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Lightning Score Four Runs on No Hits in The Ninth Inning, Walk-Off Against Winter Park

Lightning Score Four Runs on No Hits in The Ninth Inning, Walk-Off Against Winter Park

Leesburg, FL – Walk-off hit? Check. Wild pitch? Got it. Walk-off error? That’s a new one. Tanner Clark (North Florida) beat out a ground ball that was bobbled by Diamond Dawgs first baseman Jacob Teter (Florida Southern) and the Leesburg Lightning (19-6) escaped with a 7-6 win over Winter Park (10-14).

The Lightning used a couple of two-out hits to take a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning, starting with a walk by Sean Mootrey (Georgia Gwinnett). Tanner Clark followed up the free pass with a single to right field, and a bobble by Winter Park shortstop Alex Jackson (Wichita State) allowed Luke Brown (Western Kentucky) to reach first safely and Mootrey to score.

The Diamond Dawgs scored one run in both the third and fourth innings, capitalizing on a couple of Lightning errors and a big RBI double by Chandler Robertson (UCF) to take a 2-1 lead.

Leesburg only trailed for just over an inning, however, as they pushed two runs across the plate in the bottom of the fifth. Jake Matulia (Flagler) and Jose Crisostomo (Miami Dade) both displayed outstanding hustle to start the inning, reaching on a pair of back-to-back infield singles. A double steal turned into disaster for Winter Park when Matulia stole third and third baseman Abraham Sequera (North Florida) couldn’t handle the throw from catcher Ryan Watson (Winthrop), allowing Matulia to score and Crisostomo to advance to third. Jay Prather’s (North Florida) single to center field allowed Crisostomo to score, making it 3-2 in favor of the home team.

“It just gets us going,” Lightning Head Coach Rich Billings said of Jose and Jake’s hustle plays. “There’s a lot of ways that we can create runs and get on base and when you have guys in your lineup that can run like that it helps. They’re exciting guys to watch and they play hard and they executed right there.”

Winter Park threatened to blow the game open after loading the bases with no outs in the top of the seventh, but they only managed one run to tie the game at three. With three Dawgs on the pond, Jacob Teter grounded into a fielder’s choice, allowing Ryan Watson to score from third. A great play by reliever Dominic Jeancola (Embry-Riddle) on a ground ball up the middle off the bat of Tyler Osik (UCF) during the next at-bat turned into an inning-ending double play, though, minimizing the damage.

After the Dawgs added another run in the eight and two more in the ninth, the Lightning were down to their final three outs, trailing 6-3. Proving once again that you can never count out the Lightning, Leesburg put up four runs when they needed it most, winning on a walk-off error by first baseman Jacob Teter. Jake Matulia and Jose Crisostomo drew walks to start the comeback, and McCleney took four straight balls to load the bases one out later. A walk and two wild pitches later, Pat Thomas Stadium erupted with excitement as new addition Matthew Wiseman (San Jacinto) raced home on a hard-hit ball by Tanner Clark. Teter fumbled the grounder and lost it behind him, allowing Wiseman to cross the plate and Clark to reach first safely, sealing the win for Leesburg.

“We just never give up,” said Clark after Leesburg’s fourth walk-off win of the season. “We keep playing and playing until the last out and make the other team get 27 outs. We know we can do it because we’ve done it many times and we have great team chemistry.”

Despite trailing 6-3 heading into the bottom of the final inning, the Lightning held Winter Park to one run or less in every inning except the top of the ninth. “Anytime you can keep the other team from putting up crooked numbers that’s huge,” coach Billings explained. “It’s still frustrating at the same time because when we’re giving up that one run it’s because we’re making an error, walking the lead-off hitter, just things that we need to clean up.”

The Lightning travel to Winter Park tomorrow for a doubleheader with the Diamond Dawgs, starting at 4:30 p.m. Game one of the doubleheader will be a continuation of a game that began on June 23, in the midst of Leesburg's 13 game win streak. Because of this, if the Lightning win they will set a new league record for longest winning streak with 14 games in a row.

