The Pirates (17-4, 8-3) completed the sweep of Team San Diego (16-9, 6-5) with a 4-0 shutout victory Saturday afternoon at Morley Field in San Diego.
Michael Koval (1-0) was electric allowing no runs and striking out 10 in 5.1 innings.
The Pirates jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning when Nolan Henley scored on an RBI double by Andrew Alvarez.
Inland Valley clung to that 1-0 lead all the way until the seventh inning when they added three insurance runs.
Greg Espinosa, Fernando Escobar and Dylan Lowenstein scored. Michael Johnson, Henley and Bryce Cherry knocked them in.
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Espinosa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonny Reynoso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Morabito | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Anthony Virgen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nathan Virgen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fernando Escobar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nolan Henley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Padlo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Alvarez | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Reynoso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryce Cherry Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Lowenstein | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Erautt | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Michael Koval | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .000 |
| Conlan McKenzie | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Kevin Glomb | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Totals | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | — |