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  Yuengling Joins the Florida League as Presenting Sponsor for the 2012 Season   April 9, 2012 – Orlando, FL   The Florida League ...

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Here's a look at what some of the future 2012 Florida League players accomplished the past week at their respective schools:   Jake Pequignot -...

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The Florida League Celebrity Golf Tournament has become one the elite charity golf tournaments in Central Florida. In its fourth year of existence, ...

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  The storybook 2011 season for the Sanford River Rats has come to a close, but on October 10, 2011, the team received one of the highest honors...

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FLORIDA LEAGUE ANNOUNCES 2011 AWARD WINNERS   Most Valuable Player ...

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (August 7, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats defeated the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs 7-5 to become the 2011 FCSL Champions at Tropica...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 28, 2011) - The Orlando Freedom made a valiant effort after falling behind 4-0 in the first inning of Friday night’s contest again...

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DELAND, Fla. (July 28, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats lost 6-1 to the DeLand Suns at Conrad Park Thursday night. The loss, in conjunction with the Win...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 28, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (22-12) split a doubleheader with the Winter Haven Loggerheads (13-23) in two-seven...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 28, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads split Thursday night’s twinbill against the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs. Winter H...

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ORLANDO (July 28, 2011) - It was a tight contest in downtown Orlando for nearly five innings, but the Leesburg Lightning ran away with the Thursday ni...

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ORLANDO (July 28, 2011) - The Lightning got back to winning ways Thursday night taking care of the Freedom in Orlando by an overwhelming 13-2 score. ...

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ORLANDO (July 27, 2011) - When the ball flew off the bat of Matt Mattone in a tied game in the bottom of the ninth inning, the question wasn’t if the ...

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ORLANDO (July 27, 2011) - The Orlando Freedom (14-22) pulled out ninth inning heroics against the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (21-11) to win 9-8.  ...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 27, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats defeated the Leesburg Lightning 5-2 at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium Wednesday night. The w...

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DELAND, Fla. (July 27, 2011) – In the bottom of the ninth, the Winter Haven Loggerheads suffered a 5-4 loss to the DeLand Suns at Melching Field at Co...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 27, 2011) - It was a day of firsts at Sanford Memorial Stadium on Wednesday night as the Lightning lost to Sanford 5-2.   K...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 26, 2011) – A grand slam in the bottom of the eighth by Jonathan Hall (Trinity) lifted the Winter Haven Loggerheads, 11-3, ov...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 26, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats lost a 7-3 contest to the DeLand Suns at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium Tuesday night. The l...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 26, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (21-10) picked up a road win at Pat Thomas Stadium Tuesday night as they beat Leesburg ...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 26, 2011) - Coming off a huge defeat of the Diamond Dawgs Monday night, the Leesburg Lightning looked to make it two in a row as ...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 26, 2011) - As if the playoff picture were not blurry enough heading into Tuesday night’s contest between the Orlando Freedom...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 25, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats defeated the Orlando Freedom, 6-5, in 10 innings at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium Monday ni...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 25, 2011) - The Leesburg Lightning (25-10) topped the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (20-10) in a tight 6-4 ball game, the first of th...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 25, 2011) - The Orlando Freedom and the Sanford River Rats were unable to finish a contest in nine innings for a second time this ...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 25, 2011) - Entering Monday, the Lightning held a one and a half game lead over the Diamond Dawgs. The two teams play each other ...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 24, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads came up short Sunday afternoon as the River Rats escaped with a 5-4 victory at Historic S...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 24, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats came up big in a 5-4 victory over the Winter Haven Loggerheads at Historic Sanford Memorial Sta...

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ORLANDO, Fla. (July 24, 2011) - For the second time this season, the Orlando Freedom defeated the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs 14-11.   The Dawgs ...

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ORLANDO (July 24, 2011) - The last time the Orlando Freedom took on the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs, the two squads combined to score just one run as th...

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DELAND, Fla. (July 24, 2011) - With the Leesburg Lightning leading the Florida Collegiate League standings by half game over Winter Park heading into ...

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DELAND, Fla. (July 23, 2011) - After two straight tough losses for the Orlando Freedom, the squad got one back in the win column Saturday night agains...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 23, 2011) - The Lightning got some redemption Saturday night, beating the Winter Haven Loggerheads 8-4. The teams met on Wednesda...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 23, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats fell 6-2 to the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs at Alfond Stadium Saturday night.   The Ra...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 23, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (20-8) defeated the Sanford River Rats (10-20) for the sixth time this season by a s...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 23, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads fell 8-4 to the Leesburg Lightning Saturday night at Pat Thomas Stadium.   The lo...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 22, 2011) - The Lightning earned a huge victory Friday night at home, holding off the DeLand Suns in a 5-4 victory.   Head...

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ORLANDO (July 21, 2011) - A Florida League pitcher has not pitched a complete nine-inning game since June 16, 2010 when Nic Kovacs (Lake Sumter CC) pi...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 21, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats lost a 5-1 game to the Winter Haven Loggerheads at Chain of Lakes Park. The loss comes as ...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 21, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads picked up their second consecutive win as the Loggerheads rolled past the Sanford Ri...

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ORLANDO (July 20, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats defeated the Orlando Freedom 4-3 in a 12-inning game at Orel Hershiser Field at the First Academy Wed...

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ORLANDO (July 20, 2011) - Nine innings were not enough as the Orlando Freedom fell 4-3 to the Sanford River Rats in a 12-inning contest that was tight...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 20, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads snapped a seven-game losing streak as they came out victorious over the Leesburg Lig...

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DELAND, Fla. (July 20, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (19-8) defeated the DeLand Suns (17-14) 8-3 at Melching Field at Conrad Park on Wednesday...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 20, 2011) - The Loggerheads handed the Lightning their 10th loss of the season, Wednesday night in Winter Haven. The streakin...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 19, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads suffered a 6-4 loss to the DeLand Suns Tuesday night at Chain of Lakes Park.  ...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 19, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats lost an 8-4 contest against the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs at Alfond Stadium Tuesday afterno...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 19, 2011) - For the second time in as many contests against the Leesburg Lightning, the Orlando Freedom were sent home in blowout...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 19, 2011) - The Lightning continued their second half surge with a home win over the Orlando Freedom, 9-4, Tuesday night in front...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 19, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (18-8) defeated the Sanford River Rats (9-18) 8-4 at home in front of a large crowd ...

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DELAND, Fla. (July 17, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads dropped Sunday’s doubleheader to the DeLand Suns with a 7-3 loss in game one and suffered ...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 17, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats closed their week with an 8-6 loss to the Leesburg Lightning at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadi...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 17, 2011) - The Leesburg Lightning have been on fire since the all-star break. They’ve found a new energy since having three ...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 17, 2011) - The Orlando Freedom defeated the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (17-8) by a score of 1-0 Sunday afternoon.   Des...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 17, 2011) - For the second time in as many days, the Orlando Freedom played a home contest at the field of the opposing team. ...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 16, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats lost their final game in Leesburg as they fell 4-2 at Pat Thomas Stadium Saturday night. ...

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ORLANDO (July 16, 2011) - The Orlando Freedom brought home four runs in the first inning and a strong bullpen closed the door as the club defeated the...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 16, 2011) - After splitting Friday’s doubleheader, the Lightning came into the game looking to add another “W” to the win column,...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 15, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs managed to maintain their half game lead over the Leesburg Lightning after splitting a ...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 15, 2011) – The doubleheader Friday night was billed as the biggest games of the season and rightly so. Leesburg entered the game...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 14, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats avoided a shutout in a 4-1 loss to the DeLand Suns at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium Thursda...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 14, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (16-6) defeated the Winter Haven Loggerheads Thursday night, 7-2.   “We playe...

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ORLANDO (July 14, 2011) - The return to action following the 2011 All-Star Game was not kind to the Orlando Freedom as the club took on the Leesburg L...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 14, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads suffered a 7-2 loss to the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs Thursday night at Alfond Stadium...

