Charleston (19-23) tied the score in the bottom of the sixth when a run came home on an error. The following frame,
The Fireflies mustered just one base hit from that point on and could not rally. Besides Peterson, reliever
Columbia starts its first ever eight-game homestand on Monday. The Fireflies host the West Virginia Power for the first of four starting at 7:05 ET at Spirit Communications Park. The righty
You can watch the game on MiLB.TV or listen to the action on FOX Sports Radio 1400 AM, ColumbiaFireflies.com and the TuneIn Radio app starting at 6:45 p.m.
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