Charles W. Flanagan High School Baseball

With another night of solid pitching and timely hitting, the Flanagan Falcons won their 3rd in a row, with a 5-1 victory over Cooper City that moved them to 2-0 in 6A-District 12.  The Falcons picked up a lone run in five of six innings, which proved enough for starter Justin Machado (5 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 8 K, 2 BB), who went to 3-0 in the young 2010 season.  Senior Pichi Torres (2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 3 K, 0 BB) earned his first save by closing out the 6th and 7th for the Falcons.

Offensively, Geoffrey Jimenez (1-3, 2 R, BB, 3B, SB) hit his 3rd triple of the 2010 campaign in the home half of the first inning and scored on a Collin Martindale RBI groundout.  Jimenez would score again in the 3rd inning after drawing a walk. stealing third and scoring on a wild throw from the Cowboys backstop.  In the 4th inning, Mike Melendez (1-3) led off with a single and Corey Janson (2-3, 2 2B) struck with his first of two doubles on the night, however, Melendez was thrown out at the plate.  Three batters later, Ryan Lozada (1-2, RBI, BB) would deliver a clutch two out single to extend the Falcons lead to 3-0.  After the Cowboys picked up an unearned run in the top of the 5th inning, Flanagan shortstop Ricky Santiago (1-1, RBI, BB, SAC, SB) drove in Martindale with a sacrifice fly to deep left field for his team leading 8th RBI of the season.  Robert Collin, pinch running for Janson after his second two-bagger, would close out the Flanagan scoring in the 6th inning on a steal attempt of home that induced a throwing error from the Cooper City first baseman.

The boys in green visit Western on Thursday, 3/11, at 6:30pm for their first road game of the year, before heading to the friendly confines of Falcons Field on Friday, 3/12, at 7pm, when they host Timber Creek from the Orlando area.