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Lightning Drop Game One To Winter Park

Lightning Drop Game One To Winter Park

SANFORD, Fla. - The Lightning won the play-in game against the Seminole County Scorpions on Monday night and were rewarded with a spot in the semifinals versus Winter Park. The semifinals is a best-of-three series, with games one and three (if necessary) being hosted by Winter Park, and game two taking place in Leesburg. Winter Park will play all of their home playoff games at Sanford Memorial Stadium.

The Lightning, riding a ten-game winning streak, ran into the buzzsaw that is the Diamond Dawgs. The Dawgs scored in half the innings in which they went to bat, totalling eight runs in the contest.

 

Winter Park got off to a fast start, with three runs in the second inning. Colson Hebble doubled home Cam Meehan to put the Dawgs on the board, which was followed by a couple of RBI singles. After two innings, the Lightning trailed 3-0.

Jason Fointno added a run on an RBI groundout to the shortstop that made it a 4-0 game. Daniel Carinci followed it up with a run-scoring single and gave the Dawgs a 5-0 lead in the third inning. 

The Bolts would not be held scoreless for long, as they struck for two runs in the top of the fourth. Tanner Clark (North Florida) ripped a single that drove in two runs, as Cage Cox (Valdosta State) and Edward Surinach (Embry-Riddle) came across to score. The big hit cut into the deficit, as the Bolts trailed just 5-2 after four frames.

The Dawgs got one back in the bottom of the fifth, as Hebble came through again with his second RBI double of the game. The Dawgs extended their lead to 6-2 after five. An inning later, Louis Cabrera crushed a towering home run, a two-run shot, that made the score 8-2. Cabrera’s two-run moonshot was a backbreaker for the Bolts late in the game.

The Lightning did not go quietly into the night, as they scratched across two runs in the eight in one of the oddest innings a baseball fan will ever see. Winter Park’s pitcher was called for five balks in the eighth inning alone, including three in one at-bat. Nick Lewis (Valdosta State) reached base on a leadoff walk, and went to second, then third, and then scored - all on balks. Clark later delivered his third RBI of the game, a single that scored Surinach. The odd inning cut the Dawgs’ lead to 8-4.

The back end of the Winter Park bullpen would not let the Bolts get any closer, as they went down quietly in the ninth. The Diamond Dawgs took game one by a score of 8-4. 

Lightning head coach Rich Billings said that the team is going to have to show more fight in game two. “We have to realize, they’re going to be the same team tomorrow,” billings said. “Their arms tomorrow are going to be just as good as they were today. We have to be a little bit grittier tomorrow. We didn’t play terrible, but we didn’t play great either. We have to show up with a little more fight tomorrow.”

Game two will be played on Wednesday night at 7:00 PM at Pat Thomas Stadium.



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Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Pillsbury, cf 5 0 0 0 0 1
Mathis, rf 5 0 1 0 0 2
Lewis, ss 3 1 0 0 2 0
Cox, dh 5 1 1 0 0 1
Surinach, 2b 4 2 1 0 1 2
Backus, 1b 2 0 0 0 2 1
Clark, c 4 0 2 3 0 2
Law, 3b 3 0 1 0 1 2
Wade, lf 3 0 1 0 1 0
Bennett, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilmer, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hinton, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asghar, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

RBI - Clark 3

Baserunning

CS - Clark

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Bennett, L 2.2 10 5 5 1 3
Wilmer 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Hinton 1.1 3 3 3 0 1
Asghar 2.2 0 0 0 0 2

Pitches/Strikes - Bennett 56/41, Wilmer 19/15, Hinton 21/13, Asghar 33/21

Groundouts/Flyouts - Bennett 2/3, Wilmer 1/1, Hinton 2/1, Asghar 4/2

Batters Faced - Bennett 19, Wilmer 4, Hinton 8, Asghar 8

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Myers, rf 4 0 1 0 1 0
Reidy, lf 4 1 1 1 0 0
Beeker, 1b 5 0 0 0 0 3
Cabrera, c 4 2 3 2 0 1
Meehan, 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1
Fointno, cf 4 2 1 1 0 0
Hebble, 2b 4 1 3 2 0 0
Matero, dh 4 1 1 0 0 2
Carinci, ss 3 0 2 2 0 0
Wolgast, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitehead, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delucia, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stone-Frisina, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carruyo, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Cabrera, Hebble 2

HR - Cabrera

RBI - Reidy, Cabrera 2, Fointno, Hebble 2, Carinci 2

HBP - Reidy

Baserunning

SB - Myers, Meehan

CS - Cabrera

Fielding

E - Meehan

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Wolgast 4.0 4 2 2 2 4
Whitehead, W 3.0 2 0 0 1 5
Delucia 0.1 0 2 2 3 0
Stone-Frisina 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Carruyo 1.0 0 0 0 1 1

