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Winner Florida Tech FLORIDA 8-7
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Lynn LYNN 10-5
Winner
Florida Tech FLORIDA
8-7
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Final
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Lynn LYNN
10-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Florida Tech FLORIDA 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 7 9 0
Lynn LYNN 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 12 2

W: Vermillion, Tyler (2-1) L: J. Terefenko (0-1) S: Steckley, Noah (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Matt Padeway

Tech Takes Down No. 14 Lynn to Open Road Series

MELBOURNE, Fla. – A three-run home run from Jack Matousek in the top of the seventh inning would propel the Florida Tech baseball team to a 7-4 upset of the 14th-ranked Lynn Fighting Knights to open the weekend Sunshine State Conference (SSC) series on Friday afternoon.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Florida Tech 7, Lynn 4
Records: Florida Tech (8-7, 2-2 SSC), Lynn (10-5, 2-2 SSC)
Location: Lynn Baseball Stadium | Boca Raton, Fla.
 
STATS OF THE GAME:
  • Two errors and a walk would load the bases with no outs for the Panthers in the top of the first inning. Noah Burke would step up to the plate and knock in two runs with a single to take a 2-0 lead.
  • Two batters later with one out, Tate Hansen used an RBI single to plate Carlos Guzman and extend Tech's lead to 3-0. Nathan Shane would take the mound for Lynn and retire the next two Panthers to escape the jam.
  • Starting pitcher Danny Vassallo would use that momentum to work a quick bottom half of the frame, picking up two strikeouts along the way for Tech.
  • Lynn would bounce back in the bottom of the third inning. Three straight singles loaded the bases with no outs for the Fighting Knights.
  • A sacrifice fly followed by a two-RBI single by Lynn tied the game at 3-3. Vassallo would force Leon Paulino to ground into a double play to end the inning.
  • Both pitching staffs would force a stalemate until the top of the seventh inning. Jason Blackstone led off the inning with a hit-by-pitch and Camden Colman followed up with a single.
  • After a sacrifice bunt by Gabe Garrett to move the runners up, Jack Matousek blasted a three-run home run over the right field fence to take a 6-3 lead for the Panthers.
  • Cole Fowler led off the bottom of the seventh with a double for Lynn and would advance to third after a balk. Grayson Adams would bear down for Tech and strike out the next two Fighting Knights.
  • With two outs, Ridge Skarbek took the mound and induced a flyout to end the inning and hold onto the 6-3 lead.
  • Lynn would get one back in the bottom of the eighth inning with a sacrifice fly, but the Panthers got it right back in the top of the ninth with a two-out RBI single from Guzman.
  • Noah Steckley took the bump for the Panthers in the bottom of the ninth. He would retire the side in the order, striking out the last two batters of the game to earn the save and secure the 7-4 win for Tech.
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • Florida Tech moves to 51-49 all-time against Lynn, including an 18-27 record on the road in Boca Raton.
  • Jack Matousek hit his team-leading third home run of the season.
  • Tyler Vermillion earned the win in relief, improving to 2-1 on the season, after pitching one inning of scoreless baseball with one strikeout.
  • Noah Steckley picked up his second save of the season in as many opportunities.
 
UP NEXT: Florida Tech will conclude the series tomorrow Saturday, March 2 with a doubleheader against Lynn. First pitch for game one is scheduled for 11 a.m. in Boca Raton, Fla.
 
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