BOCA RATON, Fla. – Seven of Lynn's nine runs were scored with two outs as the Fighting Knights defeated No. 1 Tampa, 9-5, Thursday afternoon. Starting pitcher Nathan Shane picked up the win after allowing just three runs in six innings, while five Fighting Knight hitters posted multiple hits.

Lynn is now 22-26 overall this season.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The first four Spartan batters reached base en route to a three-run top of the first inning
- Shane struck out two batters in a scoreless top of the third inning
- Deric LaMontagne and Julio Camarena led off the bottom of the third with back-to-back singles
- AJ Orrico drove in LaMontagne with a single for the Fighting Knights first run
- The Fighting Knights rallied for five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning
- Leon Paulino led off the frame with a base hit to center
- After a hit by pitch and base on balls, LaMontagne drew a bases-loaded walk to plate a run
- Julio Camarena's sac fly to centerfield scored Shawn Dougherty and tied the game, 3-3
- Orrico's two-out single drove home LaMontagne and Juan Carlos Camarena
- Fowler finished the barrage with an opposite-field single to score Peter Avino and give Lynn a 6-3 lead
- Lynn took an 8-3 lead in a two-run bottom of the sixth, scoring both runs with two outs
- Jesse Robinson singled, stole second and later scored on a base hit by Fowler
- Paulino knocked in Avino on a rope to right
- Tampa responded with a pair of runs of its own on a two-run home run in the top of the seventh
- Jesse Robinson's opposite field single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh scored Ju. Camarena for a 9-5 Lynn advantage
- Reliever Matt Tiberia pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to end the game

FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Lynn batted .429 (6-for-14) with two outs and .462 (6-for-13) with runners in scoring position
- All 11 Fighting Knight hits were singles
- Shane's pitching line: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO (107 pitches)
- Orrico has eight multi-hit games over his last 15 games and is batting .368 (14-for-38) over his last eight games
- Fowler has eight RBI over his last four games and ranks sixth in the SSC with 44 RBI this season
- Paulino has a conference-leading 55 RBI and raised his season average to .340
- LaMontagne has a seven-game hitting streak
- Robinson has three stolen bases over his last four games
- Tiberia pitched 2.2 scoreless innings to earn the save
- Lynn is 2-0 this season against top-two teams (also defeated No 2. North Greenville on 2/3)

UP NEXT:
- Lynn hosts Tampa tomorrow for a doubleheader starting at noon