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Lightning Sweep Scorpions in Doubleheader

Lightning Sweep Scorpions in Doubleheader

Leesburg, FL – Four Lightning pitchers combined to give up only one run through 14 innings and the first place Leesburg Lightning (18-5) downed the Seminole County Scorpions (9-14) by scores of 7-0 and 3-1.

Game 1

Starting pitcher Ronny Hinton (South Florida State College) struck out seven in the first complete game of the season from any Leesburg starting pitcher and the Lightning took game one easily, 7-0. The Scorpions managed five hits but were unable to push a single runner across the plate as the Lightning secured only their second shutout win of the summer.

The first game started as a continuation of a game from June 26th at Seminole County that only made it three outs before being suspended due to rain. The Scorpions came to bat in the bottom of the first inning acting as the home team even though the game was played at Pat Thomas Stadium.

The Lightning struck first when they added two runs in the top of the second inning. Tanner May (North Florida) and Tucker Rayburn (Florida A&M) led-off the frame with back-to-back singles, and a Walker McCleney (Alabama) infield single loaded the bases one out later. Florida League All-Star Tanner Clark (North Florida) drove in one run with a bloop single to center field, and a bases-loaded walk to Wes Weeks (North Florida) made it 2-0 Leesburg.

Walker McCleney’s second home run of the season doubled Leesburg’s lead in the top of the fourth inning. With Jose Crisostomo (Miami Dade) standing on second via a double one at-bat earlier, McCleney lifted a high fly ball to right field that just kept carrying and didn’t stop until it was over the wall in right field.

The Lightning added one more run in the fifth and two in the seventh to back up a dominant complete game from Ronny Hinton to take game one by a score of 7-0.

Game 2

Seminole County finally got on the board for the first time all night when Paxton Rigby (Georgia Tech) walked and took second on a passed ball in the second inning. Two wild pitches from Lightning starter Robert Kwiatkowski (Spartanburg Methodist) moved Rigby to third and then eventually across home plate, giving the Scorps their first lead.

That lead only lasted four outs thanks to Sean Mootrey’s (Georgia Gwinnett) first home run of the year, which came in the bottom of the same frame. With Jose Crisostomo on second thanks to a lead-off double, Mootrey smoked the ball over the left field wall on a pitch from Seminole starter Kyle Brana (Undecided) to put Leesburg back on top, 2-1.

Both McCleney in game one and Mootrey in game two came through in a big way for the Lightning despite not having the best numbers to show for their huge production all season. “Mootrey especially was due for a big night and I’m glad he showed up. Walker as well, he’s been banged up a bit lately but he’s starting to catch a little fire and swing the bat well,” Lightning head coach Rich Billings said. “It was nice to get production from both of those guys.”

Kwiatkowski, who will be the starting pitcher for the West All-Stars this weekend in Sanford, was able to keep the Scorpions bats relatively quiet after giving up the one run in the second. He finished with one run (unearned) allowed on three hits and five strikeouts in five innings of work before Kevin Barham (Georgia Highlands) came in in relief in the top of the sixth.

After Barham struggled in a limited appearance, officially going 0+ innings and walking two batters, Pedro Reyes-Ruiz (Miami Dade) came in and bailed the home side out big time. With the bases loaded and no outs, Reyes got back-to-back Seminole County batters to strike out swinging before getting Pablo Cedeno (Undecided) to fly out to right field. Reyes’ heroics preserved a 2-1 lead in what ended up being one of Leesburg’s most hard-fought games all season.

After the game, Coach Billings lauded Reyes and his consistent excellence at situational pitching throughout the first half of the season. “It was especially big tonight coming off of the performance that he had last time out against the Rats. We brought him in in that extra inning game with a runner on second and he struggled a little bit,” said Billings, whose confidence in his closer never wavered despite his occasional struggles. “Tonight, he was phenomenal. I definitely thought that was huge and big for his confidence and the confidence of our team as well. We definitely needed that.”

Sean Mootrey came in clutch in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI single to score Tanner May and add some much-needed insurance to the Lightning lead. Reyes, working with a now 3-1 lead, got two out of three Scorpions batters to strike out in the top of the seventh to end the game, which was only slated to be seven innings due to league doubleheader regulations.

Leesburg is back in action on Friday night at home against the Winter Garden Squeeze.

