Falcon outfielder Ruben Salazar said, “They (Vikings) were ready to play.

“We didn’t come ready to play. We struck out looking and left too many guys on base.”

The Cerritos College baseball team lost to Long Beach City College 7-1 Saturday at Kincaid Field.

The game was scoreless until Viking first baseman Billy Gwinn brought in Fernando Cortez to make the score 1-0.

In the top of the third inning, Luis Trinidad brought in Matt Kennison making the score 2-0. Randy Hyta then brought in Gwinn making the score 3-0.

Long Beach didn’t stop there.

The Vikings scored again in the top of the seventh inning.

After the Vikings’ Todd Marshall brought in Greg Wasick to lead 4-0, Gwinn drove in Cortez, Marshall and Stephen Pedroza to make the score 7-0.

The Falcons scored their only run in the bottom of the eighth, when Jesse Lugo brought in Joseph Ammirato.

Falcon outfielder Doyle Washington said, “We don’t play up to our potential. We didn’t put the ball in play.

“This team has so much potential. We have to play with the same intensity at every game.”

Falcon outfielder Carl Johnson said, “We got out played, because of our lack of intensity.

“We don’t come to play. We’ve got to come ready to play every game.”

Notes

The Long Beach game was the fourth in as many days for the Falcons due to the rescheduling of games that were postponed because of rain.

L.A. Harbor recorded a 10-2 win over Cerritos Mar. 7.

Erick Morales and Joe Lakey pitched complete games in the Birds’ victories over L.A. City, 6-3 in 10 innings Wednesday, and El Camino, 9-3 Thursday.