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Lightning Capitalize on Errors to Edge River Rats

Lightning Capitalize on Errors to Edge River Rats

Leesburg, Fla. – The Leesburg Lightning used a three-run sixth inning and another strong performance from the pitching staff to rally past the Sanford River Rats 4-3 on Friday night at Pat Thomas Stadium, improving to 19-7 on the season. 

Gavin Dicks turned in one of his best outings of the summer, holding Sanford scoreless over 4.1 innings while allowing just three hits and striking out six. 

Leesburg broke a scoreless tie in the third inning without recording an RBI. After Andon Gray reached and advanced to third, Turner Gross lined a double into the right-center field gap. A throwing error by the River Rats' second baseman allowed Gray to score for a 1-0 Lightning lead. 

Sanford answered in the fifth against reliever Austin MacCardle. Tyler Meyer tied the game with an RBI single before Jaden Garcia lifted a sacrifice fly to put the River Rats ahead. Caleb Scott followed with an RBI single later in the inning as Sanford took a 3-1 advantage. 

The Lightning responded immediately in the bottom of the sixth. 

Preston Murphy opened the inning with a single before Dylan Green reached on an error. KT Thompson delivered an RBI single to cut the deficit to one, and Daniel Despaine tied the game with an RBI fielder's choice. Moments later, Despaine stole second and advanced to third on another throwing error while Thompson raced home on the play, giving Leesburg a 4-3 lead. 

The bullpen made the advantage stand. Andre Bilbao Jr. worked a scoreless seventh inning before JD Aragort escaped trouble in the eighth. Ryan Perzanowski struck out two in a perfect ninth inning to earn his second save of the season. 

Despite collecting only five hits, the Lightning drew seven walks and took advantage of five Sanford errors. Thompson finished with an RBI and a stolen base, while Gross and Despaine each doubled. Murphy reached base four times, going 1-for-1 with three walks and scoring the tying run in the decisive sixth inning. 

The winning continues to pile up for Leesburg as they earned their 19th win of the season as another matchup slowly approaches with the DeLand Suns coming to town for America’s 250th birthday celebration. The Lightning will take on DeLand on Saturday, July 4th at 5:00 PM at Pat Thomas Stadium. 

Adam Rothschild (Susquehanna University) 

 

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Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Scott, 2b 4 0 1 1 0 2
Upperman, cf 3 0 1 0 0 1
Pitman, cf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pynes, dh 3 0 0 0 1 2
J. Dobkowski, c 4 0 1 0 0 0
Walker, eh 4 0 0 0 0 1
Velez, ss 3 1 0 0 1 2
M. Dobkowski, lf 3 1 3 0 0 0
Beal, lf 1 0 0 0 0 1
Meyer, rf 3 1 1 1 0 0
Weckman, rf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garcia, 1b 2 0 0 1 0 2
Stafford, 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez, 3b 2 0 1 0 1 1

Batting

2B - M. Dobkowski

RBI - Scott, Meyer, Garcia

Baserunning

CS - Upperman

Fielding

E - Scott 2, Velez, Gonzalez, Scott

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Seymour 5.0 3 1 0 5 2
DeVita, L 2.0 1 3 1 1 0
Rossi 1.0 1 0 0 1 0

Wild Pitches - Seymour

Pitches/Strikes - Seymour 85/53, DeVita 47/27, Rossi 12/7

Groundouts/Flyouts - Seymour 7/6, DeVita 3/2, Rossi 1/1

Batters Faced - Seymour 24, DeVita 10, Rossi 4

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Gray, 2b 2 1 0 0 2 1
Dumas, lf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Keller, rf 4 0 1 0 0 1
Gross, c 3 0 1 0 0 0
Murphy, dh 1 1 1 0 3 0
Pleasant, pr 0 0 0 0 0 0
Green, ss 4 1 0 0 0 0
Thompson, cf 3 1 1 1 1 0
Cortale, eh 4 0 0 0 0 0
Despaine, 3b 2 0 1 1 1 0
Waddingham, 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Gross, Despaine

RBI - Thompson, Despaine

GDP - Cortale

HBP - Gross

Baserunning

SB - Thompson, Despaine

Fielding

E - Despaine

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Dicks 4.1 3 0 0 0 6
MacCardle, W 1.2 4 3 3 1 2
Bilbao, Jr 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Aragort 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Perzanowski, SV 1.0 0 0 0 0 2

Wild Pitches - Bilbao, Jr

Pitches/Strikes - Dicks 56/38, MacCardle 36/21, Bilbao, Jr 18/13, Aragort 23/12, Perzanowski 16/10

