Centerville -- The Indian Hills Falcons put together three straight wins in the elimination bracket of the Region XI tournament, but that streak ended when Iowa Western edged the Falcons, 3-1, on Sunday afternoon.
The win gives IWCC their 6th Region XI title in a row and ends the Falcons' season with a 39-22 record.
IHCC had kept its hopes alive in the tourney with a 6-4 win against Muscatine CC earlier Sunday. That victory avenged a loss to MCC on Friday in the Falcons' first game in the tourney.
Pitching dominated the game between Indian Hills and Iowa Western. Each team had six hits. IWCC scored single runs in the 1st, 6th and 8th innings while the only IHCC tally came in the 6th on a sacrifice fly by Manny Garcia. Garcia's fly ball brought home Frankie Rivera who had reached on an error.
The 3rd inning was the only frame in which the Falcons had more than one baserunner. Rivera and Adam Coleman had back-to-back singles after two outs. But a forceout ended the inning. Rivera picked up three of IHCC's hits.
A solid pitching effort by Matt Cook highlighted the opening win against Muscatine. Cook scattered 11 hits in 8 innings and allowed only two earned runs with no walks and eight strikeouts. Twin brother Justin finished up with a scoreless 9th for the Falcons.
Indian Hills scored all six of its runs in the 7th inning. Freshman Craig Vannus had a clutch two-out, two-run single to put IHCC ahead 6-1. MCC answered with three runs in the bottom of the 7th, but Matt Cook worked out of further trouble and gave way to his brother after the 8th.
Justin Cook and Vannus each had two hits for Indian Hills.
The 39 wins posted by Indian Hills in 2010 were the most since the 2006 team won 48 games. There were 16 sophomores on this year's roster who used up their eligibility, but a strong nucleus of pitchers will return in 2011.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Falcons Win Two in Region Tourney
Centerville -- Strong pitching performances by Caleb Phillips and Adam Peters allowed Indian Hills to stay alive in the Region XI baseball tournament on Saturday.
Phillips fired a complete-game seven hitter to beat Southwestern CC, 10-4, to start the day and Peters ended it with a five-hit, nine-strikeout gem as the Falcons polished off Marshalltown CC, 9-1.
Indian Hills will take on Muscatine in an elimination game on Sunday morning with the winner to play Iowa Western later Sunday.
Against Southwestern, IHCC jumped out to an early 7-0 lead and that was more than enough offense for Phillips. The freshman righthander allowed a single run in the 3rd and three in the 5th in his second complete game of the season. He walked three and struck out six in evening his record at 4-4.
The Falcons used two hits, four walks and a sacrifice fly to score four runs in the 2nd inning. Three hits and three walks produced three more runs in the 3rd. They added two in the 5th and one in the 6th.
Frankie Rivera had three hits and Chad Northcott two to lead the IHCC offense. Northcott and Matt Cook had three RBIs.
In the game with Marshalltown, Indian Hills made the most of four hits and overcame some shaky defense to get their 38th win of the season. The Falcons took advantage of errors, walks, wild pitches and hit batsmen to score their nine runs.
The Falcons committed six errors, but Peters pitched around those mistakes with a dominating game on the mound. The only run Peters allowed was unearned and he walked only one batter to go along with his nine Ks. He leads the pitching staff with eight wins for the year.
Manny Garcia had two of Indian Hills' four hits and Rivera and Juan Diaz had the others. Kyle Peterson was on base all four at-bats and scored two runs.
Phillips fired a complete-game seven hitter to beat Southwestern CC, 10-4, to start the day and Peters ended it with a five-hit, nine-strikeout gem as the Falcons polished off Marshalltown CC, 9-1.
Indian Hills will take on Muscatine in an elimination game on Sunday morning with the winner to play Iowa Western later Sunday.
Against Southwestern, IHCC jumped out to an early 7-0 lead and that was more than enough offense for Phillips. The freshman righthander allowed a single run in the 3rd and three in the 5th in his second complete game of the season. He walked three and struck out six in evening his record at 4-4.
The Falcons used two hits, four walks and a sacrifice fly to score four runs in the 2nd inning. Three hits and three walks produced three more runs in the 3rd. They added two in the 5th and one in the 6th.
Frankie Rivera had three hits and Chad Northcott two to lead the IHCC offense. Northcott and Matt Cook had three RBIs.
In the game with Marshalltown, Indian Hills made the most of four hits and overcame some shaky defense to get their 38th win of the season. The Falcons took advantage of errors, walks, wild pitches and hit batsmen to score their nine runs.
The Falcons committed six errors, but Peters pitched around those mistakes with a dominating game on the mound. The only run Peters allowed was unearned and he walked only one batter to go along with his nine Ks. He leads the pitching staff with eight wins for the year.
Manny Garcia had two of Indian Hills' four hits and Rivera and Juan Diaz had the others. Kyle Peterson was on base all four at-bats and scored two runs.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Extra-Inning Loss Stings Falcons in Tourney
Centerville -- The Region XI postseason baseball tournament quickly went from a double-elimination event to a single-elimination affair for the Indian Hills Falcons. IHCC, which entered the tournament as the number-two seed, saw Muscatine CC score a run in the bottom of the 11th inning to pull out an 8-7 win over the Falcons on Friday and put Indian Hills one loss away from ending their season.
The winning run scored when MCC's Hector Ortiz scored all the way from second on a ground ball to third base. Ortiz had reached on a walk and moved up on a groundout. He was attempting to steal third when IHCC's Justin Cook fielded a grounder and fired to first. Ortiz never stopped running and beat the relay throw from first base to allow Muscatine to stay in the winner's bracket while sending Indian Hills to the elimination round.
