The Inland Valley Pirates defeated the Arroyo Seco Saints 13-9 Friday night at Jackie Robinson Field.
The Pirates got out to an early 10-3 lead, and held on for dear life seeing the margin come as close as two before plating two more insurance runs in the top of the ninth.
Brennan McKenzie was one of the stars finishing 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI.
Quinn Cooper added a couple hits and a couple RBI.
Nolan Luzzi was 5-for-5 and scored four times.
Justin Katz contributed three RBI and Alec Petrone had one of his own.
Kyle Wade earned the victory tossing five solid innings and striking out four.
The Pirates take on the Saints again at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Cal Poly Pomona.
| Pirates | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| 9 | Wade, K | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6.12 |
| 16 |  Whitt, T |
0.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13.50 |
| 18 | Patton, S | 1.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5.06 |
| 26 | Gilman, N | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 43 | Bates, S | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.60 |
| 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 7 | |||
Pitching
BF: K.Wade 22, T.Whitt 8, S.Patton 9, N.Gilman 5, S.Bates 5.
P-S: K.Wade 85-46, T.Whitt 36-13, S.Patton 32-20, N.Gilman 16-10, S.Bates 20-12.
| Pirates | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Batter | P | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| 5 | Petrone, A | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .272 |
| 2 | Torres, A | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| 12 | Jones, J | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 |
| 19 | Micketti, M | DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
| 8 | de Marte, J | 3B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .253 |
| 14 | Verrone, C | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| 10 | Mckenzie, B | 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .370 |
| 34 | Bryant, J | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| 31 | Marshall, L | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .306 |
| 1 | Vargas, A | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 |
| 17 | Luzzi, N | CF | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 |
| 15 | Wright, H | RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .174 |
| 4 | Anton, J | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| 21 | Katz, J | EH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .275 |
| 28 | Barron, B | EH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .161 |
| 24 | Cooper, Q | LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| 45 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | ||||
Batting
2B: A.Petrone (5), J.de Marte (1), B.Mckenzie (5), N.Luzzi (1), J.Katz (2), Q.Cooper (2).
HP: C.Verrone (1).
HR: B.Mckenzie (1).
RBI: A.Petrone (4), J.de Marte (9), B.Mckenzie 4 (8), J.Anton (1), J.Katz 3 (4), Q.Cooper 2 (6).
CS: J.Jones (2), N.Luzzi (1).
SB: J.de Marte 2 (5), N.Luzzi 2 (4), J.Anton (1).
Team LOB: 11.
Fielding
A: A.Petrone (39), A.Torres (15), L.Marshall (9), J.Anton 4 (17), K.Wade 2 (6).
E: C.Verrone (4).
FCS: L.Marshall (1).
PB: L.Marshall 2 (4), A.Vargas 2 (4).
PO: A.Petrone (20), A.Torres (10), B.Mckenzie 7 (49), J.Bryant 3 (35), L.Marshall 4 (77), A.Vargas 3 (51), N.Luzzi (11), H.Wright (19), J.Anton 2 (11), Q.Cooper 2 (8).
SBA: L.Marshall 2 (23).
TC: A.Petrone 2 (60), A.Torres 2 (26), C.Verrone (17), B.Mckenzie 7 (54), J.Bryant 3 (37), L.Marshall 5 (89), A.Vargas 3 (57), N.Luzzi (12), H.Wright (19), J.Anton 6 (28), Q.Cooper 2 (8), K.Wade 2 (7).