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.