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Lightning Take Game One Behind Shapiro’s Complete Game Masterpiece

Lightning Take Game One Behind Shapiro’s Complete Game Masterpiece

Leesburg, FL – On fire does not even begin to describe Joshua Shapiro (Marshall) tonight. The southpaw from Columbus, Ohio threw a complete game, two-hit shutout when his team needed it most to propel the Leesburg Lightning to a 1-0 series lead over the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs.

The Diamond Dawgs could only manage one hit off of Shapiro through the first eight innings, but Leesburg also struggled, only racking up six hits in the game.

The first five innings flew by with both Shapiro and Winter Park JP Williams (Eastern Florida State College) dealing their best stuff right off the bat.

The Lightning finally broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the sixth inning after singles from Wes Weeks (North Florida) and Tanner May (North Florida) put two runners on with only one out, and Jose Crisostomo (Miami Dade) drew a walk to load the bases. Frank Niemann (Tulane) drew another walk to force Weeks across the plate, but Diamond Dawgs reliever Maxwell Clark (Undecided) got Matthew Wiseman (San Jacinto) to pop out to get out of the inning with minimal damage done.

“We have to hit. We have to put together some better at-bats and stop giving away at-bats,” Lightning Head Coach Rich Billings said after his team barely scraped across just one run tonight. “We didn’t do a great job of hitting with runners in scoring position and there’s a lot of stuff we have to clean up. Hopefully, we figure it out before tomorrow night.”

Leesburg threatened again in the bottom of the seventh when Tanner May hit a moonshot with runners on second and third, but it landed in foul territory and May eventually struck out to end the inning.

That one run turned out to be all that the Lightning needed as Josh Shapiro closed out the game by forcing Robert Scott (Lake Sumter CC) to ground into a double play. Shapiro’s final line was 9IP, 2H, 0R, 8K, CG.

“That was hands down the best pitching performance that I have seen as the Lightning coach, maybe as a college coach,” Coach Billings said of Shapiro’s performance. “When you only have 100 pitch limit and you go out and throw a complete nine-inning game and only give up two hits, that’s impressive. That word doesn’t even do it justice. That was awesome.”

“It’s just things clicking (at the right time),” Shapiro said of his two straight shutouts. “I’ve been pitching a lot this year, in the spring and everything, and I feel really good right now. Everything is firing on all cylinders.”

Leesburg will look to turn up the offense tomorrow night in Game 2 against the Diamond Dawgs, which kicks off at 7:00 p.m. in Winter Park.

Matt Holzapfel (Elon Universit)

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Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Scott, dh 4 0 0 0 0 1
Robertson, lf 3 0 0 0 0 0
Teter, 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2
Osik, rf 3 0 0 0 0 1
Ellis, cf 2 0 0 0 1 1
Jackson, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2
Jones, c 3 0 1 0 0 1
Rivera, ss 3 0 0 0 0 0
Sequera, 3b 2 0 1 0 1 0
Williams, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clark, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warren, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Jones

GDP - Scott

Baserunning

CS - Ellis

Fielding

E - Jones 2

E - Jones

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Williams, L 5.2 5 1 1 2 6
Clark 1.1 0 0 0 2 1
Warren 1.0 1 0 0 2 0

Wild Pitches - Williams, Clark, Warren

Pitches/Strikes - Williams 101/67, Clark 21/9, Warren 21/8

Groundouts/Flyouts - Williams 7/4, Clark 0/3, Warren 0/2

Batters Faced - Williams 25, Clark 6, Warren 5

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Brown, cf 4 0 0 0 0 1
Prather, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0
Weeks, rf 3 1 2 0 1 1
May, ss 4 0 1 0 0 2
Crisostomo, lf 2 0 0 0 2 0
Niemann, dh 2 0 1 1 2 0
Rayburn, 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2
Mootrey, 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0
Wiseman, 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Clark, c 3 0 1 0 1 0
Shapiro, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Weeks

RBI - Niemann

Baserunning

SB - Prather

CS - Crisostomo

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Shapiro, W 9.0 2 0 0 2 8

Pitches/Strikes - Shapiro 94/61

Groundouts/Flyouts - Shapiro 8/8

Batters Faced - Shapiro 28

Diamond Dawgs

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Scott, dh 4 0 0 0 0 1
Robertson, lf 3 0 0 0 0 0
Teter, 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2
Osik, rf 3 0 0 0 0 1
Ellis, cf 2 0 0 0 1 1
Jackson, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2
Jones, c 3 0 1 0 0 1
Rivera, ss 3 0 0 0 0 0
Sequera, 3b 2 0 1 0 1 0
Williams, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clark, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warren, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Jones

GDP - Scott

Baserunning

CS - Ellis

Fielding

E - Jones 2

E - Jones

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Williams, L 5.2 5 1 1 2 6
Clark 1.1 0 0 0 2 1
Warren 1.0 1 0 0 2 0