Matt Holzapfel (Elon University)

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Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Ellis, cf 3 1 0 0 1 1
Scott, 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0
Teter, 1b 5 0 0 1 0 1
Osik, rf 3 1 0 1 0 0
Jackson, ss 3 1 1 0 2 0
Robertson, lf 4 0 1 1 0 3
Phillips, dh 4 1 0 0 0 0
Sequera, 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0
Watson, c 4 1 1 0 0 1
Williams, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clark, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scruggs, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conner, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Robertson

RBI - Teter, Osik, Robertson, Sequera

GDP - Osik

HBP - Ellis, Scott, Osik

Baserunning

SB - Jackson

CS - Jackson

Fielding

E - Teter, Sequera

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Williams 5.0 9 3 3 2 2
Clark 3.0 0 2 2 5 4
Scruggs, L 0.2 0 2 1 2 0
Conner 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

Wild Pitches - Clark, Scruggs 2

Pitches/Strikes - Williams 84/56, Clark 55/29, Scruggs 23/9, Conner 1/1

Groundouts/Flyouts - Williams 7/5, Clark 3/2, Scruggs 0/2

Batters Faced - Williams 25, Clark 14, Scruggs 5, Conner 1

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Brown, lf 5 0 1 1 0 1
Matulia, 2b 3 2 1 0 2 0
Crisostomo, rf 2 2 2 0 3 0
Prather, ss 5 0 2 1 0 0
McCleney, cf 4 1 0 0 1 2
Wiseman, 3b/1b 4 1 1 1 1 1
Dasher, 1b/3b 5 0 0 0 0 0
Mootrey, dh 3 1 1 0 1 1
Clark, c 4 0 1 1 1 1
Lunday, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeancola, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davenport, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walter, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Simple, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

RBI - Brown, Prather, Wiseman, Clark

GDP - Dasher

HBP - Mootrey

Baserunning

SB - Matulia, Crisostomo

Fielding

E - Matulia, Prather 2, Wiseman

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Lunday 6.0 2 2 1 1 4
Jeancola 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Davenport 1.0 1 1 1 1 2
Walter 0.0 1 2 2 1 0
Simple, W 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Wild Pitches - Lunday, Jeancola, Simple

Pitches/Strikes - Lunday 81/54, Jeancola 18/12, Davenport 21/11, Walter 8/2, Simple 10/9

Groundouts/Flyouts - Lunday 6/7, Jeancola 2/0, Davenport 1/0, Simple 2/1

Batters Faced - Lunday 26, Jeancola 5, Davenport 5, Walter 2, Simple 3

Diamond Dawgs

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Ellis, cf 3 1 0 0 1 1
Scott, 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0
Teter, 1b 5 0 0 1 0 1
Osik, rf 3 1 0 1 0 0
Jackson, ss 3 1 1 0 2 0
Robertson, lf 4 0 1 1 0 3
Phillips, dh 4 1 0 0 0 0
Sequera, 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0
Watson, c 4 1 1 0 0 1
Williams, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clark, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scruggs, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conner, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Robertson

RBI - Teter, Osik, Robertson, Sequera

GDP - Osik

HBP - Ellis, Scott, Osik

Baserunning

SB - Jackson

CS - Jackson

Fielding

E - Teter, Sequera

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Williams 5.0 9 3 3 2 2
Clark 3.0 0 2 2 5 4
Scruggs, L 0.2 0 2 1 2 0
Conner 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

Wild Pitches - Clark, Scruggs 2

Pitches/Strikes - Williams 84/56, Clark 55/29, Scruggs 23/9, Conner 1/1

Groundouts/Flyouts - Williams 7/5, Clark 3/2, Scruggs 0/2

Batters Faced - Williams 25, Clark 14, Scruggs 5, Conner 1

Lightning

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Brown, lf 5 0 1 1 0 1
Matulia, 2b 3 2 1 0 2 0
Crisostomo, rf 2 2 2 0 3 0
Prather, ss 5 0 2 1 0 0
McCleney, cf 4 1 0 0 1 2
Wiseman, 3b/1b 4 1 1 1 1 1
Dasher, 1b/3b 5 0 0 0 0 0
Mootrey, dh 3 1 1 0 1 1
Clark, c 4 0 1 1 1 1
Lunday, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeancola, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davenport, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walter, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Simple, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

RBI - Brown, Prather, Wiseman, Clark

GDP - Dasher

HBP - Mootrey

Baserunning

SB - Matulia, Crisostomo

Fielding

E - Matulia, Prather 2, Wiseman

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Lunday 6.0 2 2 1 1 4
Jeancola 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Davenport 1.0 1 1 1 1 2
Walter 0.0 1 2 2 1 0
Simple, W 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Wild Pitches - Lunday, Jeancola, Simple

Pitches/Strikes - Lunday 81/54, Jeancola 18/12, Davenport 21/11, Walter 8/2, Simple 10/9

Groundouts/Flyouts - Lunday 6/7, Jeancola 2/0, Davenport 1/0, Simple 2/1

Batters Faced - Lunday 26, Jeancola 5, Davenport 5, Walter 2, Simple 3

Scoring Plays

Bottom 2nd

Luke Brown singled to shortstop, RBI. Tanner Clark advanced to second. Sean Mootrey scored.

