BOCA RATON, Fla. – No. 14 Lynn lost in 11 innings to California (Pa.), 7-6, Tuesday afternoon. Starting pitcher
Nathan Shane allowed just one earned run in seven innings, but the Vulcans scored four runs in the eighth inning and the only run in extras. Offensively, the Fighting Knights were led
Leon Paulino's 3-for-5 day at the plate, including his fourth home run in his last four games.
Lynn is now 12-7 this season.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Shane retired the side in order in the top of the first
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AJ Orrico hit a leadoff single and later scored on
Cole Fowler's base hit
- The Vulcans took the lead, 2-1, in the top of the third on a sac fly and an error
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Jesse Robinson tied the game with an opposite field solo homer in the bottom of the third
- Lynn took the lead in the fourth after
Juan Carlos Camarena's single drove home
Shawn Dougherty
- Paulino crushed a solo home run to right field to lead off the bottom half of the sixth to put the Fighting Knights up by two, 4-2
- Cal scored four runs in the top of the eighth on four hits, an error, and three hit-by-pitches
- In the bottom of the inning,
David Judge scored on JC Camarena's double
- Pinch-runner
DJ Flowers scored then on
Julio Camarena's single to right
- The Vulcans had two runners on in the ninth and 10
th innings but the Fighting Knights were able to get out of both jams
- Paulino smoked a double to left-center with one out in the bottom of the 10
th but he was unable to be driven home
- Pop up and infield singles were followed by a run-scoring double for Cal in the top of the 11
th
- Ju. Camarena led off the bottom of the 11
th with a walk but the Fighting Knights ended the game with a ground out and two straight fly outs
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Shane's pitching line: 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, ER, 3 SO
- Paulino is six for his last 10 and is now hitting .338
- Robinson hit his team-leading fifth home run of the year
- Dougherty extended his hitting streak to 15 games and is batting .346
- Orrico extended his hitting streak to 14 games and has a .316 batting average
- JC Camarena posted his second multi-hit and multi-RBI game of the season
- Fowler collected his team-leading 20
th RBI of the year
- Lynn has 10+ hits in 12 of its last 14 games
UP NEXT:
- The Fighting Knights are back in action at home against Wilmington (Del.) on Thursday, March 7 at 2:00 pm