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Gabe Santiago Has Record Breaking Night En Route To 11-3 Leesburg Win Over Winter Park

Gabe Santiago Has Record Breaking Night En Route To 11-3 Leesburg Win Over Winter Park

(Leesburg, Fla.)-The Leesburg Lightning had another historic night in just the 6th game of the 2024 season, grabbing a walk-off mercy rule win over the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs on Friday night, 11-3.

The Lightning would get the bats going early offensively with a leadoff single from SS Ryan Jenkins, followed by a deep home run blast to left centerfield by EH Collin Priest to jump the Lightning out in front 2-0. The Lightning would go on and score two more across in the bottom of the 1st to give the Bolts and early 4-0 lead heading into the 2nd.

Leesburg would strike again in the 2nd as well off a throwing error from SS Maverick Stallings over to first, allowing Travis Stapelton to come across to extend the lead in the 2nd to 5-0. However, Winter Park would respond with a back-to-back home runs in the Top of the 4th off Ryan Crivello and Ethan Young to get the Diamond Dawgs back within 2.

However, the bottom of the 4th would change the complexion of the ball game as Leesburg went on to score 5 runs including off of a pair of singles by Gabe Santiago, who beat out two infield plays to first to record a hit, and 3B Keeton Burroughs. Santiago would later score in what would be his 65th all-time run scored as a member of the Leesburg Lightning, breaking the individual career franchise record for runs scored previously held by Brett Jones for the past 10 years.

The Lightning and Diamond Dawgs would stay scoreless across the 5th and 6th innings, but Ryan Jenkins would capitalize on a misfire over to 1B to score Riley Fitzgerald, walking off the game and sealing the win for the Bolts in 7.

Gabe Santiago would finish with a 3-4 night, while Keeton Burroughs went 2-4 with a pair of RBIs to his credit.

"Honestly, I had no idea," said Santiago when reacting to the record-breaking news. "I'm going out to the field in-between innings, just getting my work in, and hear something going on. I heard my name coming from the broadcast booth and then everybody was cheering at me. Then I asked Jenkins at short, "did they say my name," and he said " yeah, you broke the record for run scored," and I'm like, oh, that is awesome. That is crazy. So I had no idea."

"Gabe is just a really, really special kid," Head Coach Rich Billings said when talking about Santiago. "A special player obviously, but he's been through a lot. He's transferred schools, he's been injured, he had to sit out a year after he transferred, so he has been through it. He deserves all the success that he has had."

After a historical night at Pat Thomas Stadium, the Lightning are back in action today for the final two games of the three-game set with a doubleheader beginning at 4:30 p.m. EST.

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Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Rivero, cf 3 0 0 0 0 1
Stallings, ss 3 0 1 0 0 0
Rivera, 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0
Crivello, 3b 3 1 2 2 0 1
Young, dh 2 1 1 1 1 0
Crocenzi, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0
Patrick, dh 3 0 0 0 0 2
Waddingham, rf 2 0 0 0 0 0
Pynes, c 2 0 0 0 0 1
Figueroa, c 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doyle, lf 2 0 0 0 0 1

Batting

HR - Crivello, Young

RBI - Crivello 2, Young

GDP - Crocenzi

Baserunning

SB - Crocenzi

Fielding

E - Stallings, Crivello, Pynes

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
White, L 3.1 4 6 5 3 5
Miller 1.1 5 4 1 3 3
Wilson 1.1 1 1 0 3 0

Pitches/Strikes - White 82/44, Miller 50/29, Wilson 40/21

Groundouts/Flyouts - White 3/2, Miller 0/1, Wilson 1/3

Batters Faced - White 20, Miller 12, Wilson 9

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Jenkins, ss 5 1 2 0 0 1
Santiago, 2b 4 1 3 1 0 1
Priest, dh 2 2 1 2 1 0
Pena, dh 3 2 1 0 0 1
Oriach, rf 1 2 0 0 2 0
Burroughs, 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0
Strom, 1b 2 0 0 2 2 0
Kelly, lf 4 0 1 1 0 1
Fitzgerald, cf 2 2 0 0 2 2
Stapleton, c 2 1 0 0 2 2

Batting

HR - Priest

RBI - Santiago, Priest 2, Burroughs 2, Strom 2, Kelly

HBP - Priest, Pena, Oriach

Baserunning

SB - Jenkins, Santiago 2, Pena, Burroughs, Fitzgerald 3

Fielding

E - Burroughs

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Trautner 3.2 5 3 3 0 3
Lopez, W 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Vieira 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Perez 1.0 0 0 0 1 1

