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Lightning Offense Explodes in 15-6 Win at Seminole County

Lightning Offense Explodes in 15-6 Win at Seminole County

SANFORD, Fla. -- The Leesburg Lightning (3-4) travelled back to historic Sanford Memorial Stadium to begin its season series with the Seminole County Scorpions (2-6).

The Lightning jumped on the Scorpions in the early going, putting three runs on the board before the Scropions could record an out.

Robbie Scott (North Florida) reached via a walk to lead off the game. Scott then stole second and the catcher’s throw trickled into centerfield, which allowed Scott to advance to third. The Scorpions tried to nab Scott at third, but the throw sailed into the Seminole County dugout and Scott scored on the play and gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead.

After a Donte Wade (North Carolina A&T) walk, Max Law (North Florida) smacked a double into left-center for an RBI double and moved to third on the throw to home to double the Leesburg lead. Cage Cox (Undecided) then stepped in and lined a single up the middle to drive in Law and tacked on another run to extend the Lightning lead to 3-0. The Lightning pushed another across after an error and led 4-0 after the first inning.

In the second frame, Law singled home Jarrett Backus (King College) for his second RBI in as many innings and gave the Lightning a 5-0 lead. The Scorpions would cut into the Leesburg lead on an error and the Lightning led 5-2 after one.

The Lightning added two runs to its lead in the third on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly. After three innings of play, the Leesburg lead was 7-2.

The Lightning loaded the bases with one out in the top of the fifth, but left them stranded after consecuitve strikeouts.

The Scorpions put together a big inning in the home half of the fifth, plating three runs to cut the deficit to 7-5. Diego Arredondo (Wallace CC) relieved starting pitcher Ronny Hinton (South Florida State) with two outs in the fifth. Hinton posted a final line of 4.2 innings with six hits, three earned runs and three strikeouts.

“Ronny did a really good job,” head coach Rich Billings said. “I think he ran out of gas. But he did a really nice job of competing. I thought all our pitchers did a nice job.”

After a Cox walk and a Tate Mathis double (North Alabama), Edward Surinach (Embry Riddle) was plunked to load the bases. Hermes Abreu (Concordia) was hit by a pitch, which scored a run for Leesburg. A Stephen Wilmer (East Carolina) sacrifice fly made it 9-5 before Backus smoked a two-RBI single to extend the lead to 11-5.

Seminole County got a run back in the bottom of the seventh on a Topher Grant (Lenoir-Rhyne) RBI double. Lightning led 11-6 after seven innings of action.

In the top of the eight, Mathis walked before stealing second and third base. Mathis then came home after a Surinach RBI single and the Lightning extended its lead to 12-6.

Leesburg added three insurance runs in the top of the ninth, when Sean Mootrey (Georgia Gwinnett) crushed a towering three-run homer to the deepest part of Sanford Memorial Stadium in dead-center. The Lightning led 15-6 heading into the bottom of the ninth.

Mootrey said he got a really good pitch to hit and did not miss it. “He was leaving a lot of stuff in the zone,” Mootrey said postgame. “It came in pretty fat, so I took a hack and it went pretty far.”

Parker Pillsbury (Chipola) shut the door in the ninth and the Lightning claimed the 15-6 victory to improve to 3-4.

Coach Billings loved what he saw from his offense tonight. “We finally started hitting some balls hard with guys in scoring position,” Billings said. “Then (Sean) Mootrey came up in the ninth and blasted that ball. We just squared up a lot of balls tonight.”

Lightning return home on June 11 to face Seminole County at 7:00 PM.


