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The CW Davis Falcons faced the South Hall Knights on Tuesday evening, April 14, 2009. It was a long night at the ballpark and in the end the Falcons just didn’t have enough juice to push past the Knights. The final score was 9-7. It was obvious that the team had not been together for a game or practice in 2 weeks.

There were some positive notes for Tuesday’s game against the Knights. Mack Combs hit a triple deep to Right Center Field. Stephen Skeggs went 2 for 2 on the night improving his batting average to .500 for the season.

Last night, the Falcons played the Chestatee War Eagles. It was quite a blow out with a final score of 14-0. There were plenty of highlights that could be mentioned, but the most outstanding of all was the pitching performance of Brandon Benevento. The kid was on it all night. Benevento pitched the entire game which was called after 5 innings. He threw 46 pitches on the night and nearly threw a perfect game. Unfortunately, Benevento did give up 1 hit in the bottom of the 5th inning. Even so, a 1 hitter with no walks with just 46 pitches is insanely off the hook. That’s an average of 9.2 pitches per inning folks. I doesn’t get much better than that.

Offensively, it seems like everyone in the line-up reached base at least once and most reached either on a hit or by putting the ball in play. Stephen Skeggs entered the game in the bottom of the 4th inning and reached base on a Fielders Choice during his at bat in the top of 5th. He also came around to score.

We play again on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at Alberta Banks Park and then again on Sunday April 19, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. at Laurel Park.

The CW Davis Falcons won big again last night against Gainesville Red Elephants. This was a rematch that every player on the team was looking forward to, considering how the last game finished. The Falcons cleaned house with a final score of 13-4.

Andrew Miles pitched 4 solid innings and allowed only 2 runs. Brandon Benevento entered the game in relief in the 5th inning and then closed the game out in the 6th. Benevento also allowed 2 runs.

Micah McWhorter was super hot in Right Field last night. He made two incredible catches that would certainly have made the ESPN web gems segment. Catcher, Mack Combs made quite a few great stops behind the plate and threw out a runner trying to steal 3rd base. Offensively, Combs also burned the Red Elephants Center Fielder in the bottom of the 5th inning with a lead off double over the player’s head. Andrew Miles also pulled a double down the left field line. As well, Stephen Skeggs burned the left fielder with what should have been a double but unfortunately, it looked like Brad Brown slipped while he was running from first base so Stephen was held to a Single. Nevertheless, Skeggs went 1 for 2 on the night with 2 walks and a run scored. Skeggs ups his average to .458 for the season.

We play next on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at Laurel Park north of Gainesville. (Assuming the weather cooperates).