SAINT LEO, Fla. – Lynn scored seven runs in the third inning and 13 unanswered to defeat Saint Leo 13-2 on Friday night. The Fighting Knights were once again led by Cole Fowler, who produced four hits, including a triple and home run, while scoring and driving in three runs. Blake Mayberry and Leon Paulino each had three hits in the win, while starting pitcher Ryan DiMaggio improved to 6-3 after tossing six innings and allowing just one earned run.

Lynn has now won nine games in a row and is 27-14 overall and 16-9 in the SSC.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Lions first four batters reached base safely (walk, three singles) to take a 2-0 lead through one frame
- Lynn exploded for seven runs in the top of the third inning
- Mayberry's single, Jesse Robinson's hit-by-pitch and Fowler's base hit loaded the bases
- Mayberry scored on a balk and Paulino's sac fly scored Robinson
- After Shawn Dougherty was beaned, Juan Carlos Camarena knocked in two runs with a double to left
- David Judge followed with an RBI single and Bryant Zayas added a ground-rule double to plate Judge
- Mayberry's second hit of the inning, an opposite-field double, brought home Zayas for a 7-2 Fighting Knight lead
- The Fighting Knights took an 8-2 lead in the top of the fifth after Amaris Harrison singled and later scored on a Mayberry sac fly
- DiMaggio struck out two batters in a scoreless bottom half of the inning
- Fowler led off the top of the sixth with a triple and scored on Paulino's base hit for a 9-2 Lynn advantage
- The Lynn bats continued to roll in the seventh with back-to-back homers
- Fowler blasted a three-run shot to bring home Mayberry and Robinson
- Paulino followed a long ball for a 13-2 score
- Reliever Sebastian Beimel finished the final three innings to pick up the save

FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Lynn has outscored its opponents 100-35 over the last nine games
- All nine starters in the batting order had at least one hit and one run scored
- Over his seven-game hitting streak, Fowler is hitting .727 (24-for-33) with 16 runs, 23 RBI and six home runs
- Paulino has an 11-game hitting streak and has multiple RBI in five straight contests
- DiMaggio's pitching line: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO (W, 6-3)
- Mayberry has recorded multiple hits in seven of his last nine games
- Camarena is 4-for-9 with two doubles and a triple in his last two games
- Harrison has a hit in six straight games and stole his

UP NEXT:
- The Fighting Knights and Lions will finish their series tomorrow with the opening game of a doubleheader slated for a 1:00 pm first pitch