The Inland Valley Bucs (8-4, 2-2) fell 9-5 in a wild game at Madison High School against the Force that saw them erase two four-run deficits.
The Bucs made three errors in the first inning and allowed four unearned runs falling behind 4-0.
After getting one run back in the second, the Force responded with another run in the bottom of the inning to make it 5-1.
Inland Valley crept closer with one more run in the third on a sacrifice fly by Michael Mora that scored Jake Scott.
The Bucs tied the game in the fifth as Justin Gomez blasted a three-run homer over the right field fence.
The score remained 5-5 until the bottom of the eighth when the Force went on a two-out rally and Nick Zaharion cranked the go-ahead RBI.
| # | Batter | P | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Seelman, D | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| 10 | Scott, J | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .162 |
| 25 | Gomez, J | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .457 |
| 44 | Mora, M | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| 43 | Virgen, A | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .462 |
| 24 | Borson, S | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .278 |
| 27 | Gaskin, A | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .136 |
| 35 | McCann, A | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| 16 | Vargas, G | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| 20 | Lewis, B | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .355 |
| 8 | Jackson, K | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .440 |
| 77 | Ellis, W | OF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| 98 | Alvarez, A | 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| 30 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
Batting
HP: J.Scott (1), J.Gomez (1), A.Virgen (1).
HR: J.Gomez (1).
RBI: J.Gomez 3 (11), M.Mora (8).
SF: M.Mora (1).
SB: A.Virgen (3), K.Jackson (2).
| Bucs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| 23 | Battaglia, J | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1.06 |
| 55 |  Nimmo, G |
3.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14.73 |
| 54 | Lannon, L | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.88 |
| 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | |||