AUBURNDALE, Fla. - The Franklin baseball team remained pefect on their season-opening trip to Florida, taking a 9-5 win over Moravian University on Monday (Feb. 27). 

The Grizzlies (3-0) used a pair of four-run frames to overcome the Greyhounds (2-2) and earn the comeback victory. Five Franklin players finished the game with two hits each, as the offense surpassed its hit total from day one in the contest. 

Franklin's bats brought the thunder in the top of the first with a two-run home run from Tysen Lipscomb and solo shot from Sean Sullivan getting the Griz on the board. Colby Reed knocked in a run the hard way later in the inning after getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, spotting Franklin a 4-0 lead. 

That score held until the bottom of the fifth when the the Greyhounds brought five runs across the dish to take the lead. Franklin responded with a two-out rally in the seventh with Noah Wood doubling home the tying run, Adam Taylor brining in the go-ahead run with a single and AJ Sanders plating a pair of insurance runs with a single. Lipscomb added another run to the tally with a two-out RBI single in the ninth and the Franklin bullpen shut down a Moravian comeback bid in the bottom of the inning. 

Senior Jackson Young got the start on the hill, giving up four earned runs on seven hits with five strikeouts in 4.2 innings. Will Butts, Maddox Manes (1-0) and Jonathan LaGuire all made their first career appearances on the mound with LaGuire nailing down the final two outs for the save. Lipscomb, Sullivan, Wood, Taylor and Reed all finished with two hits in the game. 

Franklin closes out their Florida trip on Tuesday (Feb. 28) with a single game against the Calvin Knights. First pitch is set for 10:00 a.m.