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The Flanagan Falcons bounced back from their 1st loss of the season by defeating crosstown rival Cooper City 3-1 at Cooper City HS. The battle between the top teams in District 12 turned out to be a pitchers duel between the Falcons R.J. Fondon and the Cowboys Clayton Suss. Both pitchers would be in the game till the end and Fondon(2-0) would prevail allowing just 1 run on 4 hits and 4 strikeouts. Suss was stellar striking out 9 and allowing just 3 hits as well, fortunately 1 of those hits was a 2 Run home run off the bat of Joel Carranza(2) in the top of the 7th inning giving the Falcons the lead. Nick Navarro provided the other 2 hits, both base hits to right field would spark scoring opportunities. Zach Jackson would provide the speed on the bases as Navarro's courtesy runner. Jackson stole 3 bases and scored 2 runs on the night. Flanagan(5-1, 1-1) will host Miami Springs tomorrow night. Cooper City dropped their record to(3-4,1-1).
The much anticipated home opener under the lights at Falcons Field turned out to be a shocker as the South Broward Bulldogs pulled off a Mammoth upset of Nationally Ranked Flanagan 6 to 5 in 9 innings. The Falcons(4-1,0-1) and Bulldogs(4-0,1-0)could not get anything started offensively until Flanagan managed to plate 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning against South Broward's starter Anthony Colletti. With the 2-0 lead in the top of the 7th inning and starting pitcher R.J. Fondon cruising through the game South Broward chipped away and capitized on key Flanagan errors to plate 5 runs(2 Earned) to take a 5-2 lead. The Falcons answered with 3 runs in the bottom of the inning to tie the score at 5-5 but failed to end the game with the winning run at 3rd base. In the top of the 9th inning South Broward pushed across the winning run on a double and 2 out single to right field.
The Miami-Goleman Gators gave the Falcons all they could handle through 7 innings tonight. Yet in the 8th Flanagan erupted for 5 runs breaking a 5-5 tie and going on to the 10-5 win at St. Thomas University. Mitch Massard and Joel Carranza led the offense, Massard went 4 for 5 with a double, 2 runs scored and 4 RBI while Carranza went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles, 3 runs scored and 2 RBI. Luis Penate added 2 hits including the game winning RBI double in the top of the 8th giving the Falcons the lead for good. Rudy Miret pitched solid in relief going 3 and 2/3 innings earning his 2nd win of the year. The Falcons host South Broward tomorrow in their home opener, the game is scheduled for 6:30. Records: Flanagan 4-0, Goleman 2-1.
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