Family Weekend on Centerville Campus

Centerville --- When the Indian Hills baseball team hosts Iowa Western CC in a big four-game series this Saturday and Sunday, it will be Family Weekend on the IHCC Centerville campus.

There will be a cookout, sponsored by the Student Senate, between games of Saturday’s doubleheader, which starts at 1:00.  Free brats, hot dogs, chips and more will be available for students, families and friends who attend.  And the Student Senate will be handing out prizes during and between games of the twinbill.

In addition, the IHCC Campus Store staff will be selling Falcons apparel and novelties at the field from 2:00 to 3:30.

The series will continue with a doubleheader on Sunday, starting at noon.

Falcons Bring Out the Big Bats in Marshalltown

Marshalltown, IA -- For the second time this spring, Indian Hills took three out of four games in a weekend conference series with Marshalltown CC. 

When the teams met in Centerville the first weekend in April, IHCC scored 38 runs in the four games.  They did even better offensively this time around scoring 42 runs in their three wins and 45 runs total.

The Falcons walloped the Tigers, 8-3 and 14-3, on Saturday and, after losing a 4-3 decision in Sunday's first game, mauled MCC, 20-3, in the final game of the series.

The 20 runs are the most scored by the Falcons in a game so far this season, one more than they plated in a win against Muscatine CC the weekend before.

It was a huge series for IHCC sophomore Taylor Ostrich.  The lefty-hitting first baseman was 8-for-13 with an astounding 14 RBIs, slugging five doubles, a triple and a home run.  Ostrich had two doubles, a triple and the homer and six runs-batted-in in the second game on Saturday and then had another six-RBI game on Sunday as part of the 20-run onslaught.

The Falcons got off to a good start with the first-day sweep.  They broke open a close game in game one with two runs in the 5th on RBI singles by Joel Booker and Dario Polanco, added three more in the 6th before Edgar Lebron singled home another run in the 7th.  The top three batters in the order -- Caleb Ratzman, Junior Santos and Ostrich -- drove in the 6th-inning runs.  Polanco had three hits in the contest.

Jake Stalzer picked up the victory, going the first 5 2/3 innings with Matt Lashlee finishing up.  Stalzer allowed six hits and two runs with five Ks.

A three-run 1st inning started the Falcons on the way to the second-game win.  Sam Ross threw a complete-game four-hitter with nine punchouts.

Ostrich's four-extra base hits led the offense that also had two hits apiece from Ratzman, Santos and Jordan Berry.  Berry homered with Ostrich aboard in the 1st inning.

The lone pitcher's duel came in Sunday's first game, with MCC's Corey Ceponis outdueling IHCC's duo of Christian Torres and Derek Kawlewski.

Torres gave up only five hits and two first-inning runs before allowing a leadoff double in the bottom of the 6th with the Falcons ahead 3-2.  Kawlewski came on in relief and permitted the tying run to score on a sacrifice fly and the go-ahead run came home on a passed ball.

Ceponis struck out 12 IHCC batters and gave up only three hits, including Tyler Hermann's two-run homer in the 1st.  Darry Velez accounted for the other Indian Hills run with a solo HR in the top of the 6th, before MCC won it in the bottom of the inning.

The Falcons bounced back with a vengeance in the nightcap, scoring five times in both the 2nd and 3rd innings and then exploding for ten runs in the 4th. 

The 20 runs were scored on 11 hits with nine walks and a bevy of wild pitches, wild throws and three errors leading to the run total.

Ratzman, Lebron and Kevin Valera combined to score eight runs and none of them had a hit.  Ostrich had a three-run double in the 2nd, an RBI groundout in the 3rd and a two-run double in the 4th to cap his big weekend.

Polanco had four RBIs and he, Santos, Hermann and Booker all had two hits.

Adam Deneke didn't let all the offense distract him as he went the first four innings on the mound for IHCC and got the win.  He gave up five hits and two earned runs and fanned four.  Jose Marin had two more Ks in his one inning of work.

