BOCA RATON, Fla. – Lynn starting pitcher Drew Dwyer struck out seven batters over a season-high eight innings of work in a 5-3 loss to Eckerd, Friday afternoon. The Fighting Knights erased a three-run deficit but the Tritons scored a run in the eighth and ninth innings to secure the road win.
 
With two games left in the regular season, Lynn is now 16-28-1 overall and 7-21 in the Sunshine State Conference.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Tritons scored an unearned run on a sac fly in the top of the first
- Four Eckerd singles led to two runs in the top of the fourth to give the visitors a 3-0 lead
- Lynn scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to tie the game
- The bottom of the frame began with a Byron Murray walk and AJ Orrico single
- Leon Paulino's single drove home Murray
- David Judge then drove home Orrico and Paulino with a line-drive double down the left field line
- Eckerd broke the tie on Kyle Ericson's RBI single in the top of the eighth inning
- The Tritons scored the final run of the game in the top of the ninth inning on a balk for a 5-3 final
 
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Each of the first six batters in the Lynn lineup had a hit
- Orrico became the fourth player in the SSC to reach 50 runs scored
- Orrico stole two bases and now has 10 steals over his last 11 games
- Judge leads the team and ranks tied for eighth in the SSC with 43 RBI
- Judge has recorded multiple RBI in 13 games this year
- Paulino has reached safely in six consecutive games
- Dwyer's pitching line: 8 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 SO
- Dwyer set career highs in innings pitched (8) and pitches thrown (117)
- Dwyer has started 11 games this season and has pitched a quality start (6+ IP, 3 ER or less) in 10 of them
 
UP NEXT:
Lynn hosts Eckerd for a doubleheader tomorrow, May 13, starting at noon.