Wild Pitches - Wolgast

Pitches/Strikes - Wolgast 76/41, Whitehead 42/29, Delucia 21/6, Stone-Frisina 6/6, Carruyo 13/6

Groundouts/Flyouts - Wolgast 5/2, Whitehead 1/3, Delucia 1/0, Stone-Frisina 1/0, Carruyo 2/0

Batters Faced - Wolgast 17, Whitehead 12, Delucia 4, Stone-Frisina 3, Carruyo 5

Lightning

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Pillsbury, cf 5 0 0 0 0 1
Mathis, rf 5 0 1 0 0 2
Lewis, ss 3 1 0 0 2 0
Cox, dh 5 1 1 0 0 1
Surinach, 2b 4 2 1 0 1 2
Backus, 1b 2 0 0 0 2 1
Clark, c 4 0 2 3 0 2
Law, 3b 3 0 1 0 1 2
Wade, lf 3 0 1 0 1 0
Bennett, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilmer, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hinton, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asghar, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

RBI - Clark 3

Baserunning

CS - Clark

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Bennett, L 2.2 10 5 5 1 3
Wilmer 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Hinton 1.1 3 3 3 0 1
Asghar 2.2 0 0 0 0 2

Pitches/Strikes - Bennett 56/41, Wilmer 19/15, Hinton 21/13, Asghar 33/21

Groundouts/Flyouts - Bennett 2/3, Wilmer 1/1, Hinton 2/1, Asghar 4/2

Batters Faced - Bennett 19, Wilmer 4, Hinton 8, Asghar 8

Diamond Dawgs

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Myers, rf 4 0 1 0 1 0
Reidy, lf 4 1 1 1 0 0
Beeker, 1b 5 0 0 0 0 3
Cabrera, c 4 2 3 2 0 1
Meehan, 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1
Fointno, cf 4 2 1 1 0 0
Hebble, 2b 4 1 3 2 0 0
Matero, dh 4 1 1 0 0 2
Carinci, ss 3 0 2 2 0 0
Wolgast, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitehead, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delucia, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stone-Frisina, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carruyo, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Cabrera, Hebble 2

HR - Cabrera

RBI - Reidy, Cabrera 2, Fointno, Hebble 2, Carinci 2

HBP - Reidy

Baserunning

SB - Myers, Meehan

CS - Cabrera

Fielding

E - Meehan

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Wolgast 4.0 4 2 2 2 4
Whitehead, W 3.0 2 0 0 1 5
Delucia 0.1 0 2 2 3 0
Stone-Frisina 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Carruyo 1.0 0 0 0 1 1

Wild Pitches - Wolgast

Pitches/Strikes - Wolgast 76/41, Whitehead 42/29, Delucia 21/6, Stone-Frisina 6/6, Carruyo 13/6

Groundouts/Flyouts - Wolgast 5/2, Whitehead 1/3, Delucia 1/0, Stone-Frisina 1/0, Carruyo 2/0

Batters Faced - Wolgast 17, Whitehead 12, Delucia 4, Stone-Frisina 3, Carruyo 5

Scoring Plays

Bottom 2nd

Coleson Hebble doubled to right center, RBI. Cameron Meehan scored.
Daniel Carinci singled through the right side, RBI. Jack Matero advanced to second. Coleson Hebble scored.
Luke Reidy singled through the left side, RBI. Daniel Carinci advanced to third. Jack Matero scored.

Bottom 3rd

Jason Fointno reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop, RBI. Cameron Meehan out at second ss to 2b. Luis Cabrera scored.
Daniel Carinci singled through the left side, RBI. Coleson Hebble advanced to third. Jason Fointno scored.

Top 4th

Tanner Clark singled down the rf line, 2 RBI. Edward Surinach scored. Cage Cox scored.

Bottom 5th

Coleson Hebble doubled to right center, RBI. Jason Fointno scored.

Bottom 6th

Luis Cabrera homered to left field, 2 RBI. Luke Reidy scored.

Top 8th

Nick Lewis scored on a balk.
Tanner Clark singled to center field, RBI. Jarrett Backus advanced to second. Edward Surinach scored.

All Plays

Top 1st

Parker Pillsbury flied out to lf. 1 out
Tate Mathis grounded out to 3b. 2 out
Nick Lewis grounded out to 2b. 3 out

Bottom 1st

Adarius Myers singled to shortstop.
Adarius Myers stole second.
Luke Reidy grounded out to ss. 1 out
Cole Beeker struck out swinging. 2 out
Luis Cabrera struck out swinging. 3 out

Top 2nd

Cage Cox struck out looking. 1 out
Edward Surinach grounded out to 3b. 2 out
Jarrett Backus walked.
Jarrett Backus advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Tanner Clark struck out swinging. 3 out