Jaxon Peebles (Alabama)

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Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Scott, 2b 3 1 1 0 2 1
Rocco, 2b 0 1 0 0 1 0
Wade, cf 4 2 1 0 2 1
Law, 3b 5 1 2 2 0 3
Mootrey, 1b 1 1 1 3 0 0
Cox, rf 2 2 1 1 3 0
Elbe, ph/lf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mathis, lf/rf 5 2 1 0 1 2
Surinach, ss 5 2 2 1 0 0
Abreu, c 4 2 1 1 1 0
Wilmer, dh 2 0 0 1 1 1
Partridge, ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
Backus, 1b/3b 4 1 2 3 0 0
Hinton, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arredondo, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelley, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pillsbury, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Law, Mathis, Surinach

HR - Mootrey

RBI - Law 2, Mootrey 3, Cox, Surinach, Abreu, Wilmer, Backus 3

HBP - Elbe, Surinach, Abreu

Baserunning

SB - Scott, Wade, Mathis 2, Surinach, Backus

CS - Scott, Wilmer

Fielding

E - Scott, Wade

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Hinton 4.2 6 5 0 4 3
Arredondo, W 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Kelley 0.2 1 1 1 2 1
Pillsbury 2.1 2 0 0 1 4

Wild Pitches - Hinton

Pitches/Strikes - Hinton 93/51, Arredondo 21/14, Kelley 25/10, Pillsbury 41/24

Groundouts/Flyouts - Hinton 3/5, Arredondo 1/2, Kelley 1/0, Pillsbury 3/0

Batters Faced - Hinton 23, Arredondo 5, Kelley 5, Pillsbury 10

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Richardson, ss 2 0 0 0 1 1
Gunter, cf 2 0 1 0 0 0
Thornal, 2b/ss 3 2 2 0 2 0
Grant, dh 4 1 3 1 1 0
Reynolds, rf/1b 4 1 0 0 1 2
Christopoulos, 1b 3 0 1 2 0 0
Lopez, 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1
Smith, lf 2 1 1 0 1 0
Coleman, lf 1 0 0 0 1 1
Cross, c 2 1 0 0 0 0
Rikeman, c 3 0 1 0 0 1
Duke, 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0
Spitulski, 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0
Wells, cf/rf 4 0 0 0 0 3
Shear, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berry, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fregio, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berggren, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Thornal, Grant

RBI - Grant, Christopoulos 2

GDP - Cross

Baserunning

SB - Gunter 2, Thornal, Lopez

CS - Thornal

Fielding

E - Cross, Duke 2, Wells

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Shear, L 2.0 6 7 6 4 3
Berry 4.0 3 4 4 5 3
Fregio 2.0 1 1 1 1 1
Berggren 1.0 2 3 3 1 1

Wild Pitches - Shear 4, Berggren

Pitches/Strikes - Shear 67/33, Berry 75/34, Fregio 37/20, Berggren 25/13

Groundouts/Flyouts - Shear 2/1, Berry 4/2, Fregio 1/4, Berggren 0/2

Batters Faced - Shear 17, Berry 20, Fregio 8, Berggren 7

Lightning

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Scott, 2b 3 1 1 0 2 1
Rocco, 2b 0 1 0 0 1 0
Wade, cf 4 2 1 0 2 1
Law, 3b 5 1 2 2 0 3
Mootrey, 1b 1 1 1 3 0 0
Cox, rf 2 2 1 1 3 0
Elbe, ph/lf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mathis, lf/rf 5 2 1 0 1 2
Surinach, ss 5 2 2 1 0 0
Abreu, c 4 2 1 1 1 0
Wilmer, dh 2 0 0 1 1 1
Partridge, ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
Backus, 1b/3b 4 1 2 3 0 0
Hinton, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arredondo, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelley, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pillsbury, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Law, Mathis, Surinach

HR - Mootrey

RBI - Law 2, Mootrey 3, Cox, Surinach, Abreu, Wilmer, Backus 3

HBP - Elbe, Surinach, Abreu

Baserunning

SB - Scott, Wade, Mathis 2, Surinach, Backus

CS - Scott, Wilmer

Fielding

E - Scott, Wade

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Hinton 4.2 6 5 0 4 3
Arredondo, W 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Kelley 0.2 1 1 1 2 1
Pillsbury 2.1 2 0 0 1 4

