Here are the top performers from the fourth week of AFL action:

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies bats were shut down as they fell to the Mudcats 6-0 in the finale at Five County Stadium Sunday afternoon. The Fireflies split their final road series of the campaign to stay alive for post-season contention. The Carolina Mudcats got on the board first in

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies pitching staff worked their first shutout of the 2022 season Sunday night in a 2-0 win over the Salem Red Sox at Segra Park. The shutout was the Fireflies first shutout in a year and a day. Their last shutout came from Adrian Alcantara and

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies wasted an incredible performance from starter Luinder Avila as they fell 1-0 to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans Tuesday night at TicketReturn.com Field. Luinder Avila turned in the most dominant start of the season for any Fireflies pitcher. The righty tossed a career-best seven innings while

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies weren’t able to keep pace with the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, falling in the 11th inning 5-4 at Atrium Health Ballpark Thursday night. The Cannon Ballers (17-10) didn’t require a hit in extras to win the game, as Samil Polanco reached on a fielder’s choice and

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies allowed a trio of runs in the fourth and sixth innings as they fell 6-3 to Augusta Friday night at Segra Park. Augusta (8-13) jumped out in front with a three-run fourth inning. After Francisco Floyd started the inning with a lead-off double, Brandon Parker

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies stormed back, scoring four runs to take the lead in the ninth, before falling 5-4 in 10 innings to the Down East Wood Ducks Thursday night at Grainger Stadium. In the first inning, River Town drew a two-out walk in the first frame to extend

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies split a doubleheader with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, starting with a 10-6 loss and ending with a 5-3 win at Segra Park Friday Night. Columbia is now 10-3 in the second half and continues to pace the South division, and are three games in front

COLUMBIA, SC – The Columbia Fireflies, in conjunction with the Carolina League and Minor League Baseball, have announced today that Luinder Avila has been named the Carolina League Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 27-July 3. During the week, Avila started one game against the Augusta GreenJackets

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies utilized a three-run tenth to step over the Augusta GreenJackets 5-4 Friday night at SRP Park. Columbia bursted out in extras. After two bunts that led to errors loaded the bases for the Fireflies, Carter Jensen drew a walk to break the stalemate. Next, Gary

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies jumped ahead of the RiverDogs in the first inning, refusing to surrender their lead for the entire contest – which resulted in Columbia winning their second-consecutive game. Luinder Avila (W, 4-6) had an impressive outing – pitching six total innings. He allowed three hits, two

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies were able to add a trio of runs in the seventh, but the rally stalled their as they dropped the final game of their 12-game homestand 12-6 to the Carolina Mudcats Sunday evening at Segra Park. The Mudcats (34-29) jumped on the board quickly, with

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies pitching staff couldn’t quite figure out the Augusta GreenJackets, as Columbia lost 15-2 Wednesday night at Segra Park. Starter Luinder Avila (L, 3-5) was chased from the game in a hurry. After lasting four or more innings in each of his last eight starts, the

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies lost a rain shortened contest, 4-2 after five completed innings Thursday evening at Salem Memorial Ballpark. A four-run third marked the difference for the Salem Red Sox (25-23). Fireflies (14-34) starter Luinder Avila (L, 3-4) cruised through the first two frames in his 10th start

COLUMBIA, SC – The Columbia Fireflies offense couldn’t get going, and some late offense for Lynchburg resulted in Columbia taking home a 6-0 loss at Bank of the James stadium Thursday night. The difference making run came in the bottom of the eighth. With both teams deadlocked at 0-0, Luis

COLUMBIA, SC – After Heribert Garcia was able to work the first immaculate inning of his career in the sixth, the Fireflies put up four runs to win 5-3 over the Augusta GreenJackets Saturday evening at SRP Park. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Fireflies reliever Heribert Garcia (W,

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies closed out the series with three long balls to send the fans home happy with a 7-3 win over the Delmarva Shorebirds on Mother’s Day at Segra Park. The bats started the game off with a bang. With Edgar Martinez at first, Guillermo Quintana cracked

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies weren’t able to get the hit to go over the hump in either of Wednesday’s two games in Myrtle Beach as they fell 5-4 and 3-1 against the Pelicans. Game One The Fireflies got off to a quick start, but it wasn’t enough as they

COLUMBIA, SC – The Fireflies used a five-run third and back-to-back homers in the sixth to capture their first win of the series 10-1 vs the Down East Wood Ducks Thursday night at Segra Park. Columbia cracked the score column first, notching five consecutive hits in the bottom of the

COLUMBIA, SC – The Columbia Fireflies were shutout for the first time this season, falling 8-0 to the Charleston RiverDogs. Jaswel De Los Santos broke up the no hitter with a bunt single with two outs in the fifth inning. It was Logan Workman (W, 2-0) who stymied the Fireflies

COLUMBIA, SC – The Columbia Fireflies were sweapt in a doubleheader at SRP Park in Augusta Thursday night, losing game one 6-4 and dropping game two 4-0. The two losses brings the Fireflies losing streak to nine consecutive losses. Game One Columbia was unable to overcome an early deficit as

COLUMBIA, SC – The Columbia Fireflies lost big for a fourth consecutive game against the Charleston Riverdogs, 11-1 Friday night at Segra Park. Tonight, it was the fourth inning where Charleston (75-31) struck gold. The RiverDogs sent 10 hitters to the dish and scored a handful of runs against starter

COLUMBIA, SC – The Columbia Fireflies fell 6-2 behind a pair of three-run innings to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans Saturday evening at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Stadium. Both teams received great starts from their pitching staffs. The Pelicans sent DJ Herz (W, 3-4) to the bump and he responded allowing

COLUMBIA, SC – The Columbia Fireflies took advantage of a sloppy start from the RiverDogs to score eight in the second, beating Charleston 10-4 to close out their series at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Ballpark Sunday evening. Audry Lugo (L, 3-2), walked the bases loaded without recording an out in

COLUMBIA, SC – The Columbia Fireflies came together and topped the RiverDogs 9-3 to open up their series at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Ballpark Tuesday evening. It all started with a stellar start from Luinder Avila (W, 1-0) who allowed only a pair of hits and fanned five in as