AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
HALIFAX HEATHENS AT SAN FRANCISCO FIRE
04/02/2024
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AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
HALIFAX HEATHENS AT SAN FRANCISCO FIRE
GAME ID: 56 - TUESDAY, APRIL 2ND , 2024 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Halifax Heathens (3-2) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 0
San Francisco Fire (0-5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Halifax Beats San Francisco, 4-0
San Francisco Grounds was the site for American Conference action featuring the San Francisco Fire and Halifax Heathens.

Halifax starter Branden Covington pitched well against the San Francisco Fire at San Francisco Grounds. The left-hander led his team to a win, 4-0. Covington picked up the win for Halifax, going 6.2 innings. He gave up no runs on 4 hits. He now sports a record of 1-0.

Austin Compton, who finished 3rd in the AC in OPS with .950 in 2020, had a direct impact on the outcome. Compton contributed a solo home run in the top of the fourth inning to put Halifax up, 2-0.

"My gosh almighty, Branden was tremendous," said Halifax manager David Morris.

With the loss, San Francisco sinks to 0-5.
HALIFAX BATTING LINESCORE SAN FRANCISCO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
E. Kukowski LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .368 1 2
N. Sumney CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .450 1 4
L. Orozco SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .273 3 8
A. Compton DH 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .300 1 4
C. Smith 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273 1 3
J. Herrera 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .105 1 1
S. Hardwick 3B 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .381 1 4
T. Hummel RF 4 1 3 2 0 1 0 .278 0 2
J. Cole C 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .263 0 1
Totals 36 4 11 4 0 8 11      
BATTING
Doubles: T. Hummel 2 (2, 2nd Inning off C. Esser, 1 on, 2 outs; 7th Inning off P. Hiltner, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: A. Compton (1, 4th Inning off C. Esser, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: E. Kukowski , N. Sumney 2 , L. Orozco , A. Compton 4 , C. Smith , S. Hardwick 2 , T. Hummel 5
2-out RBI: N. Sumney , T. Hummel 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Compton , J. Cole
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: E. Kukowski (1) , S. Hardwick (2)
CS: N. Sumney (2)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Orozco-Herrera)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Brewer LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .211 1 5
L. Munoz DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .200 0 1
D. Ward 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 1 2
W. Villegas RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 0 0
M. Little 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333 0 1
J. Kober C 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .200 1 2
R. Arreola CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .188 0 2
J. Priest SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .176 1 1
E. Blanset 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .176 1 1
Totals 33 0 7 0 0 10 13      
BATTING
Doubles: D. Brewer (1, 6th Inning off B. Covington, 0 on, 2 outs) , M. Little (1, 7th Inning off B. Covington, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: D. Brewer 3 , D. Ward , M. Little 3 , J. Kober , J. Priest
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , L. Munoz 2 , J. Kober , R. Arreola
Hit by Pitch: R. Arreola
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Villegas(Smith at 3rd base))
HALIFAX PITCHING LINESCORE SAN FRANCISCO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Covington W (1-0) 6.2 4 0 0 0 8 0 89 0.00   
T. LaBiche 1.2 3 0 0 0 2 0 25 13.50   
J. Buck SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Covington 74
Batters Faced: B. Covington 23, T. LaBiche 9, J. Buck 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Covington 6-5, T. LaBiche 2-1, J. Buck 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. Covington 89-59, T. LaBiche 25-15, J. Buck 10-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. LaBiche 1-0 , J. Buck 2-0
Hit Batsmen: T. LaBiche
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
C. Esser L (0-1) 5.1 9 3 3 0 3 1 89 5.06   
P. Hiltner 3.2 2 1 1 0 5 0 50 2.45   
PITCHING
Game Score: C. Esser 41
Batters Faced: C. Esser 23, P. Hiltner 13
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Esser 5-6, P. Hiltner 4-2
Pitches - Strikes: C. Esser 89-63, P. Hiltner 50-34
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Branden Covington
Ballpark: San Francisco Grounds
Weather: Clear skies (55 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 10 mph
Start Time: 6:05 PM PT
Time: 3:11
Attendance: 23266
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