Long Island Collegiate Baseball League
Long Island Lightning Pound 24 Hits, One Win Away from LICBL Title
The Long Island Lightning took a 1-0 series lead in the Long Island Collegiate Baseball League championship Thursday evening in a quite lopsided affair. The Lightning defeated the Long Island NorEasters 19-7. The Lightning wasted no time putting a run on the board. After starter Patrick Quinn held the NorEaster’s scoreless in the top of the first, the Lightning took a 1-0 lead in the bottom half of the inning. After leadoff hitter Joe Piscitelli popped out to first, two hitter Kyle Heiss roped a single up the middle. The next batter, Andrew Florides hit a tailor-made double play ball which was bobbled by the shortstop, allowing him to get to first and Heiss to advance to second. Both of them advanced a base after the next batter John Condon hit an opposite field single to left field. With ...
Lightning Shutout Thunder on their way to the LICBL Championship
Our Player of the game between the Long Island Thunder and Long Island Lightning is Kyle Heiss of the Lightning. Heiss went 3-3 at the plate with a HR and two RBI to help the Lightning win 7-0 and advance to the LICBL Championship. pic.twitter.com/wlPo6VMpbS — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 31, 2018 Two of the better teams in the Long Island Collegiate Baseball League squared off Tuesday evening at Adelphi with a trip to the Championship game on the line. The Long Island Lightning came in as the higher seed over the Long Island Thunder in the LICBL National division, and that order would stand true as the Lightning took care of the Thunder in a 7-0 victory. For the Thunder, their best chance to put any runs on the board came early in this one as they had their leadoff batter, N...