Groundouts/Flyouts - Dicks 5/1, MacCardle 1/2, Bilbao, Jr 0/1, Aragort 0/2, Perzanowski 1/0

Batters Faced - Dicks 15, MacCardle 10, Bilbao, Jr 4, Aragort 5, Perzanowski 3

River Rats

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Scott, 2b 4 0 1 1 0 2
Upperman, cf 3 0 1 0 0 1
Pitman, cf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pynes, dh 3 0 0 0 1 2
J. Dobkowski, c 4 0 1 0 0 0
Walker, eh 4 0 0 0 0 1
Velez, ss 3 1 0 0 1 2
M. Dobkowski, lf 3 1 3 0 0 0
Beal, lf 1 0 0 0 0 1
Meyer, rf 3 1 1 1 0 0
Weckman, rf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garcia, 1b 2 0 0 1 0 2
Stafford, 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez, 3b 2 0 1 0 1 1

Batting

2B - M. Dobkowski

RBI - Scott, Meyer, Garcia

Baserunning

CS - Upperman

Fielding

E - Scott 2, Velez, Gonzalez, Scott

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Seymour 5.0 3 1 0 5 2
DeVita, L 2.0 1 3 1 1 0
Rossi 1.0 1 0 0 1 0

Wild Pitches - Seymour

Pitches/Strikes - Seymour 85/53, DeVita 47/27, Rossi 12/7

Groundouts/Flyouts - Seymour 7/6, DeVita 3/2, Rossi 1/1

Batters Faced - Seymour 24, DeVita 10, Rossi 4

Lightning

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Gray, 2b 2 1 0 0 2 1
Dumas, lf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Keller, rf 4 0 1 0 0 1
Gross, c 3 0 1 0 0 0
Murphy, dh 1 1 1 0 3 0
Pleasant, pr 0 0 0 0 0 0
Green, ss 4 1 0 0 0 0
Thompson, cf 3 1 1 1 1 0
Cortale, eh 4 0 0 0 0 0
Despaine, 3b 2 0 1 1 1 0
Waddingham, 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Gross, Despaine

RBI - Thompson, Despaine

GDP - Cortale

HBP - Gross

Baserunning

SB - Thompson, Despaine

Fielding

E - Despaine

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Dicks 4.1 3 0 0 0 6
MacCardle, W 1.2 4 3 3 1 2
Bilbao, Jr 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Aragort 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Perzanowski, SV 1.0 0 0 0 0 2

Wild Pitches - Bilbao, Jr

Pitches/Strikes - Dicks 56/38, MacCardle 36/21, Bilbao, Jr 18/13, Aragort 23/12, Perzanowski 16/10

Groundouts/Flyouts - Dicks 5/1, MacCardle 1/2, Bilbao, Jr 0/1, Aragort 0/2, Perzanowski 1/0

Batters Faced - Dicks 15, MacCardle 10, Bilbao, Jr 4, Aragort 5, Perzanowski 3

Scoring Plays

Bottom 3rd

Turner Gross doubled to right center, advanced to third on the throw. Andon Gray advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by 2b, unearned.

Top 5th

Tyler Meyer singled to shortstop, RBI. Michael Dobkowski advanced to third. Adonys Velez scored.
Jaden Garcia flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI. Michael Dobkowski scored.
Caleb Scott singled up the middle, RBI. Miguel Gonzalez advanced to second. Tyler Meyer scored.

Bottom 6th

Kaden Thompson singled to left center, RBI. Dylan Green advanced to second. Preston Murphy scored.
Daniel Despaine reached on a fielder's choice to second base, RBI. Marcello Cortale out at second 2b to ss. Kaden Thompson advanced to third. Dylan Green scored, unearned.

All Plays

Top 1st

Caleb Scott struck out swinging. 1 out
Nick Upperman singled up the middle.
Nick Upperman out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 2 out
Drew Pynes grounded out to 2b. 3 out

Bottom 1st

Andon Gray walked.
Matthew Dumas popped up to 3b. 1 out
Andon Gray advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Charles Keller struck out swinging. 2 out
Turner Gross hit by pitch.
Preston Murphy walked. Turner Gross advanced to second. Andon Gray advanced to third.
Dylan Green grounded out to p. 3 out

Top 2nd

John Dobkowski singled up the middle.
Zach Walker struck out swinging. 1 out
Adonys Velez struck out swinging. 2 out
Michael Dobkowski singled up the middle. John Dobkowski advanced to second.
Tyler Meyer grounded out to 2b. 3 out

Bottom 2nd

Kaden Thompson grounded out to p. 1 out
Marcello Cortale grounded out to 2b. 2 out
Daniel Despaine doubled down the 3b line.
Jack Waddingham grounded out to ss. 3 out

