BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The baseball team swept the Lynn Fighting Knights on Saturday, picking up wins in both games 7-6 and 4-0 on the day to take the Sunshine State Conference series on the Lynn Baseball Field.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 7, Lynn 6; Barry 4, Lynn 0
Records: Lynn (18-9, 6-6 SSC), Barry (10-16, 3-9 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 67-56-1
SUMMARY:
Game 1
- T1: Barry jumped out on top in the first inning. Ihosvany Castaneda drove in Branden Abreu with a ground ball to second base, Joe Stella added an RBI single and Steven Torres smashed a two-run homer to right. | Barry 4, Lynn 0
- B4: The Knights trimmed the lead to one with three runs in the fourth. Anthony Sanabria had an RBI single and Rob Ford drilled a two-run homer to right. | Barry 4, Lynn 3
- T8: Torres struck again for the Bucs with a two-run double to center. He later scored on a single by David Vazquez. | Barry 7, Lynn 3
- B9: Joseph Encarnacion hit a three-run shot in the bottom of the ninth, to cut the lead back to one. | Barry 7, Lynn 6
Game 2
- T2: Danny Garcia hammered a two-run homer to right, scoring Stella to put the Bucs on top. | Barry 2, Lynn 0
- T3: Omar Baldo, who reached on an error, scored on a ground out by Kevin Noriega. | Barry 3, Lynn 0
- T6: Garcia walked and scored ahead of a double by Abreu. | Barry 4, Lynn 0
NOTEWORTHY:
- Jake Fishman (1-0) came on in relief and tossed the final five innings, allowing three runs on three hits and a walk and striking out four to earn the win in game one.
- In game two, five innings of scoreless relief bby Mike Reagan (2-2) earned the win. He scattered three hits and three walks and struck out eight.
- Jordan Winston (1-2) took the loss for the Knights in game one. He gave up four runs (one earned) on six hits in five innings of work.
- Marcus Eusebio (1-1) got hung with the loss in game two, allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits and a walk in five innings.
- Torres led the Bucs at the plate in game one, with a double, homer and four RBI.
- In game two, Garcia was 2-for-3 with a homer, two runs and three RBI.
- Abreu has four hits in the twinbill, while Castaneda and Brandon Sanchez each had three.
- The shutout in game two was the second of the season for the Bucs (Missouri Southern/Feb. 10)
ON THE HORIZON:
Buccaneer baseball travels to the Rinker Athletic Campus to face Palm Beach Atlantic in a non-conference game on Tuesday, Mar. 22.