The Falcons tied the game in the bottom of the 9th on a double by Manny Garcia, one of five hits in the game for Garcia. His double drove in Frankie Rivera who had walked and advanced on a sacrifice bunt.
The lead changed hands four times. IHCC jumped on top with two runs in the 1st inning on a two-run single by Justin Cook. Muscatine went ahead 3-2 in the top of the 3rd only to see the Falcons regain the advantage with a three-run 3rd.
Four straight hits and a hit-batsman produced the big inning for IHCC.
Trailing 7-5 in the 6th, Indian Hills tied the score on a pair of bases-loaded walks.
After Muscatine scored a run in the 8th, the Falcons tied the game up in the 9th on Garcia's RBI-hit.
The two teams combined to leave 33 runners on base, 18 of them by IHCC.
Brad Mergen started and went four innings for Indian Hills. He gave up five runs, all of them earned. David Wydeven threw five innings of relief, giving up four hits and only one earned run. Delvin Perez took the loss for Indian Hills as he was charged with the 11th inning run.
In addition to Garcia's five-hit performance at the plate, Justin Cook had three hits and Kyle Peterson two for the Falcons. Cook had three RBIs.
Knowing that one more loss will end their season, Indian Hills will take on Southwestern CC on Saturday morning at 11:00.
The winning run scored when MCC's Hector Ortiz scored all the way from second on a ground ball to third base. Ortiz had reached on a walk and moved up on a groundout. He was attempting to steal third when IHCC's Justin Cook fielded a grounder and fired to first. Ortiz never stopped running and beat the relay throw from first base to allow Muscatine to stay in the winner's bracket while sending Indian Hills to the elimination round.
The Falcons tied the game in the bottom of the 9th on a double by Manny Garcia, one of five hits in the game for Garcia. His double drove in Frankie Rivera who had walked and advanced on a sacrifice bunt.
The lead changed hands four times. IHCC jumped on top with two runs in the 1st inning on a two-run single by Justin Cook. Muscatine went ahead 3-2 in the top of the 3rd only to see the Falcons regain the advantage with a three-run 3rd.
Four straight hits and a hit-batsman produced the big inning for IHCC.
Trailing 7-5 in the 6th, Indian Hills tied the score on a pair of bases-loaded walks.
After Muscatine scored a run in the 8th, the Falcons tied the game up in the 9th on Garcia's RBI-hit.
The two teams combined to leave 33 runners on base, 18 of them by IHCC.
Brad Mergen started and went four innings for Indian Hills. He gave up five runs, all of them earned. David Wydeven threw five innings of relief, giving up four hits and only one earned run. Delvin Perez took the loss for Indian Hills as he was charged with the 11th inning run.
In addition to Garcia's five-hit performance at the plate, Justin Cook had three hits and Kyle Peterson two for the Falcons. Cook had three RBIs.
Knowing that one more loss will end their season, Indian Hills will take on Southwestern CC on Saturday morning at 11:00.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
IHCC and Muscatine Square Off in Region Tourney
Centerville -- For the fourth year in a row, Indian Hills Community College and Muscatine Community College will be matched up in the first round of the Region XI postseason baseball tournament. Indian Hills, the number-two seed, will host the five-team tournament at Pat Daugherty Field in Centerville this weekend.
The Indian Hills-Muscatine first-round game will be at 5:00 Friday afternoon after Marshalltown CC and Southwestern CC open the tourney at 2:00 p.m. The winner of the IHCC-MCC game will play at 2 p.m. Saturday. The loser will play an elimination game at 11:00 a.m. Saturday.
(Note that the start times for Friday's games have been moved back three hours because of a wet field. Those times are different from the original ones released earlier this week.)
Iowa Western is the top seed in the double-elimination tournament after going 15-1 in conference play. Their first game will be at 8:00 Friday night against the winner of the Marshalltown-Southwestern contest.
Indian Hills, with a season record of 36-20 and a conference mark of 9-7, won four of the five regular-season meetings with Muscatine. The Falcons won 28-18 in late March in a game that didn’t count in the league standings. In a four-game series in Centerville in April, Indian Hills won by scores of 1-0, 13-7 and 3-2. Muscatine’s lone win against IHCC was 9-2.
Indian Hills has opened the region tournament with a win against Muscatine each of the last two years. The Falcons are searching for their first postseason title since 2004.
The Indian Hills-Muscatine first-round game will be at 5:00 Friday afternoon after Marshalltown CC and Southwestern CC open the tourney at 2:00 p.m. The winner of the IHCC-MCC game will play at 2 p.m. Saturday. The loser will play an elimination game at 11:00 a.m. Saturday.
(Note that the start times for Friday's games have been moved back three hours because of a wet field. Those times are different from the original ones released earlier this week.)
Iowa Western is the top seed in the double-elimination tournament after going 15-1 in conference play. Their first game will be at 8:00 Friday night against the winner of the Marshalltown-Southwestern contest.
Indian Hills, with a season record of 36-20 and a conference mark of 9-7, won four of the five regular-season meetings with Muscatine. The Falcons won 28-18 in late March in a game that didn’t count in the league standings. In a four-game series in Centerville in April, Indian Hills won by scores of 1-0, 13-7 and 3-2. Muscatine’s lone win against IHCC was 9-2.
Indian Hills has opened the region tournament with a win against Muscatine each of the last two years. The Falcons are searching for their first postseason title since 2004.
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