Author: ivbaseball

The Inland Valley Pirates took Game 1 of the SBL semifinals over the Solana Beach Cardinals 4-3 at Torrey Pines High School on Tuesday afternoon.

After falling behind 2-0 on a Cole Klemke two-run homer, Inland Valley responded with two of their own in the fourth on three consecutive base hits. Alberto Vargas and Brennan McKenzie scored in the inning. Jonathan de Marte knocked in an RBI, but he was just getting started.

The Pirates tacked on another run in the fifth on an RBI single by Vargas scoring Mario Micketti to break a 2-2 tie.

De Marte blasted a home run over the left field fence to extend the margin to 4-2 in the top of the sixth.

Solana Beach cut the deficit in half to just one in the bottom of the inning, but the Pirates held on.

All three pitchers for the Pirates did well as Charlie Verrone earned the victory tossing the first five innings, Jake Geck pitched the sixth and seventh and Nathan Gilman was electric in his two shutout innings en route to the save.

Game 2 is scheduled for Wednesday night at 6 p.m. at Cal Poly Pomona.

Pirates
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
14	Verrone, C	5.0	2	2	2	3	0	3.38
26	Gilman, N	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	4.36
11	Geck, J	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	3.68
		9	4	3	3	4	3

Batting
HP: M.Micketti (6).
HR: J.de Marte (2).
RBI: A.Vargas (7), J.de Marte 2 (13).
CS: J.de Marte (2).
SB: J.Jones 2 (13).

The Inland Valley Pirates dropped the final game of the season 5-4 to the OC Surf on Sunday night at Cal Poly Pomona despite only allowing three hits for the game.

The Pirates took an early 2-0 lead in the second. Nolan Luzzi and Charlie Verrone scored. Breion Barron had an RBI.

Inland Valley extended the margin to 3-0 in the fourth on an RBI double by Quinn Cooper.

The Surf chipped away at the lead in the fifth scoring two runs on just one hit.

They added three more runs in the sixth inning to grab a 5-3 lead once again putting up a crooked number with just one hit in the inning.

The Pirates responded with one in the bottom of the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Aaron Bernal, but couldn’t find a way to make the full comeback.

Pirates
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
18	Patton, S	5.0	1	2	2	2	4	4.88
3	Walker, J	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	1.04
16	Whitt, T	0.0	1	3	3	2	0	15.19
27	Corona, A	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	4.50
		7	3	5	5	6	6

Pitching
WP: S.Patton 2 (2), T.Whitt (1).

Batting
2B: Q.Cooper (3).
HP: A.Vargas (5).
RBI: B.Barron (6), A.Bernal (1), Q.Cooper (7).
SF: A.Bernal (1).
SB: A.Vargas (5), N.Luzzi (5), C.Verrone (2).

The Inland Valley Pirates (13-21-1, 11-13) fell to the Solana Beach Cardinals in Game 2 of the doubleheader 6-5 after squandering a 5-4 lead in the final inning.

The game was a back-and-forth affair. The Cardinals scored once in the second and twice more in the fourth to grab a 3-0 lead.

The Pirates answered with four in the bottom of the fourth to take a 4-3 lead. Brennan McKenzie ripped in one RBI. Koby Glass had the two-run tying base hit. Zack Cooper had the go-ahead RBI groundout.

The Cardinals responded with the tying run in the fifth.

Inland Valley regained the lead in the sixth at 5-4 as Aaron Torres scored.

Unfortunately, the Pirates couldn’t hold on as the save was blown.

Luckily for the Pirates, the Saints fell later Friday night meaning Inland Valley had clinched the fourth and final playoff spot in the Sunset Baseball League.

The Pirates play next on Sunday at 7 p.m. at Cal Poly Pomona against the OC Surf.

Pirates
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
38	Swartz, B	4.0	4	3	3	1	3	6.91
16	Whitt, T	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	10.13
27	Corona, A	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	4.67
8	de Marte, J	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	9.00
		7	8	6	6	6	7

Pitching
BF: B.Swartz 16, T.Whitt 6, A.Corona 6, J.de Marte 7.
P-S: B.Swartz 55-32, T.Whitt 25-11, A.Corona 24-14, J.de Marte 23-13.
WP: T.Whitt (1), A.Corona 2 (2).

Batting
HP: A.Vargas (4).
RBI: B.Mckenzie (11), K.Glass 2 (6), Z.Cooper (5).
CS: A.Petrone (2).
SB: A.Torres (7), Z.Cooper (2).
Team LOB: 6.

Fielding
A: A.Vargas 2 (3), A.Petrone 4 (47), A.Torres (16).
CS: A.Vargas 2 (2).
E: A.Petrone (2).
PO: A.Vargas 8 (68), M.Micketti 6 (46), J.Hopkins 3 (23), K.Glass 2 (11), Z.Cooper (25), J.Katz (8).
SBA: A.Vargas 6 (39).
TC: A.Vargas 10 (76), A.Petrone 5 (70), M.Micketti 6 (48), J.Hopkins 3 (24), A.Torres (28), K.Glass 2 (38), Z.Cooper (29), J.Katz (8).

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

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).

The Inland Valley Pirates offense has struggled mightily over the past four games. Thursday night at Cal Poly Pomona against the Arroyo Seco Saints was no exception as the Pirates fell 10-0.

Pirates
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
9	Wade, K	4.0	9	6	6	0	3	7.14
26	Gilman, N	2.1	4	2	2	1	3	5.40
16	Whitt, T	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	10.39
43	Bates, S	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	5.14
27	Corona, A	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	4.85
		9	16	10	10	1	7

Batting
HP: A.Vargas (3), J.de Marte (5).
SB: L.Marshall (5).
Team LOB: 11.

Fielding
A: A.Petrone 2 (43), C.Verrone (12), K.Glass 3 (24), Z.Cooper (4), K.Wade (7), N.Gilman (1).
E: K.Wade (1).
PB: A.Vargas (5).
PO: A.Petrone (21), C.Verrone (8), A.Vargas 4 (60), L.Marshall 3 (93), A.Torres (11), B.Mckenzie 5 (54), M.Micketti 4 (40), J.Hopkins (20), J.Jones (20), H.Wright 3 (22), Q.Cooper (10).
SBA: A.Vargas 5 (33).
TC: A.Petrone 3 (65), C.Verrone 2 (25), A.Vargas 4 (66), L.Marshall 3 (106), A.Torres (27), B.Mckenzie 5 (62), M.Micketti 4 (42), J.Hopkins (21), J.Jones (21), H.Wright 3 (22), Q.Cooper (10), K.Glass 3 (36), Z.Cooper (28), K.Wade 2 (9), N.Gilman (1).

The Inland Valley Pirates (12-19-1, 10-11) fell in Game 2 of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the OC Surf by a 2-1 decision.

In the bottom of the third inning, Pirates first baseman, Jake Bryant, broke a scoreless tie with an RBI single to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead.

The Surf immediately answered back in the top half of the fourth inning, putting up two runs to take a 2-1 lead.

From there, the Pirate bats went silent, as the offense mustered just one hit from that fourth inning on, and fell to a 2-1 defeat.

Pirates starter, Zack Cooper pitched well, allowing just two runs on three hits while striking out four in four innings.

Relievers, Josh Walker, Schuyler Bates and Jonathan de Marte each turned in an inning of scoreless relief out of the bullpen.

The Pirates will have to regroup quickly and ready themselves for battle in an important conference matchup against the Arroyo Seco Saints on Thursday. With a win the Pirates would clinch a playoff spot.

Game time is set for 6:00 p.m. at Scolinos Field.

Pirates
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
29	Cooper, Z	4.0	3	2	1	2	4	1.93
3	Walker, J	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1.59
43	Bates, S	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	3.00
8	de Marte, J	1.0	1	0	0	2	2	6.75
		7	4	2	1	6	7

Pitching
BF: Z.Cooper 19, J.Walker 3, S.Bates 5, J.de Marte 6.
P-S: Z.Cooper 66-35, J.Walker 11-7, S.Bates 20-8, J.de Marte 27-14.
WP: Z.Cooper (1), S.Bates (1).

Batting
HP: B.Mckenzie (5).
RBI: J.Bryant (8).
Team LOB: 2.

Fielding
A: J.Anton 2 (20), L.Marshall (10), B.Mckenzie 3 (7), J.Jones (1), S.Bates (2).
CS: L.Marshall (1).
E: J.Anton (1).
PB: L.Marshall (5).
PO: L.Marshall 8 (90), N.Cordoba 2 (4), J.Jones 2 (19), J.Bryant 5 (46), C.Verrone 3 (7), S.Bates (1).
SBA: L.Marshall (25).
TC: J.Anton 3 (34), L.Marshall 9 (103), B.Mckenzie 3 (57), N.Cordoba 2 (4), J.Jones 3 (20), J.Bryant 5 (48), C.Verrone 3 (23), S.Bates 2 (3).

