Announcement
The Falcons won their 5th straight District title making it 9 out of the last 11. They beat Everglades 12-1 in a 5 inning contest at Falcon field to bring their record to 22-1.
The offense got going in the bottom of the 1st inning. Trailing 1-0, David Sarmiento led off with a walk and Miguel Presno followed that up with a double off the center field fence to score Sarmiento. Presno was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple. The next hitter, Oscar "Bui" Rodriguez, hit a lazer line drive past the shortstop and Ryan Dodge followed that up with a long 2 run homerun to right center field to make it 3-1. The Falcons proceeded to get 7 more runs on 4 hits, 3 BB's and 2 HBP's to put the game out of reach at 10-1 after just the 1st inning. 7 of 9 starters had hits with Miguel Presno leading the way with a 3-3 3 RBI performance. Presno had 2 doubles, scored 2 runs and stole a base as well. Oscar "Bui" Rodriguez added 2 hits, scored 2 runs and had 1 RBI. Eric Rivera had 3 RBI's on the evening as well.
With all of the offense the Falcons provided early, Gentry Fortuno was able to go about his business to gain his 8th win of the season and bring his career record to 25-0. After a 1st inning error that cost the Falcons an unearned run, Fortuno didn't allow another baserunner in his three innings of work. He gave up 1 hit on 5 strikeouts. Kharlin Sued came on to pitch the 4th inning and surrendered 1 hit and had 1 strikeout. Freshman Jeremy Cook got to pitch the 5th and final inning of the District Championship. Cook didn't give up a hit and struck out the final hitter of the game.
The Falcons (22-1) will now move on to Regional play. They will face the Miami Beach Hi-Tides in a Regional Quarter-Final game at Falcon field onThursday, May 1st at 7pm.
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