Knights Claim Victory over Bob Jones University 5-3

Brycen Seymore (Marion, NC) took to the hill for the start in this one and threw 70 pitches across four innings of work, allowing two earned runs and striking out six Bruins batters. Although Brycen Seymore pitched a solid outing, Shawn Taylor (Myrtle Beach,SC) ended up picking up the win for the Knights as he relieved Seymore in the bottom of the fifth and pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings, while allowing just a single baserunner and striking out six Bruins hitters. 

After Bob Jones rallied for two runs in the bottom of the second inning off of a two run homerun, the Knights were able to get on the board with two runs themselves in the top of the fourth inning. After the Knights were able to chain some hits together and load up the bases, Adrian Ojea (Boynton Beach, FL) was hit by a pitch to drive in the first runs of the game. In an unfortunate manner, Bob Jones pitcher R. Giggleman was called for a balk violation, moving all runners to advance one base and bringing home Jude Drzemiecki (Roanoke, VA) around to score for the second run of the inning. 

The Knights struck again just on inning later in the top of the fifth, when Dom Zinna (Staten Island, NY) stepped up to bat with runners on first and second base and laced a double to score Jude Drzemiecki and Bryson Bebber (China Grove, NC) to take a 4-2 lead in the contest.

After the Bruins had scored a run in the bottom of the fifth to inch within one run, Samuel Rosario (Lenoir, NC) stroked a double down the line to score Chance Blum (Dublin, GA) around the bases for the fifth and final runs for the Knights. 

Joel Connors (Brandon, Ontario) came inot pitch in the bototm of the ninth and dealt a clean inning of work while striking out one batter to earn the save and secure the 5-3 victory over the Bruins. 

The Knights will dip into their AAC Conference schedule next when they play the Johnson Royals for a three game road series on February 23rd and 24th.