The Inland Valley Pirates (13-20-1, 11-12) came up with a crucial conference victory against the Sunset League South Division champion Solana Beach Cardinals in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Cal Poly Pomona by a score of 6-2.
The Pirates broke a four-game losing streak with a five-run third inning after falling behind 1-0 in the top of the frame.
Jahshua Jones started off the rally with an RBI to tie it at 1-1. Landon Marshall cranked a two-run double to give the Pirates a 3-1 lead. Jonathan de Marte and Conlan McKenzie each tacked on another RBI.
The Pirates plated one more run in the fourth on an RBI single by Alec Petrone.
Breion Barron worked five solid innings and Josh Walker was outstanding in his two innings of relief.
| Pirates | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| 28 |  Barron, B |
5.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Walker, J | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.17 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Pirates | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Batter | P | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| 14 | Verrone, C | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| 12 | Jones, J | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .159 |
| 31 | Marshall, L | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .279 |
| 10 | Mckenzie, B | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .367 |
| 8 | de Marte, J | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| 33 | Mckenzie, C | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .471 |
| 7 | Cordoba, N | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| 4 | Anton, J | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 |
| 24 | Cooper, Q | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .170 |
| 5 | Petrone, A | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| 22 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||||
Batting
2B: L.Marshall (5), J.Anton (4).
HP: J.Jones (5).
RBI: J.Jones (7), L.Marshall 2 (6), J.de Marte (11), C.Mckenzie (3), A.Petrone (5).
SF: C.Mckenzie (1), A.Petrone (1).
CS: J.de Marte (1).
SB: C.Verrone (1).