The 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 | — |