Leesburg baseball: Lightning drop Game 1 of Florida Summer League championship series
SANFORD — The Leesburg Lightning fall to the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs, 6-1, in Game 1 of the championship series on Friday night at Sanford Memori...
SANFORD — The Leesburg Lightning fall to the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs, 6-1, in Game 1 of the championship series on Friday night at Sanford Memorial Stadium. Leesburg will need to win game two to force a game three and keep its championship hopes alive.The Lightning would never recover from an early 3-0 deficit in the first inning as Winter Park shortstop Dale Thomas (Florida) belted a two-run homer to left center field followed by a sacrifice-fly from extra-hitter Brayden Calise (Louisville) off Leesburg starting pitcher Layton Perry (Jacksonville).