BOCA RATON, Fla. – Ahmir Cournier hit a three-run homer and Mason Tinsley pitched six shutout innings in Lynn's 8-1 victory over New Haven on Friday morning. Four Fighting Knights had multiple hits as the team improved to 9-9 on the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Two walks and two hit-by-pitches allowed Lynn to take a 1-0 lead in the first inning
- After DJ Flowers and Blake Mayberry walked in the second inning, Jesse Robinson and Cole Fowler followed with singles as Lynn added two more runs
- Tinsley faced the minimum through three innings pitched
- Cournier doubled the Lynn lead with a three-run homer to left in the bottom of the third, scoring Flowers and Ivan Herrera for a 6-0 score
- Tinsley worked around a leadoff double in the top of the fourth and induced a 5-4-3 double play in the top of the fifth to continue his scoreless outing
- Fowler hit a two-out double in the bottom of the fifth and Leon Paulino singled him home for the Fighting Knights' eighth run
- The Chargers scored a run in the ninth before two groundouts ended the game for an 8-1 Lynn win

FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Lynn hit .333 (7-for-21) with runners on and held New Haven to a .167 average in such situations (2-for-12)
- Blue and White pitchers threw 68 of their 108 pitches for strikes, walking just one batter in the game
- Reliever Landon Petrisko pitched two shutout innings of relief
- The Fighting Knights have homered in six straight games, tallying 10 long balls over the stretch
- Cournier slugged his first home run of the season
- Robinson leads the team with 18 runs scored and five steals this season
- Fowler has a 13-game hitting streak
- Paulino has driven in seven runs over his last three games, collecting multiple hits in each contest
- Flowers reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and a walk
- Mayberry has scored a run in five straight games

UP NEXT:
- The Fighting Knights host No. 22 Molloy tomorrow at 12:00 pm