Pitches/Strikes - Trautner 69/45, Lopez 14/10, Vieira 15/9, Perez 15/8

Groundouts/Flyouts - Trautner 3/5, Lopez 2/1, Vieira 2/0, Perez 1/0

Batters Faced - Trautner 17, Lopez 4, Vieira 3, Perez 3

Diamond Dawgs

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Rivero, cf 3 0 0 0 0 1
Stallings, ss 3 0 1 0 0 0
Rivera, 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0
Crivello, 3b 3 1 2 2 0 1
Young, dh 2 1 1 1 1 0
Crocenzi, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0
Patrick, dh 3 0 0 0 0 2
Waddingham, rf 2 0 0 0 0 0
Pynes, c 2 0 0 0 0 1
Figueroa, c 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doyle, lf 2 0 0 0 0 1

Batting

HR - Crivello, Young

RBI - Crivello 2, Young

GDP - Crocenzi

Baserunning

SB - Crocenzi

Fielding

E - Stallings, Crivello, Pynes

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
White, L 3.1 4 6 5 3 5
Miller 1.1 5 4 1 3 3
Wilson 1.1 1 1 0 3 0

Pitches/Strikes - White 82/44, Miller 50/29, Wilson 40/21

Groundouts/Flyouts - White 3/2, Miller 0/1, Wilson 1/3

Batters Faced - White 20, Miller 12, Wilson 9

Lightning

Batting

Name AB R H RBI BB SO
Jenkins, ss 5 1 2 0 0 1
Santiago, 2b 4 1 3 1 0 1
Priest, dh 2 2 1 2 1 0
Pena, dh 3 2 1 0 0 1
Oriach, rf 1 2 0 0 2 0
Burroughs, 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0
Strom, 1b 2 0 0 2 2 0
Kelly, lf 4 0 1 1 0 1
Fitzgerald, cf 2 2 0 0 2 2
Stapleton, c 2 1 0 0 2 2

Batting

HR - Priest

RBI - Santiago, Priest 2, Burroughs 2, Strom 2, Kelly

HBP - Priest, Pena, Oriach

Baserunning

SB - Jenkins, Santiago 2, Pena, Burroughs, Fitzgerald 3

Fielding

E - Burroughs

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Trautner 3.2 5 3 3 0 3
Lopez, W 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Vieira 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Perez 1.0 0 0 0 1 1

Pitches/Strikes - Trautner 69/45, Lopez 14/10, Vieira 15/9, Perez 15/8

Groundouts/Flyouts - Trautner 3/5, Lopez 2/1, Vieira 2/0, Perez 1/0

Batters Faced - Trautner 17, Lopez 4, Vieira 3, Perez 3

Scoring Plays

Bottom 1st

Collin Priest homered to left center, 2 RBI. Ryan Jenkins scored.
Keeton Burroughs singled to left field, RBI. Jordy Oriach advanced to third. Orlando Pena scored.
James Strom grounded out to p, RBI. Keeton Burroughs advanced to third. Jordy Oriach scored.

Bottom 2nd

Collin Priest reached on a fielding error by ss. Gabriel Santiago advanced to third. Travis Stapleton scored, unearned.

Top 4th

Ryan Crivello homered to left center, 2 RBI. Amai Rivera scored.
Ethan Young homered to right field, RBI.

Bottom 4th

Gabriel Santiago singled to second base, RBI. Riley Fitzgerald scored.
Collin Priest walked. Gabriel Santiago advanced to second, advanced to third on a throwing error by c, scored on the error.
Keeton Burroughs singled to shortstop, RBI. Jordy Oriach advanced to second. Orlando Pena advanced to third. Collin Priest scored, unearned.
James Strom walked, RBI. Keeton Burroughs advanced to second. Jordy Oriach advanced to third. Orlando Pena scored, unearned.
Trent Kelly singled to second base, RBI. James Strom advanced to second. Keeton Burroughs advanced to third. Jordy Oriach scored, unearned.

Bottom 7th

Ryan Jenkins singled to third base. Travis Stapleton advanced to second. Riley Fitzgerald advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by 3b, unearned.

