Baseball Columbia Fireflies Sweep Rome Braves by Staff Post June 1, 2016 Photo Courtesy of metsminors.net Rome, GA — The Met’s Class-A Affiliate swept the Rome Braves for the second time this season, coming back from a deficit for the third straight game. Kevin Kaczmarski led the way for the Fireflies hitting 2-4 with 4 RBI’s and a triple. With their win today, the Fireflies move to 28-25 on the season. Box Score The Fireflies took an early lead scoring one in the first and one in the fourth, but Rome would come back and score two in the bottom of the sixth on a two-run homer from Carlos Castro. Kaczmarski would tie up the game in the seventh on an RBI that brought in Jeff Diehl. Then in the eighth Kaczmarski hit a triple that brought in three additional runs. A single RBI by Milton Ramos in the ninth would extend the Fireflies lead to six, and Taylor Bashlor shut the door on the Braves giving the Fireflies their sixth straight win at State Mutual Stadium. Bashlor has been impressive as of late, allowing just one run in 15.2 innings of work. Tyler Badamo picked up the win for the Columbia Fireflies moving to 3-3 0n the season as well as a 3.52 ERA. Badamo was impressive through the first five innings, as he shut out the Braves and struck out three. In all the right-hander struck out four, and didn’t walk a single batter. The Fireflies start a three-game homestead tomorrow against the Hagerstown Suns as the righty Joe Shaw (3-2, 3.21 ERA) takes the mound, with first pitching set to go off at 7:05 PM at Spirit Communications Park. Shaw faces righty Andrew Lee (2-2, 3.66 ERA). Post Views: 1,133 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Staff Post Latest posts by Staff Post (see all) In The Zone Announces Initial Podcast Lineup - November 13, 2020 The Essential Resources You Need to Start Your Own Gym in 2020 - February 6, 2020 Wilder vs Fury II – How the second fight will be different to the first? - February 5, 2020 Early turnovers, defensive struggles plague the Scarlet Knights - January 26, 2020 Related TopicsColumbia Fireflies Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Newsletter Subscription Can't Miss Posts! Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 Lochte, Dressel and Ledecky all Chasing Gold at 2021 Tokyo Olympics by Anthony Paradiso | posted on April 18, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 19, 2021 Michael Jordan Could Change the Future of Nascar for the Better by Inesh Chari | posted on March 30, 2021 WNBA Rolling Out Red Carpet For Upcoming 25th Anniversary Season by Jason Cordner | posted on March 16, 2021 More in Baseball You Know I’m Right, Episode 112: New York Jets’ Insider Brian Costello (Audio/Video) On the 112th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) On the 109th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 108: WFAN’s Sweeny Murti (Audio/Video) On the 108th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 107: New York Post’s Columnist Mike Vaccaro (Audio/Video) On the 107th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... Snyder’s 4 Extra Base Hits Fuel Patriots 10-5 Win 5 Run Fifth Inning Enough In Patriots Win