Announcement
On a day where the Falcons could of easily been distracted and overlooked their opponent because of their matchup with West Broward on Friday, they stayed focused and took care of business in a 6 inning shortened game.
The offensive was lead by Andres Visbal. He went 3-4 with a walk, a 2 run HR and had 4 RBI's on the day. Rick Sanchez went 3-3 with 3 RBI and a walk, and Oscar Rodriguez had 3 hits as well.
The Falcons jumped on the Gators early with 3 in the top of 1st. Visbal lead off with a BB, Andres Sanchez following that up with a BB of his own. Rick Sanchez started the scoring off with a 2 RBI single to drive both Visbal and Andres Sanchez in for a 2-0 lead. Daniel Oliveri came up with an RBI single to drive in Rick Sanchez to make the score 3-0. In the 2nd, Oscar Rodriguez started everything off with a 1 out double down the left line. Visbal then stepped up and drove a fastball over the right field fencefor a 5-0 lead. Andres Sanchez then doubled off the left field fence and Rick Sanchez proceeded to increase the lead to 6-0 with another RBI single. In the 5th, Benito Santiago started the inning with a walk and a stolen base. Oscar Rodriguez singled and Visbal came up with an RBI single. Two sacrifice fly's later by AJ Munoz and Andres Sanchez and the score was at 10-1. With 1 out in the 6th, Rafael Betances singled. Visbal capped the scoring off for the day with another RBI single that made the score 11-1.
Gentry Fortuno improved to 3-0 and seemed to have everything under control on the hill. He limited the Gators to just 3 hits and 1 unearned run, while striking out 5 in 5 innings. Jose Mesa came in to pitch the 6th and got 2 strikeouts to close out the game.
The Falcons (6-1, 4-0) will travel to West Broward (7-0, 4-0) for a 1st place showdown. Game time is 3:45.
Comments
Seasons
Sponsors