All Plays

Top 1st

Luis Rivero flied out to cf. 1 out
Maverick Stallings singled to left field.
Amai Rivera reached on a fielder's choice to third base. Maverick Stallings out at second 3b to 2b. 2 out
Ryan Crivello singled to left field. Amai Rivera advanced to second.
Ethan Young flied out to cf. 3 out

Bottom 1st

Ryan Jenkins singled up the middle.
Ryan Jenkins stole second.
Gabriel Santiago struck out swinging. 1 out
Collin Priest homered to left center, 2 RBI. Ryan Jenkins scored.
Orlando Pena hit by pitch.
Orlando Pena stole second.
Jordy Oriach walked.
Keeton Burroughs singled to left field, RBI. Jordy Oriach advanced to third. Orlando Pena scored.
Keeton Burroughs stole second.
James Strom grounded out to p, RBI. Keeton Burroughs advanced to third. Jordy Oriach scored. 2 out
Trent Kelly struck out looking. 3 out

Top 2nd

Domenic Crocenzi reached on a throwing error by 3b.
Cole Patrick flied out to cf. 1 out
Domenic Crocenzi stole second.
Jack Waddingham grounded out to 2b. Domenic Crocenzi advanced to third. 2 out
Drew Pynes popped up to 2b. 3 out

Bottom 2nd

Riley Fitzgerald struck out looking. 1 out
Travis Stapleton walked.
Ryan Jenkins grounded out to p. Travis Stapleton advanced to second. 2 out
Gabriel Santiago singled up the middle. Travis Stapleton advanced to third.
Gabriel Santiago stole second.
Collin Priest reached on a fielding error by ss. Gabriel Santiago advanced to third. Travis Stapleton scored, unearned.
Orlando Pena struck out swinging. 3 out

Top 3rd

Connor Doyle struck out swinging. 1 out
Luis Rivero struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 2 out
Maverick Stallings grounded out to ss. 3 out

Bottom 3rd

Jordy Oriach hit by pitch.
Keeton Burroughs flied out to rf. 1 out
James Strom reached on a fielder's choice to pitcher. Jordy Oriach out at second p to 2b to ss. 2 out
Trent Kelly popped up to 2b. 3 out

Top 4th

Amai Rivera singled to left center.
Ryan Crivello homered to left center, 2 RBI. Amai Rivera scored.
Ethan Young homered to right field, RBI.
Domenic Crocenzi flied out to 2b. 1 out
Cole Patrick struck out swinging. 2 out
Jayden Lopez replaces Jace Trautner at pitcher.
Jack Waddingham grounded out to 1b unassisted. 3 out

Bottom 4th

Riley Fitzgerald walked.
Riley Fitzgerald stole second.
Travis Stapleton struck out swinging. 1 out
Noah Miller replaces Andrew White at pitcher.
Riley Fitzgerald stole third.
Ryan Jenkins struck out looking. 2 out
Gabriel Santiago singled to second base, RBI. Riley Fitzgerald scored.
Collin Priest walked. Gabriel Santiago advanced to second, advanced to third on a throwing error by c, scored on the error.
Orlando Pena singled to left center. Collin Priest advanced to third.
Jordy Oriach walked. Orlando Pena advanced to second.
Keeton Burroughs singled to shortstop, RBI. Jordy Oriach advanced to second. Orlando Pena advanced to third. Collin Priest scored, unearned.
James Strom walked, RBI. Keeton Burroughs advanced to second. Jordy Oriach advanced to third. Orlando Pena scored, unearned.
Trent Kelly singled to second base, RBI. James Strom advanced to second. Keeton Burroughs advanced to third. Jordy Oriach scored, unearned.
Riley Fitzgerald struck out swinging. 3 out

Top 5th

Drew Pynes struck out looking. 1 out
Connor Doyle grounded out to 3b. 2 out
Luis Rivero fouled out to 1b. 3 out

Bottom 5th

Travis Stapleton struck out looking. 1 out
Ryan Jenkins fouled out to c. 2 out
Gabriel Santiago singled to right field.
Zackary Wilson replaces Noah Miller at pitcher.
Gabriel Santiago stole second.
Collin Priest hit by pitch.
Orlando Pena flied out to ss. 3 out

Top 6th

Nick Vieira replaces Jayden Lopez at pitcher.
Maverick Stallings grounded out to 3b. 1 out
Amai Rivera grounded out to ss. 2 out
Ryan Crivello struck out looking. 3 out

Bottom 6th

Josue Figueroa replaces Drew Pynes at catcher.
Jordy Oriach grounded out to 2b. 1 out
Keeton Burroughs popped up to 2b. 2 out
James Strom walked.
Trent Kelly popped up to 2b. 3 out

Top 7th

Lucas Perez replaces Nick Vieira at pitcher.
Ethan Young walked.
Domenic Crocenzi grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b. Ethan Young out on the play. 2 out
Cole Patrick struck out swinging. 3 out

Bottom 7th

Riley Fitzgerald walked.
Riley Fitzgerald stole second.
Travis Stapleton walked.
Ryan Jenkins singled to third base. Travis Stapleton advanced to second. Riley Fitzgerald advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by 3b, unearned.
Game called for run rule. 3 out

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