The Cerritos College men’s baseball team got off to a slow start in Tuesday’s, Feb. 2, 3-1 loss against the Glendale Vaqueros.

Starting pitcher Jacob Carter, led the Falcons through the first three innings with the score being tied at zero.

The Falcons, also known as the ‘Birds,’ were able to get runners on base early in the game but we unable to finish, leaving five players left on base at the end of three innings.

“As a team, were good at getting runners on base[…] we just had a problem finishing,” said second baseman Derrick Edwards.

Cerritos made a total of three pitching changes starting with, Sean Kinnicutt, midway through the top of the fourth.

The team then picked up the tempo during the bottom of the fourth inning with two walks putting runners on first and second.

This led the Vaqueros to its first pitching change with center fielder Mark Pena up to bat.

Pena swung and hit a line drive down the middle allowing Edwards to score the first run of the game.

The game continued at a slow pace with both teams getting runners on base, but neither able to score runs.

As the sixth inning began, Cerritos was on the defensive, and made there first mistake.

The errors caused Cerritos to lose the lead as the first error of the game led to Glendale’s first run.

“We didn’t play to our full potential,” closing pitcher Jerald Johnston said.

With a race against the sunset, Glendale went on the defensive inhibiting Cerritos from scoring any runs.

In the final inning, the team dug itself into a hole it could not climb out of by committing two errors which led to Glendale’s final two runs of the game.

Cerritos was unable to get the runs back in the bottom of the ninth inning and the game ended 3-1.

“We could have played better,” Johnston said abruptly.