March 30, 2019
Baseball
Lynn 11, No. 2 Tampa 10 (14)
No. 2 Tampa 7, Lynn 3
TAMPA, Fla. – Lynn University’s baseball team surely entertained its fan base on Saturday, notching a dramatic 11-10 victory in 14 innings over the University of Tampa Spartans to earn a doubleheader split to conclude the sides’ Sunshine State Conference (SSC) weekend series. Shayne Fontana hit a go-ahead homer for Lynn in the 14th inning of game one before Jake Buxbaum cemented the victory in his sixth inning in relief.
INSIDE THE RACE:
Finals: Lynn 11, Tampa 10, Tampa 7, Lynn 3
Records: Tampa (25-7, 11-4 SSC), Lynn (16-17, 6-12 SSC)
Location: UT Baseball Field | Tampa, Fla.
All-Time Series: Tampa leads 76-25
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STATS OF THE DAY:
· Fontana combined for four hits and four RBI on the day, none bigger than his long ball which put Lynn in front for good in the top of the 14th.
· Buxbaum (2-1) kept Tampa at bay from the eighth inning onward, allowing just one unearned run and three hits in 6.0 innings of work.
· Alec Ojeda also pounded out four combined hits in two games, totaling three RBI.
· Byron Murray went deep for the second consecutive day, launching a solo shot to left in his first at-bat of game one.
· Alejandro Martinez hit a combined .400 at the dish, scoring two runs and adding an RBI in the opener.
· The Blue and White trailed by three or more runs twice in the opener and plated three in the top of the ninth to extend the game.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
· 14 innings are the most that Lynn has played this season and are its most in a single game since a 15-inning affair against Southern New Hampshire on March 3, 2014.
· Murray now has two home runs in his first four games as a Fighting Knight.
· Lynn’s 56 at-bats in the 14-inning thriller are the most by any team in the SSC this season.
· Saturday’s doubleheader spanned 8:37 of game time with game one going 5:17.
· Fontana’s homer was his team-leading seventh of the season, which ties him for the most in the SSC.
UP NEXT:
Lynn will have another road SSC series next weekend, traveling to Melbourne to meet the Florida Tech Panthers on April 5-6.
