FC/L Baseball Finishes 16-4

Head Coach Keith Larson has led FC/L baseball on a couple good post-season runs.  With a 3-1 week, FC/L closed out their best regular season in a long time (ever?).  The Falcons beat SG 5-1 behind Colten Kraling’s mound gem (6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 8 K, Win).  Sam Rustad keyed the offensive attack (2-4, 2 RBI) with his first hits of the season (fourth game) coming back from a torn ACL (football).  Casey Olson (2-3, RBI) and Josh Peters (1-3, RBI, R) helped.  The Falcons seemingly had a doubleheader with L-A in the bag.  They took game one 6-0 behind Collin Scott’s dual effort (7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K, Win, 2-4, 2B, RBI, R).  Kraling (2-3, RBI, R), Rustad (1-2, 2 RBI) and Carson Schwichtenberg (1-3, 2 RBI) brought the aluminum.  FC/L led game two 6-3 after six.  The Card’s scored five in the seventh for the 8-6 win.  Logan Corson (3-4, RBI), Riley Means (2-4, HR, RBI, 2 R), Rustad (1-3, 2B, RBI, RI), and Kraling (1-4, 2 RBI, R) did work for FC/L.  The guys righted the ship versus Cotter.  Down 2-1 in the seventh (two out), Walker Ward singled in Means from second (2-2).  Two more singles loaded the bases.  Samuel Peters’ 2-run single capped the inning.  FC/L prevailed 4-3, ending a Rambler five-game win streak.  Corson (3-4, R) and J-Peters (2-3, R, Save) had multiple hits.  Carson S. (3 IP, 2 H, 0 R) got the win.  FC/L (13-4, 16-4) takes second in the TRC-East to Caledonia (15-2, 17-3).  The Falcons are 1AA East’s 2-seed and will host 7-seed Cotter (9-10).