Errors and a late defensive break down led to Cerritos College Baseball’s fourth straight loss last Sunday afternoon against Golden West College.
The Falcon’s had lost to Golden West earlier in the season abut improved their performance this time; it was still not enough to get away with the win and they lost again, 6-8.
Cerritos started off with a solid performance and was 5-3 with two outs in the top of the seventh inning.
As the game progressed, however, the Falcons fell behind with their pitching and took away an 8-6 loss.
“We have a lot of season left, we just have to keep on fighting,” said head coach Jack Brooks about his team’s recent struggle to retain a positive record.
Freshman pitcher Nick Quezada pitched almost seven innings before handing the game over to bullpen.
Sophomore pitcher Tucker Woods took over at the end of the seventh inning and from then on the Falcon’s struggled to keep Golden west at bay.
After Woods let in three runs in the eighth inning, Kevin Hendrix took the rains but still couldn’t contain
The Falcon’s started off hitting well from the plate but too many outs were missed due to errors and the Rustlers got on base too often.
Brooks had his own interpretation of what had occurred. “We made errors, we kicked a couple balls, and we weren’t throwing strikes it’s as simple as that,” he said.
This game meant a lot to Brooks’ team because of their earlier loss its away game Feb. 10.
“We want every game but the earlier loss was no fun,” said Brooks.
Outfielder Adam Peacock said, “We came out wanting to get back at them and I thought we played pretty well we just kind of fell apart at the end.”
Peacock scored a two RBI single to put Cerritos in the lead before the last innings proved fatal for the Falcons.
“I felt like I did all right,” Peacock stated, “I could have done a little better at the end of the game and at my last at-bat.”
The Cerritos baseball team has been struggling so far in the season and currently has a 7-2 record.
“We felt good we just want to get a win,” added Peacock.
Cerritos’ next home game will be a rain make-up game that was rescheduled for Friday at 2pm against Los Angeles Valley College.
