Game 18 Recap: Back to Earth

Often in unlikely fashion, the Fireflies recent results pushed their record up to 10-7 going into Sunday's series finale with 4 wins in a row (and 5 of the last 6). Could the Fireflies somehow keep that going?

Once again, the Fireflies got off to a bad start. Joe Shaw, perhaps the best starter through 2 rounds of the rotation, did not have a good day. Shaw and the Fireflies fell behind 3-0 after 2 innings, as Greenville both hit Shaw early with Shaw hitting batters as well. Milton Ramos and Tucker Tharp were able to produce a run in the third, But the Fireflies otherwise did not hit Logan Boyd much. Most importantly the Drive had no sloppiness, and the Fireflies were given nothing for free. As a result the Fireflies struggled just as much with Jake Cosart and Bobby Poyner, and the Fireflies lost 5-1.

There were still a few good performances to report, such as Vinny Siena going 2 for 4 to boost his batting average to .368 and his OBP to .487. The pitchers all did okay, but definitely not good enough to win. Craig Missigman struck out 5 of 13 batters faced, but also let 5 runners on as well as his ERA slipped to 6.97. Nicco Blank finished the game strong, but he still hasn't faced a really high leverage situation yet out of the bullpen.

Now here's the All-Time Firefly player standings, up-to-date and through three rounds of the rotation so know pitcher is favored through extra pitching time:

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	30	15	18	9	0	0	45	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	236
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	28	16	8	16	1	0	36	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	232
Joe Shaw	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	21	5	5	16	3	2	0	1	209
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
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
Jeff Diehl	DH	17	6	7	10	0	0	31	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	104
Joe Tuschak	LF	21	5	8	4	0	1	36	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	94
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
Nicco Blank	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	66
Tucker Tharp	RF	13	5	3	1	1	1	20	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64
Milton Ramos	SS	13	5	8	5	0	0	38	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56
J.C. Rodriguez	DH	12	4	7	6	2	0	45	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53
Kevin Kaczmarski	RF	14	10	3	7	0	2	41	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52
Craig Missigman	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	13	8	8	10	9	0	0	0	37
Christian Montgomery	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	10	9	6	6	7	0	0	0	24
Tyler Moore	C	8	6	2	3	0	1	29	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
Vicente Lupo	LF	4	2	2	2	0	0	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Natanael Ramos	C	4	1	1	2	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
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