Wild Pitches - Hinton

Pitches/Strikes - Hinton 93/51, Arredondo 21/14, Kelley 25/10, Pillsbury 41/24

Groundouts/Flyouts - Hinton 3/5, Arredondo 1/2, Kelley 1/0, Pillsbury 3/0

Batters Faced - Hinton 23, Arredondo 5, Kelley 5, Pillsbury 10

Scorpions

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Richardson, ss 2 0 0 0 1 1
Gunter, cf 2 0 1 0 0 0
Thornal, 2b/ss 3 2 2 0 2 0
Grant, dh 4 1 3 1 1 0
Reynolds, rf/1b 4 1 0 0 1 2
Christopoulos, 1b 3 0 1 2 0 0
Lopez, 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1
Smith, lf 2 1 1 0 1 0
Coleman, lf 1 0 0 0 1 1
Cross, c 2 1 0 0 0 0
Rikeman, c 3 0 1 0 0 1
Duke, 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0
Spitulski, 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0
Wells, cf/rf 4 0 0 0 0 3
Shear, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berry, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fregio, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berggren, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Thornal, Grant

RBI - Grant, Christopoulos 2

GDP - Cross

Baserunning

SB - Gunter 2, Thornal, Lopez

CS - Thornal

Fielding

E - Cross, Duke 2, Wells

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Shear, L 2.0 6 7 6 4 3
Berry 4.0 3 4 4 5 3
Fregio 2.0 1 1 1 1 1
Berggren 1.0 2 3 3 1 1

Wild Pitches - Shear 4, Berggren

Pitches/Strikes - Shear 67/33, Berry 75/34, Fregio 37/20, Berggren 25/13

Groundouts/Flyouts - Shear 2/1, Berry 4/2, Fregio 1/4, Berggren 0/2

Batters Faced - Shear 17, Berry 20, Fregio 8, Berggren 7

Scoring Plays

Top 1st

Robbie Scott stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error by c, scored on a throwing error by cf.
Max Law doubled, RBI. Donte Wade scored.
Cage Cox singled, RBI. Max Law scored.
Edward Surinach reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to second on the error. Cage Cox scored on the error, unearned.

Top 2nd

Max Law singled up the middle, RBI. Jarrett Backus scored.

Bottom 2nd

Nick Wells reached on a dropped fly by cf, advanced to third on the error. Hayden Cross scored on the error, unearned. Parker Smith scored on the error, unearned.

Top 3rd

Hermes Abreu advanced to third on a wild pitch. Edward Surinach scored on a wild pitch.
Jarrett Backus flied out to cf, SF, RBI. Hermes Abreu scored.

Bottom 5th

Joshua Reynolds advanced to second on a passed ball. Topher Grant advanced to third on a passed ball. Trace Thornal scored on a passed ball, unearned.
Mike Christopoulos singled up the middle, 2 RBI. Joshua Reynolds scored, unearned. Topher Grant scored, unearned.

Top 6th

Hermes Abreu hit by pitch, RBI. Edward Surinach advanced to second. Tate Mathis advanced to third. Cage Cox scored.
Stephen Wilmer flied out to cf, SF, RBI. Hermes Abreu advanced to second. Edward Surinach advanced to third. Tate Mathis scored.
Jarrett Backus singled to right field, out at second rf to ss, 2 RBI. Hermes Abreu scored. Edward Surinach scored.

Bottom 7th

Topher Grant doubled to right center, RBI. Trace Thornal scored.

Top 8th

Edward Surinach singled to right field, RBI. Tate Mathis scored.

Top 9th

Sean Mootrey homered to center field, 3 RBI. Donte Wade scored. Mike Rocco scored.

