The 2014 season was an amazing one for the Pirates, but unfortunately they fell short of their goal of winning the SCCBL championship on Wednesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.
The Pirates (26-8, 12-4) lost 8-2 to the now four-time defending league champion Palm Springs Power (36-8, 12-4).
The Power jumped out to the early 1-0 lead in the first inning.
The Pirates answered with two runs in the second.
Kyle Garlick crushed a triple down the right field line and was scored by an RBI ground out by Jonny Reynoso.
Chaneng Varela followed in suit with another triple down the right field line and scored on a Fernando Escobar RBI ground out to give the Pirates a 2-1 lead.
On this day, it just wasn’t meant to be.
The Power scored one in the third and fourth to take a 3-2 lead and erupted for a five-run fifth inning to put the game out of reach.
| Batting | AB | R | 1B | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Espinosa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jonny Reynoso | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. David | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Morabito | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nathan Virgen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fernando Escobar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chaneng Varela | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Henley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Bernardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Alvarez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Kelley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryce Cherry Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Lowenstein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Garlick | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
3B: Chaneng Varela, Kyle Garlick
TB: Jonny Reynoso, Chaneng Varela 3, Andrew Alvarez, Kyle Garlick 3
RBI: Jonny Reynoso, Fernando Escobar
SB: Andrew Alvarez
| Pitching | IP | #P | TB | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Early | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Cody Erautt | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — |
| Ryan Romero | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Conlan McKenzie | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Totals | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |