Down 7-0, the Newtown Lightning bounced back to upend Guilford, 8-7, at the Seabreeze Tournament in Orange on Tuesday night.

The win was the 11-year-old travel team’s second consecutive major triumph over an A-level, district team and gave them a 3-2 mark in the tournament.

On Sunday, the Lightning, one of two local, B-level Cal Ripken teams, pinned an 8-6 defeat on Bethwood. Last year, several members of the Bethwood team for the A-level Woodbridge team which lost to the Newtown Bombers for the 10-year-old state title.

Against Guilford, the Lightning rallied from a 7-0 deficit in the fourth inning when Ben Stoller drilled a bases-loaded single up the middle to score Troy Larsen, who had singled. Pat Thornberg was hit by a pitch to score a second run and two more runs scored on a force out by Kaleb Rowe and a single by John Lebinski.

In the fifth, Ryan Daignault scored on an error to bring the Lightning within two runs. Then, with two outs and runners at first and second, Stoller blasted a double off the centerfield fence to score Larsen and send Tyler Gibney to third with two outs. Thornberg then singled to score Gibney and Stoller and gave the Lightning its first lead.

Rowe followed by smashing a single up the middle, but Thornberg was cut down at the plate by a perfect throw from deep centerfield.

In the sixth, Guilford tried to rally, getting runners on first and second with no outs, but Lightning pitcher Dan Gustafson, going the distance for the first time in his career, refused to fold. Stoller and Lebinski made great plays in the field, Lebinski grabbing a hot shot to third and stepping on the base for the final out.

Stoller went 3-for-3 and knocked in two runs to lead the Lightning’s 11-hit attack. Thornberg rapped two hits, including a double, and drove in three runs. Larsen smacked two key hits, including a double, and scored two runs. Gibney also scored twice and got two hits.

The Lightning’s comeback win was as exciting as Sunday’s win against Bethwood. In that game, Larsen threw a two-hitter over the first five innings to stymie the opposition.

With the score tied 4-4 after four innings, the Lightning exploded for four fifth-inning runs. Wes Tardie led off by crushing a single to left center, and Larsen walked. Gibney reached on an error, scoring Tardie. Stoller was hit by a pitch, and Thornberg walked to drive in a run. Rowe and Lebinski ripped RBI singles to give the Lightning an 8-4 lead.

Bethwood refused to die in the final inning, scoring a run on a wild pitch and getting another runner aboard with a two-out single. A line shot was then hit to center, and Lightning center fielder Ryan Daignault made a valiant attempt for a sliding shoestring catch but even though he couldn’t come up with it, his throw back to the infield led to a rundown and the final out of the game.

Rob Andreotta and Mike Scharfenberg paced the 12-hit Lightning attack with two hits and two RBIs each. Scharfenberg doubled twice and Andreotta doubled once. Lebinski made another stellar catch at third and Larsen went the distance, scattering four hits and whiffing four batters.

The two big wins followed a 16-11 defeat against Westport on Saturday that saw the Lightning rally back from a 12-1, three-inning deficit.

In the fourth, the locals sent 15 batters to the plate and scored nine times to pull within two. The key hit was a bases-loaded, smash off the bat of Rowe that sailed past the Westport left fielder for a double.

Westport scored some insurance runs, but the Lightning sent seven men to the plate in the last inning to give the opposition a final scare.

The Lightning collected 10 hits;  Scharfenberg and Gustafson had two hits each. Lebinski, Thornberg, Larsen and Alex Roche all sparkled in the field.

The Lightning was awarded a 6-0 win when Madison failed to show in the tournament’s opening round. In the tourney’s second game, the Lightning were overwhelmed, 15-0, by Branford. Stoller and Roche collected the only Lightning hits. Nicky Sajovic pitched brilliantly in four innings of relief, allowing just three hits and no earned runs.