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On a night when the Falcons weren't doing much offensively it wouldn't take much more than 1 run to win with Jose Mesa Jr. on the hill. Mesa helped the Falcons improve to 3-0 in the District with a No-Hit performance.
Mesa (3-0) was simply unhittable, striking out 18 hitters out of the possible 21 he faced in the District matchup. He topped out at 93 mph multiple times and sat at 89-91 mph all night long. Only 3 balls were even put in play by the Lightning on the night. 2 fly outs to left and the 3rd would cost Mesa the perfect game. With 1 out in the 7th, another pop up was hit to shallow left field. Shortstop Andres Sanchez went hard to get to it and seemed as though he made the catch until the ball fell from his glove. Although Mesa didn't get the perfect game he did keep the no-hitter and showed just how good he can be. Mesa helped his own cause when he doubled into right center his first at bat. David Sarmiento came in to run for Mesa and ended up scoring on the RBI single by Ismael Reyes.
On the offensive side Rick Sanchez stole any show there was with a 2-3, 2 RBI performance. Sanchez also hit a solo homerun in the botom of the 6th to pad the lead and make it 5-0 going into the 7th inning. AJ Munoz, Ismael Reyes and Oscar Rodriguez all had 1 hit and 1 RBI.
The Falcons (5-1, 3-0) will travel to Everglades for a 3:45 District game on Tuesday.
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