BOCA RATON, Fla. – Starting pitcher Drew Dwyer threw six no-hit innings and struck out 12 batters while the Lynn lineup pounded 17 hits in a 10-2 win over Southern Connecticut State, Friday. The victory improves the Fighting Knights 2023 record to 5-2-1.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Left fielder Shawn Dougherty and catcher Yuzuki Okamura each collected RBI singles in the bottom of the first inning to give Lynn a 2-0 lead
- Center fielder Byron Murray knocked in a run in the second inning to make it a 3-0 game
- First baseman David Judge doubled home Ryan Ford and Deric LaMontagne in the bottom of the third inning
- Shortstop John Rodriguez later doubled to score Judge and put the Fighting Knights up, 6-0, after three innings
- Murray hit a solo home run in the fourth inning to extend the Lynn lead to 7-0
- Dwyer struck out the side in the top of the fifth inning and finished his afternoon with two more strikeouts in a scoreless top of the sixth
- The lead grew to 8-0 when Okamura drove in Rodriguez with a single in the bottom of the sixth
- The Owls scored their only runs on a Jack Drewry two-run single in the top of the eighth
- In the bottom of the eighth, Rodriguez singled, stole second and scored on a single by AJ Orrico
- A Pedro Martinez pinch-hit single scored Orrico to make the score 10-2
- Relief pitcher JP Perez struck out the final batter of the game for the win

FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Dwyer's pitching line: 6 IP, BB, 12 SO
- Dwyer's 12 strikeouts are tied for the fourth most in a single game by a Lynn pitcher and he owns a 14.4 K/9 rate this season (24 K, 15.0 IP)
- Perez threw two innings in relief, allowing one hit and striking out five
- Murray hit his team-leading third home run of the season
- Judge recorded his 10^th RBI of the season, becoming the first Sunshine State Conference player to reach double-digit RBI in 2023
- Orrico went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI and now has five multi-hit games this season
- Daugherty went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a stolen base, his third multi-hit performance over his last four games
- Okamura went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI and leads the team with a .552 OB%
- Rodriguez went 3-for-3 with a double, two runs, one RBI and his team-leading fifth stolen base of the season
- The Fighting Knights have had 10+ hits in four of their eight games this season and are averaging 8.4 runs per game
- Fighting Knight pitchers punched out a season-high 18 batters in the game and have recorded five games with 10+ strikeouts in 2023
- The Lynn pitching staff did not allow an extra-base hit for the third time this season
 
UP NEXT:
Lynn and Southern Connecticut State play again tomorrow, February 18, at noon