BOCA RATON, Fla. – Starting pitcher Drew Dwyer struck out ten batters over six innings, but Lynn lost their first game of the season to Georgia Southwestern on Saturday, 8-4. The Fighting Knights out-hit the Hurricanes 13-8, but could not overcome four errors defensively.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: 
- Lynn scored three runs on six hits in the first inning
- AJ Orrico led off the bottom of the first with a single, Byron Murray doubled, Shawn Dougherty knocked in Orrico with a single, Peter Avino drove in Murray with a single and a David Judge single scored Dougherty for the third run of the frame
- In the top of the third, GSW scored four runs as Lynn committed two errors and two hit-by-pitches
- Dwyer posted back-to-back clean innings in the fourth and fifth, with four of the six outs coming via strikeout
- Dwyer's day ended after striking out the side in the top of the sixth with Lynn down 4-3
- The Hurricanes' Grant McDonel hit a grand slam in the top of the eighth to give the road team an 8-3 cushion
- Following Yuzuki Okamura and Peter Avino singles in the bottom of the eighth, David Judge knocked in Okamura with a single to make it a four-run ballgame
- Byron Murray singled in the bottom of the ninth, but Georgia Southwestern's Grant Adams secured the save and an 8-4 final
 
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS: 
- Drew Dwyer threw a quality start in his first outing of the season (6IP, 5H, 4R, 2ER, BB, 10K)
- David Judge (8-for-14), Byron Murray (6-for-14) and AJ Orrico (6-for16) have each recorded multiple hits in all three games this season
- Through three games, Lynn is batting .374 with a 1.062 OPS 
- After posting two singles and a walk, Yuzuki Okamura has now reached safely in seven of his 10 plate appearances this season
- Lynn pitchers have struck out 30 batters through three games (10K/9)
 
UP NEXT: 
The Fighting Knights are home tomorrow, Sunday, February 5, for a noon game against Tusculum