Announcement
The Falcons (3-0) won their Tournament Championship for the 3rd time in the last 4 years. They downed the Douglas Eagles 2-0 on a night where there was a lack of hitting due to some great pitching performances from both teams.
Falcons Gentry Fortuno (1-0) was unhittable through 5 1/3. The junior gave up his first hit in the 6th inning with 1 out. He ended up pitching a 2 hit shutout with the help of some timely defense from his teammates.
The defense made play after play all night long for Gentry. The infielders were perfect as the left side of the infield had 9 assists on the night. The outfield got into it as well when a Douglas runner was thrown out trying to stretch the first hit of the night off Fortuno into a double. Eric Rivera, who was 2-3 with an RBI on the night, came up firing from left field to throw him out at 2B for the 2nd out of the 6th inning. The game would end when the Eagles were threatening in the top of the 7th with runners at 1st and 2nd with 2 outs. The Eagles' DH, Bottomly, got a base hit up the middle and the runner from second tried to score. Centerfielder Oscar Rodriguez came up firing to catcher Miguel Presno to cut the runner down at the plate for the third and final out of the game. It was a great way to end a night that had very little offense from either side, but solid defense and pitching all night long.
The Falcons (3-0) will start District play on Tuesday when they host the Everglades Gators at 6:30pm.
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