Eight Run Eighth Leads Leesburg past Suns
DELAND, Fla - The Leesburg Lightning won their fifth game in a row, taking down the Deland Suns, 11-3, on Friday night at Sperling Sports Complex.
A 3-3 tie was taken to the ninth inning when Leesburg popped off for an eight run frame, coasting to the win.
Outfielder Marco Dinges (Tallahassee CC) remains red hot at the plate as he sent a three-run triple to left center field in the ninth. He would score on a throwing error to give the Lightning the eight-run advantage.
Earlier in the inning, the Suns walked in three runs with the bases loaded and a wild pitch would score another, contributing to the offensive onslaught for the Bolts.
Lightning second baseman Gabriel Santiago (Coker) blasted a two-run homer to left field in the third inning, giving Leesburg the early lead. Santiago finished the day 2 for 4 with three RBIs.
Deland would chip away throughout the ballgame scoring three unanswered runs, taking a one run lead into the eighth inning.
In the top of eighth, Leesburg would tie the game on a throwing error from the Suns catcher that would score center fielder Austin Brinling (North Florida) who attempted to steal third base.
Right-handed reliever Tyler Van Dyke (Seminole St) was clutch out of the bullpen as he came into a tie ballgame with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the eighth. Van Dyke would strikeout the next two batters to hold the Suns off the board, earning the win after Leesburg took the lead in the ninth.
Newly added left-hander Sebastian Miller (Palm Beach St) would relieve Van Dyke with two outs in the ninth to record the final out of the game, receiving his first experience as a Lightning ballplayer.
With the win, Leesburg improves to 22-11 on the year and will play the final game of the regular season against the Suns on Saturday night at Sperling Sports Complex.
Just a half-game back of the top spot in the league standings, a Leesburg victory over Deland and a loss from the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs on Saturday would give the Lighting sole position of first place in the FCSL standings, earning the No. 1 seed heading into the playoffs.
Tom Cavanaugh, (Michigan State University)
Tom Cavanaugh - 07/22/22 11:58pm
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Batting
| Name |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
|
Brinling, cf |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Santiago, 2b |
4 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
Cavanaugh, c |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
Dinges, rf |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Stapleton, dh |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Best, pr/dh |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nowells, dh |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Furry, lf |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hadley, 3b |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Thornton, 1b |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Cordova, ss |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Batting
3B - Dinges
HR - Santiago
RBI - Brinling, Santiago 3, Cavanaugh, Dinges 3
HBP - Brinling
Baserunning
SB - Brinling
Fielding
E - Cordova
Pitching
Wild Pitches - Daiss
Pitches/Strikes - Bruns 46/22, Walker 44/21, Daiss 37/19, Van Dyke 20/15, Miller 10/7
Groundouts/Flyouts - Bruns 1/6, Walker 3/1, Daiss 2/1, Van Dyke 0/1
Batters Faced - Bruns 12, Walker 11, Daiss 10, Van Dyke 5, Miller 2
Batting
| Name |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
| Jorgense, ss |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| St Claire, cf |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Griffis, rf |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| Moran, 1b |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Herrera, dh |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| McArdle, c |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Biggio, dh |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Mastromauro, 2b |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Cruz, ph |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Dolan, 3b |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Simmons, lf |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Batting
HR - Biggio
RBI - Jorgense, Biggio
GDP - St Claire, Herrera
Baserunning
CS - Mastromauro
Fielding
E - Jorgense, McArdle, Jorgense
Pitching
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
| Cherepanya |
8.0 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Flacco, L |
0.2 |
2 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
| Haughey |
0.1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Wild Pitches - Flacco
Pitches/Strikes - Cherepanya 102/68, Flacco 42/14, Haughey 5/4
Groundouts/Flyouts - Cherepanya 7/11, Flacco 1/1
Batters Faced - Cherepanya 34, Flacco 10, Haughey 2
Lightning
Batting
| Name |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
|
Brinling, cf |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Santiago, 2b |
