The Falcons were swept by rival Long Beach City College in a three-game series, pushing the teams losing streak to nine.

Cerritos has now dropped to 3-11 in conference play and are now fourth in the conference only above EC-Compton.

The Falcons scored a total of eight runs throughout the series and left 33 men on base.

Shortstop Ramon Bramasco said, “the problem all season is we leave a lot of guys on base and don’t cash in, that’s the story of the season.”

In game one, Cerritos fell behind two runs, but answered back in the seventh with two of their own to tie the game.

The Vikings then took a one-run lead before the Falcons answered back to tie the game at three heading into the bottom of the ninth.

Long Beach then scored an unearned run in the bottom of the ninth to close out the game.

The Falcons ended the game with one more hit than the Vikings (10), and both teams left 13 men on base throughout the game, but Cerritos was still unable to defeat Long Beach.

In game two the Falcons took a two-run lead by the fourth inning and and held the Vikings scoreless until the seventh.

In the top of the seventh the Vikings took advantage of the Falcons scoring four runs and taking the lead.

Long Beach would go on to score three more and win the game 7-4.

Head coach Ken Gaylord said, “We’re trying to be too perfect.”

The Falcons left nine men on base off 11 hits, but the bullpen wasn’t able to hold the Vikings with every pitcher allowing at least one run or walk.

In the final game of the series the Falcons took a two-run lead scoring a run in the top of the first and second.

Long Beach would score three runs in the bottom of the second to take the lead, and would add another run in the fourth to take a 4-2 lead.

Cerritos attempted to battle back and scored a single run in the top of the seventh, but they were unable to tie the game and would lose and give the Vikings a series sweep.

The Falcons have now played six conference series, and despite the team’s batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage going up in conference play the team has only come away with three wins.

During the same stretch, the team’s ERA has risen and the team’s strikeouts per nine innings has gone down, meaning on an average they have struck out less batters .

Gaylord said, “To win you have to throw strikes, you have to play catch and you have to put the ball into play, we usually do one but not the other two.”

The Falcons are now four games behind third place LA Harbor, six behind second place Long Beach and 11 behind first place El Camino.

Bramasco said, “We’ve got to start playing like every game is our last, It’s just that one pitch, that one hit and the wheels will get rolling.”

Gaylord concluded, “We’re all freshman, they’re good kids and good students and we’re in [the game] but we have to get that big hit.”

The Falcons began their three-game conference series versus EC-Compton Tuesday and defeated the Tartars’s 4-0 in game one Tuesday.

The win snapped the nine-game losing streak.