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The Flanagan Falcons won the coveted Sarasota Classic Tournament Championship game against Florida Christian 4-0.
The Falcons starting pitcher for the championship game was Chris Rodriguez. Rodriguez, also known as C-Rod, is usually the team's closer but was thrown into the starting role for the championship game. He rose to the occasion and came up with a stellar performance to pick up his second win on the season. Rodriguez pitched a complete 7 inning game while throwing only 70 pitches. He gave up 2 hits and struck out 5 while allowing only 3 base runners all evening.
The offense was led by Oscar "Bui" Rodriguez and Miguel Presno. They both had 2 hits and scored 1 run each. Presno also threw out the 1st runner to reach base in the first inning. It was only the 2nd out of the 1st inning, but it set an early tone of the type of game this would be.
The Falcons scored 2 runs in the 5th when Kharlin Sued walked, Presno followed with a single to right field. With 2 outs, Luis Barranco came up with an RBI single to make the score 1-0. Bui then followed that up with an RBI double to make the score 2-0. In the 6th inning David Vazquez singled to left field with 1 out. David Sarmiento came in to run and got to third on a Kevin Mora single. Sarmiento scored to make the sore 3-0 when Mora stole second and the throw went astray. Bui led off the top of the 7th inning with a double to left center. Ryan Dodge capped the scoring on the night when he drove in Rodriguez to make the score 4-0.
The Falcons made their mark on the tournament bringing home the Offensive MVP in Ryan Dodge and the Tournament MVP in Chris Rodriguez.
The Falcons (14-1, 5-0) will be back at their home field when they take on McArthur in a District contest on Tuesday at 6:30 pm.
The Falcons squeezed out a 2-1 victory against Sarasota Riverview on the arm of Kharlin Sued to open up the Sarasota Tournament.
Sued (4-0) was masterful all evening, giving up 1 unearned run on 5 hits while striking out 3 in 6 innings pitched. He was able to control the Riverview bats and with the help of Miguel Presno behind the plate, control the running game as well. Chris Rodriguez came on in relief to record his 3rd save of the year by striking out 2 of the 4 hitters he saw.
The Falcons started the 6th inning behind 1-0 with the heart of the lineup coming to bat. With 1 out, Oscar "Bui" Rodriguez stroked a double down the left field line. Ryan Dodge came to bat and followed that up with a single, and on the overthrow Dodge went to second. Alex Sarmiento came in to run for Dodge, and with 1 out and runners at 2nd and 3rd, Eric Rivera came through with a clutch line drive double down the left field line to score both runners and make the score 2-1. That was all the Falcon pitchers would need.
The Falcons (12-0) will take on Port St. Lucie at 10 am at Sarasota H.S.
The Falcons bounced back from their first loss of the year to beat Manatee 6-0 in game that put them into the Tournament Championship.
Gentry Fortuno pitched another gem for his 6th win of the season. Fortuno pitched a complete game shutout, striking out 6 while only giving up 4 hits.
Offensively the Falcons had 7 hits on the day by 6 different players. Eric Rivera went 2-4 and scored 2 runs. Mark Vientos was 1-2 with 2 BB's and also scored 2 runs while Kharlin Sued went 1-2 with 2 RBI's to help the Falcons to the win.
The Falcons (13-1) will take on Florida Christian for the Tournament Championship at Sarasota High School at 7pm.
The Falcons suffered their first loss of the season, 7-6, at the hands of Port St. Lucie.
The Falcons battled back and forth in a game that saw the lead change 3 times. Alex Sarmiento suffered the loss as he pitched 5.2 innings giving up 7 runs, 6 being earned, on 12 hits while striking out 2. Jeremy Cook came on in relief to pitch the final 1.1 innings, giving up no runs on no hits.
On the offensive side, the Falcons had 3 players with a multiple hit game. Andres Rios and David Sarmiento each had 2 hits with an RBI while rookie Mark Vientos had 3 hits with an RBI. 7 out of 9 starters had at least 1 hit in the game, with 8 of them reaching base at least once.
It still wasn't enough though as the Falcons dropped a game they should have won. The defense did not have a good day as they made costly mistakes that ultimately did in the Falcons.
The Falcons (12-1) will take on Manatee H.S. at Buck O'Neil Complex at 4:30pm.
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