FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The Lynn University baseball team dropped the opening game of its final regular season series on Thursday afternoon, falling 11-3 to Nova Southeastern at the NSU Baseball Complex.
Jason Lashley powered the Fighting Knights offensively with a home run and two RBI, but the Sharks used an early offensive surge and capitalized on multiple Lynn miscues to secure the series-opening victory.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Nova Southeastern jumped out to an early lead in the first inning, using back-to-back doubles and a two-run home run to take a 3-0 advantage
- Lynn answered in the second as
Jason Lashley launched a solo home run to right center, cutting the deficit to 3-1
- Nova Southeastern added another run in the bottom of the second on an RBI single to extend the lead to 4-1
- The Sharks continued to build momentum in the third with a solo home run and another RBI single to make it 6-1
- Lynn threatened in the fourth after
Scout Simpson singled and Lashley walked, but Nova Southeastern escaped the inning with the bases loaded to maintain the five-run cushion
- Nova Southeastern broke the game open in the fifth, capitalizing on a Lynn throwing error before adding a two-RBI single to push the lead to 9-1
- The Fighting Knights were held scoreless from the third through the seventh innings as Nova Southeastern's pitching staff kept Lynn's offense in check
- Lynn showed signs of life in the eighth inning, as Lashley delivered an RBI single to score
Justin Lopez and trim the deficit to 10-2
- Nova Southeastern answered immediately in the bottom half, taking advantage of another Lynn throwing error to plate an additional run and extend the margin to 11-2
- In the ninth,
Luca Arenado singled and later came around to score on an RBI double down the right field line by
Amaris Harrison for Lynn's final run of the afternoon
- Lashley led the Fighting Knights offensively, finishing with a home run, RBI single, two RBI, and reaching base twice in the loss
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Lashley paced the Fighting Knights offensively, finishing 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, one run scored, and a walk
- Harrison recorded Lynn's lone extra-base hit outside of Lashley's homer, going 1-for-5 with an RBI double in the ninth inning
- Simpson reached base twice with a single and a walk, while
Charlie Devito added a double in the loss
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Jackson Tyer collected a hit and a walk, while Arenado came off the bench with a pinch-hit single in the ninth inning
- Lynn totaled eight hits and five walks offensively, but stranded nine runners on base
- The Fighting Knights recorded three extra-base hits on the afternoon, including two doubles and Lashley's solo home run
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Chase Ennis took the loss after allowing four runs over 1.1 innings in the start
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Justyn Hart struck out four batters across 2.2 innings of relief, allowing three runs with only two earned
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Landon Petrisko added three strikeouts over 2.1 innings out of the bullpen, while
Jacob Smith closed the game with two strikeouts in 1.2 innings
- Defensively, Lynn turned one double play, but three throwing errors led to multiple unearned scoring opportunities for Nova Southeastern
UP NEXT:
The Fighting Knights will continue the final series of the regular season at Nova Southeastern on Friday night at 6:00 p.m.
