Thursday, June 18, 2026 · L.P. Frans Stadium · Final

Columbia Fireflies logo Columbia Fireflies

50-47 · L10 8-2

6–4
Hickory Crawdads logo Hickory Crawdads

56-39 · L10 4-6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
COL 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 7 1
HIC 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 2
WP Dash Albus (3-2) LP Aneudis Mejia (1-6)

Stars of the game

Jesus Lafalaise Aneudis Mejia Stone Russell

Season matchup

HIC leads 8 of 8 categories

COL Metric HIC
Offense
4.91 28th Runs scored per game 5.33 18th
Pitching
4.70 3rd Runs allowed per game 4.16 1st
Roster
21.2 19th Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 20.4 29th
Results
.515 13th Winning percentage .589 4th
20 12th Run differential 111 1st
.520 12th Pythagorean winning percentage .611 1st
.424 23rd Winning percentage in one-run games .517 16th
.574 8th Home winning percentage .689 1st
.460 18th Road winning percentage .500 12th

2026 regular-season totals, each with the club's league rank. The greener side holds the edge; descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) have no better direction and are left uncalled.

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Yandel Ricardo SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .276 .788
2 Josh Hammond 3B 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 .295 .781
3 Stone Russell 2B 4 0 2 0 3 0 2 .256 .691
4 Hyungchan Um C 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 .241 .740
5 Sean Gamble CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .202 .605
6 Roni Cabrera RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .254 .761
7 JC Vanek 1B 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .248 .788
8 Angel Ramirez LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .211 .576
9 Ivan Sosa DH 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .179 .592
Team 36 6 7 1 4 2 10 .194 .618
LOB:
11
2B:
Russell 2, Cabrera
HR:
Um
SB:
Russell, Vanek
CS:
Ricardo, Gamble
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Ryan McDonagh 5.0 1 2 2 2 4 0 74-46 2.96 0.95
Andy Basora 1.2 1 0 0 2 3 0 35-19 5.31 1.54
Hunter Alberini 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 18-12 5.79 1.43
Dash Albus W 2.0 2 2 0 0 3 0 30-22 3.86 1.20
Team 10.0 5 4 2 4 11 0 157-99 1.80 0.90

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Paulino Santana DH 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .249 .788
2 Marco Argudin CF 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 .243 .739
3 Marcos Torres 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .236 .769
4 Braylin Morel RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .182 .509
5 Luis Marquez 3B 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 .206 .570
6 Daniel Flames 2B 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .270 .688
7 Deward Tovar LF 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 .226 .727
8 Curley Martha SS 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .173 .516
9 Sebastian Baquera C 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .233 .682
Team 34 4 5 0 4 4 11 .147 .378
LOB:
13
GIDP:
Torres
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Jesus Lafalaise 6.0 4 2 1 1 5 1 79-51 4.32 1.41
Jake Jekielek 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 27-19 4.35 1.35
Aneudis Mejia L 2.0 1 3 0 1 4 0 33-21 6.62 1.53
Team 10.0 7 6 2 2 10 1 139-91 1.80 0.90