The Inland Valley Pirates (10-16-1, 8-8) fell 4-3 to the Arroyo Seco Saints Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Pirates fell behind 2-0 in the first, but got both back immediately in the bottom of the frame. Alberto Vargas cranked an RBI triple to left field scoring Alec Petrone. Vargas came home on a wild pitch to knot it up at 2-2.
The Saints scored one in the fifth to break the tie, but Inland Valley answered in the seventh as Mario Micketti came through with the tying RBI.
Unfortunately, Arroyo Seco loaded the bases in the top of the ninth and Spencer Rouse knocked in the winning run.
Breion Barron pitched six solid innings and struck out six, while allowing three runs.
The Pirates take on the Signal Hill Oilers in a doubleheader at Cal Poly Pomona Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.
| Pirates | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| 28 | Barron, B | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6.48 |
| 38 |  Swartz, B |
2.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6.97 |
| 3 | Walker, J | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.45 |
| 9 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Pitching BF: B.Barron 29, B.Swartz 13, J.Walker 3. P-S: B.Barron 96-64, B.Swartz 48-25, J.Walker 11-7. WP: B.Barron 2 (2). |
| Pirates | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Batter | P | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| 5 | Petrone, A | SS | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| 4 | Anton, J | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
| 6 | Hopkins, J | EH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .263 |
| 2 | Torres, A | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| 1 | Vargas, A | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| 31 | Marshall, L | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| 8 | de Marte, J | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
| 10 | Mckenzie, B | DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .362 |
| 33 | Mckenzie, C | DH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
| 17 | Luzzi, N | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .289 |
| 12 | Jones, J | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .173 |
| 34 | Bryant, J | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 |
| 19 | Micketti, M | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .244 |
| 13 | Glass, K | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .114 |
| 14 | Verrone, C | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
| 15 | Wright, H | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .163 |
| 24 | Cooper, Q | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 |
| 21 | Katz, J | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| 32 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Batting
2B: A.Petrone (6).
3B: A.Vargas (2).
HP: J.de Marte (3), B.Mckenzie (3), J.Jones (4).
RBI: A.Vargas (6), M.Micketti (4).
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
A: A.Petrone 2 (41), J.Anton (18), J.de Marte (21), M.Micketti (2), K.Glass 3 (21), C.Verrone 2 (11).
E: C.Verrone (5).
PO: J.Anton 2 (13), A.Vargas 5 (56), L.Marshall 5 (82), J.de Marte (12), N.Luzzi (12), J.Jones 2 (17), J.Bryant 6 (41), M.Micketti 3 (36), K.Glass (9), Q.Cooper (9).
SBA: L.Marshall (24).
TC: A.Petrone 2 (62), J.Anton 3 (31), A.Vargas 5 (62), L.Marshall 5 (94), J.de Marte 2 (35), N.Luzzi (13), J.Jones 2 (17), J.Bryant 6 (43), M.Micketti 4 (38), K.Glass 4 (33), C.Verrone 3 (20), Q.Cooper (9).