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Lightning Sweep Season Finale, Win Ninth Straight

Lightning Sweep Season Finale, Win Ninth Straight

LEESBURG, Fla. -- The Leesburg Lightning (21-17) and the Seminole County Scorpions (8-30) returned to Pat Thomas Stadium for a double header on the final day of the regular season.

GAME ONE

The Lightning entered the game 1.5 games back of the Sanford River Rats, as the Rats resided in the third place spot in the standings. Sanford defeated Winter Park to prevent the Bolts from overtaking them in the standings. 

The Lightning were the away team in game one, so they went to the plate first. The leadoff man, Parker Pillsbury (Chipola), was not going to waste any time making his mark on game one. He cranked his fifth homer on the first pitch of the game to give the Lightning and early 1-0 lead. 

Pillsbury added to his RBI total in the second with a single to center that scored Pablo Cedeno (UCF). After Pillsbury swiped second Tate Mathis (North Alabama) drove in Tucker Horsley (North Florida) and Pillsbury with a two-RBI single. After two, the Lightning led 4-0.

That score would hold until the seventh due to Lightning starting pitcher, Peyton Winebarger’s (North Carolina A&T), dominance on the mound. In six innings of work, Winebarger allowed zero runs, two hits, three walks and struck out eight. Due to Winebarger’s brilliance, the Scorpions entered the seventh and final inning trailing 4-0.

A two-run home run from Anthony George (Jacksonville) ended the shutout, but the Scorpions could not muster anything else. 

The Lightning escaped with the 4-2 win, their eighth consecutive win. The franchise record for a winning streak is 14 games, which was done in 2018. 

GAME TWO

After a lengthy delay, the Lightning and Scorpions began game two at 8:40 PM. 

The Scorpions struck first in the top of the third on a bases-loaded, two-out single from Fausto Lopez (Middle Tennessee State) that put the Scorpions up 2-0. 

In the fourth, the Lightning offense exploded for eight runs. With runners on first and second, Jarrett Backus (King College) laid down a perfect bunt. The third baseman fielded the ball cleanly but his throw to first hit Backus in the back and all runners were safe, while Cage Cox (Valdosta State) was able to score and make it 2-1 Scorpions. After a Max Law (Embry-Riddle) RBI walk tied it at 2-2, Donte Wade (North Carolina A&T) singled home Backus and Clark and gave the Bolts a 4-2 lead. A few batters later, Nick Lewis (Valdosta State) brought Law and Wade home with a two-run double and pushed the Lightning lead out to 6-2. The Bolts got their last two runs of the inning when a wild pitch allowed Pillsbury to score from third. The catcher recovered the ball and tried to nab Pillsbury at the plate, but the ball got away, allowing Lewis to score all the way from second. After a long fourth inning, the Lightning held an 8-2 lead. 



After the Scorpions got three runs back in the fifth, the Lightning got some insurance and added to their cushion with four runs in the bottom of the sixth. Lewis singled home Pillsbury to make it 9-2 before a Surinach sacrifice fly plated another. Tanner Clark’s (North Florida) double scored Lewis and Backus, making it 12-5.  

Pillsbury came in to pitch the top of the seventh and slammed the door on the Scorpions for a 12-5 win, the Lightning’s ninth straight victory.

Lightning head coach Rich Billings said the winning streak builds a lot of momentum for the playoffs. “I think it’s important,” Billings said. “I think we’re all happy to have this momentum for the playoffs. But, it is the playoffs. Anybody can beat anybody. I don’t think it matters what seed you are at this point. It’s just about winning ballgames and trying to stay hot.”







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Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Pillsbury, cf 4 2 2 2 0 0
Mathis, lf 4 0 2 2 0 1
Lewis, ss 4 0 1 0 0 0
Cox, rf 3 0 1 0 1 0
Law, 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1
Backus, 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1
Cedeno, c 3 1 1 0 0 1
Scott, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0
Horsley, dh 2 1 1 0 1 1
Winebarger, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asghar, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

HR - Pillsbury

RBI - Pillsbury 2, Mathis 2

GDP - Cox

Baserunning

SB - Pillsbury

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Winebarger, W 6.0 2 0 0 3 8
Asghar 1.0 2 2 2 0 3

Wild Pitches - Winebarger

Pitches/Strikes - Winebarger 94/52, Asghar 22/13

Groundouts/Flyouts - Winebarger 5/5

Batters Faced - Winebarger 24, Asghar 5

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
George, 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0
Smith, lf 4 0 1 0 0 3
Wash, dh 3 0 0 0 0 1
Reynolds, rf 1 0 0 0 2 0
Grant, 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1
Lopez, 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1
Richardson, ss 2 0 0 0 0 2
Rikeman, cf 3 0 0 0 0 2
Cross, c 3 1 1 0 0 1
Torrence, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berry, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carpenter, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

HR - George

RBI - George 2

HBP - Richardson

Baserunning

SB - Lopez, Richardson

Fielding

E - Lopez

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Torrence, L 3.0 5 4 4 2 2
Berry 2.0 3 0 0 1 0
Carpenter 2.0 1 0 0 0 3

Wild Pitches - Torrence

Pitches/Strikes - Torrence 43/29, Berry 29/19, Carpenter 25/18

Groundouts/Flyouts - Torrence 3/4, Berry 4/2, Carpenter 1/1

Batters Faced - Torrence 16, Berry 10, Carpenter 6

Lightning

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Pillsbury, cf 4 2 2 2 0 0
Mathis, lf 4 0 2 2 0 1
Lewis, ss 4 0 1 0 0 0
Cox, rf 3 0 1 0 1 0
Law, 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1
Backus, 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1
Cedeno, c 3 1 1 0 0 1
Scott, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0
Horsley, dh 2 1 1 0 1 1
Winebarger, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asghar, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

