Pirates Walkoff Against Oaks

The Inland Valley Pirates (12-10-1) walked off on a Jake Thumm RBI single Friday afternoon at UCSB against Conejo Oaks.

The Pirates won 9-8.

Inland Valley fell behind 1-0 in the top of the first, but answered with three in the bottom half of the inning.

Johnny Juarez crushed a two-run triple to the right center gap and came home on a wild pitch to give the Pirates a 3-1 lead.

Oaks fought back with five unanswered runs to grab a 6-3 lead heading to the bottom of the fifth.

The Pirates got another three-run inning in the fifth to knot it up at 6 apiece.

Nick Hernandez and Juarez provided the RBI in the inning as Jeff Nellis, Chaneng Varela and Hernandez each scored.

Conejo regained the lead at 8-6 in the eighth, but the Pirates fought until the bitter end.

Inland Valley for the third time in the game got a three-run inning, this time in walkoff fashion in the ninth.

Varela had the tying two-run double and Thumm ripped the game-winning RBI.

Andrew Matus was great in relief retiring all six hitters he faced.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 4 0 1 0 0 1
Chaneng Varela 5 2 3 2 0 1
Tyler Urbach 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jeff Nellis 3 2 1 0 1 0
Justin Gomez 2 1 1 0 3 0
Jake Thumm 4 0 1 1 1 1
Nick Hernandez 5 2 1 1 0 0
Drew Seelman 4 1 2 0 0 0
Nick Costello 3 0 1 0 0 1
Johnny Juarez 5 1 3 3 0 1
Totals 35 9 14 7 6 5

Batting2B: Chaneng Varela, Drew Seelman
3B: Johnny Juarez
TB: Jonny Reynoso, Chaneng Varela 4, Jeff Nellis, Justin Gomez, Jake Thumm, Nick Hernandez, Drew Seelman 3, Nick Costello, Johnny Juarez 5
RBI: Chaneng Varela 2, Jake Thumm, Nick Hernandez, Johnny Juarez 3
FC: Nick Hernandez
HBP: Jeff Nellis, Nick Costello

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Conlan McKenzie 1.0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0
Eric Trask 5.0 0 0 11 6 4 1 4 0
Andrew Matus 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Nick Hernandez 1.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 0 16 8 6 1 5 0

PitchingW: Nick Hernandez
HBP: Eric Trask 2

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