WINNING THE HOME OPENER
The FC baseball squad welcomed Cerritos College to Hornet Field for its 2022 home opener and defeated the Falcons 2-1.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
|
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 5 | 1 |
The FC baseball squad welcomed Cerritos College to Hornet Field for its 2022 home opener and defeated the Falcons 2-1.
The Hornets completed a two-game sweep over the Falcons after beating them 12-0 on Kincaid Field on Thursday.
Fullerton's starting pitcher Jon Sarmiento (1-0) grabbed the win going 6 strong innings while allowing 3 hits, 1 run, 3 walks, and 5 K's. Angelo Aguilera came in relief throwing 3 innings of no-hit baseball. He earned the save dishing out 3 strikeouts with 0 walks.
Cerritos came up with the game's first run in the opening inning when Moses Dokes hit into a groundout to FC shortstop David Barrios that scored Julian Francois.
Fullerton snatched a run back in the 3rd inning when Miguel Ortiz punched a single through the right side scoring RJ Vanderhook.
FC scored the final and winning run in the 4th inning when Garet Crenshaw worked the count for a walk with the bases loaded bringing David Barrios across home plate.
A total of 5 hits were had by Fullerton players Garet Crenhaw, RJ Vanderhook, Miguel Ortiz, David Barrios (double to right), and Haku Dudoit.
Up Next: The Hornets (2-0 overall) travel down to the San Diego area where they will play at Southwestern College on Tuesday, February 1st. The first pitch goes out at 1:00 pm.