Indian Hills is 26-17 overall and 13-7 in the conference heading into the final week of the regular season.  Next up is a doubleheader at North Central (Mo.) on Tuesday.  The Falcons will host league-leading Iowa Western in a four-game series this weekend, Family Weekend at Pat Daugherty Field in Centerville.

17-Hit Outburst Leads to Split

Iowa Falls, IA -- A 13-run, 17-hit attack in the second game allowed Indian Hills to gain a split of Thursday doubleheader at Ellsworth CC.  The Falcons drubbed the Panthers, 13-3, after dropping an 8-4 decision in the opener.

Darryl Velez had his best game of the spring in game two, going 4-for-5 with four runs scored.  Nicholas Perez had three hits and three RBIs, and Caleb Ratzman, Edgar Lebron, Jordan Berry and Junior Santos all had two-hit games.  Santos also drove in three runs.  Dario  Polanco homered in a four-run 7th inning after the Falcons had scored four times in the 6th.

Luke Schneider started and went the first 5 1/3 innings to get the win for IHCC.  He allowed only four hits and struck out eight.  Brennan Floss finished with 1 2/3 innings of one-hit relief.

Ellsworth used a four-run 3rd to get the scoring started in the first game.  After IHCC pushed across three runs in the 4th, ECC scored two runs in each of the next two innings.

Lebron had a two-run double, Berry an RBI two-base hit and Ratzman a run-scoring single for the Falcons.

Jose Marin started and took the loss.  Both Marin and  Jose Hernandez went three innings.

Indian Hills takes its 23-16 overall record and 10-6 conference mark to Marshalltown for a four-game series against the Tigers this weekend.

IHCC and ICCC Divide One-Run Games

Fort Dodge, IA -- In a pair of games that each ended in a 5-4 score, Indian Hills won one and lost one against Iowa Central CC on Wednesday. 

The Falcons' Alsis Herrera preserved the game one win by retiring three straight hitters after Iowa Central had scored a run to cut the IHCC lead to 5-4.  Indian Hills had broken a 3-all tie in the 6th when Darryl Velez and Caleb Ratzman had back-to-back run-scoring singles.

Ratzman walked and scored in both the 1st and 3rd innings.  Taylor Ostrich had an RBI-single in the 3rd and Joel Booker brought Ostrich home with a double.

Matt Lashlee went the first four innings for IHCC and Herrera the next three with the lefty Herrera getting the win.

In the nightcap, Iowa Central tied the game with a run in the bottom of the 7th and won it with a run in the 8th.

A four-run 4th gave the Falcons a 4-1 lead.  Edgar Lebron's three-run HR was the big blow in the inning.  Ratzman singled home the other run.

Jordan Berry and Juan Figueroa had two hits each.

Indian Hills (22-15) is back on the road Thursday for a doubleheader at Ellsworth CC in Iowa Falls.

Booker, Stalzer Win League Awards

CENTERVILLE --- For the second time this spring, the Indian Hills baseball team has swept the weekly honors handed out by the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference.

Freshman Joel Booker was named the Athlete of the Week and sophomore pitcher Jake Stalzer earned the Scholar-Athlete of the Week award for their play last week when the Falcons won five of six games.

Booker, from Columbus, N.C., hit .500 for the week with eight hits, three runs scored, three doubles and eight RBIs.

The speedy outfielder is enjoying an outstanding season, hitting .386 with a homer and 22 RBIs while stealing seven bases.

Stalzer had a sparkling pitching performance against Muscatine CC in a conference contest on Saturday.  The Albia High School grad went 6 2/3 innings, allowing only three hits and two walks with four strikeouts and he got credit for IHCC’s 1-0 win.

It was Stalzer’s third victory of the season; he is 3-2 with a 3.29 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 41 innings pitched.

Stalzer, headed to Elon University in North Carolina after graduating this spring from Indian Hills, has a 3.62 grade point average on his way to an associate of arts degree from IHCC.

Falcons Claim League Sweep at Muscatine

Muscatine, IA -- Last-inning rallies in three of the four games allowed Indian Hills to sweep a weekend four-game series with Muscatine CC.  The victories allow the Falcons to move to within two games of the conference lead after Marshalltown took three of four games from league-leader Iowa Western.

The Falcons got the only run of the game in the top of the 7th in the opener to get the series started on the right foot with a 1-0 win; they plated two runs in the top of the 8th to take game two, 10-8; and they had another two-run rally in the final inning, the 7th, to complete the sweep, winning 7-6 in Sunday's second game.

The only game that wasn't close was the first one on Sunday -- a 19-6 blowout for IHCC.

Kevin Cicali singled home Tyler Hermann with the lone run in the 1-0 victory.  Hermann was hit by a pitch and advanced to second on a walk to Dario Polanco before Cicali brought him home with an RBI-single.

The Falcons were held to only two hits, but Jake Stalzer was solid in keeping the hosts off the scoreboard until Indian Hills could break through with a run.  The IHCC starter went 6 2/3 innings, allowing only three hits and two walks.  His second walk came after he retired the first two hitters in the bottom of the 7th.  Freshman Derek Kawlewski came out of the bullpen to retire the next hitter on a popup to first base to preserve the win.

Muscatine scored five times in the bottom of the 7th in Saturday's second game to force extra innings.  Hermann's two-run single with the bases loaded in the 8th provided the winning margin.  Caleb Ratzman, Junior Santos and Edgar Lebron all had two hits for the Falcons and Santos knocked in three runs.

The win went to Matt Burnham in relief and Matt Lashlee shut down the Cardinals with a 1-2-3 8th after Indian Hills took the lead.

The Falcons used a 20-hit barrage in winning Sunday's first game, 19-6.  Everybody in the IHCC lineup had at least one hit and eight of the starting nine scored at least once and had at least one RBI.

There were three four-run innings and the big frame was the 5th when IHCC tallied seven runs.

Taylor Ostrich had four hits and three runs, Hermann, Polanco and Joel Booker each had three hits and Santos and Lebron had two apiece.  Polanco scored four times and had three RBIs.

Christian Torres and Joelfi Arias benefited from the offensive explosion as they combined on a six-hitter for the Falcons.  Each struck out five batters.  Torres went the first five innings and got the win.

IHCC capped the weekend by scoring a run in the 6th and two in the 7th to take the final game, 7-6.  Booker singled home the sixth-inning run, then singled again to drive in the game-winner in the 7th after Ostrich had doubled home a run to tie the score.

Kawlewski and Alsis Herrera retired the side in order in the bottom of the 7th, Herrera getting the final out for the save.  Indian Hills used seven pitchers in the game.

Booker had three hits and four RBIs and Ostrich and Polanco had a pair of hits each.

Indian Hills left town with a six-game winning streak and a 21-14 record, 10-6 in the conference.

 

Falcons Pick Up Two Wins

Centerville -- Five Indian Hills pitchers limited visiting North Central (Mo.) to only five hits as the Falcons swept a doubleheader from the Pirates Tuesday, IHCC winning 6-2 and 10-0 in five innings.

Second-game starter Alsis Herrera allowed only a 3rd inning double by Michael Babbit in a three-inning stint and Matt Lashlee followed with two hitless innings as the Falcons completed the sweep. 

Indian Hills (17-14) got the scoring started with a six-run first inning.  Taylor Ostrich, Zach Sims and Juan Figueroa all had RBI singles and Kevin Valera drove in two runs with a single as 11 men went to the plate.  Three more runs scored in the 5th, the last two on a single by Joel Booker that ended the game with the 10-run rule.

Sims and Edgar Lebron each had two hits and Sims and Tyler Hermann scored two runs each.

Lebron's two-run single in the 2nd inning got the scoring underway in the first game.  The Falcons only had six hits but took advantage of five hit batsmen and two walks.  Junior Santos' two-run single in the 6th capped the win.  Santos had two hits and Adam Deneke and Kevin Cicali scored two runs apiece.

