Columbia Fireflies rally past Charleston RiverDogs in an 11-inning affair

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Interstat) — Camden Johnson’s two-run single in the bottom of the 11th inning lifted the Columbia Fireflies to a 6-5 victory over the Charleston RiverDogs on Saturday at Spirit Communications Park.

Johnson drove in Daniel Lopez and Jhonayker Ugarte to cap a back-and-forth game. Columbia improved to 62-62; Charleston fell to 66-58.

Charleston took a 2-0 lead in the fifth on Cooper Flemming’s two-run triple. Columbia pulled within one in the seventh, then went ahead 4-3 in the eighth on Connor Rasmussen’s two-run double. Charleston tied it in the ninth when Slater de Brun scored, then went ahead 5-4 in the 11th on Grady Emerson’s single.

Rasmussen went 2 for 5 with two RBIs. Charleston had seven hits; Columbia had eight. Moises Amezquita earned the win with two scoreless relief innings. Cesar De Jesus took the loss. Jose Gutierrez allowed no earned runs over 5 2/3 innings as Columbia’s top star.

Attendance was 7,148. The game lasted 3:09.