Centerville, IA -- Indian Hills went into the weekend knowing that three wins in the four-game series with Marshalltown CC would enable the Falcons to move past the Tigers and into second place in the conference standings.
When MCC won Saturday's first game, 10-8, it meant the Falcons would need to win the next three games. And that's exactly what coach Cam Walker's team did. They used a four-run 4th inning to come back and win the second game on Saturday, 5-3, then took both games on Sunday, 12-11 and 11-1 in five innings.
The results mean Indian Hills winds up the league schedule with an 11-5 mark, one game ahead of Marshalltown. The Falcons are 24-23 overall with three non-conference doubleheaders remaining in the regular season.
The best pitching effort of the weekend was turned in by IHCC's Matt Cook in Sunday's second game. After his teammates had pulled out game one with a run in the bottom of the 7th, Cook was dominant, giving up only two hits and a walk and fanning three.
The offense started fast with five runs in the 1st inning, using three hits and four walks and batting around against MCC starter Jackson Mills. Francisco Perez and Coleton Wilson had consecutive doubles to end the inning.
Mitch Osnowitz had an RBI-single and Carter Sherban a sacrifice fly for two runs in the 2nd and IHCC ended the game by the 10-run rule with four more in the 5th. Adam Coleman's single provided the 11th run.
Coleman had two hits and Jordan Patton two RBIs.
Guillermo Cruz's sacrifice fly drove in Wilson with the winning run in the first game Sunday.
IHCC had another big first inning, scoring six times. The Falcons led 8-5 before MCC tallied five runs in the 6th, chasing starter Adam Peters. Jordan Piche finished up in the 6th and got the win, despite giving up the tying run in the top of the 7th.
Indian Hills answered the Tigers' five-run top of the 6th with three runs in the bottom of the inning on a bases-loaded triple by Kelvin Brito. That gave IHCC a short-lived 11-10 lead. Cruz's sac fly the next inning allowed the Falcons to escape with the win.
Game two on Saturday featured solid pitching by starter Cashtyn DeLeeuw and relievers Caleb Phillips and Piche and a four-run inning that was capped by a two-run homer by Colin Bates.
DeLeeuw went the first five innings, giving up only four hits and one earned run. After Phillips got two outs in the 6th, Piche got the final four outs and the save.
Yuliecer Arias and Brito had two-hit games for the Falcons and five different players scored a run.
MCC's lone win came despite a six-run bottom of the 7th by the Falcons in Saturday's first game.
David Kroger and Coleman had back-to-back doubles to start the inning, and Perez and Arias both singled. Osnowitz had a three-run homer and Brito followed with a solo shot to make it six straight hits and bring IHCC to within 10-8, but the next three hitters were retired.
Marshalltown scored at least one run in each of the first six innings to build their 10-2 lead against starter Kevin Vazquez and Kevin Day.
Perez had three hits and Coleman scored three runs for the Falcons.
Perez had three singles for the Falcons, who were outhit 14-10.
Indian Hills plays a doubleheader at Kirkwood on Wednesday and plays consecutive twinbills this weekend against MCC-Longview.
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