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FINAL/8
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E | |
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SAN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 |
LEE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |

Lightning Fall to Rats in Game One of Playoffs
LEESBURG, Fla - The Leesburg Lightning drop game one of the Florida League semi-final series against the Sanford River Rats in a 9-1 seven-inning, mercy rule loss on Monday night at Pat Thomas Stadium-Buddy Lowe Field.
The ballgame was completely dominated by Sanford as they never trailed throughout the contest, opening up with a two-run homer off the bat of first baseman Jeff Liquori (Florida Southern) in the top of the first inning.
Lightning starting pitcher Layton Perry (Jacksonville) allowed four runs on four hits in four and two thirds innings pitched. He would pick up his first loss of the season, moving to a 3-1 record.
The only run the Lightning would score came in the bottom of the third when second baseman Noah Best (Birmingham Southern) drove in shortstop Ramses Cordova (Winthrop) with an RBI groundout to second base.
Errors would infect Leesburg all night long as they had five errors and only four hits in the game. Sanford would capitalize with seven runs in the final three innings of play to put themselves in position for the early mercy rule victory.
Three more Lightning pitchers - Cameron Sereda (Tampa), Mason Morello (Amy-WestPoint) and Ivan VanBeverhoudt Jr. (Anderson) would throw in the loss, combining for the final two and one third innings, allowing five runs on seven hits.
Leesburg will need to bounce back and even up the series on Tuesday night in game two on the road against the Rats or its season will be over. First pitch is set for 6:30 pm ET at Sanford Memorial Stadium.
Tom Cavanaugh, (Michigan State University)
Batting
Name | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fields, cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Fitts, rf | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Liquori, 1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Warde, ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Lora, c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mach, 2b | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rikeman, dh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shuler, dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yeager, 3b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Brazil, lf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Batting
2B - Fields, Brazil
HR - Liquori
RBI - Fields, Liquori 3, Lora, Yeager, Brazil
HBP - Lora
Baserunning
SB - Shuler
CS - Fields, Fitts
Fielding
E - Warde
Pitching
Name | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wainright | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Moreno, W | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Garner | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Holcomb | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wild Pitches - Wainright
Pitches/Strikes - Wainright 75/45, Moreno 35/18, Garner 9/5, Holcomb 7/5
Groundouts/Flyouts - Wainright 3/4, Moreno 1/3, Garner 1/1
Batters Faced - Wainright 17, Moreno 8, Garner 3, Holcomb 2
Batting
Name | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brinling, cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Best, 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cavanaugh, c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dinges, dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Stapleton, dh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cervantes, rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Furry, lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nowells, 3b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Hadley, pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thornton, 1b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Runnels, ph | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cordova, ss | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Batting
2B - Brinling
RBI - Best
HBP - Best
Baserunning
SB - Best
Fielding
E - Brinling, Best 2, Cervantes, Thornton
Pitching
Name | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perry, L | 4.2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Sereda | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Morello | 0.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
VanBeverhoudt | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Pitches/Strikes - Perry 59/42, Sereda 14/13, Morello 17/11, VanBeverhoudt 15/7
Groundouts/Flyouts - Perry 4/8, Sereda 1/1, Morello 1/1
Batters Faced - Perry 19, Sereda 7, Morello 6, VanBeverhoudt 4
River Rats
Batting
Name | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fields, cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Fitts, rf | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Liquori, 1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Warde, ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Lora, c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mach, 2b | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rikeman, dh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shuler, dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yeager, 3b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Brazil, lf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Batting
2B - Fields, Brazil
HR - Liquori
RBI - Fields, Liquori 3, Lora, Yeager, Brazil
HBP - Lora
Baserunning
SB - Shuler
CS - Fields, Fitts
Fielding
E - Warde
Pitching
Name | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wainright | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Moreno, W | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Garner | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Holcomb | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wild Pitches - Wainright
Pitches/Strikes - Wainright 75/45, Moreno 35/18, Garner 9/5, Holcomb 7/5
Groundouts/Flyouts - Wainright 3/4, Moreno 1/3, Garner 1/1
Batters Faced - Wainright 17, Moreno 8, Garner 3, Holcomb 2
Lightning
Batting
Name | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brinling, cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Best, 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cavanaugh, c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dinges, dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Stapleton, dh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cervantes, rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Furry, lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nowells, 3b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Hadley, pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thornton, 1b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Runnels, ph | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cordova, ss | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Batting
2B - Brinling
RBI - Best
HBP - Best
Baserunning
SB - Best
Fielding
E - Brinling, Best 2, Cervantes, Thornton
Pitching
Name | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perry, L | 4.2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Sereda | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Morello | 0.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
VanBeverhoudt | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Pitches/Strikes - Perry 59/42, Sereda 14/13, Morello 17/11, VanBeverhoudt 15/7
Groundouts/Flyouts - Perry 4/8, Sereda 1/1, Morello 1/1
Batters Faced - Perry 19, Sereda 7, Morello 6, VanBeverhoudt 4