In Front of Sell Out Crowd of 6,091 Christman Suffers Tough Loss

COLUMBIA- Tyler Christman gave up only two hits and no earned runs, but still suffered the loss as the Columbia Blowfish fell to the Thomasville Hi-Toms 2-1 Saturday night before 6,091 at Capital City Stadium.

            The Blowfish (3-5) were held to only one hit and committed three costly errors as Christman fell to 0-1 after his first start. Thomasville's (4-4) Asher Wojciechowski (1-0) picked up the win, pitching six innings and giving up only one hit and six strikeouts. Closer Chase Stewart earned his third save.

            It was an ugly game as both teams combined for six errors and only three hits. All of the runs were unearned. Thomasville's Charley Thurber walked to start the second inning, then stole second and advanced to third on a passed ball by Blowfish catcher Trent Still. Zach Briggs hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Thurber, giving Thomasville a 1-0 lead.

            Thomasville made it 2-0 in the fourth when Chris McGuiness walked, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on a two-out error by Columbia second baseman Jason Coker.

            Columbia rallied in the seventh after Matt Williams walked and advanced to second after a fielding error by Hi-Toms' second baseman Wes Hobson. Williams then stole third and scored on a wild throw by catcher Richard Jones. 

Notes: Soldiers from Fort Jackson filled the stands for Military Appreciation Night… This was the only meeting of the season between Thomasville and Columbia… Columbia travels to play at Wilson at 6:05 Sunday night.