Bottom 2nd

Cameron Meehan singled through the left side.
Jason Fointno flied out to cf. 1 out
Cameron Meehan stole second.
Coleson Hebble doubled to right center, RBI. Cameron Meehan scored.
Jack Matero singled to left field. Coleson Hebble advanced to third.
Daniel Carinci singled through the right side, RBI. Jack Matero advanced to second. Coleson Hebble scored.
Adarius Myers flied out to cf. 2 out
Luke Reidy singled through the left side, RBI. Daniel Carinci advanced to third. Jack Matero scored.
Cole Beeker flied out to cf. 3 out

Top 3rd

Max Law singled to shortstop.
Donte Wade walked. Max Law advanced to second.
Donte Wade advanced to second on a balk. Max Law advanced to third on a balk.
Parker Pillsbury grounded out to 1b unassisted. 1 out
Tate Mathis struck out looking. 2 out
Nick Lewis flied out to rf. 3 out

Bottom 3rd

Luis Cabrera doubled down the 3b line.
Cameron Meehan singled to third base. Luis Cabrera advanced to third.
Jason Fointno reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop, RBI. Cameron Meehan out at second ss to 2b. Luis Cabrera scored. 1 out
Coleson Hebble singled to right field. Jason Fointno advanced to third.
Jack Matero struck out swinging. 2 out
Daniel Carinci singled through the left side, RBI. Coleson Hebble advanced to third. Jason Fointno scored.
Adarius Myers walked. Daniel Carinci advanced to second.
Stephen Wilmer replaces Sam Bennett at pitcher.
Luke Reidy popped up to 3b. 3 out

Top 4th

Cage Cox singled through the right side.
Edward Surinach singled to left center. Cage Cox advanced to second.
Jarrett Backus grounded out to 1b unassisted. Edward Surinach advanced to second. Cage Cox advanced to third. 1 out
Tanner Clark singled down the rf line, 2 RBI. Edward Surinach scored. Cage Cox scored.
Max Law struck out swinging. Tanner Clark out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 3 out

Bottom 4th

Cole Beeker grounded out to ss up the middle. 1 out
Luis Cabrera singled to right field.
Cameron Meehan struck out swinging. Luis Cabrera out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 3 out

Top 5th

Jaylyn Whitehead replaces Jack Wolgast at pitcher.
Donte Wade fouled out to 3b. 1 out
Parker Pillsbury grounded out to 1b unassisted. 2 out
Tate Mathis singled to left field.
Nick Lewis lined out to 2b. 3 out

Bottom 5th

Ronny Hinton replaces Stephen Wilmer at pitcher.
Jason Fointno singled to right field.
Coleson Hebble doubled to right center, RBI. Jason Fointno scored.
Jack Matero reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Coleson Hebble out at third ss to 3b. 1 out
Daniel Carinci grounded out to p, SAC, bunt. Jack Matero advanced to second. 2 out
Adarius Myers popped up to 1b. 3 out

Top 6th

Cage Cox lined out to cf. 1 out
Edward Surinach struck out swinging. 2 out
Jarrett Backus struck out looking. 3 out

Bottom 6th

Luke Reidy hit by pitch.
Cole Beeker struck out swinging. 1 out
Luis Cabrera homered to left field, 2 RBI. Luke Reidy scored.
Amir Asghar replaces Ronny Hinton at pitcher.
Cameron Meehan fouled out to 3b. 2 out
Jason Fointno grounded out to ss. 3 out

Top 7th

Tanner Clark struck out swinging. 1 out
Max Law walked.
Donte Wade singled to right center. Max Law advanced to second.
Parker Pillsbury struck out swinging. 2 out
Tate Mathis struck out swinging. 3 out

Bottom 7th

Coleson Hebble flied out to cf. 1 out
Jack Matero struck out swinging. 2 out
Daniel Carinci grounded out to 2b. 3 out

Top 8th

Jordan Delucia replaces Jaylyn Whitehead at pitcher.
Nick Lewis walked.
Nick Lewis advanced to second on a balk.
Nick Lewis advanced to third on a balk.
Nick Lewis scored on a balk.
Cage Cox grounded out to 1b unassisted. 1 out
Edward Surinach walked.
Edward Surinach advanced to second on a balk.
Edward Surinach advanced to third on a balk.
Jarrett Backus walked.
Tate Stone-Frisina replaces Jordan Delucia at pitcher.
Tanner Clark singled to center field, RBI. Jarrett Backus advanced to second. Edward Surinach scored.
Max Law struck out swinging. 2 out
Donte Wade reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Tanner Clark out at second ss unassisted. 3 out

Bottom 8th

Adarius Myers grounded out to 3b, bunt. 1 out
Luke Reidy grounded out to ss. 2 out
Cole Beeker struck out swinging. 3 out

Top 9th

Brian Carruyo replaces Tate Stone-Frisina at pitcher.
Parker Pillsbury grounded out to ss. 1 out
Tate Mathis grounded out to 2b. 2 out
Nick Lewis walked.
Cage Cox reached on a fielding error by 3b. Nick Lewis advanced to second.
Edward Surinach struck out looking. 3 out