Nine Lightning Players Earn All-FCSL Honors
SANFORD, FL.- The Florida Collegiate Summer League announced its 2021 All-Florida League Teams on August 14th. Four members of the Leesburg Lightning were named to the first team, and five members of the Lightning earned second team honors.
READ MOREGerry Kelly Earns Cy Young Award
In baseball, the Cy Young Award is usually reserved for starting pitchers. For a reliever to win it, the hurler has to have put together numbers that are good enough to outweigh the difference in innings thrown. The numbers that Gerry Kelly (Undecided) put up in the 2021 campaign were so ridiculous that there was no surprise when the league announced on Wednesday that the southpaw had been named the 2021 Cy Young Award winner. Kelly is the first relief pitcher to earn the award since David Litchfield (UCF) did so for the Altamonte Springs Scorpions in 2017, and is the first ever Lightning pitcher to earn the award.
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Zach Henderson Named Reliever of the Year
As the season progressed, a clean inning by Zach Henderson (Valdosta State) became as certain as anything. Henderson was rewarded on Tuesday, when the Florida Collegiate Summer League officially announced that Henderson had been named the 2021 reliever of the year. Henderson is the first Leesburg pitcher to win the award since 2017, when Drew Peden (FAU) won the honor for the second year in a row.
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Rich Billings Named Manager of the Year
The Florida Collegiate Summer League officially announced on Monday night that Rich Billings had been earned Manager of the Year honors for the 2021 season. It's the first time that Billings earned the award.
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Leesburg Captures First Championship in 11 Years
LEESBURG, Fla- After winning two championships in their first three years, the Leesburg Lightning fell into some hard times in the postseason, losing five consecutive championships games/series. After forcing a game three on Saturday night, they claimed the third Whiting Cup in franchise history on Sunday afternoon, defeating the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs 9-1 in just seven innings.
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Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning | 22 | 12 | 0.647 | --- |
| River Rats | 19 | 12 | 0.613 | 1.5 |
| Diamond Dawgs | 18 | 19 | 0.486 | 5.5 |
| Squeeze | 14 | 16 | 0.467 | 6 |
| Suns | 14 | 16 | 0.467 | 6 |
| Snappers | 9 | 21 | 0.300 | 11 |
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Batting Leaders
| Name | AVG |
|---|---|
| Stearns | 0.344 |
| Scott | 0.333 |
| Hill | 0.280 |
| Malloy | 0.260 |
| Name | HR |
|---|---|
| Stapleton | 4 |
| Scott | 3 |
| Stearns | 3 |
| Stubbs | 3 |
| Name | RBI |
|---|---|
| Scott | 23 |
| Stearns | 20 |
| Stubbs | 17 |
| Hill | 16 |
| Name | SB |
|---|---|
| Malloy | 17 |
| Hill | 15 |
| Griffin | 9 |
| Hall | 9 |
Pitching Leaders
| Name | ERA |
|---|---|
| Bruns | 1.80 |
| Name | W |
|---|---|
| Bruns | 3 |
| Caba | 3 |
| Bradshaw | 2 |
| Kelley | 2 |
| Name | K |
|---|---|
| Madonna | 36 |
| Kelly | 34 |
| Caba | 29 |
| Kelley | 29 |
| Name | WHIP |
|---|---|
| Kelly | 0.66 |
| Henderson | 0.70 |
| Huter | 1.04 |
| Bradshaw | 1.07 |