Fireflies Bats Silenced in 3-0 Loss to Charleston 

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Fireflies were shutout as they dropped the rubber match 3-0 to the Charleston RiverDogs Sunday afternoon at The Joe.

The Fireflies bats were stymied by Jose Urbina (W, 6-1) who worked seven scoreless innings with 78 pitches. After that Jadon Berkovich struck out the side in the eighth and Dalton Fowler (S, 2) closed things out with a scoreless ninth to keep Columbia at bay.

Jordan Woods threw another scoreless start for the Fireflies. The southpaw added three innings without a run to his ledger, giving him seven scoreless innings on the week.

Charleston got on the board in the bottom of the fourth. After Jose Gutierrez (L, 0-2) got the first two RiverDogs out, Larry Martinez and Jeter Garcia had back-to-back singles that scored Martinez to break the scoreless tie.

The RiverDogs added to their lead in the sixth. Theo Gillen hit a lead-off single and scored from second on a wild pitch. Larry Martinez singled before coming around on a throwing error from Gutierrez to make it a 3-0 game.

After that, the pitching staff settled down for Columbia. Elvis Novas worked 1.1 scoreless and Yimi Presinal closed things out with a scoreless eighth.

The Fireflies start a three-game set with the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers at Segra Park Friday night at 7:05 pm. Both teams have yet to announce their starting pitchers for the series.

Columbia returns home for a weekend filled with fun for all at Segra Park July 18-20. It all starts off with Christmas in July beginning with a Segra Park snow globe giveaway for the first 1,000 fans in attendance July 18, then celebrate Peanuts Night with a special appearance from Snoopy July 19. Finally, the club closes things out with Kids Club Takeover night. Buy your tickets now at Firefliestickets.com.