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ORLANDO (July 14, 2011) - Fresh off of leading the North squad to a victory in the Florida Collegiate Summer League All-Star Game, Head Coach Dave The...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 14, 2011) - When you have had the opportunity to play college baseball and have been drafted into Major League Baseball, the n...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 12, 2011) - The best of the Florida League congregated at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium Tuesday for the Mid-summer Classic, FC...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 12, 2011) – It was an eventful day at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium where there was an all-star cast, including a special long...

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ORLANDO (July 10, 2011) - What was working well for Jason Anderson (Brevard CC) during Sunday’s twinbill against the Winter Haven Loggerheads?  ...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 10, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats closed their week on a high note with a 4-0 win over the Leesburg Lightning at Pat Thomas Stad...

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ORLANDO (July 10, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads were unsuccessful in their trip to Orlando as they dropped a 4-2 decision in game one of Sunday...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 10, 2011) - After a big win Saturday night, the Leesburg offense sputtered against the Sanford River Rats. The Lightning were rai...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 10, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (15-6) will head into the Florida League All-Star break with a 4-3 victory over the ...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 9, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads dropped a 5-3 decision to the first-place Leesburg Lightning Saturday night at Chain ...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 9, 2011) – The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (14-6) picked up their first win in a week against the Sanford River Rats (8-14), 10-...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 9, 2011)  – The Sanford River Rats fell 10-3 to the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs at Alfond Stadium Saturday night.   ...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 9, 2011)  – The Sanford River Rats fell 10-3 to the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs at Alfond Stadium Saturday night.   ...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 9, 2011) - The Lightning would hold on for a 5-3 victory Saturday night against the Winter Haven Loggerheads.   The la...

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ORLANDO (July 6, 2011) – A solid pitching performance from Bryan Poland, along with timely hitting, lifted the Winter Haven Loggerheads over the Orlan...

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ORLANDO (July 6, 2011) - A pair of Winter Haven home runs were too much as the Orlando Freedom fell to the Loggerheads 11-3 in the mid-week contest at...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 6, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs won their exhibition contest against the US9 Armed Forces Baseball team, 11-5, Wednes...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 6, 2011) - The Lightning were fresh off a big win Tuesday night against Winter Park to reclaim their stake at the top of the stan...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 5, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads captured an 8-2 victory over the US9 Armed Forces Baseball Team Tuesday night.  ...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 5, 2011) - The Leesburg Lightning (15-6) took sole possession of first place with a 10-9 win over the Winter Park Diamond Dawg...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 5, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats fell 6-0 to the DeLand Suns at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium Tuesday night. It was the first...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 5, 2011) - Tuesday night’s game pinned the top two teams in the Florida Collegiate Summer League against each other as the Lee...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 4, 2011) - Nothing is more American than baseball on the Fourth of July.  Staying true to that motto, the Leesburg Lightning...

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ORLANDO (July 3, 2011) - The Orlando Freedom defeated the Sanford River Rats 4-3 in a Sunday evening contest. The Freedom collected 10 hits. Star...

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ORLANDO, Fla. (July 3, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats ended the week with a 4-3 loss to the Orlando Freedom at Orel Hershiser Field Sunday night. ...

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DELAND, Fla. (July 3, 2011) – The DeLand Suns (11-11) topped the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (13-5) for the second day in a row with a 5-2 victory at Me...

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DELAND, Fla. (July 2, 2011) - The DeLand Suns (10-11) snapped the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (13-4) five-game win streak with a 5-4 victory at Melching...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 2, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats split a doubleheader versus the Winter Haven Loggerheads, losing the first game 6-4 and winning ...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 2, 2011) - Strong pitching led the way for the Orlando Freedom Saturday against the Leesburg Lightning, as the club grabbed the 3...

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SANFORD, Fla. (July 2, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads split Saturday night’s doubleheader as they captured a 6-4 victory in game one and were sh...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (July 2, 2011) - The Lightning lost a heartbreaker in front of a packed house at Pat Thomas Stadium. The loss, a 3-2 defeat at the hand...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 1, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads scored a pair of runs late in the game to avoid being shutout as the Sanford River Ra...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 1, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats rebounded from a brutal loss Tuesday night with a lopsided victory of their own as they def...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 1, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (13-3) won their fifth consecutive game at home on Friday against the Orlando Freedom...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 1, 2011) - The Orlando Freedom got a solid pitching performance and played strong defense to open up the month of July; but it...

