Game 17 Recap: Outlast and Survive

The Fireflies have had their share of ups and downs so far, particularly as it comes down to how they finish. In this series at Greenville, the Fireflies seemed to always start poorly, but finished strong.

That was the case here, as Tyler Badamo despite his strength being control seemed to lose it early and let Greenville go up 2-0 after 1. Badamo settled down and worked well, and will need to continue to get better to make it to Port St. Lucie.

That would remain the score until Vicente Lupo showed that he still has it coming off an injury by doubling in a run to make it 2-1 Drive in the 4th. But it wasn't until much later that the Fireflies really got it going.

Badamo somehow lasted until the 7th, as the teams exchanged runs to make it 3-2 Greenville late. Seth Davis held things down like he normally does to set the stage for the 9th, where the Fireflies blasted Kuehl McEachern. Like on Thursday, the Fireflies entered the top of the 9th down 1 and left up 5. The big hit was a home run by Diehl, now the all-time leader in Fireflies home runs with 2. But it was Tucker Tharp's two out RBI single before that put the Fireflies ahead. Tharp and Diehl are both older players who needed games like this to keep their careers going. And ultimately that gave Columbia a 7-3 win and a series victory.

And now the updated player standings:

Player	Position	TB	R	RBI	BB/HBP	SB	CS	0 for 1	SO	Outs	K	R	ER	H	BB/HBP	W	S	L	Score
David Thompson	3B	29	15	18	9	0	0	42	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	237
P.J. Conlon	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	11	2	2	17	2	2	0	0	232
Vinny Siena	2B	26	16	8	16	1	0	34	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	228
Joe Shaw	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	16	2	2	9	0	2	0	0	223
Seth Davis	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	12	3	3	7	7	1	1	0	195
Chase Ingram	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	20	6	5	17	3	1	0	1	171
Tyler Bashlor	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	10	1	1	4	5	0	2	0	165
Johnny Magliozzi	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	6	4	4	8	1	1	2	0	130
Alex Palsha	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	15	6	5	6	6	1	1	1	117
Dash Winningham	1B	22	7	8	6	0	0	42	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	113
Jeff Diehl	DH	16	6	7	10	0	0	28	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	106
Kevin Canelon	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	19	7	7	14	7	0	0	1	106
Ivan Wilson	CF	23	9	6	6	1	2	43	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	104
Joe Tuschak	LF	21	5	8	4	0	1	32	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	104
Thomas McIlraith	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	9	9	8	11	10	1	0	1	87
Tyler Badamo	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	10	10	10	23	3	1	0	1	86
Tucker Tharp	RF	12	5	2	1	1	0	17	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66
J.C. Rodriguez	DH	11	4	7	6	2	0	43	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52
Kevin Kaczmarski	RF	14	10	3	7	0	2	41	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52
Milton Ramos	SS	11	4	8	5	0	0	36	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46
Nicco Blank	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	45
Vicente Lupo	LF	4	2	2	2	0	0	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25
Christian Montgomery	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	10	9	6	6	7	0	0	0	24
Craig Missigman	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	8	6	6	7	7	0	0	0	23
Natanael Ramos	C	4	1	1	2	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
Tyler Moore	C	8	6	2	3	0	1	29	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
Jose Garcia	C	3	1	1	2	0	0	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Witt Haggard	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	3	3	3	0	0	2	-58