The Inland Valley Pirates (12-18-1, 10-10) were overwhelmed by the OC Surf 15-0 Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Pirates couldn’t mount any offense only notching five hits, and also making five costly errors as well.

Pirates
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
22	Bernal, A	3.0	8	7	5	0	2	4.50
33	Mckenzie, C	2.0	2	2	0	1	0	7.43
21	Katz, J	2.0	5	6	6	2	0	22.30
		7	15	15	11	3	2

Batting
2B: H.Wright (2).
HP: B.Mckenzie (4).

The Inland Valley Pirates (12-17-1, 10-9) failed to mount any offense Tuesday afternoon at Valencia High School against the OC Surf falling 3-0.

Charlie Verrone was excellent tossing six innings and allowing no earned runs on just four hits. He also struck out four.

The Surf scored an unearned run in the second and held a 1-0 lead all the way until the bottom of the eighth when they scored two insurance runs to extend the margin to 3-0.

The two teams will be back in action Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Cal Poly Pomona in a doubleheader.

Pirates
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
14	Verrone, C	6.0	4	1	0	3	4	3.32
27	Corona, A	2.0	3	2	2	0	2	5.04
		8	7	3	2	3	6

Batting
HP: J.de Marte (4).
SB: L.Marshall (4).

The Inland Valley Pirates (12-16-1, 10-8) swept the Signal Hill Oilers Sunday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona winning the second game by a score of 6-4.

Nick Cordoba doubled and scored in the first on a JP Hopkins RBI double to make it 1-0.

Signal Hill answered with one in the second to knot it up at 1-1.

Inland Valley responded with one of their own in the bottom of the second on a Cordoba RBI.

The Oilers took the lead in the third when they scored twice to make it 3-2. They tacked on another run in the fourth as they doubled their lead to two runs.

The Pirates got it all back and more in the bottom of the fourth when they scored four runs. Breion Barron, Jake Bryant, Hopkins and Jarrett Anton each had one RBI.

Pirates
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
18	Patton, S	3.0	6	3	2	3	5	5.21
16	Whitt, T	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	12.27
3	Walker, J	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	1.93
22	Bernal, A	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	3.13
8	de Marte, J	1.0	1	0	0	2	2	9.00
		7	10	4	3	8	7

Batting
2B: N.Cordoba (4), J.Hopkins (4).
HP: A.Vargas (2), J.Katz (2), C.Mckenzie (1).
RBI: N.Cordoba (2), J.Bryant (7), J.Hopkins 2 (4), J.Anton (2), B.Barron (5).

The Inland Valley Pirates (11-16-1, 9-8) defeated the Signal Hill Oilers 9-4 Sunday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Pirates took an early 1-0 lead in the second on a Mario Micketti RBI single.

They scored three more runs in the fourth to increase the margin to 4-0. Aaron Torres had a two-run single and Hayden Wright added an RBI knock.

The Oilers got one back in the fifth to make it 4-1, but Inland Valley went right back to work with three more runs in the bottom of the frame. Jonathan de Marte cranked in one run and Brennan McKenzie belted a two-run triple as the Pirates took a 7-1 lead.

Signal Hill cut the deficit in half to 7-4 in the sixth, but the Pirates had the answer once again. In the bottom of the sixth, Micketti knocked in his second RBI and Jahshua Jones had an RBI double.

Jake Geck pitched five solid innings earning the victory, while only allowing one run.

Pirates
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
11	Geck, J	5.0	6	1	1	2	2	3.62
33	Mckenzie, C	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	8.74
26	Gilman, N	1.0	4	3	3	0	2	4.50
		7	10	4	4	2	4

Batting
2B: L.Marshall (4), A.Torres (1).
3B: B.Mckenzie (1).
HP: A.Torres (1), H.Wright (1).
RBI: J.Jones (6), J.de Marte (10), B.Mckenzie 2 (10), A.Torres 2 (3), H.Wright (10), M.Micketti 2 (6).
CS: A.Petrone (1).
SB: A.Petrone (4), J.Jones (11), B.Mckenzie (3), L.Marshall (3).