6-Run 8th is Pirates Undoing

pirates gm 26The Pirates (23-6, 10-4) suffered an uncharacteristic 10-6 loss to the San Diego Force (33-7) Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

After falling behind 1-0 in the first inning, the Pirates immediately responded with a two-spot in the bottom of the first.

Chaneng Varela singled, swiped third base and scored on an error. 

Kyle Garlick drove in Fernando Escobar to give Inland Valley a 2-1 lead.

The Force answered with one in the third to tie it up at 2-2.

San Diego doubled their score in the seventh to grab a 4-2 lead.

The Pirates fought back notching two of their own in the bottom of the seventh.

Jacob Bernardy and Christian Kelley scored on a two-run double by Alec Morabito that knotted the game up at 4-4.

The Force went right back to work in the eighth plating six runs to regain the lead at 10-4.

Inland Valley scored two more runs in the bottom of the eighth as Varela scored for the second time and Anthony Virgen knocked in Andrew Alvarez.

Batting AB R 1B H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
Michael Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alec Morabito 2 0 0 1 2 0 1
Anthony Virgen 2 0 1 1 1 0 1
Nathan Virgen 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jorge Ortega 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fernando Escobar 3 1 1 1 0 1 0
Chaneng Varela 4 2 1 1 0 0 1
Nolan Henley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Padlo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
Andrew Alvarez 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
Christian Kelley 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
Bryce Cherry Jr. 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dylan Lowenstein 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kyle Garlick 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 36 6 6 8 4 1 7

2B: Alec Morabito, Christian Kelley
TB: Jonny Reynoso, Alec Morabito 2, Anthony Virgen, Nathan Virgen, Fernando Escobar, Chaneng Varela, Jacob Bernardy, Christian Kelley 2
RBI: Alec Morabito 2, Anthony Virgen, Kyle Garlick
ROE: Kyle Garlick
FC: Chaneng Varela, Andrew Alvarez
HBP: Nathan Virgen, Kyle Garlick
SB: Anthony Virgen, Fernando Escobar, Chaneng Varela

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Cody Erautt 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Alec Morabito 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 .000
Aaron Reynoso 1.0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Andrew Alvarez 1.0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Jordan Scheftz 1.0 0 0 3 6 3 2 0 0 .000
Ryan Romero 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jack Johnson 2.0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 12 10 5 5 4 0

 

 

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