Charles W. Flanagan High School Baseball

The JV traveled to Douglas this past Saturday to take on the Douglas Eagles.

In Game 1 Alex Garcia pitched a complete game giving up only 1 unearned run on 2 hits. He had 4 strikouts to go with that on just 80 pitches.

The Falcons trailed going into the 7th inning 1-0. Alex Sarmiento started the rally with a 1 out single to right field. The Douglas pitcher tried to pick off Sarmiento as he stole 2nd base. Sarmiento went to third on the errant throw to second when it went into left field. Andres Rios singled in Sarmiento from 3rd to tie the score at 1. Up comes Oscar Rodriguez who then doubles home Rios with the go ahead run to make the score 2-1.

Garcia then proceeded to get the final three outs in the bottom of the 7th for the victory.

In Game 2 the Falcons took an early lead in the second inning when they had back to back doubles by Ramon Garcia and Christian Argueza. Andres Rios then singled home Argueza to make the score 2-0. 

In the 4th inning Rios broke a 2-2 tie as he continued his hot hitting. With two runners on Rios hit a triple to right center to drive in 2 more runs and scored on a throwing error to make the score 5-2.

In the bottom of the 6th the Eagles rallied to score 4 to take the lead 6-5.

The Falcons started the 7th inning with back to back singles by Jaime DelHoyo and Kevin Mora. With 1 out Christian Argueza hit a line drive up the middle that was snared by the shortstop who then stepped on 2nd base to end the game on a double play.

The JV (4-1) will take on Pines Charter at home this Saturday at 10 & 1.

The Falcons move to 2-0 in the District with the win over the Western Wildcats. Jose Mesa led the way with a masterful pitching performance. Mesa and his upper 80 mph fastball dominated the Wildcats all night. He went 6 innings, giving up 2 hits and 1 earned run. He struckout 13 and had 4 BB on the night. Gentry Fortuno had 1 K while pitching the 7th inning to close out the game.

The offense was led by Andres Visbal 2-3, 2 runs scored and Andres Sanchez 2-3, 2 RBI's, 1 run scored.

The Falcons struck first in the top of the second inning with an RBI double by Ryan Dodge to score Daniel Oliveri who got on base by a HBP. The Wildcats came right back in the bottom of the inning when Ryan Gabriel deposited a Mesa fastball over the left field fence to tie the score at 1. That would be the only runner to cross the plate for the Wildcats though.

The Falcons answered right back with 2 runs in the top of the 3rd. Visbal walked and Sanchez drove him in with a double to the gap. Daniel Oliveri got an RBI when he drove in Sanchez with a sacrifice fly. That made the score 3-1 after 3 innings.

The Falcons tacked on 3 more runs in the 4th to make the score 6-1. Oscar Rodriguez led off with a walk and Visbal singled. AJ Munoz laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move the runners up. The third baseman made an errant throw and AJ was safe. Rodriguez and Visbal scored on the play. Sanchez got his 2nd RBI on the night when he singled home Munoz.

In the 7th the Falcons capped off their scoring when Rick Sanchez led off with a 2B. He eventually scored on a 2 out error by the third baseman to make the score 7-1.

The Falcons (4-1, 2-0) take on Cypress Bay in a District contest this Friday at Home at 6:30 pm.

The JV got to play under the lights against visiting St. Thomas and made the most of it with a 6-4 victory. Andres Rios had the big hit with a bases loaded double off the fence to clear the bases. Rios finished the night 2-3 with 3 RBI. Oscar Rodriguez helped out offensively going 2-2, with a stolen base and scored a run.

Alejandro Garcia started the game throwing 2 scoreless innings and only giving up 1 hit. Peter Guarner came in to pitch the 3rd & 4th inning and gave up 1 run. Scotty Swatscheno came in and once again pitched 2 scoreless innings of relief gaining the victory.

In the 7th inning with only 3 outs needed to secure the victory and the score at 6-1, Oscar Rodriguez was called on to pitch the final inning.  The falcons opened the door for a possible Aquinas comeback. With the score 6-4 and runners on 1st & 2nd a ground ball was hit in the hole between the SS and the 3rd baseman for a probable hit. The falcons escaped any further damage when the runner trying to advance to 3rd was hit by the ball and subsequently the game ended.

The JV (3-0) will travel to Douglas for a doubleheader this Saturday to try and continue their winning ways. Game times are 10am and 1pm.

The Falcons pounded out 15 hits in a 21-0 rout of the Patriots in the first district game of the season last night. 8 of the 9 starters got at least 1 hit with 5 of them getting 2 hits a piece. Andres Sanchez and Benito Santiago led the way with 2 hits and 4 RBI each. Ismael Reyes and Oscar Rodriguez added 2 hits and 2 RBI as well. David Sarmiento stepped in and got his first 2 Varsity hits of his young career as well.

 In addition to the pounding, Gentry Fortuno and Casey Torres combined to No-hit the Patriots in the 5 inning shortened game. Fortuno started and got the win throwing 3 innings of almost perfect baseball striking out 4. Torres came in and closed out the final two innings in the same fashion, striking out 4. Only two patriots reached base on the night, one on a throwing error by Fortuno and the other on a walk issued by Torres.

The Falcons will travel this Friday to take on the Wildcats from Western at 6:30 in another District contest. 

Overall Record (3-1)

District (1-0)