![]() “Filling up the strike zone, keeping guys on their toes gave me a lot of success.” “Heaters up in the zone, throwing it by guys and showing people I can spin a breaking ball in the zone has worked for me.” Van Dyke said. Ineligible to pitch in game three, “T.V.D” completed the season with an astonishing zero runs allowed through 27 and a third innings pitched with 41 total strikeouts, making his case for the FCSL Cy Young Award. “I bore down and said to myself, ‘they’re not scoring’.” “I just wanted us to win, I wanted us to keep going.” Van Dyke said. He would exit the game in the 13th as he threw a league max, 103 pitches. Lightning reliever Tyler Van Dyke (Seminole State) was another catalyst in the game two victory as he was third in relief, tossing six innings, not allowing a run on just five hits with five punch outs. An RBI single from Winter Park third baseman Michael Ballard (Eckerd) evened the score with two outs. Trailing 5-2, the Dawgs plated three runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game at five. There were four lead changes in the contest, as Winter Park refused to go away by tying the game two different times. ![]() Furry would hit the triple in the sixth to drive in a pair to give the Bolts a three-run lead. Leesburg center fielder Austin Brinling (North Florida) broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI single into center field. Leesburg would strike back immediately with an RBI groundout from second baseman Gabriel Santiago (Coker) in the bottom half of the frame. The Dawgs took an early lead as shortstop Dale Thomas (Florida) hit his second-consecutive first inning home run in the championship series with a solo shot to open the ballgame. Leesburg Lightning players celebrate after winning Game 2 of the FCSL Championship against the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs at Pat Thomas Stadium-Buddy Lowe Field on July 30, 2022. ![]()
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