BOCA RATON, Fla. – Lynn defeated Palm Beach Atlantic in a non-conference baseball game on Tuesday afternoon. The Fighting Knights opened a quick 10-0 lead by scoring four runs in the first inning and six in the third.
Lynn improves to 20-18 overall this season.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Five straight batters reached base during a four-run first inning for Lynn
- Peter Avino's double down the left field line knocked in Paulino
- Deric LaMontagne finished the scoring in the inning with a two-run single to center
- PBA had runners on second and third in the second inning but starting pitcher
Austin Barnao got out of the jam with a strikeout
- The Fighting Knights scored six runs in the bottom of the third
- LaMontagne's sac fly scored Paulino
- AJ Orrico's fielder's choice and
Julio Camarena's base-on-balls each scored a run
- Fowler followed with a sac fly to score Robinson
- Paulino singled to center to score Orrico and give Lynn a 10-0 lead
- The Sailfish got on the board in the top of the fourth with a run on a single to left
- In the bottom of the fifth,
AJ Orrico scored from second on a wild pitch and an error
- Dougherty's ground out drove in Ju. Camarena for a 12-1 Lynn lead through five innings
- A leadoff single and two steals led to PBA's second run of the ballgame in the top of the sixth inning
- Reliever Allan Jorge entered with the bases loaded and nobody out and recorded a strikeout and a double play to end the inning, keeping the score at 12-2
- The Sailfish scored a pair in the top of the ninth for a 12-4 final
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Lynn drew a season-high 12 walks and has walked 22 times over the last two games
- The Fighting Knights did not commit an error
- Orrico, Paulino, Dougherty and Avino each scored twice
- LaMontagne paced Lynn with 3 RBI
UP NEXT:
- Lynn travels to Lakeland and returns to conference action against Florida Southern on Friday, April 12 at 6:00 pm
