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The Inland Valley Pirates (9-13-1, 7-6) defeated the South Bay Sliders 6-4 Friday night at El Camino College.

The Pirates fell behind 3-0 at the end of two, but answered in the fourth with three to tie it up. Jonathan de Marte and Jahshua Jones had an RBI in the frame.

The Pirates scored three more in the sixth to take a 6-3 lead. Jake Bryant ripped an RBI double to left field and Jones cranked a two-run double.

Art Corona worked two shutout innings and earned the win. Sean Patton was electric as he earned the save tossing the final two innings and striking out four.

The Pirates are in action again against the Sliders on Saturday at Cal Poly Pomona.

Pirates
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
14	Verrone, C	4.0	4	3	3	2	3	4.85
27	Corona, A	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	4.70
43	Bates, S	1.0	2	1	1	1	3	4.50
18	Patton, S	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	3.68
		9	8	4	4	4	11

Pitching
BF: C.Verrone 19, A.Corona 8, S.Bates 7, S.Patton 7.
P-S: C.Verrone 76-43, A.Corona 33-21, S.Bates 24-15, S.Patton 31-19.
WP: C.Verrone (1).

Batting
2B: J.Jones (2).
3B: M.Micketti (1).
HP: B.Mckenzie (2), J.Katz (1).
RBI: J.de Marte (8), J.Jones 3 (5).
SB: J.de Marte (3), B.Mckenzie (2), A.Vargas (4), J.Jones 2 (10).
Team LOB: 7.

Fielding
A: A.Petrone (36), J.de Marte (19), B.Mckenzie (3), L.Marshall (8), J.Anton 2 (12), C.Verrone 2 (9).
E: B.Mckenzie (1), L.Marshall (3).
PO: A.Petrone (16), J.de Marte (11), B.Mckenzie 7 (34), L.Marshall 11 (69), J.Jones 2 (15), J.Anton (9), H.Wright (18), J.Katz 2 (7), S.Patton (2).
SBA: L.Marshall 4 (20).
TC: A.Petrone 2 (53), J.de Marte 2 (31), B.Mckenzie 9 (38), L.Marshall 13 (80), J.Jones 2 (15), J.Anton 3 (21), H.Wright (18), J.Katz 2 (7), C.Verrone 2 (16), S.Patton (4).

The Inland Valley Pirates were defeated by the Long Beach Legends in a non-conference matchup at Scolinos Field by a score of 8-5.

The Legends got on the board first with a run in the top of the fourth inning to break a scoreless tie. The Legends scored another run in the top of the seventh to make it a 2-0 game.

The Pirates offense, which had been held to one hit through the first six innings, finally came alive in the bottom of the seventh. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Charlie Verrone stepped into the box and promptly unloaded the bases with a three-run double to give the Pirates a 3-2 lead.

In the bottom of the eighth, the Pirates tacked on two more runs, as back-to-back wild pitches chased home Landon Marshall and Jahshua Jones, giving the Pirates a 5-2 lead heading into the ninth inning.

However, it was the Legends, who had the final say, as they scored six runs in the top of the ninth to go up by a score of 8-5. The Legends set down the Pirates in order in the bottom of the ninth to secure the victory.

Aaron Bernal got the start for the Pirates and turned in three shutout innings.

The Pirates will try to quickly rebound as they head into a very important conference series against the South Bay Sliders. The first of those two games takes place on Friday at El Camino College. Game time is set for 5:00 p.m.

Pirates
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
22	Bernal, A	3.0	2	0	0	3	2	3.18
38	Swartz, B	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	7.71
3	Walker, J	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	4.50
33	Mckenzie, C	1.1	3	6	6	1	1	9.58
15	Wright, H	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0.00
		9	10	8	8	6	6

Pitching
BF: A.Bernal 15, B.Swartz 8, J.Walker 10, C.Mckenzie 10, H.Wright 4.
P-S: A.Bernal 53-31, B.Swartz 24-12, J.Walker 34-17, C.Mckenzie 24-14, H.Wright 13-9.
WP: J.Walker (1).

Batting
2B: C.Verrone (1).
HP: M.Micketti (5), K.Glass (1).
RBI: C.Verrone 3 (4).
CS: J.Jones (1).
SB: J.Jones (8).
Team LOB: 7.

Fielding
A: J.Hopkins (1), M.Micketti (1), J.de Marte (18), C.Verrone 2 (7), K.Glass 3 (18), C.Mckenzie (4), B.Swartz (1).
E: C.Verrone (3).
PO: A.Vargas 2 (44), L.Marshall 4 (58), J.Hopkins 2 (16), B.Mckenzie 5 (27), M.Micketti 4 (33), J.de Marte (10), C.Verrone (4), K.Glass (8), J.Katz (5), H.Wright 3 (17), Q.Cooper 2 (5), C.Mckenzie (4).
SBA: A.Vargas (23), L.Marshall (16).
TC: A.Vargas 2 (49), L.Marshall 4 (67), J.Hopkins 3 (17), B.Mckenzie 5 (29), M.Micketti 5 (34), J.de Marte 2 (29), C.Verrone 4 (14), K.Glass 4 (29), J.Katz (5), H.Wright 3 (17), Q.Cooper 2 (5), C.Mckenzie 2 (8), B.Swartz (1).