Matt Holzapfel (Elon University)

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Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Brown, lf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Weeks, rf 1 0 0 1 2 0
Matulia, 2b/3b 3 1 1 0 1 1
Cody, dh 4 2 2 0 0 1
May, ss 3 0 1 1 0 0
Rayburn, 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0
Crisostomo, lf 4 2 2 1 0 0
McCleney, cf 3 1 2 2 1 0
Clark, c 3 0 1 1 0 0
Schnurbusch, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1
Hinton, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Cody, Crisostomo

HR - McCleney

RBI - Weeks, May, Rayburn, Crisostomo, McCleney 2, Clark

Baserunning

SB - Weeks, Cody, McCleney

CS - Matulia

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Hinton, W 7.0 5 0 0 1 7

Wild Pitches - Hinton

Pitches/Strikes - Hinton 95/55

Groundouts/Flyouts - Hinton 6/7

Batters Faced - Hinton 26

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Thornal, 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davenport, ph/cf 2 0 1 0 1 0
Ray, ss 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stillwell, ph/rf 3 0 0 0 0 2
Carpenter, dh 3 0 0 0 0 0
Dudley, lf 3 0 1 0 0 1
Rigby, 1b/3b 3 0 2 0 0 0
Cedeno, rf/2b 3 0 0 0 0 1
Ugarte, c 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hernandez, c 3 0 1 0 0 1
Acuff, cf/ss 3 0 0 0 0 0
Lopez, 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Martinez, 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turley, ph/3b 2 0 0 0 0 2
Gallo, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boushelle, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Dudley

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Gallo, L 6.0 9 5 5 3 3
Boushelle 1.0 2 2 2 1 0

Wild Pitches - Gallo

Pitches/Strikes - Gallo 94/56, Boushelle 23/11

Groundouts/Flyouts - Gallo 5/8, Boushelle 1/2

Batters Faced - Gallo 28, Boushelle 6

Lightning

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Brown, lf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Weeks, rf 1 0 0 1 2 0
Matulia, 2b/3b 3 1 1 0 1 1
Cody, dh 4 2 2 0 0 1
May, ss 3 0 1 1 0 0
Rayburn, 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0
Crisostomo, lf 4 2 2 1 0 0
McCleney, cf 3 1 2 2 1 0
Clark, c 3 0 1 1 0 0
Schnurbusch, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1
Hinton, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Cody, Crisostomo

HR - McCleney

RBI - Weeks, May, Rayburn, Crisostomo, McCleney 2, Clark

Baserunning

SB - Weeks, Cody, McCleney

CS - Matulia

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Hinton, W 7.0 5 0 0 1 7

Wild Pitches - Hinton

Pitches/Strikes - Hinton 95/55

Groundouts/Flyouts - Hinton 6/7

Batters Faced - Hinton 26

Scorpions

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Thornal, 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davenport, ph/cf 2 0 1 0 1 0
Ray, ss 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stillwell, ph/rf 3 0 0 0 0 2
Carpenter, dh 3 0 0 0 0 0
Dudley, lf 3 0 1 0 0 1
Rigby, 1b/3b 3 0 2 0 0 0
Cedeno, rf/2b 3 0 0 0 0 1
Ugarte, c 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hernandez, c 3 0 1 0 0 1
Acuff, cf/ss 3 0 0 0 0 0
Lopez, 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Martinez, 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turley, ph/3b 2 0 0 0 0 2
Gallo, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boushelle, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Dudley

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Gallo, L 6.0 9 5 5 3 3
Boushelle 1.0 2 2 2 1 0

Wild Pitches - Gallo

Pitches/Strikes - Gallo 94/56, Boushelle 23/11

Groundouts/Flyouts - Gallo 5/8, Boushelle 1/2

Batters Faced - Gallo 28, Boushelle 6

Scoring Plays

Top 2nd

Tanner Clark singled to center field, RBI. Walker McCleney advanced to second. Jose Crisostomo advanced to third. Tucker Rayburn scored.
Wes Weeks walked, RBI. Tanner Clark advanced to second. Walker McCleney advanced to third. Jose Crisostomo scored.

Top 4th

Walker McCleney homered to right field, 2 RBI. Jose Crisostomo scored.

Top 5th

Tucker Rayburn singled through the right side, advanced to second on the throw, RBI. Javeon Cody scored.

Top 7th

Tanner May flied out to cf, SF, RBI. Jake Matulia scored.
Jose Crisostomo singled to right center, RBI. Javeon Cody scored.

