Ninth inning rally caps Falcon victory

Trailing 4-2 and down to their last two outs on Saturday afternoon at College of Marin, the FLC baseball team staged a remarkable ninth inning rally that saw them score 10 runs, resulting in a wild 12-4 Falcon victory.  The Falcons had trailed since the second inning, when the Mariners scored on three walks and a balk by Falcon pitcher Grant Dragmire.  Dragmire had been FLC's most consistent starter through the first 10 games, but control issues plagued him on Saturday.  He loaded the bases in the third with a walk and two hit batters before a double and a groundout brought in three more Mariner runs for a 4-0 lead.  But the FLC bullpen shut down the Mariners the rest of the way, with Cody Lindsey and Austin Beard each pitching three shutout innings.  In the fourth, the Falcons bunched four singles to produce two runs that cut the deficit to 4-2.  The score remained that way until the fateful ninth, when the Falcons took advantage of three Mariner errors but also provided six hits, including a John Mook triple and a Carson McCusker homer (his fifth of the season) to blow the game open.  The win improves the Falcons' season record to 6-5 and was their fourth win in their last five games.

Today's scheduled game at Mendocino College has been postponed until Thursday (Feb 23).