HR - Pillsbury

RBI - Pillsbury 2, Mathis 2

GDP - Cox

Baserunning

SB - Pillsbury

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Winebarger, W 6.0 2 0 0 3 8
Asghar 1.0 2 2 2 0 3

Wild Pitches - Winebarger

Pitches/Strikes - Winebarger 94/52, Asghar 22/13

Groundouts/Flyouts - Winebarger 5/5

Batters Faced - Winebarger 24, Asghar 5

Scorpions

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
George, 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0
Smith, lf 4 0 1 0 0 3
Wash, dh 3 0 0 0 0 1
Reynolds, rf 1 0 0 0 2 0
Grant, 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1
Lopez, 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1
Richardson, ss 2 0 0 0 0 2
Rikeman, cf 3 0 0 0 0 2
Cross, c 3 1 1 0 0 1
Torrence, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berry, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carpenter, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

HR - George

RBI - George 2

HBP - Richardson

Baserunning

SB - Lopez, Richardson

Fielding

E - Lopez

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Torrence, L 3.0 5 4 4 2 2
Berry 2.0 3 0 0 1 0
Carpenter 2.0 1 0 0 0 3

Wild Pitches - Torrence

Pitches/Strikes - Torrence 43/29, Berry 29/19, Carpenter 25/18

Groundouts/Flyouts - Torrence 3/4, Berry 4/2, Carpenter 1/1

Batters Faced - Torrence 16, Berry 10, Carpenter 6

Scoring Plays

Top 2nd

Parker Pillsbury singled to center field, RBI. Tucker Horsley advanced to third. Pablo Cedeno scored.
Tate Mathis singled up the middle, 2 RBI. Parker Pillsbury scored. Tucker Horsley scored.

Bottom 7th

Anthony George homered to left field, 2 RBI. Hayden Cross scored.

All Plays

Top 1st

Parker Pillsbury homered to right field, RBI.
Tate Mathis flied out to lf. 1 out
Nick Lewis grounded out to ss. 2 out
Cage Cox singled through the right side.
Max Law reached on a fielder's choice to third base. Cage Cox out at second 3b to 2b. 3 out

Bottom 1st

Anthony George popped up to 2b. 1 out
Parker Smith struck out swinging. 2 out
Riley Wash lined out to ss. 3 out

Top 2nd

Jarrett Backus struck out looking. 1 out
Pablo Cedeno singled to shortstop.
Robbie Scott lined out to ss. 2 out
Pablo Cedeno advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Tucker Horsley walked.
Parker Pillsbury singled to center field, RBI. Tucker Horsley advanced to third. Pablo Cedeno scored.
Parker Pillsbury stole second.
Tate Mathis singled up the middle, 2 RBI. Parker Pillsbury scored. Tucker Horsley scored.
Nick Lewis flied out to lf. 3 out

Bottom 2nd

Joshua Reynolds grounded out to ss. 1 out
Topher Grant grounded out to 2b. 2 out
Fausto Lopez walked.
Kyle Richardson hit by pitch. Fausto Lopez advanced to second.
Kyle Richardson stole second. Fausto Lopez stole third.
Brooks Rikeman grounded out to 3b. 3 out

Top 3rd

Cage Cox flied out to ss. 1 out
Max Law grounded out to ss. 2 out
Jarrett Backus walked.
Pablo Cedeno struck out looking. 3 out

Bottom 3rd

Hayden Cross struck out looking. 1 out
Anthony George flied out to cf. 2 out
Parker Smith singled to center field.
Riley Wash struck out swinging. 3 out

Top 4th

Jack Berry replaces Brandon Torrence at pitcher.
Robbie Scott grounded out to ss. 1 out
Tucker Horsley singled up the middle.
Parker Pillsbury flied out to ss. 2 out
Tate Mathis singled to second base, advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b. Tucker Horsley advanced to second, advanced to third on the error.
Nick Lewis grounded out to ss. 3 out

Bottom 4th

Joshua Reynolds walked.
Topher Grant singled to right center. Joshua Reynolds advanced to second.
Fausto Lopez struck out swinging. 1 out
Kyle Richardson struck out swinging. 2 out
Brooks Rikeman struck out swinging. 3 out

Top 5th

Cage Cox walked.
Max Law singled to right field. Cage Cox advanced to second.
Jarrett Backus grounded out to c, SAC, bunt. Max Law advanced to second. Cage Cox advanced to third. 1 out
Pablo Cedeno reached on a fielder's choice to third base. Max Law advanced to third. Cage Cox out at home 3b to c. 2 out
Robbie Scott fouled out to lf. 3 out

Bottom 5th

Hayden Cross flied out to cf. 1 out
Anthony George grounded out to ss. 2 out
Parker Smith struck out swinging. 3 out

Top 6th

Alex Carpenter replaces Jack Berry at pitcher.
Tucker Horsley struck out swinging. 1 out
Parker Pillsbury flied out to rf. 2 out
Tate Mathis struck out swinging. 3 out

Bottom 6th

Riley Wash lined out to rf. 1 out
Joshua Reynolds walked.
Joshua Reynolds advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Topher Grant struck out swinging. 2 out
Fausto Lopez grounded out to ss. 3 out

Top 7th

Nick Lewis singled to right center.
Cage Cox grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b. Nick Lewis out on the play. 2 out
Max Law struck out looking. 3 out

Bottom 7th

Amir Asghar replaces Peyton Winebarger at pitcher.
Kyle Richardson struck out swinging. 1 out
Brooks Rikeman struck out looking. 2 out
Hayden Cross singled to center field.
Anthony George homered to left field, 2 RBI. Hayden Cross scored.
Parker Smith struck out swinging to catcher. 3 out