Top 3rd

Jaden Garcia struck out swinging. 1 out
Miguel Gonzalez struck out swinging. 2 out
Caleb Scott grounded out to 2b. 3 out

Bottom 3rd

Andon Gray walked.
Matthew Dumas flied out to lf. 1 out
Charles Keller popped up to 3b down the lf line. 2 out
Turner Gross doubled to right center, advanced to third on the throw. Andon Gray advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by 2b, unearned.
Preston Murphy walked.
Dylan Green grounded out to ss. 3 out

Top 4th

Nick Upperman flied out to rf to right center. 1 out
Drew Pynes struck out swinging. 2 out
John Dobkowski grounded out to ss. 3 out

Bottom 4th

Kaden Thompson flied out to lf. 1 out
Marcello Cortale grounded out to p. 2 out
Daniel Despaine walked.
Jack Waddingham lined out to ss. 3 out

Top 5th

Zach Walker grounded out to 2b. 1 out
Austin MacCardle replaces Gavin Dicks at pitcher.
Adonys Velez walked.
Michael Dobkowski doubled down the lf line. Adonys Velez advanced to third.
Tyler Meyer singled to shortstop, RBI. Michael Dobkowski advanced to third. Adonys Velez scored.
Jaden Garcia flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI. Michael Dobkowski scored. 2 out
Miguel Gonzalez singled through the left side. Tyler Meyer advanced to second.
Caleb Scott singled up the middle, RBI. Miguel Gonzalez advanced to second. Tyler Meyer scored.
Nick Upperman struck out looking. 3 out

Bottom 5th

Andon Gray struck out swinging. 1 out
Matthew Dumas grounded out to 2b. 2 out
Charles Keller singled to left center.
Turner Gross flied out to rf to right center. 3 out

Top 6th

Drew Pynes struck out looking. 1 out
John Dobkowski grounded out to 1b unassisted. 2 out
Zach Walker flied out to rf to right center. 3 out

Bottom 6th

Philip DeVita replaces AJ Seymour at pitcher.
Preston Murphy walked.
Dylan Green reached first on a dropped fly by ss. Preston Murphy advanced to second.
Kaden Thompson singled to left center, RBI. Dylan Green advanced to second. Preston Murphy scored.
Marcello Cortale reached first on a fielding error by 3b. Kaden Thompson advanced to second. Dylan Green advanced to third.
Daniel Despaine reached on a fielder's choice to second base, RBI. Marcello Cortale out at second 2b to ss. Kaden Thompson advanced to third. Dylan Green scored, unearned. 1 out
Daniel Despaine stole second, advanced to third on an error by 2b. Kaden Thompson stole home, unearned.
Jack Waddingham flied into double play rf to c. Daniel Despaine out on the play. 3 out

Top 7th

Andre Bilbao Jr replaces Austin MacCardle at pitcher.
Adonys Velez reached first on a dropped fly by 3b, out at second 3b to 2b. 1 out
Michael Dobkowski singled to left center.
Ethan Beal replaces Michael Dobkowski at .
Ethan Beal advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Tyler Meyer flied out to rf. Ethan Beal advanced to third. 2 out
Jaden Garcia struck out swinging. 3 out

Bottom 7th

Cooper Pitman replaces Nick Upperman at center field.
Ethan Beal replaces at left field.
Braeden Weckman replaces Tyler Meyer at right field.
Sean Stafford replaces Jaden Garcia at first base.
Andon Gray grounded out to ss. 1 out
Matthew Dumas grounded out to ss up the middle. 2 out
Charles Keller reached first on a dropped fly by p.
Turner Gross lined out to lf. 3 out

Top 8th

Jose Aragort replaces Andre Bilbao Jr at pitcher.
Miguel Gonzalez walked.
Caleb Scott struck out swinging. 1 out
Cooper Pitman flied out to rf. 2 out
Drew Pynes walked. Miguel Gonzalez advanced to second.
John Dobkowski fouled out to 1b. 3 out

Bottom 8th

Luke Rossi replaces Philip DeVita at pitcher.
Preston Murphy singled down the rf line.
Dylan Green fouled out to c. 1 out
Kaden Thompson walked. Preston Murphy advanced to second.
Ledger Pleasant replaces Preston Murphy at .
Marcello Cortale grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b. Kaden Thompson out on the play. 3 out

Top 9th

Ryan Perzanowski replaces Jose Aragort at pitcher.
Zach Walker grounded out to 2b. 1 out
Adonys Velez struck out swinging. 2 out
Ethan Beal struck out swinging. 3 out