Charles W. Flanagan High School Baseball

The Falcons took care of business Friday night by beating Everglades 10-0 in 5 innings. Jose Mesa continued his sensational pitching by striking out 9 and only giving up 1 hit against the Gators thru 4 innings. Mike Emigh came on in relief and struck out the side in the 5th inning.

The offense sputtered through this one as the Falcons only got 5 hits on the night. Mesa helped his own cause in the 1st inning with a 2 RBI single to take the early lead. Ryan Dodge had a single and sac fly on the night for 2 RBI's. Benito Santiago and Andres Rios each had 2 RBI doubles in the 4th inning.

The Falcons (12-4, 9-0) will try and stay unbeaten in District play when they travel to West Broward to battle for the first place seed this Thursday. Game time is 4pm.

The Falcons (11-4, 8-0) pounded out 20 hits last night to beat Cypress Bay 20-0 in 6 innings. The offense was led by the Sanchez boys again. Andres went 2-2, with 4 runs scored, 1 RBI and a SB while Rick went 2-4 with 2 2B's, 3 RBI's, 1 run scored and 1 SB. Jose Mesa had his best offensive performance of the season thus far. Mesa was 4-5 with 2 2B's, 2 RBI's and 1 run scored. Rafael Betances hit his first Falcon homerun of his career to deep right centerfield. Rafael went 2-2 with 4 RBI's, and 3 runs scored on the night. Benito Santiago got in on the fun with a 2 run shot to deep left centerfield. Santiago went 2-2 with 2 RBI's and 2 runs scored.

While the offense was taking care of run support, Gentry Fortuno (6-0) continued his superb season on the hill by sitting down 9 of the 10 hitters he faced in 3 innings. Fortuno had 4 K's while giving up only 1 hit on the night. Michael Emigh pitched very well in relief to the delight of the coaches and players. He pitched 2 innings of relief giving up no hits and had 5 K's.

The Falcons (11-4, 8-0) will host the Everglades Gators on Friday at 6:30 in another District Matchup.

The JV traveled to Coral Springs for a late doubleheader on Saturday. Little did they know the Colts were going to send them back home with 2 losses.

In Game 1 the Falcons lost 6-5 in the bottom of the last inning on an error in the outfield. Kevin Mora was 2-3 with 2 RBI's and Ryan Dodge was 2-2 with a 2B,  a HBP and scored 2 runs. Andres Rios was running wild on the base paths with 3 stolen bases. 

With the score tied in the top of the sixth inning, Dodge got things going with a single. Mora drove him in with a double for his second RBI of the game to take a 5-4 lead into the bottom of the 6th inning. The game ended when a routine fly ball, that got lost in the sun, dropped allowing the baserunners to score to put the Colts ahead for good. Scotty Swatscheno took the unfortunate loss for the Falcons.

In Game 2 it got very ugly. The Falcons could not rebound from Game 1 and lost miserably 10-2. It was a close game going into the 5th inning at 3-2, but with errors, walks and timely hits, the Colts were able to score 7 runs in the inning. David Sarmiento went 1-1 with a BB and 2 SB's. Peter Guarner pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up 3 earned runs on 6 hits and took the loss.

The JV (8-4) will conclude its season this Saturday when they play their final doubleheader at home against West Broward. Game times are 10am & 1pm.

Mesa (5-1) provided the Falcon faithful with another great pitching performance last night to shut down the Western Wildcats in a 10-0, 6 inning shortened game. Mesa had 13 strikeouts with only 1 walk on the evening. The only hit given up was in the 4th on a shallow single to center field to lead off the inning. Mesa struck out the side twice and had 2 strikeouts in each of the 2nd, 4th and 6th innings. He leads the county with 82 strikeouts in 43.2 with only 24 BB's and has a 1.12 ERA.

The offense was led by the Sanchez boys once again. Andres had 2 hits and 2 runs scored and 1 SB. Rick had 2 hits as well, with 2 RBI, 2 runs scored and 2 SB's. Andres Rios had a 2 RBI 2B in the 5th inning to help put the game well in hand at 9-0.

The Falcons (10-4, 7-0) travel to Cypress Bay Monday to continue their District run.

The JV scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 5th for a 13-12 come from behind win to improve their record to 8-2.

The Tornadoes jumped out to a quick 2-0 in the top of the 1st inning only to have the young Falcons answer back with 4 runs of their own in the bottom of the 1st inning. The Falcons struck again in the 3rd inning with 7 runs  giving them a comfortable 11-7 lead going into the 5th inning, or so they thought. The Tornadoes capitalized on a 2 out error to score 5 runs and take the lead, 12-11. In the bottom of the 5th inning Brandon Escalante led off with his second double of the game. He was followed by pinch hitter Ramon Garcia who singled. After a strikout, Alex Sarmiento doubled to drive in Escalante and tie the game, 12-12. Oscar Rodriguez came up to bat looking for the cycle only to be hit by a pitch. David Sarmiento stepped up to bat and delivered the game winning single over the centerfielders head to win the game 13-12.

Alejandro Garcia started on the hill for the Falcons and went 2 innings before being relieved by Peter Guarner in the third. Guarner pitched the 3rd inning and Scotty Swatscheno came in to pitch the 4th and 5th inning to gain the victory.

Oscar Rodriguez - 3-3, 2B, 3B, HBP, 2 RBI's

David Sarmiento - 2-4, 2 RBI's

Brandon Escalante - 2-2, 2-2B's, 3 RBI's

The JV (8-2) will take their show on the road to Coral Springs this Saturday for a Doubleheader starting at 1 pm.