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DELAND, Fla. (July 1, 2011) - The Lightning won their fourth straight game Friday night, beating the DeLand Suns 8-2. Leesburg swept the home and home...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 30, 2011) - One of the beautiful things about baseball is that the little things win you ball games. It’s not necessarily the lon...

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DELAND, Fla. (June 29, 2011) - The Orlando Freedom and the DeLand Suns played a doubleheader Wednesday evening to play catch-up from a Tuesday night r...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (June 28, 2011) – A late inning Winter Haven rally was not enough as the Leesburg Lightning defeated the Loggerheads 9-7 in extra-i...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 28, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (12-3) rolled through the visiting Sanford River Rats in an 11-3 victory, winning th...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 28, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats endured a rough start to the week with an 11-3 loss to the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs at Alf...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (June 28, 2011) - The Lightning played by far their most exciting game of the season Tuesday night at Winter Haven. Leesburg knocke...

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ORLANDO (June 26, 2011) - Saturday night, Kevin Lehane (Jacksonville) hit a fly ball to center field at Chain of Lakes Field in Winter Haven that was ...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 26, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats ended their week with a 7-3 loss to the Leesburg Lightning at Pat Thomas Stadium Sunday night....

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ORLANDO (June 26, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads dropped a 9-6 decision to the Orlando Freedom Sunday afternoon at Orel Hershiser Field at The F...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 26, 2011) - After losing four of their last five games, the Leesburg Lightning entered Sunday’s game hungry for a win. The team, ...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 26, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (11-3) won their third consecutive game as they defeated the DeLand Suns 6-2 at Alfo...

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 Former DeLand Suns and Sanford River Rats coach Davey Johnson has been hired to manage the Washington Nationals for the rest of the season plus ...

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THE VILLAGES, Fla. (June 23, 2011) - The Lightning suffered their fifth loss of the season Thursday night against DeLand in The Villages dropping an 8...

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THE VILLAGES, Fla. (June 22, 2011) - The Sanford River Rats took advantage of pitching control issues by the DeLand Suns to take an early lead that th...

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THE VILLAGES, Fla. (June 22, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats earned their first win over the DeLand Suns in an 8-3 game at The Villages Wednesday night...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 22, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads suffered an 8-1 loss to the Leesburg Lightning Wednesday night at Pat Thomas Stadium-Bud...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 22, 2011) - The Lightning finally got their elusive 10th win of the season on Wednesday night against the Winter Haven Loggerhead...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 22, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (10-3) defeated the Orlando Freedom 4-2 in a close one all the way through.   ...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 22, 2011) - The last time the Orlando Freedom faced the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs, double-figures were reached in three differ...

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THE VILLAGES, Fla. (June 21, 2011) - In a game that featured 16 runs, a league season-high 32 hits and 12 different pitchers, the Winter Park Diamond ...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 22, 2011) - Winter Park Diamond Dawgs outfielder Ted Blackman has officially committed to Coastal Carolina University.  ...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (June 21, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads gave up four runs in the final inning of play to drop a 10-8 decision to the Orlando...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (June 21, 2011) - A back-and-forth battle found the Orlando Freedom on the winning end of a 10-8 contest against the Winter Haven L...

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THE VILLAGES, Fla. (June 21, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (9-3) stopped the streaking DeLand Suns with a 9-7 win at The Villages.   “T...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 21, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats held off an eighth-inning rally and broke a three-game losing skid with a 4-3 victory over the...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 21, 2011) - The Leesburg Lightning lost a 4-3 heartbreaker to the Sanford River Rats Tuesday night in front of the hometown faith...

