ASHEVILLE, NC – Columbia mashed a franchise-record five homers on Sunday but fell to Asheville in an offensive slugfest, 11-10. The two teams combined for 21 runs and 20 hits in the finale at McCormick Field.
The Tourists won in walk-off fashion. With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Casey Golden was hit by a pitch, bringing in the winning run from third base.
Columbia (17-25, 51-58) had drilled four homers in a game just twice before in franchise history. The Fireflies had tallied four long balls by the seventh inning on Sunday. Jose Brizuela golfed the fifth over the right-field wall in the eighth inning. Brizuela and Matt Winaker both went yard twice and became the fourth and fifth Fireflies to notch a two-homer game this season (joining Dionis Paulino, Jeremy Vasquez and Quinn Brodey).
Winaker finished with three hits on Sunday and nine hits in the four-game series. The lefty went 9-for-18 at the dish in Asheville (22-20, 49-62) with three doubles, two homers and 6 RBI. Winaker’s on-base streak is now 17 games long.
Brizuela and Paulino both finished with a pair of hits in the game. Columbia was bested, though, by a Tourists offense that bounced back from deficits of 6-2, 8-3 and 10-7.
Tommy Doyle (W, 7-5) picked up the win for Asheville and Joshua Payne (L, 4-3) was handed the loss for Columbia.
SCORING SUMMARY
BOTTOM 1 – Sean Bouchard doubles in a run … Todd Czinege drives in Bouchard with a double. ASH 2, COL 0
TOP 2 – Dionis Paulino blasts two-run homer. COL 2, ASH 2
TOP 3 – Matt Winaker drills two-run homer … Jose Brizuela goes yard, a two-run dinger as well. COL 6, ASH 2
BOTTOM 6 – Jeff Moberg drives in Czinege with a sac fly. COL 6, ASH 3
TOP 7 – Winaker goes deep again, another two-run bomb. COL 8, ASH 3
BOTTOM 7 – Casey Golden scores Matt Hearn on a single … Czinege singles and scores Vilade … two runs score on Matt McLaughlin’s double. COL 8, ASH 7
TOP 8 – Brizuela whacks his second two-run home run. COL 10, ASH 7
BOTTOM 8 – Bouchard doubles in two … Czinege scores Bouchard from third on a sac fly. COL 10, ASH 10
BOTTOM 9 – Casey Golden hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Scores Tyler Bugner. ASH 11, COL 10
Winaker remains hot, and I like to see the 2 homer power. Brizuela with 2 homers too...nice.
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