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The Falcons were shorthanded when they took the field against the Cypress Bay Lightning Wednesday night which ended in a 5-2 defeat. With only 12 players in the dugout because of disciplinary actions that were taken, the Falcons put up a good fight but could not overcome a couple of key mistakes that were made in the game.
Kharlin Sued (1-2) started the game on the hill and pitched a very good game, but suffered the loss. Sued went 5 2/3 innings, yielding 5 runs, 3 earned, on 7 hits while striking out 9 and walking 1. Freshman Steven Gonzalez got his feet wet on the Varsity by getting the final out of the 6th inning.
Sued also led the offense as well getting 2 of the 6 hits on the night. The Falcons were only able to muster up 6 hits which might have been enough to win if it hadn't been for the bad defense played during the 5th inning. Down 1-0 going into the top of the 3rd, Luis Barranco singled with 1 out. Freshman Edward Schissler got a start in left field and made the most of it when he tripled in Barranco to tie the game in his first Varsity at-bat for an RBI. The next hitter was Eric Rivera, who hit a sac fly to centerfield to make the score 2-1 in favor of the Falcons. The game stayed that way until the bottom of the fifth. With 2 outs and a runner on first, Sued picked off the runner on first, but the Falcons botched the run down which would of ended the inning, instead the runner got back to 1st base safely and the inning continued. The next hitter singled and with Lightning runners on 1st and 2nd the wheels fell off for the Falcons. The next batter singled to center, and Rivera made a great attempt to throw the runner out at the plate. The runner knocked the ball loose from the catcher and got away just enough for the runners to try and advance. With two runners in limbo at second base, Sued got the loose ball and tried to get one of them at 2nd base. The ball was over thrown and got by Schissler in left field, who was trying to backup the play, and rolled all the way to the fence letting both runners come around to score to give the Lightning a 4-2 lead. The Lightning tacked on another run in the bottom of the 6th inning to make the score 5-2, which is how the game ended.
The Falcons (12-4, 7-1) will be at home on Friday at 6:30pm when it takes on Everglades in another District matchup.
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