The OC Bucs (1-1, 1-1) fell 5-4 to the NLB Waves on Sunday afternoon at Crean Lutheran High School.
The Bucs got off to a quick 3-0 lead in the first as Nick Reeser ripped an RBI base hit and Anthony Moreno knocked him in with an RBI single.
The Waves plated three in the third to knot it up at 3, and took a 4-3 lead in the sixth inning.
The Bucs answered with a run in the seventh to tie it at 4. Reeser added his second RBI of the day scoring Aaron Torres, but the Waves tallied one final run in their final at bat in the eighth to come away with the tough fought victory.
The Bucs play the OC Surf next on Thursday at Cal Poly Pomona. It will be the program’s first ever home game.
| OC Bucs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
| Jarrett Anton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Alex Campos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Cordova | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| David Grubaugh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| David Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Riley Manquen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Nicholas Michaels | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anthony Moreno | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Reeser | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Torres | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| SB: Manquen, Moreno, Reeser HBP: Manquen, Reeser SF: Reeser |
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| OC Bucs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | PT |
| Art Corona | 3.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Andrew Eppenbach | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Logan Grigsby (L) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |