Erik Trask and the Inland Valley Pirates (17-13-1, 7-10) forced a power outage in Game 2 of the doubleheader against the Palm Springs Power (29-11, 12-6) on Monday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Pirates won Game 2 10-3.
Trask, who worked eight solid innings, allowed just four hits and three runs. Trask had a no-hitter through 6.1 innings.
The Pirates sprung out to a 2-0 lead in the first.
Drew Seelman and Greg Espinosa scored on RBI ground outs by Andrew Alvarez and Nick Costello.
The Pirates tacked on one more in the fifth to make it 3-0.
Seelman scored on another RBI by Alvarez.
Inland Valley added five more in the seventh to take an 8-0 lead.
The Pirates used six hits in the inning including a big two-run double by Jeff Nellis and another two-run knock by Nolan Henley.
The Power finally scored three times in the eighth, but the Pirates answered right back with two insurance runs in the bottom of the inning.
The Pirates and Power do battle again Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Palm Springs Stadium.
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nolan Henley | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Alvarez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Nellis | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Justin Gomez | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Thumm | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Hernandez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Seelman | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Costello | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Espinosa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
Batting2B: Andrew Alvarez, Jeff Nellis, Nick Hernandez, Drew Seelman
TB: Nolan Henley 3, Andrew Alvarez 3, Jeff Nellis 3, Justin Gomez 3, Jake Thumm, Nick Hernandez 3, Drew Seelman 2, Nick Costello 3, Greg Espinosa
RBI: Nolan Henley 2, Andrew Alvarez 2, Jeff Nellis 2, Justin Gomez, Nick Hernandez, Nick Costello
SF: Justin Gomez
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Trask | 8.0 | 0 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Andrew Matus | 1.0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 0 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
PitchingW: Eric Trask
HBP: Eric Trask