WINTER PARK, Fla. – Lynn baseball hit four home runs in a 10-9 loss at Rollins, Friday. The Fighting Knights surrendered a three-run lead in the bottom of the ninth, as the Tars scored four unearned runs in the comeback win.
Lynn is now 15-10 overall and 3-4 in the SSC while Rollins improves to 12-8 and 4-3.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
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Cole Fowler began the scoring with a solo home run in the top of the first inning
- The Tars responded with two runs in the bottom of the frame to take a 2-1 lead
- The Fighting Knights turned a 4-6-3 double play to end the second inning
- After
Jesse Robinson singled and
Juan Carlos Camarena walked,
Leon Paulino blasted a three-run homer to right as Lynn regained the lead, 4-2
- A solo homer cut the Tars deficit to one run in the bottom of the fourth
- Lynn added four more runs in the fifth inning, starting with a sac fly by Robinson
- Two batters later,
Shawn Dougherty hit a three-run shot to score Fowler and
AJ Orrico
- Rollins responded with a three-run home run of its own in the bottom of the frame as Lynn led 8-6 after five innings
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Deric LaMontagne hit Lynn's fourth homer of the game, a solo shot, in the top of the sixth
- Each team was held scoreless until the bottom of the ninth
- Two walks and an error began the inning as the Tars scored a run
- After an RBI ground out, Rollins cut the Lynn lead to 9-7
- The Tars followed with a two-out double to tie it at nine
- A walk-off base hit to right field ended the game for a 10-9 final
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Lynn hit four homers in a game for the second time in four games
- Four Fighting Knights posted multiple hits
- Fowler and Paulino are tied for the team lead with six home runs this season
- Dougherty has homered in three of his last four games
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Hunter Shew pitched three scoreless innings of relief
UP NEXT:
- Lynn finishes its road series against Rollins with a doubleheader tomorrow, starting at 12:00 pm