Three IHCC pitchers -- Jose Marin, Marcco Lovato and Derek Kawlewski -- combined to allow four hits while striking out 10.  Marin started and got the win, fanning five in his three innings of work.

Late Rallies Lead to Sweep for IWCC

Council Bluffs, IA -- Iowa Western used late-game rallies in three of the four games on the way to a conference sweep of Indian Hills over the weekend on the Reivers' home field.

Sunday's two losses were especially painful for IHCC.  Falcons' starter Adam Deneke threw five shutout innings in game one only to see Iowa Western tie the score in the 6th and win it with a run in the bottom of the 7th.

The second game was another bitter result for the Falcons.  Indian Hills overcame the first-game disappointment by scoring four times in the top of the first and added a run in the 5th.  But the 5-0 lead disappeared when the Reivers pushed across seven runs in the bottom of the 5th and went on to complete the sweep with a 7-5 win.

Iowa Western won both games on Saturday, 7-5 and 7-1.  In the first game, IHCC led 5-3 before IWCC cut the lead to one in the 5th and then went on top for good with three runs in the 6th.  The Falcons were held to just five hits in the second game.

Deneke was cruising along in his outing on Sunday until the Reivers' Alex Greer tied the score with a one-out homer in the 6th.  The winning run scored on a bases-loaded hits batsman the next inning.  Deneke struck out seven over the first four innings and had only allowed  three hits before Greer's homer.

Tyler Hermann's first-inning single accounted for the Falcons' only hit and run.  He drove in Caleb Ratzman, who had led off the game by getting hit by a pitch.

Dario Polanco had a two-run single and Deneke added an RBI-single as the Falcons jumped out early in the second game.  Taylor Ostrich contributed a run-scoring single in the 5thand it was 5-0 going into the bottom of the 5th.

Starter Sam Ross had limited IWCC to only four hits through four frames, but hit the first two batters he faced in the 5th and that opened the floodgates.  There were five hits -- three of them doubles -- a walk, an error and the two hit batsmen in the inning.  The Falcons could only manage one baserunner in their final two at-bats.

The Falcons opened the series by scoring four times in the top of the 1st in game one on Saturday.  Jordan Beery had a two-run double, Tyler Hermann an RBI single and Kevin Cicali a sacrifice fly.

After IWCC scored once in the first against IHCC starter Jake Stalzer and twice in the 2nd, Cicali single in a run in the 3rd to make it 5-3.  Iowa Western, though, started their comeback with a run in the 5th and took the lead for good with three in the 6th.

Stalzer went the distance for the Falcons.  He gave up eight hits and seven runs, five earned, with no walks and four Ks.

Ratzman and Hermann had two hits each.  Hermann's RBI single in the 1st extended an amazing streak for the sophomore, giving him at least one RBI in 11 games in a row!  The streak came to an end in the second game when he failed to drive in a run, despite going 1-for-3.

Iowa Western sprinted to a 7-1 lead after four innings in the second game and the Falcons were held to five hits.  Kevin Valera drove in their only run with a single to bring home Dario Polanco in the 2nd.

Christian Torres went the first three innings and took the loss.  He walked four, hit two and was charged with five runs.

The Falcons are 15-14 for the season and .500 at 6-6 in the conference.  They are scheduled to play a home doubleheader against North Central (MO) on Tuesday.

Deneke Commits to South Alabama

Centerville -- Indian Hills sophomore Adam Deneke, who has starred at both the plate and on the mound this spring, has verbally committed to continue his career at the University of South Alabama, an NCAA Division I school that plays in the Sunbelt Conference.

Deneke's sophomore campaign at IHCC is off to a strong start.  He entered the week hitting .297 with four doubles, a triple and a homer while driving in 16 runs.  He has been even better as a pitcher, sporting a miniscule 0.39 ERA in five games (four starts), which is the lowest ERA in NJCAA Division I. He has won three of his first four decisions this spring.  In 23 innings, the righthander from Pierre, South Dakota had allowed only one earned run while striking out 23. 

"Adam has come a long way as a player in his time at Indian Hills," said IHCC coach Cam Walker, "especially on the mound."  He has an aggressive approach that you would hope all your players would have.  We are happy with the opportunity he has created for himself and wish him the best of luck after he graduates next month."

Sporting a 3.5 grade points average, Deneke will obtain his associate of arts degree in May.  This summer he will head to Massachusetts to play for the Brockton Rox of the Future's Collegiate Baseball League.

Deneke had a successful freshman season for the Falcons, garnering second-team all-region honors as the everyday rightfielder.  He hit .313 with 15 doubles and 24 RBIs.  He had a 1-1 record with a 2.53 ERA in limited time on the mound, throwing 10 innings in six games.

South Alabama assistant coach Bob Keller last week saw a glimpse of what USA hopes Deneke will do when he gets to the Mobile, Ala. school in the fall.  Deneke touched 93 on the radar gun while throwing five shutout innings in an IHCC win against Southwestern CC.

A member of the Sunbelt Conference, South Alabama is off to a 24-10 start this year and is 7-5 in conference play.

First-Inning Explosion Leads to Easy Win

Centerville -- Indian Hills sent 15 men to the plate in the first inning, scoring a dozen runs and the Falcons went on to rout Iowa Central 15-1 at Pat Daugherty Field on Tuesday.

The huge first inning began with a double by leadoff hitter Caleb Ratzman and he added another double later in the frame.  Dario Polanco had an RBI double and a two-run home run in the 1st and Polanco doubled home another run in the 5th.  Junior Santos had two singles, a double and an RBI triple for the Falcons who won for the 7th time in the their last eight games.

Eight of the Falcons' hits went for extra bases.

Adam Deneke was the recipient of the offensive outburst by IHCC, throwing the first six innings and getting credit for the win.  He allowed only four hits and an unearned run while striking out seven.  Sam Ross finished up.

The Falcons, now 15-10 for the season, head to Council Bluffs this weekend for a four-game series with Iowa Western.  IHCC is one game behind the Reivers in the league standings.

Hermann, Torres Earn Conference Honors

CENTERVILLE ---  The Indian Hills Community College baseball team had the Athlete of the Week and the Scholar Athlete of the Week for their performances last week when the Falcons went 7-2 overall and improved their conference record to 6-2.

Sophomore Tyler Hermann, from Eau Claire, Wis., was named the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week after hitting a torrid .469 (15-for-32) for the week with nine runs scored and 17 RBIs.  Hermann drove in at least one run in all nine games he played, while slugging three doubles, a triple and his first home run of the spring.

For the season, the former Wisconsin high school player of the year is hitting .370 with 24 RBIs.

Christian Torres, a freshman lefthanded pitcher from Canovanas, Puerto Rico, had two outstanding starts to earn Scholar Athlete of the Week honors.  Torres went the first six frames in a combined seven-inning no-hitter against Southwestern CC in a 13-0 Falcons win.  He walked three and struck out four.

Torres followed up his hitless performance by allowing just one hit and fanning eight in a complete-game conference win against Marshalltown CC on Sunday.

He is off to a great start in his initial season of college baseball with a 4-0 record, a 1.26 ERA and 27 Ks in 28 2/3 innings.

Torres is also an honor roll student at IHCC with a 3.7 grade point average. 

Falcons Take Three From Tigers in League Play

Centerville -- For the second weekend in a row, the Indian Hills Falcons won three of four games in a series against a conference foe.  The Falcons scored 17 runs to win the opening game of the series against Marshalltown CC, winning 17-9, and then, after a 10-6 loss in Saturday's second game, used two outstanding pitching performances to sweep Sunday's doubleheader by scores of 5-2 and 10-0.

The results put the Falcons' season record at 14-10 and give them a conference record of 6-2.  They will play a league series at conference-leader Iowa Western next weekend.

