Five Straight Wins

The Kelowna Falcons exploded early on offense, and held on for a 10-6 win on Friday night in Yakima for their 5^th straight victory.

The Falcons started off strong in the first inning after Lane Lacrone singled and Kyle Plantier was hit by a pitch, Ben Gamba would drive in Lacrone with a base hit. Kelowna would then execute a double steal which allowed Hunter Villanueva to cash in a run.

2 batters later, Andre Jackson dropped one behind the 2^nd baseman for a pair of RBI’s to lead 4-0 after just half an inning.

Kelowna would add three more runs in the 2^nd inning thanks to Justin Flores, as he cashed in a pair with a single after a great bunt from Plantier and a pop out from Gamba. Joey Crunkilton would get his first hit and RBI of the WCL season driving in Flores to make it 7-0 in the 2^nd.

The Falcons would make it 10-0 in the 4^th inning thanks to RBI singles from Crunkilton, Jackson and Brandon Oliver.

Curtis Taylor would go 5 innings, giving up only 1 hit and striking out 6, picking up his 2^nd win of the season.

Joel Lamont provided 2.1 Innings of relief for the Falcons, getting a pair of strikeouts and allowing an unearned run in the 7^th inning, and was charged with a pair of runs in the 8^th after exiting the ballgame.

The Pippins had the gap closed to 10-4 after 8 complete innings, but the Falcons would get out of the 9^th inning with a pair of runs allowed again, to finish with a 10-6 victory, their 5^th in a row.

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