The Inland Valley Buccaneers (9-12-2) notched their second tie of the season Monday night at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Bucs tied the Long Beach Legends 5-5 and ended due to darkness at the end of the 10th inning.
The Legends got out to an early 2-0 lead before the Bucs scored their first run in the bottom of the second.
Hershel Gardner scored on a wild pitch.
In the top of the third, the Legends scored three times to extend the margin to 5-1.
Inland Valley fought back with one in the bottom of the frame on a Gardner RBI single to make it a 5-2 score.
The score remained the same until the Bucs’ final at bat.
In the bottom of the ninth, Kevin Riley, DJ Peters and Johnny Juarez all drew bases loaded walks to tie the game up at 5.
The Bucs left bases loaded in the ninth and 10th innings and couldn’t finish the dramatic come-from-behind victory.
Randall Ortiz tossed three great innings in relief, allowing no hits and striking out two.
The Bucs travel east to Palm Springs to take on the first place Power at 7 p.m. at Palm Springs Stadium Tuesday.
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Seminaris | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Breyer Gayle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JP Hopkins | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brendan Campbell | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Riley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Blake Vandegrift | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Johnny Juarez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Hershel Gardner | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Majher | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Morreale | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| DJ Peters | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 8 |
Batting2B: Blake Vandegrift, DJ Peters
TB: Anthony Seminaris, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell, Blake Vandegrift 2, Johnny Juarez 2, Hershel Gardner 3, Joe Morreale, DJ Peters 2
RBI: Kevin Riley, Johnny Juarez, Hershel Gardner, DJ Peters
ROE: Joe Morreale
FC: Blake Vandegrift, Hershel Gardner
SB: Hershel Gardner
| Pitching | IP | #P | TB | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randall Ortiz | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Gerardo Ramirez | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Jacob Taylor | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Daniel Sandoval | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Totals | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — |