Nick Quezada threw a complete game shutout to lead the Cerritos College baseball to a 4-0 victory over visiting Los Angeles Valley College, Friday afternoon.

The freshman pitcher earned his first victory of the season and his record is now 1-1.
“I was able to hit my spots with my slider and felt like I was just in groove all game,’ he said.

The Falcons have now won two straight games after losing their previous four-in-a-row and their record is 4-7.

“It is big for us and it is big for Nick because he was been a tough luck loser so far this season,” head coach Jack Brooks said.

He still see areas that the Falcons need to improve after the victory.

“Our offense was a little stagnate but that tends to happen when you have a great pitching performance,” he said.

The Monarchs were shorthanded for Friday’s game because of a bench clearing brawl the game before against Mt. SAC and their bench was suspended for running on to the field.

Quezada first victory at the college level came with his cousin Edgar Serrano behind the plate.

The two have been playing baseball together since the age of 4 and according to Serrano began catching his cousin as freshman in high school.

“I know what he wants to throw and how his ball moves so there defiantly a comfort level between us,” Serrano said. “I know how his fastball breaks down and in to right-handers and that helps because he is hard to catch because all the movement on his pitches.”

The Falcons have had a slow start to the season but Brooks is not worried.

“We have had a few injuries to key players” he said.

One player he is referring to is second basemen Joe Terry who has an all-American last season for the Falcons as a freshmen.

Brooks also thinks there a few things that need to improve.

“We really need someone to step up in our bullpen and we need to finish games off,” he said.