Columbiaâs Bats Too Much for RiverDogs in 12-4 Loss The Charleston RiverDogs announced their 2021 roster on Friday (Source: Live 5 News) By Charleston RiverDogs | May 12, 2021 at 11:02 PM EDT - Updated May 12 at 11:02 PM
Columbia, SCâ The Charleston RiverDogs felt great about the start of Wednesday nightâs game at Segra Park in Columbia. Two home runs in the top of the first inning staked them to a 4-0 lead just six batters into the game. However, the RiverDogs were held without a hit the rest of the way and Columbia put together three big innings to pull away for a 12-4 win.
TWitM: The Minors are back!
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Minda Haas Kuhlmann
‘This Week in the Minors’ is our weekly look at notable performances from all over the system, from big-name prospects and less heralded guys alike. The mission is to answer this simple question: “Who had a good week?”
Today, we’ll cover results from Tuesday, May 4 through Sunday, May 9.
Since the last time we had a TWitM column, the whole landscape of minor league baseball has changed. MLB took over the system, made brutal cuts to dozens of towns and cities, and realigned all the leagues.
Omaha and Northwest Arkansas survived the takeover as the Triple-A and Double-A Royals affiliates, but this year we have new Single-A teams: the High-A Quad Cities River Bandits, and the Low-A Columbia Fireflies.