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The Falcons lost a close one on the road to Park Vista 4-3 last night.
The Falcons had a 2-1 lead going into the bottom of the sixth inning, but the Cobras were able to get the big hits that eluded the Falcons to take the lead 3-2 entering the 7th inning. In the top of the 6th inning the Falcons threatened getting the first two base runners on and actually had 2nd and 3rd with no outs. The Cobra pitcher got the next three Falcon hitters to K, ground out to the pitcher and pop up to 1st base to squash the threat and give the Cobras plenty of momentum going into the bottom of the inning. The Cobras got three hits in the bottom of the inning, two of them driving in runs to take the lead 3-2. The Falcons fought back and tied the game on a 1st and 3rd play to make the score 3-3. In the bottom of the 7th, the Falcons walked the lead off hitter which would prove very costly. The Cobras bunted him to second and with 1 out the next hitter would hit a line drive down the left field line to walk off the Falcons and win the game 4-3.
Gentry Fortuno started for the Falcons and pitched 6 strong innings, but got no decision. Fortuno gave up 3 earned runs on 6 hits while striking out 6 and walking 1. Chris Rodriguez took over in the 7th and took the loss. Rodriguez's numbers were 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 1 BB.
The Falcons will conclude their regular season with tonight's senior game against Dwyer High School. The festivities will start at 6pm with the game starting at 7pm.
The Falcons will host the District 12-8A playoffs starting Wednesday, April 24th.
The schedule is as follows:
#2 Cypress Bay vs #3 West Broward, 4pm
#1 Flanagan vs #4 Everglades, 7pm
The winner of both games will play on Friday, April 26th at 7pm for the District 12-8A Championship.
Falcons beat Mavericks in Game of the Week
A long awaited matchup between two local perenial powers took place Saturday night. The final HSBN game of the week of the season would see the Falcons travel to the Mavericks from Archbishop McCarthy to play a thriller.
The Falcons took a 2-0 lead in the top of the 4th inning when Andres Visbal led of the inning with a HBP. Ryan Dodge then stepped up to the plate and delivered a 380 ft. bomb to the base of the centerfield fence to bring around Visbal for an RBI. Dodge went to 3rd on a wild pitch and then scored when Kharlin Sued battled through a 12 pitch at bat to finally drive Dodge in on a groundout to 3rd base.
The Mavericks scored 1 in the bottom of the 4th and were able to tie the game at 2 in the bottom of the 6th inning.The Falcons responded in the top of the 7th when AJ Munoz led off the inning with a walk. What happened next was definitely one of the pivotal moments in the game. With the Mavericks expecting bunt, Andres Rios slashed a 2-1 pitch through the drawn in infield to put runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs. Miguel Presno was then called on to bunt and he placed a perfect bunt down the first base line although they were able to get him out at first. With runners on 2nd and 3rd and 1 out, Oscar "Bui" Rodriguez stepped in to the batters box and drove a line drive single through the drawn in infield to take the lead, 3-2. Eric Rivera was up next and he hit a ball off the glove of the pitcher for an infield hit for an RBI as another runner crossed the plate to make the score 4-2. Ryan Dodge came up with two outs and a runner on 2nd base and got his second hit of the evening to drive in his 2nd RBI of the night to make the score 5-2.
Gentry Fortuno (7-0) started the evening on the hill and did a great job in taming the Mavericks bats. He pitched 6 innings giving up 2 earned runs while striking out 8 and walking 1 while recording his 7th win of the season. Chris Rodriguez came in to close the door in the bottom of the 7th and had a 1-2-3 inning which included a strikeout to earn his 3rd save of the season.
The Falcons (15-4) will take to the road to play the Park Vista Cobras on Thursday at 7pm.
The Falcons baseball continued with the "Iron Falcon" award in 2012-2013. Its goal is to encourage team camaraderie, while at the same time making sure each individual player understands what is like to compete on a daily basis against not only his teammates but himself as well. It is our goal for each player to try and reach their highest-potential as a student, a person and as baseball player.
The award indentifies the strongest Falcon baseball player - both
mentally and physically. A series of events where held throughout the
fall season that tested each student-athletes' physical strength,
knowledge of the game and academic performance.
Each event and category was graded and a running total of each player's rank was kept by the Falcon coaching staff.
EVENTS
800m track run
Team Murph
Baseball Knowledge Quiz
Obstacle Course
Tire Flip
GPA for the Second Quarter
Black and Green Series
Cross-fit Olympics
The winner of the Inaugural 2011 Iron Falcon Award was Ryan Dodge with 147 points. The top three finishers with their total scores were as follows:
1. Ryan Dodge - 147
2. Andres Rios - 143
3. AJ Munoz - 141
The Fall conditioning came to an end with the Cross-fit Olympics. AJ Munoz won the event and with that a free month of training at Cross-fit Affliction in the future.
The Falcons closed out their district schedule with a decisive 10-0 victory over Everglades. They finished the district schedule 9-1, and in 1st place.
Kharlin Sued got his second win on the season while combining with Zach Finch for the shutout. Sued pitched a gem, giving up 1 hit while striking out 4 and walking 1. Zach Finch came in to close out the game in the 5th and had a 1-2-3 inning.
Sued also got in on the action offensively going 2-2 with a walk, and had a double for 2 RBI's to start the scoring off in the bottom of the first inning. AJ Munoz had a big night going 2-2 with 3 RBI's and scored a run as well. Oscar "Bui" Rodriguez also had two hits and 2 RBI's. Eric Rivera and Daniel Oliveri added 2 hits a piece on the night. 8 of the 9 starters had at least 1 hit with 5 of them having multiple hit nights.
The Falcons (14-4) will travel to Archbishop McCarthy on Saturday night for the HSBN Game of the Week. Start time will be 7pm.
The Falcons got back to their winning ways with a 5-2 District win over the West Broward Bobcats.
Alex Sarmiento pitched 5 2/3 innings and had the Bobcats off balance all night to get the win. Sarmiento gave up two unearned runs on 2 hits while striking out 3 and walking 2. Chris Rodriguez came in to close the game out in the 6th inning with 2 outs. Rodriguez struck out 1 and didn't give up a hit in his 1 1/3 innings.
The offense got going in the 3rd inning when AJ Munoz and Andres Rios got back to back hits to lead off the inning. Miguel Presno got HBP and the bases were loaded for Oscar "Bui" Rodriguez. Oscar stroked a single for 2 RBI's but was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double. After Eric Rivera reached on a fielders choice, Andres Visbal hit a single to drive in 2 more runs and make the score 4-0. Ryan Dodge capped the scoring with another RBI single to make the score 5-0. The offense didn't get anything else going the rest of the night and the Bobcats ended up scoring 2 unearned to make the final score 5-2.
The Falcons (13-4) will be at home again on Thursday for a District game against Everglades. This game was postponed due to rain.
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