MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – Lynn catcher
Ivan Herrera slugged two homers and drove in six runs as the Fighting Knights won the rubber game against Barry 10-2 Saturday afternoon.
Lynn is now 18-13 this overall season and 7-8 in the Sunshine State Conference.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
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Blake Mayberry and
Jesse Robinson led off the game with singles but were left stranded
- A solo homer in the bottom of the first gave the Buccaneers a 1-0 lead
- A 4-6-3 double play erased a leadoff single for Barry in a scoreless bottom of the second inning
- Starting pitcher
Noah Lucia struck out two batters in the bottom of the fourth
- The Bucs took a 2-0 lead in the fifth inning on a double and RBI single
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Ivan Herrera tied the game on a two-run homer to left in the top of the sixth inning
- Reliever
Brad Benton entered in the bottom of the sixth with runners on first and second with nobody out and got of the jam unscathed
- Lynn exploded for seven runs in the top of the seventh
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David Judge and Mayberry walked, followed by an RBI single by
Jesse Robinson
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Cole Fowler and
Leon Paulino followed with RBI singles
- Herrera followed
Shawn Dougherty's walk with a grand slam to left to give Lynn a 9-2 lead
- The Fighting Knights tacked on a 10
th run in the eighth when Robinson drove in
Bryant Zayas with a single
- Benton pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth to improve his season record to 5-0
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Herrera went 4-for-9 with three home runs and seven RBI in the series
- Benton is 5-0 with a 1.11 ERA over 32.1 IP this season
- After snapping a 16-game hitting streak on 3/14, Fowler has hit safely in his last nine games, totaling 11 hits over his last five contests
- Robinson went 3-for-5 and is tied for the team lead with 31 runs scored this season
- Dougherty has scored 18 times over his last 12 games
- Paulino recorded an RBI in each game of the series and leads the team with 31 total in 2025
- Mayberry tallied his 20 base on balls of the year and has a .416 OB%
- Zayas was 4-for-11 from the dish over the three-game series
- Lynn did not commit an error defensively while the pitching staff issues just one walk
UP NEXT:
Lynn is set to host Palm Beach Atlantic for a three-game set, starting with a single game on Friday, Apr. 4 at 3:00 pm