Wild Pitches - Williams, Clark, Warren

Pitches/Strikes - Williams 101/67, Clark 21/9, Warren 21/8

Groundouts/Flyouts - Williams 7/4, Clark 0/3, Warren 0/2

Batters Faced - Williams 25, Clark 6, Warren 5

Lightning

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Brown, cf 4 0 0 0 0 1
Prather, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0
Weeks, rf 3 1 2 0 1 1
May, ss 4 0 1 0 0 2
Crisostomo, lf 2 0 0 0 2 0
Niemann, dh 2 0 1 1 2 0
Rayburn, 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2
Mootrey, 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0
Wiseman, 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Clark, c 3 0 1 0 1 0
Shapiro, p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting

2B - Weeks

RBI - Niemann

Baserunning

SB - Prather

CS - Crisostomo

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Shapiro, W 9.0 2 0 0 2 8

Pitches/Strikes - Shapiro 94/61

Groundouts/Flyouts - Shapiro 8/8

Batters Faced - Shapiro 28

Scoring Plays

Bottom 6th

Frank Niemann walked, RBI. Jose Crisostomo advanced to second. Tanner May advanced to third. Wes Weeks scored.

All Plays

Top 1st

Robert Scott struck out looking. 1 out
Chandler Robertson out at first 1b to p. 2 out
Jacob Teter struck out looking. 3 out

Bottom 1st

Luke Brown struck out looking. 1 out
Jay Prather reached on catcher's interference.
Wes Weeks struck out swinging. 2 out
Jay Prather stole second.
Tanner May flied out to lf. 3 out

Top 2nd

Tyler Osik flied out to cf. 1 out
Brian Ellis walked.
Brian Ellis out at second p to 1b to ss, caught stealing. 2 out
Alex Jackson struck out swinging. 3 out

Bottom 2nd

Jose Crisostomo grounded out to ss. 1 out
Frank Niemann singled through the right side.
Tucker Rayburn grounded out to 1b unassisted. Frank Niemann advanced to second. 2 out
Matthew Wiseman struck out swinging. 3 out

Top 3rd

Cale Jones doubled down the lf line.
Cristian Rivera popped up to c, bunt. 1 out
Cale Jones advanced to third on a passed ball.
Abraham Sequera reached on a fielder's choice to third base. Cale Jones out at home 3b to c. 2 out
Robert Scott flied out to rf. 3 out

Bottom 3rd

Tanner Clark grounded out to 3b. 1 out
Luke Brown grounded out to 2b. 2 out
Jay Prather flied out to rf. 3 out

Top 4th

Chandler Robertson flied out to lf. 1 out
Jacob Teter struck out swinging. 2 out
Tyler Osik grounded out to ss. 3 out

Bottom 4th

Wes Weeks doubled to left center.
Tanner May struck out swinging. 1 out
Jose Crisostomo flied out to rf. 2 out
Frank Niemann grounded out to ss. 3 out

Top 5th

Brian Ellis struck out swinging. 1 out
Alex Jackson grounded out to ss. 2 out
Cale Jones struck out swinging. 3 out

Bottom 5th

Tucker Rayburn struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 1 out
Matthew Wiseman grounded out to 2b. 2 out
Tanner Clark singled to left center.
Luke Brown lined out to lf. 3 out

Top 6th

Cristian Rivera grounded out to p. 1 out
Abraham Sequera walked.
Robert Scott lined into double play ss to 1b. Abraham Sequera out on the play. 3 out

Bottom 6th

Jay Prather grounded out to 1b unassisted. 1 out
Wes Weeks singled up the middle.
Tanner May singled to left field. Wes Weeks advanced to second.
Tanner May advanced to second on a wild pitch. Wes Weeks advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Jose Crisostomo walked.
Frank Niemann walked, RBI. Jose Crisostomo advanced to second. Tanner May advanced to third. Wes Weeks scored.
Tucker Rayburn struck out swinging. 2 out
Maxwell Clark replaces JP Williams at pitcher.
Matthew Wiseman popped up to 2b. 3 out

Top 7th

Chandler Robertson grounded out to p. 1 out
Jacob Teter flied out to lf. 2 out
Tyler Osik struck out swinging. 3 out

Bottom 7th

Tanner Clark walked.
Luke Brown popped up to 2b. 1 out
Jay Prather flied out to rf. 2 out
Wes Weeks walked. Tanner Clark advanced to second.
Dropped foul ball, E2.
Wes Weeks advanced to second on a wild pitch. Tanner Clark advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Tanner May struck out looking. 3 out

Top 8th

Sean Mootrey replaces Tucker Rayburn at first base.
Brian Ellis flied out to cf. 1 out
Alex Jackson struck out looking. 2 out
Cale Jones flied out to cf. 3 out

Bottom 8th

Gage Warren replaces Maxwell Clark at pitcher.
Jose Crisostomo walked.
Jose Crisostomo out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 1 out
Frank Niemann walked.
Sean Mootrey singled to right field. Frank Niemann advanced to second.
Matthew Wiseman flied out to lf. 2 out
Sean Mootrey advanced to second on a wild pitch. Frank Niemann advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Tanner Clark flied out to lf. 3 out

Top 9th

Cristian Rivera grounded out to p. 1 out
Abraham Sequera singled to shortstop.
Robert Scott grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b. Abraham Sequera out on the play. 3 out

Friday's game has been suspended due to weather.