Fireflies Take Advantage of Fayetteville Mistakes in 5-3 Win
COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies were able to ride a three-run fourth and a stellar relief outing from Zack Phillips to a 5-3 victory over the Fayetteville Woodpeckers Wednesday evening at Segra Park. The fourth inning remained a strong inning for the Fireflies, who scored six in that frame Tuesday
Fireflies Can’t Hold onto Late Lead, Fall 4-3
COLUMBIA, SC – For a second straight night, the Fireflies fall 4-3 at Segra Park, but Thursday, the story was different, as Myrtle Beach scratched for three runs in the ninth to upend Columbia for the third straight night. The Fireflies (38-42) were gifted an incredible start from Cruz Noriega,
Fireflies Fall Two Feet Short Against Augusta Friday
Fireflies Split Doubleheader with Pelicans
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Columbia Fireflies played in and split their third doubleheader of the season at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark Saturday evening. The pitching staff was dominant, only allowing a pair of runs across the two contests. Game One Columbia shelled the Pelicans in game one, taking the
Fireflies Drop Series Finale 7-1 to Charleston
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Fireflies left the tying run in scoring position in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings, but then gave up five runs in the ninth to fall 7-1 to the Charleston RiverDogs Sunday evening at Segra Park. After Cruz Noriega (L, 3-2) offered five strong innings for
Fireflies Unseated by Five-Run Sixth from RiverDogs
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Fireflies went to the bullpen and saw five runs come across in the first inning of relief work in a 6-3 loss to the Charleston RiverDogs Tuesday night at Segra Park. After Cruz Noriega offered five one-run innings with a career-high seven strikeouts for Columbia (27-24),
Bats Can’t Support Strong Pitching Performance
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Columbia Fireflies bats were held in check as the GreenJackets cruised to a 1-0 victory over Columbia at SRP Park Wednesday evening. Wednesday marked the seventh time Columbia (25-21) has been shut out in 2021. It’s also the third time Columbia has found themselves on the
Bullpen Stellar in 6-2 Win Over Myrtle Beach
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The bats got going early and the bullpen slammed the door shut as Marlin Willis and Cruz Noriega allowed just two singles across five innings in Columbia’s 6-2 win over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans Friday night at Segra Park. Noriega (W, 3-1) spun three perfect innings, striking
Columbia Capitalizes on Charleston Mistakes to Even Series
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Columbia Fireflies capitalized on a pair of errors in the top of the sixth inning to score four runs, all of which were unearned, to beat the Charleston RiverDogs 5-3 Wednesday night at Joseph P. Riley Ballpark. After obtaining the first out on a 1-1 groundout
Early Offense, Stellar Pitching Key in Fireflies 6-2 Win
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Columbia Fireflies offense utilized five errors from Myrtle Beach to score five unearned runs to vault over the Pelicans 6-2 Wednesday evening at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark. Adrian Alcantara (W, 2-2) notched the longest outing for a Fireflies (17-9) starter this season. A five-inning appearance
Early Pitching Woes Bury Fireflies
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Fireflies pitching staff gave up runs in each of the first three innings and ended up dropping Friday night’s contest to Kannapolis 6-2 at Atrium Health Ballpark. Cruz Noriega (L, 0-1) got the start for Columbia and gave up three bombs to Kannapolis in the first