Falcons sweep two from Yuba

The air temperature may have been cold, but the FLC softball bats were red hot on Thursday afternoon as the Falcons swept a doubleheader from visiting Yuba by scores of 18-0 and 21-0. 

In game two, Falcon pitcher Olivia Aguigam came within one batter of pitching the first perfect game in FLC history.  With two outs in the 5^th inning, a seeing-eye ground ball just eluded the glove of first baseman Raquel Hernandez for the 49ers' only baserunner of the game.  Aguigam promptly struck out the last batter for her 13^th strikeout of the game.  Let's make this clear:  Aguigam struck out 13 of the 16 batters she faced!   Meanwhile, the Falcons' bats were booming, rapping out 18 hits, including 6 doubles.  Three of those doubles came off the bat of leftfielder Mikey Edwards-Gonzalez, who finished 4-for-4 with five RBI.  Second baseman Araya Corral had a double and four RBI, and centerfielder Hannah Harvey was 2-for-2 with three RBI. 

 The Falcons will host Cabrillo on Friday afternoon, a day earlier than originally scheduled, in hopes of beating the anticipated rainstorm.  Games are scheduled for 3:30 and 5:30 pm.