BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle baseball team swept a doubleheader at Lynn on Saturday to complete a series sweep, taking the first game, 8-6, before coming from behind for a 8-5 win in the final game of the series. Garrett Goodall delivered a quality start and the Eagles connected for three home runs in the first game while Zach Howard provided the highlights in game two, launching a pair of home runs to become the single-season and career home run leader in program history. With the wins, ERAU improved to 15-25, 5-16 in conference, while LU fell to 20-23, 9-18 in SSC games.
 
Game 1 – ERAU 8, LU 6
 
Both starting pitchers started strong, keeping both teams off the scoreboard through the first three innings. Kyle Guttveg ended that string with a leadoff home run in the fourth; the Eagles followed up with three more runs in the inning to jump out to a 4-0 lead. The following inning, Luis Olivier launched a two-out, three-run homer to extend the Eagle lead to 7-0.
 
The Fighting Knights chipped away at the lead, scoring twice in the bottom of the fifth and twice more in the bottom of the seventh, cutting the deficit to 7-4. Kyle Marsh got one of those runs back for the Eagles with a home run leading off the eighth inning, pushing the lead to 8-4.
 
Lynn scored two more runs in the bottom of the eighth, but Aidan Brady was able to limit the damage and get out of the inning with an 8-6 lead, and he came back to deliver a 1-2-3 ninth inning to secure the 8-6 win, earning his second save of the year.
 
Goodall improved to 2-2 with the win, going 6.2 innings, allowing three runs on five hits with three walks and five strikeouts. Brady got the save, tossing 1.1 shutout innings with just one hit allowed and one strikeout.
 
Olivier finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBIs while Marsh went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI. Jake Malone was also 2-for-5 with two runs scored and Guttveg finished 2-for-5 with a home run. Cole Habig added a 2-for-3 effort with a run scored and an RBI.
 
Game 2 – ERAU 8, LU 5
 
Lynn opened the scoring in game two right away, hitting two-run home runs in each of the first two innings to jump to a 4-0 lead. Marsh powered a two-run shot of his own in the third inning to cut the deficit in half, 4-2.
 
The score remained 4-2 until the top of the sixth when Zach Howard delivered a three-run home run to right-center, lifting the Eagles to the lead, 5-4, and giving him the single-season home run record in program history with 16. The homer also moved Howard into a tie with Austin Goolsby for the most career home runs in program history with 25.
 
Howard didn't stay tied with Goolsby for very long, as he went deep for the second time in the game just two innings later. The two-run shot to right pushed the Eagle lead to 7-4 and gave Howard sole possession of the career home run lead with 26, and also increased his career RBI total to an even 100.
 
The Fighting Knights scratched across a run in the bottom of the eighth, but Brady was able to escape further damage as he left the bases loaded with the Blue and Gold still leading 7-5.
 
Malone tacked on an insurance run in the top of the ninth with an RBI single that scored Jordan Hicks, while Brady recorded his second 1-2-3 inning of the day for another save, his second of the day and third of the season.
 
Matthew Russell started for ERAU and was charged with four runs on three hits and a walk in 1+ inning of work. J.C. Carrell (1-0) got the win in relief, pitching 6.1 innings of one-run baseball, giving up just three hits and four walks with four strikeouts. Brady was effective out of the bullpen once again, pitching 1.2 shutout innings with two hits and a walk allowed to go along with a pair of strikeouts.
 
Howard finished game two 2-for-3 with two runs scored and five RBIs, while Guttveg was 4-for-5 with a double and a run scored. Marsh went 2-for-5 with a double, home run, three runs scored and two RBIs, and Hicks was 2-for-4 with a run a scored.
 
The Eagles return home next weekend to open up a seven-game homestand, beginning with a Friday night contest against Barry at 6 p.m on April 27.