BOCA RATON, Fla. – Lynn baseball dropped a close game with New Haven, 5-2, on Saturday. Starting pitcher Marcus Eusebio struck out nine batters, but the Fighting Knights lineup could not capitalize with runners on base to fall to 10-8-1 on the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
- AJ Orrico led off the bottom of the first with a single and scored on a Leon Paulino double for the first run of the game
- The Chargers' Noah Budzik drove in a run and later scored on a single in the top of the third to give the road team a one-run lead
- Byron Murray tied the game with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth inning
- New Haven countered with two runs in the next inning to take a 4-2 lead
- Relief pitcher JP Perez entered and immediately induced a 5-4-3 double play to end the top of the sixth
- The Chargers added a fifth run on a wild pitch in the eighth inning
- The Fighting Knights first two batters reached base in the bottom of the ninth but they were unable to score, as the game ended in favor of New Haven, 5-2

FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Orrico went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and is tied for third in the Sunshine State Conference with 30 hits and ranks tied for fifth with 20 runs scored
- David Judge went 2-for-4 with a walk and leads the team with a .386 batting average
- Paulino hit his fifth double of the season and has 10 extra-base hits in 13 games played
- Murray went 1-for-4 with an RBI and walked for the ninth time in his last five games
- Deric LaMontagne recorded two doubles and posted his second consecutive multi-hit game
- Relief pitcher Eric Heatter struck out two batters in a scoreless ninth inning
- Lynn reached base 15 times via hit or walk and left 12 runners on base
- Fighting Knights pitchers punched out 14 batters while the Lynn lineup struck out just six times
- The Lynn pitching staff is 13 strikeouts per game over their last four contests
 
UP NEXT:
Lynn hosts Adelphi on Monday, March 11, at 3:00 pm.