All Plays

Top 1st

Robbie Scott walked.
Robbie Scott stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error by c, scored on a throwing error by cf.
Donte Wade walked.
Max Law doubled, RBI. Donte Wade scored.
Cage Cox singled, RBI. Max Law scored.
Cage Cox advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Tate Mathis popped up to ss. 1 out
Edward Surinach reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to second on the error. Cage Cox scored on the error, unearned.
Hermes Abreu grounded out to 2b. Edward Surinach advanced to third. 2 out
Stephen Wilmer struck out swinging. 3 out

Bottom 1st

Kyle Richardson walked.
Trace Thornal flied into double play cf to ss to 1b. Kyle Richardson out on the play. 2 out
Topher Grant singled.
Joshua Reynolds lined out to 2b. 3 out

Top 2nd

Jarrett Backus singled to pitcher.
Robbie Scott struck out looking. 1 out
Jarrett Backus stole second.
Jarrett Backus advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Donte Wade grounded out to 2b. 2 out
Max Law singled up the middle, RBI. Jarrett Backus scored.
Max Law advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Cage Cox walked.
Tate Mathis struck out looking. 3 out

Bottom 2nd

Mike Christopoulos grounded out to p. 1 out
Parker Smith singled up the middle.
Hayden Cross reached on a fielding error by 2b. Parker Smith advanced to second.
Cody Duke lined out to 3b. 2 out
Nick Wells reached on a dropped fly by cf, advanced to third on the error. Hayden Cross scored on the error, unearned. Parker Smith scored on the error, unearned.
Kyle Richardson popped up to 2b. 3 out

Top 3rd

Edward Surinach doubled to left field.
Hermes Abreu singled to right field, advanced to second on the throw. Edward Surinach advanced to third.
Hermes Abreu advanced to third on a wild pitch. Edward Surinach scored on a wild pitch.
Stephen Wilmer walked.
Jack Berry replaces Ethan Shear at pitcher.
Jarrett Backus flied out to cf, SF, RBI. Hermes Abreu scored. 1 out
Stephen Wilmer out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 2 out
Robbie Scott walked.
Donte Wade walked. Robbie Scott advanced to second.
Robbie Scott out at third c to 3b, caught stealing. 3 out

Bottom 3rd

Trace Thornal doubled.
Trace Thornal out at third c to 3b, caught stealing. 1 out
Topher Grant walked.
Joshua Reynolds struck out swinging. 2 out
Mike Christopoulos flied out to cf. 3 out

Top 4th

Max Law struck out looking. 1 out
Cage Cox walked.
Tate Mathis grounded out to ss. Cage Cox advanced to second. 2 out
Edward Surinach grounded out to ss. 3 out

Bottom 4th

Parker Smith walked.
Hayden Cross grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b. Parker Smith out on the play. 2 out
Cody Duke grounded out to 2b. 3 out

Top 5th

Hermes Abreu walked.
Stephen Wilmer reached on a fielder's choice to second base. Hermes Abreu out at second 2b to ss. 1 out
Jarrett Backus reached on a fielding error by 3b. Stephen Wilmer advanced to second.
Robbie Scott singled to pitcher. Jarrett Backus advanced to second. Stephen Wilmer advanced to third.
Donte Wade struck out swinging. 2 out
Max Law struck out swinging. 3 out

Bottom 5th

Nick Wells struck out swinging. 1 out
Kyle Richardson struck out looking. 2 out
Trace Thornal singled to right field.
Topher Grant singled to right field. Trace Thornal advanced to second.
Topher Grant advanced to second on a wild pitch. Trace Thornal advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Joshua Reynolds walked.
Joshua Reynolds advanced to second on a passed ball. Topher Grant advanced to third on a passed ball. Trace Thornal scored on a passed ball, unearned.
Mike Christopoulos singled up the middle, 2 RBI. Joshua Reynolds scored, unearned. Topher Grant scored, unearned.
Diego Arredondo replaces Ronny Hinton at pitcher.
Parker Smith grounded out to 1b unassisted. 3 out