All Plays

Top 1st

Luke Brown flied out to 2b. 1 out
Jake Matulia struck out looking. 2 out
Javeon Cody flied out to rf. 3 out

Bottom 1st

Wes Weeks replaces Luke Brown at right field.
Jake Matulia replaces at third base.
Jose Crisostomo replaces at left field.
Harrison Schnurbusch replaces at second base.
Cade Davenport replaces Trace Thornal at pinch hitter.
Cade Davenport grounded out to 2b. 1 out
Garrett Stillwell replaces Alex Ray at pinch hitter.
Garrett Stillwell struck out looking. 2 out
Kerry Carpenter grounded out to 3b. 3 out

Top 2nd

Cade Davenport replaces at center field.
Garrett Stillwell replaces at right field.
Paxton Rigby replaces at third base.
Pablo Cedeno replaces at second base.
Erick Hernandez replaces Andres Ugarte at catcher.
Will Acuff replaces at shortstop.
Quinton Martinez replaces Fausto Lopez at first base.
Tanner May singled to right center.
Tucker Rayburn singled through the right side. Tanner May advanced to second.
Jose Crisostomo reached on a fielder's choice to pitcher, bunt. Tucker Rayburn advanced to second. Tanner May out at third p to 3b. 1 out
Walker McCleney singled to first base. Jose Crisostomo advanced to second. Tucker Rayburn advanced to third.
Tanner Clark singled to center field, RBI. Walker McCleney advanced to second. Jose Crisostomo advanced to third. Tucker Rayburn scored.
Harrison Schnurbusch struck out swinging. 2 out
Wes Weeks walked, RBI. Tanner Clark advanced to second. Walker McCleney advanced to third. Jose Crisostomo scored.
Jake Matulia reached on a fielder's choice to second base. Wes Weeks out at second 2b unassisted. 3 out

Bottom 2nd

Brandon Dudley flied out to lf. 1 out
Paxton Rigby singled through the right side.
Pablo Cedeno lined into double play 2b to 1b. Paxton Rigby out on the play. 3 out

Top 3rd

Javeon Cody struck out looking. 1 out
Tanner May grounded out to 2b. 2 out
Tucker Rayburn grounded out to 3b. 3 out

Bottom 3rd

Erick Hernandez grounded out to ss. 1 out
Will Acuff flied out to ss. 2 out
Cameron Turley replaces Quinton Martinez at pinch hitter.
Cameron Turley struck out looking. 3 out

Top 4th

Paxton Rigby replaces at first base.
Cameron Turley replaces at third base.
Jose Crisostomo doubled to right center.
Walker McCleney homered to right field, 2 RBI. Jose Crisostomo scored.
Tanner Clark flied out to rf. 1 out
Harrison Schnurbusch fouled out to 1b. 2 out
Wes Weeks grounded out to ss up the middle. 3 out

Bottom 4th

Cade Davenport singled up the middle.
Garrett Stillwell struck out swinging. 1 out
Kerry Carpenter lined out to rf. 2 out
Brandon Dudley doubled down the lf line. Cade Davenport advanced to third.
Paxton Rigby flied out to rf. 3 out

Top 5th

Jake Matulia singled up the middle.
Jake Matulia out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 1 out
Javeon Cody doubled down the lf line.
Tanner May flied out to lf. 2 out
Tucker Rayburn singled through the right side, advanced to second on the throw, RBI. Javeon Cody scored.
Jose Crisostomo popped up to ss. 3 out

Bottom 5th

Pablo Cedeno struck out swinging. 1 out
Erick Hernandez singled to right field.
Will Acuff reached on a fielder's choice to second base. Erick Hernandez out at second 2b to ss. 2 out
Cameron Turley struck out swinging. 3 out

Top 6th

Walker McCleney walked.
Walker McCleney stole second.
Tanner Clark flied out to rf. 1 out
Harrison Schnurbusch popped up to c. 2 out
Walker McCleney advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Wes Weeks walked.
Wes Weeks stole second. Walker McCleney out at home c to ss to c. 3 out

Bottom 6th

Cade Davenport walked.
Garrett Stillwell flied out to lf. 1 out
Cade Davenport advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Kerry Carpenter grounded out to 2b. Cade Davenport advanced to third. 2 out
Brandon Dudley struck out looking. 3 out

Top 7th

John Boushelle replaces Jack Gallo at pitcher.
Jake Matulia walked.
Javeon Cody singled through the right side. Jake Matulia advanced to third.
Javeon Cody stole second.
Tanner May flied out to cf, SF, RBI. Jake Matulia scored. 1 out
Tucker Rayburn grounded out to 1b unassisted. Javeon Cody advanced to third. 2 out
Jose Crisostomo singled to right center, RBI. Javeon Cody scored.
Walker McCleney popped up to ss. 3 out

Bottom 7th

Paxton Rigby singled to right center.
Pablo Cedeno reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Paxton Rigby out at second ss to 2b. 1 out
Erick Hernandez struck out looking. 2 out
Will Acuff flied out to lf. 3 out

Friday's game has been suspended due to weather.