4 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
Cavanaugh, c |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
Dinges, rf |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Stapleton, dh |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Best, pr/dh |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nowells, dh |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Furry, lf |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hadley, 3b |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Thornton, 1b |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Cordova, ss |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Batting
3B - Dinges
HR - Santiago
RBI - Brinling, Santiago 3, Cavanaugh, Dinges 3
HBP - Brinling
Baserunning
SB - Brinling
Fielding
E - Cordova
Pitching
Wild Pitches - Daiss
Pitches/Strikes - Bruns 46/22, Walker 44/21, Daiss 37/19, Van Dyke 20/15, Miller 10/7
Groundouts/Flyouts - Bruns 1/6, Walker 3/1, Daiss 2/1, Van Dyke 0/1
Batters Faced - Bruns 12, Walker 11, Daiss 10, Van Dyke 5, Miller 2
Suns
Batting
| Name |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
| Jorgense, ss |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| St Claire, cf |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Griffis, rf |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| Moran, 1b |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Herrera, dh |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| McArdle, c |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Biggio, dh |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Mastromauro, 2b |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Cruz, ph |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Dolan, 3b |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Simmons, lf |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Batting
HR - Biggio
RBI - Jorgense, Biggio
GDP - St Claire, Herrera
Baserunning
CS - Mastromauro
Fielding
E - Jorgense, McArdle, Jorgense
Pitching
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
| Cherepanya |
8.0 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Flacco, L |
0.2 |
2 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
| Haughey |
0.1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Wild Pitches - Flacco
Pitches/Strikes - Cherepanya 102/68, Flacco 42/14, Haughey 5/4
Groundouts/Flyouts - Cherepanya 7/11, Flacco 1/1
Batters Faced - Cherepanya 34, Flacco 10, Haughey 2
Scoring Plays
Top 3rd
Gabriel Santiago homered to left field, 2 RBI. Ramses Cordova scored.
Bottom 3rd
Macallister Jorgense singled up the middle, RBI. Jesse Simmons advanced to second. James Dolan scored.
Bottom 7th
August Biggio advanced to second on a wild pitch. Landon Moran scored on a wild pitch.
Top 8th
Austin Brinling stole third, scored on a throwing error by c, unearned.
Top 9th
Ian Thornton advanced to second on a wild pitch. Chase Hadley advanced to third on a wild pitch. Noah Best scored on a wild pitch.
Austin Brinling hit by pitch, RBI. Ramses Cordova advanced to second. Ian Thornton advanced to third. Chase Hadley scored.
Gabriel Santiago walked, RBI. Austin Brinling advanced to second. Ramses Cordova advanced to third. Ian Thornton scored.
Drew Cavanaugh walked, RBI. Gabriel Santiago advanced to second. Austin Brinling advanced to third. Ramses Cordova scored.
Marco Dinges tripled to left center, scored on a throwing error by ss, 3 RBI. Drew Cavanaugh scored. Gabriel Santiago scored. Austin Brinling scored.
All Plays
Top 1st
Austin Brinling out at first 1b to p.
1 out
Gabriel Santiago flied out to cf.
2 out
Drew Cavanaugh singled through the right side.
Marco Dinges singled to left center. Drew Cavanaugh advanced to second.
Travis Stapleton popped up to 2b.
3 out
Bottom 1st
Macallister Jorgense flied out to rf.
1 out
Evan St Claire flied out to rf.
2 out
Evan Griffis struck out looking.
3 out
Top 2nd
Devon Nowells flied out to cf.
1 out
Michael Furry grounded out to 3b.
2 out
Chase Hadley struck out swinging.
3 out
Bottom 2nd
Landon Moran struck out looking.
1 out
Brian Herrera fouled out to 1b.
2 out
Sean McArdle flied out to rf.
3 out
Top 3rd
Ian Thornton grounded out to 3b.
1 out
Ramses Cordova singled up the middle.
Austin Brinling flied out to rf.
2 out
Gabriel Santiago homered to left field, 2 RBI. Ramses Cordova scored.
Drew Cavanaugh singled to second base.
Marco Dinges flied out to rf.
3 out
Bottom 3rd
Evan Mastromauro popped up to 2b.
1 out
James Dolan reached on a fielder's choice to second base. August Biggio out at second 2b to ss.
2 out
Jesse Simmons walked. James Dolan advanced to second.
Macallister Jorgense singled up the middle, RBI. Jesse Simmons advanced to second. James Dolan scored.
Evan St Claire lined out to ss.
3 out
Top 4th
Devon Nowells struck out looking.
1 out
Travis Stapleton out at first p to 1b, picked off.
2 out
Michael Furry fouled out to 1b.
3 out
Bottom 4th
Tanner Walker replaces Cody Bruns at pitcher.
Landon Moran singled to right field. Evan Griffis advanced to second.
