Baseball wraps up three-game sweep at Modesto

The Falcons and Pirates returned to the field twenty minutes later for their scheduled game, and the Falcons began just as they had the previous two games as they scored five first-inning runs.  In the three game series with Modesto, FLC scored 19 first-inning runs!  However, this time their lead didn't last as Modesto tallied eight runs in the fourth inning to take their first lead of the three game series, 8-7.  The Falcon bullpen took over from there, allowing just one run over the next eight innings.  After Mitchell Hebner scored the tying run in the eighth inning, the game went into extras tied 10-10.  The Falcons scored three in the 12^th on RBI singles by Jack Rotteveel (his 5^th hit of the game) and Aidan Malm, then exhaled when Josh Winkler closed out the win after loading the bases on two hits and a walk.  In the 3-game sweep, the Falcons' cumulative numbers were staggering:  43 runs scored on 43 hits, 31 walks, and 39 runners left on base.  Just as alarming, the Falcon pitchers allowed 25 runs on 33 hits and issued 17 walks.