Top 3rd

Ryan Watson reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to second on the error. Hunter Phillips scored on the error, unearned.

Top 4th

Chandler Robertson doubled down the rf line, RBI. Alex Jackson advanced to third. Tyler Osik scored.

Bottom 5th

Jose Crisostomo stole second, advanced to third. Jake Matulia stole third, scored on a fielding error by 3b.
Jay Prather singled to left center, RBI. Jose Crisostomo scored.

Top 7th

Jacob Teter reached on a fielder's choice to second base, RBI. Robert Scott out at second 2b to ss. Brian Ellis advanced to third. Ryan Watson scored.

Top 8th

Abraham Sequera singled to left center, RBI. Alex Jackson scored.

Top 9th

Robert Scott advanced to third on a wild pitch. Brian Ellis scored on a wild pitch.
Tyler Osik flied out to lf, SF, RBI. Robert Scott scored.

Bottom 9th

Matthew Wiseman walked, RBI. Walker McCleney advanced to second. Jose Crisostomo advanced to third. Jake Matulia scored.
Matthew Wiseman advanced to second on a wild pitch. Walker McCleney advanced to third on a wild pitch. Jose Crisostomo scored on a wild pitch.
Matthew Wiseman advanced to third on a wild pitch. Walker McCleney scored on a wild pitch.
Tanner Clark reached on a fielding error by 1b, RBI. Sean Mootrey advanced to second. Matthew Wiseman scored, unearned.

All Plays

Top 1st

Brian Ellis grounded out to 1b unassisted. 1 out
Robert Scott grounded out to 3b. 2 out
Jacob Teter flied out to cf. 3 out

Bottom 1st

Luke Brown flied out to cf. 1 out
Jake Matulia grounded out to p. 2 out
Jose Crisostomo singled to center field.
Jay Prather singled through the left side. Jose Crisostomo advanced to second.
Walker McCleney struck out looking. 3 out

Top 2nd

Tyler Osik fouled out to lf. 1 out
Alex Jackson singled up the middle.
Alex Jackson out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 2 out
Chandler Robertson struck out looking. 3 out

Bottom 2nd

Matthew Wiseman grounded out to 3b. 1 out
Ja'Kobi Dasher flied out to rf. 2 out
Sean Mootrey walked.
Tanner Clark singled to right field. Sean Mootrey advanced to third.
Luke Brown singled to shortstop, RBI. Tanner Clark advanced to second. Sean Mootrey scored.
Jake Matulia grounded out to p. 3 out

Top 3rd

Hunter Phillips reached on a throwing error by ss, advanced to second on the error.
Abraham Sequera grounded out to p. 1 out
Ryan Watson reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to second on the error. Hunter Phillips scored on the error, unearned.
Ryan Watson advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Brian Ellis struck out swinging. 2 out
Robert Scott hit by pitch.
Jacob Teter struck out swinging. 3 out

Bottom 3rd

Jose Crisostomo walked.
Jay Prather flied out to cf. 1 out
Walker McCleney flied out to lf. 2 out
Matthew Wiseman grounded out to ss. 3 out

Top 4th

Tyler Osik hit by pitch.
Alex Jackson walked. Tyler Osik advanced to second.
Chandler Robertson doubled down the rf line, RBI. Alex Jackson advanced to third. Tyler Osik scored.
Hunter Phillips flied out to lf down the lf line. 1 out
Abraham Sequera flied out to rf. 2 out
Ryan Watson flied out to cf. 3 out

Bottom 4th

Ja'Kobi Dasher grounded out to 3b. 1 out
Sean Mootrey singled to left field.
Tanner Clark struck out looking. 2 out
Luke Brown flied out to cf. 3 out

Top 5th

Brian Ellis flied out to lf down the lf line. 1 out
Robert Scott reached on a fielding error by 2b.
Jacob Teter reached on a fielder's choice to second base. Robert Scott advanced to second on a muffed throw by ss.
Tyler Osik flied out to rf. Robert Scott advanced to third. 2 out
Alex Jackson grounded out to 2b. 3 out