Brian Herrera grounded into double play 3b to 1b. Landon Moran advanced to second. Evan Griffis out on the play.
2 out
Sean McArdle struck out swinging.
3 out
Top 5th
Chase Hadley struck out swinging.
1 out
Ian Thornton flied out to lf.
2 out
Ramses Cordova singled to left field.
Austin Brinling singled to pitcher, bunt. Ramses Cordova advanced to second.
Gabriel Santiago singled to shortstop. Austin Brinling advanced to second. Ramses Cordova out at second ss unassisted.
3 out
Bottom 5th
August Biggio homered to right field, RBI.
Evan Mastromauro singled to right field.
Evan Mastromauro out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 1 out
James Dolan struck out swinging.
2 out
Jesse Simmons grounded out to 1b unassisted.
3 out
Top 6th
Drew Cavanaugh out at first 1b to p.
1 out
Marco Dinges flied out to cf.
2 out
Travis Stapleton flied out to lf.
3 out
Bottom 6th
Macallister Jorgense walked.
Evan St Claire grounded into double play 1b to ss. Macallister Jorgense out on the play.
2 out
Evan Griffis flied out to cf.
3 out
Top 7th
Devon Nowells singled to left center.
Michael Furry grounded out to p, SAC, bunt. Devon Nowells advanced to second.
1 out
Devon Nowells advanced to third on a passed ball.
Chase Hadley reached on a fielder's choice to second base. Devon Nowells out at home 2b to c.
2 out
Ian Thornton struck out swinging.
3 out
Bottom 7th
Casey Daiss replaces Tanner Walker at pitcher.
Landon Moran singled to left field.
Brian Herrera grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt. Landon Moran advanced to second.
1 out
Sean McArdle grounded out to 1b unassisted. Landon Moran advanced to third.
2 out
August Biggio intentionally walked.
August Biggio advanced to second on a wild pitch. Landon Moran scored on a wild pitch.
James Dolan struck out swinging.
3 out
Top 8th
Ramses Cordova popped up to 1b.
1 out
Austin Brinling singled to third base, bunt.
Austin Brinling advanced to second on a throwing error by p.
Gabriel Santiago flied out to lf.
2 out
Austin Brinling stole third, scored on a throwing error by c, unearned.
Marco Dinges grounded out to ss.
3 out
Bottom 8th
Jesse Simmons flied out to cf.
1 out
Macallister Jorgense walked.
Evan St Claire singled through the right side. Macallister Jorgense advanced to second.
Evan Griffis walked. Evan St Claire advanced to second. Macallister Jorgense advanced to third.
Tyler Van Dyke replaces Casey Daiss at pitcher.
Landon Moran struck out swinging.
2 out
Brian Herrera struck out looking.
3 out
Top 9th
Dom Flacco replaces Stephen Cherepanya at pitcher.
Noah Best replaces Travis Stapleton at .
Devon Nowells grounded out to c. Noah Best advanced to second.
1 out
Michael Furry flied out to cf.
2 out
Ian Thornton singled through the left side. Chase Hadley advanced to second. Noah Best advanced to third.
Ian Thornton advanced to second on a wild pitch. Chase Hadley advanced to third on a wild pitch. Noah Best scored on a wild pitch.
Austin Brinling hit by pitch, RBI. Ramses Cordova advanced to second. Ian Thornton advanced to third. Chase Hadley scored.
Gabriel Santiago walked, RBI. Austin Brinling advanced to second. Ramses Cordova advanced to third. Ian Thornton scored.
Drew Cavanaugh walked, RBI. Gabriel Santiago advanced to second. Austin Brinling advanced to third. Ramses Cordova scored.
Marco Dinges tripled to left center, scored on a throwing error by ss, 3 RBI. Drew Cavanaugh scored. Gabriel Santiago scored. Austin Brinling scored.
Noah Best replaces at designated hitter.
Derek Haughey replaces Dom Flacco at pitcher.
Noah Best singled up the middle.
Devon Nowells struck out swinging.
3 out
Bottom 9th
Sean McArdle flied out to lf.
1 out
August Biggio reached on a fielding error by ss.
Brandon Cruz replaces Evan Mastromauro at pinch hitter.
Brandon Cruz struck out swinging.
2 out
Sebastian Miller replaces Tyler Van Dyke at pitcher.
James Dolan singled through the left side. August Biggio advanced to second.
Jesse Simmons struck out looking.
3 out
