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The young Falcons ended their season on an impressive note by sweeping the cross town rivals, West Broward, 10-0 in the 1st game and 3-2 in the 2nd game of the doubleheader.
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, the Falcons showed who just might stay in control of the district for years to come. In Game 1 of the doubleheader, the Falcons were in control from the first pitch with Gentry Fortuno on the hill in his first JV start of the season. Fortuno would go the distance for the complete game victory. Allowing only a two out single in the 3rd inning, he would finish with the complete game 1 hit shutout. With the impressive performance of Fortuno on the hill, the offense was doing plenty to support him. Kevin Mora put on a hitting display the Bobcats will remember for a long time. He started his offensive onslaught in the 2nd inning with a two run homerun. He continued in the 4th inning with a line drive off the center field fence driving in two more runs helping the Falcons to score 7 runs in the inning. Mora finished the game 3-3 with a Homerun, 2 2B's, and an intentional walk with 4 RBI's. Ivan Santiago also got in on the fun with a Grand Slam over the centerfield fence in the 4th inning and hit a single in the 5th to drive in the 10th run to end the game by the mercy rule, 10-0.
Game 2 was much more dramatic, but ended with the same outcome, a Falcons victory! Trailing for much of the game, Flanagan found themselves down 2-0 in the 2nd inning with runners still in scoring position. The pitching and great defense put a stop to the scoring. Oscar Rodriguez set the tone defensively by throwing a perfect strike to Miguel Presno to cut down a runner for the third and final out of the inning to stop any more scoring. With 2 outs in the 5th inning the Falcons finally got something going offensive. Andres Rios and Ivan Santiago walked an were followed by Oscar Rodriguez who got HBP. With the bases loaded Ryan Dodge delivered a single to left driving in 2 runs tying the game, 2-2. With Scotty Swatscheno shutting down the Bobcat offense, Brandon Escalante started the bottom of the 7th with a pinch hit single. Rios followed that up with a double, reaching base for the 4th time, putting runners at 2nd and 3rd. Oscar Rodriguez came up big again with a single over the centerfielders head to win the game 3-2 and complete the sweep.
The JV finishes the season 10-4 setting high expectations for the program for years to come.
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