Bottom 5th

Jake Matulia singled to second base.
Jose Crisostomo singled to third base, bunt. Jake Matulia advanced to second.
Jose Crisostomo stole second, advanced to third. Jake Matulia stole third, scored on a fielding error by 3b.
Jay Prather singled to left center, RBI. Jose Crisostomo scored.
Walker McCleney reached on a fielder's choice to second base. Jay Prather out at second 2b to ss. 1 out
Matthew Wiseman singled through the left side. Walker McCleney advanced to second.
Ja'Kobi Dasher grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b. Matthew Wiseman out on the play. 3 out

Top 6th

Matthew Wiseman replaces at first base.
Ja'Kobi Dasher replaces at third base.
Chandler Robertson struck out swinging. 1 out
Hunter Phillips grounded out to 2b. 2 out
Abraham Sequera grounded out to ss. 3 out

Bottom 6th

Maxwell Clark replaces JP Williams at pitcher.
Sean Mootrey struck out swinging. 1 out
Tanner Clark walked.
Luke Brown struck out swinging. Tanner Clark advanced to second on a wild pitch. 2 out
Jake Matulia walked.
Jose Crisostomo walked. Jake Matulia advanced to second. Tanner Clark advanced to third.
Jay Prather reached on a fielder's choice to second base. Jose Crisostomo out at second 2b unassisted. 3 out

Top 7th

Dominic Jeancola replaces Codie Lunday at pitcher.
Ryan Watson singled to center field.
Ryan Watson advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Brian Ellis hit by pitch.
Robert Scott singled to pitcher, bunt. Brian Ellis advanced to second. Ryan Watson advanced to third.
Jacob Teter reached on a fielder's choice to second base, RBI. Robert Scott out at second 2b to ss. Brian Ellis advanced to third. Ryan Watson scored. 1 out
Tyler Osik grounded into double play p to ss to 1b. Jacob Teter out on the play. 3 out

Bottom 7th

Walker McCleney struck out swinging. 1 out
Matthew Wiseman struck out looking. 2 out
Ja'Kobi Dasher grounded out to 2b. 3 out

Top 8th

Louis Davenport replaces Dominic Jeancola at pitcher.
Alex Jackson walked.
Chandler Robertson struck out swinging. 1 out
Alex Jackson stole second.
Hunter Phillips grounded out to 1b unassisted. Alex Jackson advanced to third. 2 out
Abraham Sequera singled to left center, RBI. Alex Jackson scored.
Ryan Watson struck out swinging. 3 out

Bottom 8th

Sean Mootrey grounded out to ss. 1 out
Tanner Clark flied out to rf. 2 out
Luke Brown flied out to cf. 3 out

Top 9th

William Walter replaces Louis Davenport at pitcher.
Brian Ellis walked.
Robert Scott singled to right field. Brian Ellis advanced to second.
Aaron Simple replaces William Walter at pitcher.
Jacob Teter grounded out to 1b unassisted. Robert Scott advanced to second. Brian Ellis advanced to third. 1 out
Robert Scott advanced to third on a wild pitch. Brian Ellis scored on a wild pitch.
Tyler Osik flied out to lf, SF, RBI. Robert Scott scored. 2 out
Alex Jackson grounded out to ss. 3 out

Bottom 9th

Jake Matulia walked.
Jose Crisostomo walked. Jake Matulia advanced to second.
Turner Scruggs replaces Maxwell Clark at pitcher.
Jay Prather flied out to rf. 1 out
Walker McCleney walked. Jose Crisostomo advanced to second. Jake Matulia advanced to third.
Matthew Wiseman walked, RBI. Walker McCleney advanced to second. Jose Crisostomo advanced to third. Jake Matulia scored.
Matthew Wiseman advanced to second on a wild pitch. Walker McCleney advanced to third on a wild pitch. Jose Crisostomo scored on a wild pitch.
Ja'Kobi Dasher popped up to 2b. 2 out
Matthew Wiseman advanced to third on a wild pitch. Walker McCleney scored on a wild pitch.
Sean Mootrey hit by pitch.
Hunter Conner replaces Turner Scruggs at pitcher.
Tanner Clark reached on a fielding error by 1b, RBI. Sean Mootrey advanced to second. Matthew Wiseman scored, unearned. 3 out

Both games rained out in Sanford Saturday night.