SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
COLUMBIA FIREFLIES AT LEXINGTON LEGENDS
09/06/2109
 
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
COLUMBIA FIREFLIES AT LEXINGTON LEGENDS
GAME ID: 11052 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH , 2109 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Columbia Fireflies (76-59) 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 13 1
Lexington Legends (96-39) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 0
Columbia Claims 5-2 Victory
Columbia turned a fine outing from starter William Arce into a victory over the Lexington Legends at Whitaker Bank Ballpark. The final score was 5-2. Bert Reed nailed down his 20th save. Columbia has a record of 76-59, placing them second in the Southern Division.

It could have been a different outcome for Columbia, had it not been for Wei-kang Lu, the 22-year old first baseman . Lu contributed a run-scoring walk in the top of the third inning to put Columbia up, 3-1.

"I'm just trying to make sure I'm focused for each and every pitch," said Arce.
COLUMBIA BATTING LINESCORE LEXINGTON BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
E. Rios CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 .197 3 15
C. Mixon SS 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 .231 7 29
E. Herrera LF 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 .263 5 34
D. Perez 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 5 .256 3 26
J. Denger 2B 5 2 3 1 0 1 4 .283 4 32
S. Freeman DH 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 .256 3 15
W. Lu 1B 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .308 1 2
   a-D. Espino PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 3 14
   b-R. Renner 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 10 51
A. Ives RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 4 .289 0 2
J. Pena C 5 0 2 1 0 1 4 .245 0 3
Totals 40 5 13 4 4 6 25      
a - D. Espino pinch hit for W. Lu in the 9th
b - R. Renner substituted for D. Espino in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Pena (4, 2nd Inning off S. Walat, 2 on, 2 outs) , D. Perez (16, 6th Inning off S. Walat, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: C. Mixon (7, 3rd Inning off S. Walat, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Denger (4, 5th Inning off S. Walat, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: E. Rios , C. Mixon 4 , E. Herrera 3 , D. Perez 2 , J. Denger 6 , A. Ives 2 , J. Pena 3
2-out RBI: J. Pena
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , E. Rios 2 , D. Perez 2 , J. Denger , S. Freeman , J. Pena
Hit by Pitch: W. Lu
Team LOB: 13

BASERUNNING
SB: E. Herrera 2 (16) , J. Denger (5)

FIELDING
Errors: E. Herrera (2)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Andino 3B 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 .269 7 29
D. Esquivel 1B 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 .229 9 42
J. Pantoja 2B 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 .239 16 50
J. Shifflett LF 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 .273 19 61
M. Troupe SS 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 .393 3 24
V. Suris CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 .256 3 18
F. Chacon RF 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 .250 3 9
J. Turner C 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .188 0 2
F. Gonzales DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 0
   a-M. Pereira DH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .304 5 23
Totals 35 2 8 1 4 12 18      
a - M. Pereira inserted as DH in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: D. Esquivel , J. Pantoja , M. Troupe , V. Suris 2 , F. Chacon , J. Turner , M. Pereira
2-out RBI: M. Troupe
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Pantoja , V. Suris 2 , F. Chacon , J. Turner
Team LOB: 10
COLUMBIA PITCHING LINESCORE LEXINGTON PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
W. Arce W (2-1) 5.2 6 1 1 1 8 0 93 2.82   
T. Jacobs H (6) 2.1 1 1 1 3 2 0 44 1.56   
B. Reed SV (20) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 3.89   
PITCHING
Game Score: W. Arce 60
Batters Faced: W. Arce 24, T. Jacobs 11, B. Reed 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: W. Arce 3-6, T. Jacobs 5-0, B. Reed 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: W. Arce 93-60, T. Jacobs 44-23, B. Reed 14-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Jacobs 2-0 , B. Reed 2-1
WP: W. Arce , T. Jacobs , B. Reed
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Walat L (12-9) 7.0 11 4 4 3 4 2 114 3.75   
M. Alfaro 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 36 3.27   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Walat 40
Batters Faced: S. Walat 36, M. Alfaro 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Walat 7-10, M. Alfaro 0-4
Pitches - Strikes: S. Walat 114-69, M. Alfaro 36-20
WP: S. Walat , M. Alfaro 2
Hit Batsmen: S. Walat
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: William Arce
Ballpark: Whitaker Bank Ballpark
Weather: Partly Cloudy (73 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM CT
Time: 3:31
Attendance: 8909
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