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Centerville, Ia. -- A couple of late rallies prevented Indian Hills from taking all four games in a weekend series with MCC-Longview at Pat Daugherty Field. Longview's late-game runs came in the second game of the two doubleheaders.

On Saturday, the Falcons produced some late-game heroics of their own, scoring twice in the bottom of the 7th to win 4-3 before Longview pushed across three runs in the top of the 6th of the nightcap to earn a split with a 6-5 win.

The only lopsided game of the series was Sunday's opener, won by the Falcons 9-3. Again, Longview got even for the day with a two-run 7th to win 6-4 in game two.

Francisco Perez won the first game for the Falcons on Saturday with a single to drive in Mitch Osnowitz in the 7th inning. Kelvin Brito had walked with the bases loaded to force in the tying run immediately before Perez's walk-off hit.

Brito also had an RBI-single in the 4th and a solo homer in the 6th, driving in three of the four IHCC runs.

Matt Cook started and was lifted with one out in the 7th after Longview broke a 2-all tie with a single run. Cook struck out seven, walked five and gave up six hits in his 6 1/3 innings. Dylan Badura got the last two outs in the top of the 7th and got credit for the victory when his teammates rallied in the bottom of the inning.

Adam Coleman joined Brito and Perez with two-hit games for IHCC.

Longview erased a 5-3 deficit in the second game with three runs against Falcons' reliever Caleb Phillips in the 6th inning. Adam Peters had started and he gave up four hits and a pair of unearned runs in four innings.

The Falcons started fast with a two-run homer by Osnowitz and a solo blast by Brito in the 1st inning.

Jordan Patton singled home a run in the 2nd and the other Indian Hills runs scored on an error. Patton and Brito each had two hits and Brito added two RBIs to give him five in the twinbill.

Indian Hills used a 13-hit attack to take Sunday's first game. Yuliecer Arias slammed a pair of homers -- a leadoff shot in the 2nd and a two-run blow in the 5th.

Osnowitz had three doubles and scored three runs and Brito and Carter Sherban had two hits each. Sherban produced a two-run single in the 3rd and an RBI-hit in the 5th.

Cashtyn DeLeeuw went the first five innings and got the win. Kevin Day and Tyler Sparger finished up with an inning of relief apiece. Sparger inherited a bases-loaded jam in the 7th and punched out the side to nail down the win.

But again, the Falcons had trouble closing out the visitors for a sweep.

Indian Hills took a 4-2 lead after three innings. Longview tied the game up against starter Kevin Vazquez with two runs in the 4th and won it with two in the 7th against reliever Shaun Dean.

The Falcons were held to only five hits -- two each by Patton and Licio Tamburlini. Brito kept up his hot hitting with a single and a run scored. Sherban drove in one run and Tamburlini two.

After a leadoff hit by Tamburlini in the 4th, Indian Hills did not have another hit and only one baserunner.

Indian Hills will take a 27-26 overall record into their final regular season game at North Central Missouri on Monday. The postseason Region 11 tourney begins Friday in Muscatine. The Falcons will play Marshalltown CC in a first-round matchup at 5pm.