Sunday, June 20, 2010

Rough Weekend in Decatur, IL

The Lightning dropped 3 close games after winning their opening game in Decatur.  The weekend started with a 7-0 victory over Pete's Blues. The Lightning then dropped a 5-4 decision to the Belleville Stallions in 8 innings and lost 2-0 to Aurora Dolan & Murphy (ISC #17) in their final game of pool play. The Decatur Pride (ISC #9) knocked off the Lightning 2-1 in 8 innings on Sunday morning. The leading hitters for the weekend were Sean Kelly (5/9, 3B) and Brian Skirka (3/8, HR). The leading pitchers were Sean Kelly (1-2 record, 20 2/3 innings, 2 ER, 42 K's, 8 hits) and Josh Gray (0-1 record, 7 1/3 innings, 3 ER, 6 K's, 6 hits). Josh Gray and Craig Scott from the Duncan Outlaws helped the Lightning out this weekend. The next scheduled tournament is in Petoskey over the July 4th weekend.


Tournament Wrap-up
Story from Decatur Herald & Review
Tournament Preview Story