Top 6th

Jeremy Gunter replaces Kyle Richardson at center field.
Trace Thornal replaces at shortstop.
Joshua Reynolds replaces at first base.
Fausto Lopez replaces Mike Christopoulos at second base.
Ryan Coleman replaces Parker Smith at left field.
Brooks Rikeman replaces Hayden Cross at catcher.
Bobby Spitulski replaces Cody Duke at third base.
Nick Wells replaces at right field.
Cage Cox walked.
Tate Mathis doubled to left field. Cage Cox advanced to third.
Edward Surinach hit by pitch.
Hermes Abreu hit by pitch, RBI. Edward Surinach advanced to second. Tate Mathis advanced to third. Cage Cox scored.
Stephen Wilmer flied out to cf, SF, RBI. Hermes Abreu advanced to second. Edward Surinach advanced to third. Tate Mathis scored. 1 out
Jarrett Backus singled to right field, out at second rf to ss, 2 RBI. Hermes Abreu scored. Edward Surinach scored. 2 out
Robbie Scott grounded out to 3b. 3 out

Bottom 6th

Brooks Rikeman singled to right field.
Bobby Spitulski popped up to 2b. 1 out
Nick Wells struck out swinging. 2 out
Jeremy Gunter flied out to cf. 3 out

Top 7th

Dariel Fregio replaces Jack Berry at pitcher.
Donte Wade flied out to rf. 1 out
Max Law struck out looking. 2 out
Cage Cox flied out to cf. 3 out

Bottom 7th

Mike Rocco replaces Robbie Scott at second base.
Jarrett Backus replaces at third base.
Sean Mootrey replaces Max Law at first base.
Jarrett Backus replaces at third base.
Dylan Kelley replaces Diego Arredondo at pitcher.
Trace Thornal walked.
Topher Grant doubled to right center, RBI. Trace Thornal scored.
Joshua Reynolds grounded out to 3b. 1 out
Fausto Lopez struck out swinging. 2 out
Ryan Coleman walked.
Parker Pillsbury replaces Dylan Kelley at pitcher.
Brooks Rikeman reached on a fielder's choice to second base. Ryan Coleman out at second 2b to ss. 3 out

Top 8th

Tate Mathis walked.
Tate Mathis stole second.
Tate Mathis stole third.
Edward Surinach singled to right field, RBI. Tate Mathis scored.
Edward Surinach stole second.
Hermes Abreu flied out to lf. 1 out
Jacob Partridge replaces Stephen Wilmer at pinch hitter.
Jacob Partridge grounded out to 3b. 2 out
Jarrett Backus lined out to lf. 3 out

Bottom 8th

Bobby Spitulski grounded out to 1b unassisted. 1 out
Nick Wells struck out swinging. 2 out
Jeremy Gunter singled to catcher.
Jeremy Gunter stole second.
Trace Thornal walked.
Trace Thornal stole second. Jeremy Gunter stole third.
Topher Grant grounded out to ss. 3 out

Top 9th

Benjamin Berggren replaces Dariel Fregio at pitcher.
Mike Rocco walked.
Donte Wade singled to right field. Mike Rocco advanced to third.
Donte Wade stole second.
Sean Mootrey homered to center field, 3 RBI. Donte Wade scored. Mike Rocco scored.
Wyatt Elbe replaces Cage Cox at pinch hitter.
Wyatt Elbe hit by pitch.
Tate Mathis struck out swinging. Wyatt Elbe advanced to second on a wild pitch. 1 out
Edward Surinach popped up to 2b. 2 out
Wyatt Elbe advanced to third on a passed ball.
Hermes Abreu flied out to cf. 3 out

Bottom 9th

Wyatt Elbe replaces at left field.
Tate Mathis replaces at right field.
Joshua Reynolds struck out swinging. 1 out
Fausto Lopez singled to right field.
Ryan Coleman struck out swinging. Fausto Lopez stole second. 2 out
Brooks Rikeman struck out swinging. 3 out