The Inland Valley Pirates (17-14-1, 7-11) struggled to a 10-1 loss to the Palm Springs Power (30-11, 13-6) Tuesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.
The Power did all of their damage from innings two through five scoring twice in the second, four times in the third, and twice in the fourth and fifth jumping out to a 10-0 lead.
The Pirates finally responded with one run in the seventh on a Sergio Robles RBI single that scored Nick Costello.
The Pirates look to regroup in their final game of the regular season Wednesday night at Palm Springs Stadium at 7 p.m.
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Jackson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonny Reynoso | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Henley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff Nellis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Justin Gomez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Thumm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Hernandez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Drew Seelman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sergio Robles | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Costello | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Espinosa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Batting2B: Nick Costello
TB: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Andrew Alvarez, Jeff Nellis, Nick Hernandez, Sergio Robles, Nick Costello 3, Greg Espinosa
RBI: Sergio Robles
CS: Greg Espinosa
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Early | 1.0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Eppenbach | 6.0 | 0 | .000 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Hernandez | 1.0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Alsworth | 0.0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 0 | — | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
PitchingL: Andrew Eppenbach
HBP: Andrew Eppenbach
WP: Andrew Eppenbach