A pair of lefthanded pitchers for IHCC were superb in Sunday's action.  Christian Torres allowed one lone single and one earned run in a complete-game effort in the opener.  Torres stuck out eight and walked four.  His teammates scored the tying and go-ahead runs in the 3rd and added an insurance run in the 4th.

Dario Polanco had run-scoring doubles in the 1st and 3rd for the Falcons, his hit in the 3rd chasing home Tyler Hermann to break a 3-all tie.  Caleb Ratzman tripled and scored the extra run the next inning.

In game two, Jake Stalzer threw a route-going six-hitter with one walk and eight Ks to notch the victory.  He benefitted from a 13-hit attack that included a double and triple by Junior Santos and a triple by Joel Booker.  Hermann had three hits and Ratzman, Santos and Darryl Velez two apiece.  Velez scored three runs and Santos drove in four.

The Falcons pounded MCC ace Jake Whaley in the first contest on Saturday, knocking him out of the game after he had given up seven hits and 11 runs, nine earned.  Marshalltown erupted for seven runs in the top of the 4th to go on top 8-3, but IHCC stormed back with five runs in the 4th, six more in the 5th and three in the 6th.

Of Indian Hills' 15 hits, Hermann had three and Ratzman, Santos, Jordan Berry and Booker picked up two each.  Santos scored four runs and Hermann three; Polanco and Berry had three RBIs.

Matt Lashlee got the win in relief of starter Derek Kawlewski.  Lashlee gave up only two hits and one run in 3 1/3 innings with no walks and two Ks.

Marshalltown scored three runs in the each of the first two innings in the second game and went on to defeat the Falcons 10-6.

Jose Marin started and took the loss despite seven strikeouts in four innings.

The Falcons were held to only six hits.  Zach Sims and Kevin Valera each scored twice.

 

Indian Hills Wins Slugfest

Centerville -- Indian Hills scored a season-high 15 runs and overcame some shaky defense to dump Southwestern CC 15-11 on the Falcons' home diamond on Thursday.

The Falcons were given eight walks to go along with 10 hits and five Southwestern errors in posting their third win in a row.

Indian Hills jumped out to a 13-3 lead after five innings but didn't help themselves with seven errors.  Southwestern made things interesting with a six-run 6th inning and added single runs in the 7th and 8th before IHCC relievers Marcco Lovato, Brennan Floss and Jose Marin closed out the win for the home team.

Starter Adam Deneke got the win, going the first five innings.  He allowed two hits and three runs, all unearned, with three strikeouts.

The big inning offensively was the 4th when Indian Hills tallied five runs.  Kevin Cicali had a bases-loaded double in the inning as part of a four-RBI day.  Kevin Valera slugged a three-run homer in the 2nd and Jordan Berry knocked in a pair of runs for the Falcons.  Cicali also scored three runs.

Indian Hills returns to conference play this weekend when the Falcons host Marshalltown CC in a four-game set at Pat Daugherty Field.

Falcons Blast Panthers

Centerville -- Indian Hills spotted visiting Ellsworth CC an early lead and then came back to down the Panthers 11-5 at Pat Daugherty Field on Wednesday.

IHCC snapped a 5-all tie on Tyler Hermann's run-scoring single in the 7th and then got plenty of insurance in the 8th when the Falcons batted around and tallied five runs.  Doubles by Junior Santos, Jordan Berry and Dario Polanco keyed the 8th inning-uprising. 

Santos, Berry and Hermann all had three-hit games for IHCC -- Santos and Berry each doubled twice -- and Caleb Ratzman had a pair of singles in a 14-hit attack.  Five different players had two RBIs.

The Falcons got a strong relief effort from Matt Lashlee, who went the final three innings and allowed only one baserunner while fanning four to pick up the victory.

Jake Stalzer started for Indian Hills and permitted only two hits and one earned run in three innings with six Ks.

Indian Hills will take on Southwestern for the second time in three days when the Spartans visit Centerville on Thursday. 

Combined No-Hitter Boosts Falcons

Creston, IA -- Christian Torres and Luke Schneider combined to no-hit Southwestern CC on Tuesday as Indian Hills rolled to a 13-0 non-conference victory over the Spartans.

Torres was coming off a game against Muscatine in which he surrendered two hits and one run in five innings and was even better in this outing.  The freshman lefty threw six innings of hitless ball with three walks and four strikeouts.  Schneider finished up the gem with a one-two-three 7th inning with a pair of Ks.

Meanwhile, the IHCC offense provided plenty of support, scoring all its runs in three innings.

Doubles by Dario Polanco and Taylor Ostrich sparked a four-run 3rd; Caleb Ratzman drilled a three-run home run as part of a six-run 5th; and Tyler Hermann's leadoff homer accounted for the first of three runs in the 6th. 

Joel Booker joined Polanco with three hits and Ratzman and Ostrich had two each.  Booker also scored three times and Ratzman, Polanco and Hermann collected three RRIs each.

The Falcons are slated to host Ellsworth on Wednesday.

League Season Opens with Three Wins

Centerville -- Indian Hills won three of four games from Muscatine CC as the two teams got the conference season opened over the weekend.  The Cardinals then stayed for another day on Sunday and the two squads split a doubleheader.

On Friday, IHCC got a couple of dominating performances from starters Christian Torres and Jake Stalzer in sweeping MCC by scores of 11-1 and 9-1.  The first game was shortened to five innings by the 10-run rule and Torres was sharp, allowing only two hits while striking out eight.

Joel Booker led the IHCC offense with his first homer of the spring, a three-run shot in a seven-run 2nd inning.  The first seven hitters all hit safely and all of them scored in the big inning.  Tyler Hermann had a two-run double and later walked with the bases loaded in the 5th inning for his 3rd RBI of the day.

Jordan Berry and Kevin Valera each had two hits and Berry, Dario Polanco and Junior Santos scored twice.

Stalzer worked the first six innings in game two, permitting four hits with nine Ks, before Brennan Floss finished up with a two-strikeout 7th. 

IHCC scored at least one run in five of six innings and collected nine hits, two apiece by Booker, Taylor Ostrich and Berry.  Ostrich doubled in the 1st and slugged a two-run homer in the 6th.

The Falcons won their third staight in Saturday's first game, winning 8-2, but a costly error in the nightcap allowed Muscatine to gain a split as they won 6-3.

Leadoff hitter Caleb Ratzman ignited the offense in game one with singles in three consecutive innings, scoring each time he reached base.  Number-two batter Adam Deneke scored twice and Berry knocked in two runs. 

Sam Ross got the win on the mound for IHCC, getting two outs in the top of the 7th before Marcco Lovato came on to record the final out.  Ross gave up only three hits and struck out five.

Deneke started the second game and all the runs he allowed in a four-run 4th for MCC were unearned. 

The Falcons attempted to rally in the bottom of the 7th, but left the bases loaded after scoring one run.  Junior Santos had three of IHCC's hits and Berry continued his hot hitting with a single and a triple.  Edgar Lebron pounded a leadoff homer in the 3rd.

Sunday's action started with a dandy pitching performance by IHCC freshman Derek Kawlewski. The righthander gave up two hits and an unearned run in the first six innings and Junior Santos finished with a hitless 7th as the Falcons won 6-1.

Ratzman, Santos, Kevin Cicali and Hermann all had two-hit games and Cicali and Hermann had two RBIs.

Muscatine salvaged the final game of the weekend, winning a slugfest 13-11. 

Five IHCC pitchers combined to give up 10 hits and 14 walks.

An early 6-0 lead for the Falcons disappeared when the Cardinals scored six runs in the 4th and four more in the 5th and scored 13 unanswered runs.  As they had in Saturday's loss, Indian Hills tried to rally in the final inning.  They scored three runs and had two runners on base when the final out was recorded.

Ostrich had three hits and four RBIs and Santos also had a three-hit game.  Every one of IHCC's starters scored at least one run.

The Falcons end the long weekend with an 8-9 record and will travel to Southwestern for a non-league game on Tuesday.