Charles W. Flanagan High School Baseball

The Flanagan Falcons are in the mist of an unprecedented 5th straight Class 6A Regional Finals appearance. The Falcons will travel to Lake Worth on Friday May 9th to play Park Vista in the best of 3 Regional Finals after beating JP Taravella tonight 5-2 in the Regional Semifinal. The winner will advance to Sarasota and the State Final Four May 14th and 15th.

The Falcons jumped out on top 2-0 in the 1st inning tonight when Rolando Gomez and Ali Sanchez reached base on back to back singles and with 2 outs Justin Frias delivered a 2 RBI double to left field for the early lead. In the 5th inning Flanagan extended the lead to 3-0 on Zach Jacksons solo home run to centerfield. (his 5th HR of the season) Josh Gonzaga doubled in the top of the 7th and was replaced by pinch runner Geoffrey Jimenez. Frias delivered again when he drove in Jimenez with a double in the top of the 7th for his 3rd RBI on the evening.  Falcons starter Corey Witkowski(9-1) pitched a complete game allowing just 2 runs on 4 hits and struck out 6 Trojans. Jackson, Sanchez, Frias and Josh Gonzaga had 2 hits each to pace the offense and Gomez scored 2 runs on the night.

The Regional Final Series will be a doubleheader starting at 4:00pm and 7:00pm on Friday. A 3rd game will be on Saturday if neccessary.