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The Inland Valley Bucs were three outs away from suffering a disheartening loss to the Riverside Bulldogs on Friday night. They somehow managed to pull themselves off the deck and rally for an 8-7 victory at Scolinos Field.

The Bucs trailed 7-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth. Tommy Delgadillo led off with a single. Jacob Doty was hit by a pitch to put two runners on board. After Joey Riherd filed out. Patrick Vizcaino stepped up and perhaps saved the Bucs season. He deposited a pitch over the left field wall for his first home run of the season and tied the game at 7.

Inland Valley wasn’t done yet. Javier Rosales was hit by a pitch and advanced to second on a wild pitch. That set the stage for Todd Yost. He singled sharply to right forcing Rosales to hold at third. But the throw from right fielder Marcelo Arcos eluded first baseman Alex Rodriguez allowing Rosales to race home with the game winning run.

Earlier in the day the Bucs and Bulldogs completed a suspended game from June 25th. Inland Valley won it 9-3.

The SCCBL announced their All Stars for the upcoming game on Saturday, 7/8 at 7 PM in Palm Springs. The following Bucs will be part of the All Star team:

P – Jacob Castillo

P – Adrian Guzman

OF – Jordan Hernandez

P – Hayden Pearce

C – Joey Riherd

1B – Aaron McCann

P -Austin Nazabal

Christian Lyman will be representing the Bucs in the Home Run Derby before the game.

The Inland Valley Pirates split a non-league doubleheader with the San Diego Invaders Wednesday night.

The Invaders took game one 7-2 and Inland Valley won the nightcap 9-3 at Cal Poly Pomona.

In game one, San Diego scored six runs in the third inning off Pirates reliever Jake Geck.

Inland Valley’s Kristian Scott was 2-3 with 2RBI in a losing effort.

In game two, the Pirates trailed by a run heading into the bottom of the third. This time around it was Inland Valley who put together a big inning. The Pirates scored five times in the third on just two hits.

The offense was aided by bases loaded walk from Invaders reliever Kyle Gracey. San Diego also committed a pair of errors which resulted in two Pirate runs.

Kohto Hasegawa made his season debut on the mound in relief for Inland Valley. The right hander threw two innings, gave up one hit, struck out six, and earned the win.

The Pirates return to the field Friday when they host the Orange County Orioles.

The Inland Valley Pirates two-game winning streak came to an end as they were beaten 14-5 by the Orange County Surf.

Pirates starter Michael Gomez entered the game having thrown eleven straight scoreless innings. That streak came an abrupt end. Luke Hussung led off game with his first of two home runs. The Surf added two more runs and led 3-0 after half an inning.

Orange County’s offensive barrage continued in the second inning as they roughed up Gomez for seven more runs. The big blow was a three-run double by shortstop Zach Sehgal.

Gomez’s night was done after two innings. The Cal Poly Pomona right hander allowed 10 runs in just two innings.

The Pirates are off Monday, but return to action on Tuesday when they host the San Diego Invaders in a doubleheader.

Inland Valley’s (9-12-1) offense finally woke up in time to help the Bucs beat the Arroyo Seco Sentinels 4-2 Sunday afternoon.

Coming into the game the Bucs offense had mustered just one run in their last 19 innings. Once again, Inland Valley’s bats failed to make any noise as they trailed 2-1 going into the bottom of the eighth.

That’s when everything changed. Jacob Doty doubled with one out. Logan Gopperton, who entered the game in an 0-14 skid, delivered an RBI single to tie the game. After Todd Yost singled Rudy Casarez greeted new pitcher Morgan West with an RBI single and the Bucs led 3-2.

Inland Valley finished up the scoring on beautifully executed safety squeeze by Malcolm Smith.

Jake Castillo started for Inland Valley and pitched his best game of the season. He went seven innings, allowed five hits, one earned run, and struck out four.

The Bucs host the Palm Springs Power in a doubleheader Monday at Cal Poly Pomona.

Congrats to the seven Pirates announced to the North roster for the Sunset League All Star Game. The All-Star Game is set for Thursday, July 6 at 7 p.m. with a home run derby scheduled immediately before at 5:45 p.m at Cal Poly Pomona. Benny Aguilera will be representing the Pirates in the Home Run Derby.

Pitchers

24 Michael Gomez RHP – Cal Poly P – Sr / IV Pirates

34 Hunter Cooper RHP – Hope Inter Fr / IV Pirates

22 Cade Kirkemo LHP – Cal Poly P – So / IV Pirates

Catchers  

30 Christian Lopez – Cypress CC – So / IV Pirates

Infielders

3 Allan Dong SS – COD – So / IV Pirates

Outfield

12 Jahshua Jones – Holy Names – Jr / IV Pirates

Utility 15 Matt Manskar – Cal Poly Pomona – So / IV Pirates

The Inland Valley Bucs lost 2-0 to the Arroyo Seco Sentinels on Thursday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

It was the second straight game in which the Bucs offense failed to get untracked. Arroyo Seco held Inland Valley to just five hits. On Wednesday, the Bucs eked out a run on seven hits in a 2-1 10 inning loss to the SoCal Bombers.

Bucs right hander Hayden Pearce pitched well for Inland Valley. The Cal State San Bernadino product went five innings, allowed five hits, and two earned runs. His only mistake was a two-run homer by the Sentinels Darron Teson in the top of the fourth.

The Bucs have now lost two in a row. They return to action on Sunday at home against Arroyo Seco.