Baseball | 4/20/2004 9:44:00 PM

Box Score MIAMI SHORES, Fla.-–The Barry University baseball knocked off the Knights of Lynn University in a non-conference match-up 8-5 earlier tonight at Feinbloom Field.

The Bucs (28-19) quickly fell behind allowing Lynn (20-24) to score a single run in the first. However, the lead would not last. After being hit by a pitch in the Bucs' first at-bat of the game, Alex Meneses came around to score Barry's first run when Fausto Faraldo grounded into a double-play with the bases loaded and Ricky Sanchez later doubled to left, bringing around Brian Lima to give the Bucs the early 2-1 lead.

The Buccaneer offense then added one more in the third on an RBI single by Sanchez and three more in the fourth on a Lima sacrifice fly, a wild pitch and a single to left by Keith Barton to extend their lead to 6-1. Then, in the eighth the Bucs added their final two runs on an RBI single by right-fielder Jesse Naber and Barton's second RBI base hit of the game.

Chris Casale (3-4) picked up his third win of the season pitching eight innings, striking out five and walking three.

Barton was the Bucs' offensive leader on the night going 3-for-4 with two RBI and Sanchez followed with a 2-for-4, two RBI performance.

Lynn's John Zagaria was the only Knight with a multiple-hit game, going 2-for-4, while Donovan O'Dowd was 1 for 5 with his second homer of the season.

The Bucs return to action on Wednesday when they host Florida Tech at 6:00 pm.

Barry 8, Lynn 5 (04/20/2004 at Miami Shores, Fla.)
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Lynn................ 100 000 022 - 5 9 0 (20-24)
Barry............... 201 302 00X - 8 10 2 (28-19)
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Pitchers: Lynn - Mann; Brown(4); Schulz(6); Steinbach(7); Leyva(8). Barry - Casale; Guarch(9).
Win-Casale(3-4) Loss-Mann(2-2) T-2:48 A-66
HR LUB - O'Dowd (2).