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SANFORD, Fla. (June 19, 2011) – Despite a four-run ninth inning, the Sanford River Rats fell to the DeLand Suns 8-6 at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadi...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 19, 2011) - Just under two weeks ago, Orlando Freedom pitcher Garrett Nuss (Mt. Dora HS) was taken out of high school in the 32nd...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 19, 2011) - The Lightning fell for the second straight night on Sunday against the Orlando Freedom, 7-1. The ceremonial first pit...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 19, 2011) – Peter Miller (Florida State) and Brady Rodriguez (Abilene Christian) combined for nine innings of three-hit baseba...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 19, 2011) - The Winter Haven Loggerheads scored the lone run of the ball game in the first inning, as they shutout the Winter ...

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SANFORD, Fla. (June 18, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats fought hard, but still fell 10-6 to the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs at Historic Sanford Memorial ...

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SANFORD, Fla. (June 18, 2011) - In a game that was close down the stretch, the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (8-2) defeated the Sanford River Rats 10-6 to...

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DELAND, Fla. (June 18, 2011) - A long night in DeLand at Conrad Park ended perhaps fittingly with a ball that did not leave the infield. After stellar...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 18, 2011) - The Lightning fell to the Winter Haven Loggerheads 9-6 in front of the home crowd at Pat Thomas Stadium. The loss was...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 18, 2011) – Winter Haven used a five-run fifth to snap a four-game losing streak as the Loggerheads defeated the Leesburg Lightni...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 16, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (7-2) shutout the Winter Haven Loggerheads behind a remarkable performance from star...

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DELAND, Fla. (June 16, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats fell 4-2 to the DeLand Suns at Melching Field at Conrad Park Thursday night.   “Anytime y...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 16, 2011) - In a season where offense has been at a premium, the Lightning relied on their pitching and defense to earn yet anoth...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 16, 2011) - The Orlando Freedom scored four runs in the eighth inning of Thursday night’s contest versus the Leesburg Lightning (...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 16, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads suffered a 7-0 loss to the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs Thursday night at Alfond Stadium...

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SANFORD, Fla. (June 15, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats notched a 7-3 win over the Orlando Freedom in the two teams’ first meeting of the year at Histo...

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SANFORD, Fla. (June 15, 2011) - A Wednesday night contest saw the Orlando Freedom (1-9) drop their fifth straight game as the Sanford River Rats (4-5)...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 14, 2011) - With actual lightning popping all over the outfield, the Leesburg Lightning were busy on the field fending off the Wi...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 14, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads suffered a 10-8 loss to the Leesburg Lightning Tuesday night at Pat Thomas Stadium-Buddy...

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DELAND, Fla. (June 14, 2011) - A Tuesday afternoon contest was unkind for the Orlando Freedom (1-8) as the squad fell for the second consecutive time ...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 10, 2011) - In a back and forth contest, the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs had the final say scoring two runs in the bottom of the...

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ORLANDO, Fla. (June 10, 2011) - The Orlando Freedom (1-7) outhit, outpitched and outplayed their opponent for eight innings in Saturday night’s contes...

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SANFORD, Fla. (June 10, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats played eight innings of shutout baseball before giving up three runs in the ninth to fall 3-2 t...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 10, 2011) – In a late inning rally by the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs, the Loggerheads suffered an 8-7 loss Saturday night at Al...

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ORLANDO, Fla. (June 10, 2011) - What started as a seemingly every day Friday night baseball game in the Florida League, ended as one of the most bizar...

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ORLANDO, Fla. (June 10, 2011) - In a game where wild does not even begin to describe what occurred, the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (5-2) were on the wi...

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SANFORD, Fla. (June 10, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats handed the Leesburg Lightning their first loss of the season in an 8-1 romp at Historic Sanford...

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Deland, Fla. (June 10, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads suffered a 6-1 loss to the Deland Suns on Friday night at Melching Field at Conrad Park. ...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (June 9, 2011) - A second trip to Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven saw another Orlando Freedom (1-5) defeat, as the club fell 6-...

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SANFORD, Fla. (June 9, 2011) - The Sanford River Rats avenged their opening night loss against the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (4-2) with a 6-3 victory....