The Inland Valley Bucs (16-9, 5-7) won their fourth straight game Tuesday night at Cal Poly Pomona in a key league contest against the So Cal Bombers. The Bucs won 8-3.

Erik Trask pitched six outstanding innings and earned the victory, while only giving up four hits and allowing no runs.

Inland Valley jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI sacrifice fly by Andrew Alvarez.

The Bucs plated two more in the third. Brad Lewis had a sacrifice fly and Alvarez scored on a wild pitch.

Another run scored in the sixth when Jordan Hernandez belted an RBI double to the gap in right field as the Bucs extended their lead to 4-0.

Inland Valley doubled up the score in the seventh to make it 8-0. Lewis cranked an RBI double and Johnny Juarez blasted a three-run home run.

The Bucs don’t play again until Saturday when they travel to San Diego to play the Invaders in a double header at Madison High School.

Bucs
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
14	Trask, E	6.0	4	0	0	1	1	3.38
23	Battaglia, J	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.73
4	Haro, V	2.0	3	3	3	2	1	6.15
		9	9	3	3	3	4

Batting
2B: J.Hernandez 2 (9), N.Hernandez 2 (2), B.Lewis (8), S.Borson (4).
HR: J.Juarez (1).
RBI: J.Hernandez (5), A.Alvarez (4), B.Lewis 2 (14), J.Juarez 3 (3).
SF: A.Alvarez (1), B.Lewis (1).

The Inland Valley Bucs (15-9) were well on their way to a 10-run mercy rule in the top of the seventh with an 11-1 lead, but struggled to close it out as the Mission Trails Jackrabbits plated seven in the frame.

Inland Valley held on to win 12-10 at Grossmont College Sunday afternoon.

The Bucs scored first in the first inning on a Nic Hernandez RBI single.

Jake Scott belted an RBI single of his own in the second to make it 2-0.

The Bucs tallied another in the third to extend the lead to 3-0 on an RBI double by Sheldon Borson.

Inland Valley plated three more in the fifth as they doubled up the score to 6-0. Todd Yost, Borson and Dylan Lowenstein each produced one RBI in the inning.

The Bucs broke it open in the sixth scoring five more times to grab an 11-1 lead. Brad Lewis had an RBI single, Aaron McCann ripped a two-run single and Yost belted a two-run triple.

In the top of the seventh, seven runs scored for the Jackrabbits, who cut the deficit to 11-8.

Inland Valley scored once more in the eighth on McCann’s third RBI of the game and held on for dear life to take it by the final 12-10 margin.

Matt Goytia was sensational facing the minimum batter he could face in his five innings of work. He only allowed one hit and struck out seven. Jonathan Hopkins earned the save finishing out the final two innings.

Bucs
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
19	Goytia, M	5.0	1	0	0	0	7	3.29
32	Boardman, K	2.0	8	8	7	1	3	14.04
34	Hopkins, J	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	4.66
		9	12	9	8	2	12

Batting
2B: J.Hernandez (7), B.Lewis (7), S.Borson (3).
3B: T.Yost (1).
HP: M.Mora (1).
RBI: B.Lewis (12), N.Hernandez (5), A.McCann 3 (8), T.Yost 3 (6), S.Borson 2 (10), D.Lowenstein (7), J.Scott (6).
SF: D.Lowenstein (2).

The Inland Valley Bucs (14-9) won their second game in the San Diego 4th of July classic in a 5-4 nail biter against the La Jolla Sharks at Grossmont College on Saturday afternoon.

The Bucs fell behind 3-0 in the first inning, but answered with two in the second.

Michael Mora ripped a two-run single in the inning to cut the deficit to 3-2.

The Sharks made it 4-2 in the top of the third, but the Bucs fought back to tie it up in the bottom of the inning. Anthony Virgen cranked a two-run single.

No one scored again until the eighth inning when Virgen scored on an error by the second baseman for the Sharks.

Andrew Alvarez earned the win in 2.2 innings of relief. Jarrett Veiga got the save. Andre Henson was also very impressive in his first outing striking out four in just two innings of work.

Bucs
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
5	Olvaney, T	4.0	5	4	4	6	3	5.90
36	Alvarez, A	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0.00
9	Henson, A	2.0	1	0	0	1	4	0.00
33	Veiga, J	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	5.40
		9	7	4	4	8	8

Batting
2B: A.Virgen (1).
HP: A.Virgen (2), J.Hernandez (5).
RBI: A.Virgen 2 (10), M.Mora 2 (13).

