BOCA RATON, Fla. – Leon Paulino drove in two runs and scored another two as the Fighting Knights used a four-run seventh inning for a 5-1 victory over Post, Sunday. Lynn is now 6-1 overall following a seven-game homestand to open the spring season.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Lynn and Post traded runs in the early going
- Paulino led off the bottom of the second inning with a single and advanced to third on a Post
- Paulino put Lynn on the board when he crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly from
Juan Carlos Camarena
- The Eagles answered in the top of the third with a run-producing single
- Right fielder
Shawn Dougherty saved a run with a diving catch at the warning track and doubled up the runner at second to end the inning
- The game remained 1-1 until the Fighting Knights exploded for a four-run seventh
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Julio Camarena walked to lead off the inning and advanced to third following a sac bunt and wild pitch
- He scored the game-winning run on
Cole Fowler's two-out single
- Paulino tacked on the final three runs with a single that scored Fowler and
Charlie Devito before eventually scoring the final run on a wild pitch
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Starting pitcher
Devin Sweeney tossed five innings and allowed just one run
- Relief pitcher
Hunter Shew picked up his third win of the season after throwing a scoreless sixth and seventh inning
- Relief pitcher
Joel Hayner pitched two shutout innings to finish off the game
- Paulino finished 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored
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Deric LaMontagne went 2-for-4
UP NEXT:
- The Fighting Knights hit the road for the first time this spring when they visit Lane on Thursday at 1:00 pm
