Henrico native Lynch earns first MLB win for Royals

Henrico native and Freeman High School graduate Daniel Lynch earned the first win of his Major League Baseball career Sunday, pitching eight shutout innings as the Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers, 6-1. Lynch, who pitched collegiately at the University of Virginia, struck out four and walked none, while allowing only five hits to stymie the Tigers, who had won seven of their previous nine games.

The Royals had just recalled Lynch, one of their top pitching prospects, for his second stint in the majors. His performance Sunday came against the same team that had roughed him up in his third major league start May 13, when he allowed four runs in 2 2/3 innings in a 4-3 loss to Detroit. That was the third rough outing for Lynch, who was sent back to Triple-A Omaha shortly thereafter and remained there until his recent call up.