Charles W. Flanagan High School Baseball

The Flanagan Falcons suffered their 1st loss of the season and the 1st loss in 21 games after a 2-1 battle against Parkland-Douglas. D.J. Swatscheno(3-1) and Douglas' Brandon Holden locked up in a great duel between 2 of the States top pitchers. Swatscheno pitched a complete game allowing 2 runs on just 3 hits while striking out 6 on the day while Holden pitched a complete game 5 hitter, allowing 1 run and striking out 6.  3 PITCHES seperated the 2 pitchers the entire game. Douglas centerfielder Joey Hage drilled a double down the leftfield line driving in SS Daniel Kern for the 1st run of the game in the 3rd inning giving the Eagles a 1-0 lead. The Falcons responded in the top of the 5th inning when DH Ishi DeMoya blasted his 1st home run of the season to right centerfield tying the game at 1-1. Douglas regained the lead in the bottom of the 5th inning when catcher Sean Ochinko hit a double to left centerfield driving in the eventual winning run. The Falcons battled to the end as Swatscheno singled in the top of the 7th inning and after a walk  to Eric McCans and a wild pitch put the tying and go ahead runners on 2nd and 3rd base, Holden was able to strike out Rolando Gomez to end the game. 

JV EARNS A COME BACK WIN OVER DOUGLAS
The Falcons JV (8-1-1) came away with a 4-3 win over Douglas earlier in the day. Rudy Miret pitched 6 1/3 innings allowing 3 runs (0 earned) on 3 hits to pick up the win and David Thomas earned the save by getting a line drive double play that was snagged by 1B Diego Delgado ending the game. Zach Jackson scored 2 runs including the game winner in the top of 7th inning. The Falcons came back from a 3-0 deficit for their 8th win of the season. Mike Fernandez singled in the 5th inning driving in Jackson and Diego Delgado cutting the Eagles lead to 3-2. Rudy Miret (2 for 3)singled in the 6th inning plating Matt Caesar tying the score at 3-3 before the Falcons won the game in the 7th inning.