BOCA RATON, Fla. – The No. 14 Lynn baseball team split its Saturday doubleheader with Florida Tech on Saturday. The Fighting Knights won the opening game, 6-3, but dropped the finale, 7-0. In game one, starter Bryce Pratt tossed six innings without allowing a run, while Jesse Robinson and Leon Paulino homered. Lynn is now 11-6 in 2024 and 3-3 in the Sunshine State Conference. 

HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 1):
- Everyone in the lineup posted a hit, as Lynn scattered 11 in the game
- Pratt struck out two batters in a clean top of the first
- Robinson blasted a solo homer to start the scoring in the bottom of the first
- Cole Fowler doubled in the next at bat, advanced to third on Shawn Dougherty's single and scored on Juan Carlos Camarena's base hit to give Lynn a 2-0 lead after one inning
- The score remained 2-0 after Pratt tossed six scoreless innings
- The Fighting Knights tacked on two more runs in the sixth and seventh innings
- Peter Avino led off the sixth with a double
- Deric LaMontagne singled, advancing Avino to third, and later stole second
- Avino scored on Julio Camarena's base hit and LaMontagne scored on AJ Orrico's ground out to give Lynn a 4-0 lead after six innings
- A pair of singles led to a fielder's choice RBI by FIT for its first run of the game
- After JC Camarena walked, Paulino belted a two-run shot over the right field fence to expand Lynn's lead to 6-1
- The Panthers scored two runs on a home run in the ninth, but a pair of fly outs to right field ended the game with a 6-3 final

HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 2):
- After posting 10+ hits in six consecutive games, the Fighting Knights were held to just four hits
- Lynn threatened to score in the first inning but a caught stealing and a strikeout with two runners in scoring position ended the frame
- Robinson crashed into and reached over the fence at full speed to make a highlight-reel catch on a foul ball in the second inning
- FIT proceeded to hit two two-run homers, one in the second inning and one in the fifth inning, to help take a 5-0 lead through five innings
- A walk and two singles led to the Panthers' final two runs in the seventh inning
- Relievers Joel Hayner and Tyler Venditti pitched scoreless eighth and ninth innings
- Cole Beck hit a pinch-hit double in the bottom of the ninth inning but was unable to score in the ninth for a 7-0 final

FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Pratt's pitching line in game one: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 4 SO
- Hunter Shew pitched the final three innings of game one to earn his first save of the year
- Robinson has a team-best four home runs on the year
- Paulino hit his first home run of the season and 10^th of his Fighting Knight career
- Dougherty extended his hitting streak to 13 games
- Orrico extended his hitting streak to 12 games
 
UP NEXT:
- Lynn hosts Assumption on Monday, March 4 at 2:00 pm