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SANFORD, Fla. (June 9, 2011) – The Sanford River Rats defeated the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs 6-3 for their first win of the season at Historic Sanford...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (June 9, 2011) – In one word, you can say the Loggerheads are “Clutch”, and that’s what they were against Orlando as another late i...

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The list of Florida League players drafted into Major League Baseball has climbed by 22 with the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft. A few of the highli...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (June 8, 2011) - For the second game in a row, late scoring put the game out of reach as the Sanford River Rats fell 7-4 against th...

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ORLANDO, Fla. (June 8, 2011) - The Orlando Freedom (1-4) were only able to plate three runs in Wednesday night’s contest against the DeLand Suns at Or...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 8, 2011) - In a battle from start to finish, the Leesburg Lightning (5-0) defeated the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (4-1) by a sc...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (June 8, 2011) – In a rematch of yesterday’s game, the Winter Haven Loggerheads notched another win against the Sanford River Rats ...

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ORLANDO, Fla. (June 7, 2011) - The Orlando Freedom (0-4) trailed by as many as five runs Tuesday night at Orel Hershiser Field, and were able to make ...

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The first week in the 2011 Florida League season was a tremendous success. A huge crowd on Opening Day at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium watched th...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 7, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (4-0) won their fourth straight game start the season as they 10-run ruled the visiti...

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SANFORD, Fla. (June 7, 2011) - The Sanford River Rats tied the game three different times, but could never take a lead before falling 5-4 to the Winte...

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ORLANDO, Fla. (June 7, 2011) - One night after top prospect Bryce Harper made national headlines, Leesburg prospects were making their own at Orel Her...

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SANFORD, Fla. (June 7, 2011) – Pinch-hitter Chris Pagliarulo (Boston College) knocked in the winning run in the top of the ninth with two outs to lift...

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DELAND, Fla. (June 5, 2011) - The Sanford River Rats fell to the DeLand Suns 6-5 after the Suns rallied for a four-run seventh inning in DeLand Sunday...

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ORLANDO, Fla. (June 6, 2011) - The Orlando Freedom (0-3) pitchers struggled early and often in Sunday’s home opener at Orel Hershiser Field at The Fir...

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ORLANDO, Fla. (June 5, 2011) - The Winter Park Diamond Dawgs spoiled the Orlando Freedom’s inaugural home opener at Orel Hershiser Field at The First ...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 5, 2011) - The Lightning continued their hot start with another win Sunday afternoon with an 11-5 victory against the Winter Have...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 5, 2011) – In their first road contest of the season, the Winter Haven Loggerheads suffered an 11-5 loss to the Leesburg Lightnin...

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WINTER PARK, Fla. (June 4, 2011) - It was City Appreciation Night and the home opener in Winter Park, as the Diamond Dawgs (2-0) gave the crowd on han...

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DELAND, Fla. (June 4, 2011) - The DeLand Suns (0-2) opened up their home slate Saturday night in front of a couple hundred fans at Melching Field Conr...

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DELAND, Fla. (June 4, 2011) - The Lightning added another early season victory Saturday night in DeLand under the lights at Melching Field Conrad Park...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (June 4, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads closed out Opening Weekend with an 8-4 loss to the Sanford River Rats on Saturday nig...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (June 3, 2011) - The Orlando Freedom brought out the bats in the season opener for the new franchise, but could not muster up enoug...

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LEESBURG, Fla. (June 3, 2011) - The Leesburg Lightning kicked off the 2011 season with a big win Friday night in front of a packed house at Pat Thomas...

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (June 3, 2011) – The Winter Haven Loggerheads opened their inaugural season with an 8-5 victory over the Orlando Freedom on Friday ...

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 SANFORD, Florida (June 2, 2011)- The Sanford River Rats opened their 2011 season with a 5-3 home loss to the defending Florida Collegiate Summer...

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SANFORD, Fla. (June 2, 2011) - The Sanford River Rats opened the 2011 season with a 5-2 loss to the defending Florida Collegiate Summer League Champio...

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 SANFORD, Fla. (June 2, 2011) - There was a full house on opening night at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium as the defending FCSL Champion Winte...

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