The Inland Valley Bucs (13-9) defeated the Arizona Wildfire 5-3 Friday afternoon at San Pasqual High School.

After taking a 1-0 lead on a Justin Gomez RBI double, the Bucs fell behind 2-1 in the fourth.

In the fifth, the Bucs got three runs back. Aaron McCann had the big two-run single to make it a 4-2 ballgame.

The Bucs tacked on one more in the seventh as Drew Seelman came in to score.

Logan Lannon was outstanding, tossing 5.1 innings while allowing no earned runs and striking out eight.

Jacob Battaglia worked the final two innings and notched the save.

Inland Valley is now 1-0 in the San Diego 4th of July classic.

Bucs
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
54	Lannon, L	5.1	5	2	0	2	6	1.05
23	Battaglia, J	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	1.80
22	Maples, C	1.2	1	1	0	0	0	5.18
		9	6	3	0	4	7

Batting
2B: D.Seelman (2), J.Gomez (6).
HP: S.Borson (1).
RBI: J.Gomez (18), A.McCann 2 (5).
SB: A.Alvarez (1), A.McCann (1).

The Inland Valley Pirates won 12-0 against the OC Bucs on Tuesday at Orange Coast College.

Aaron Torres had a big game with three hits and two runs scored.

Nick Cordoba added two hits with one run and one RBI.

Alberto Vargas knocked in three and also scored once.

Batting
2B: B.Barron (1).
3B: A.Vargas (1), N.Cordoba (1).
HP: N.Cordoba (1).
RBI: H.Wright (9), A.Vargas 3 (5), B.Mckenzie (2), N.Cordoba (1).
SB: A.Torres 2 (6), J.Jones (7).

The Inland Valley Pirates (8-12-1) were defeated by the Arroyo Seco Sentinels in a non-conference match up at Scolinos Field by a final score of 15-3.

The Sentinels got on the board first with a run in the first inning off of starter and reigning SBL pitcher of the week, Kyle Wade.

Not to be outdone, the Pirates answered right back in the bottom of the first. With two on and two out, Justin Katz singled to drive in Alberto Vargas and tie the game at one. One batter later, JP Hopkins came home on a wild pitch, giving the Pirates a 2-1 lead. The Pirates stretched their lead to 3-1 when Katz came home on an RBI single by Quinn Cooper.

The lead was short-lived, however, as the Sentinels would take over, beginning in the third inning when they put up three runs to take a 4-3 lead.

In the fifth inning, the Sentinels put the game away scoring nine runs on eight hits to take a commanding 13-3 lead.

The Sentinels tacked on two more in the sixth inning and went on to win by a final count of 15-3.

Despite the offensive onslaught, pitchers, Jake Geck, Conlan McKenzie, Schuyler Bates and Justin Katz managed to turn in a scoreless outing in their inning of work.

The Pirates will have a chance to regroup over the All-Star break. They resume play on Thursday, July 7 against the Long Beach Legends. Game time is set for 6:00 PM.

Pirates
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
9	Wade, K	3.0	8	4	4	0	1	7.41
3	Geck, J	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	4.22
28	Barron, B	0.0	7	9	7	1	0	7.80
17	Swartz, B	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	9.00
22	Bernal, A	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	3.86
33	Mckenzie, C	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	5.00
39	Bates, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	3.00
21	Katz, J	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	20.65
		9	20	15	13	4	10

Pitching
BF: K.Wade 16, J.Geck 3, B.Barron 10, B.Swartz 4, A.Bernal 6, C.Mckenzie 5, S.Bates 4, J.Katz 5.
P-S: K.Wade 47-34, J.Geck 10-8, B.Barron 27-15, B.Swartz 17-10, A.Bernal 21-11, C.Mckenzie 17-10, S.Bates 16-9, J.Katz 22-13.
WP: B.Barron 5 (5).

Batting
2B: A.Patrone (4).
RBI: J.Katz (1), Q.Cooper (4).
SB: J.de Marte (2).
Team LOB: 11.

Fielding
A: A.Patrone 3 (35), J.de Marte (17), K.Glass (15), C.Mckenzie (3), K.Wade 3 (4).
CS: A.Vargas (1).
E: A.Patrone (1).
PO: A.Vargas 11 (42), J.Hopkins 2 (14), J.Jones 2 (13), N.Cordoba (2), M.Micketti 7 (29), B.Mckenzie 4 (22).
SBA: A.Vargas 6 (22).
TC: A.Patrone 4 (51), A.Vargas 11 (47), J.Hopkins 2 (14), J.Jones 2 (13), J.de Marte (27), K.Glass (25), N.Cordoba (2), M.Micketti 7 (29), B.Mckenzie 4 (24), C.Mckenzie (6), K.Wade 3 (5).

The Inland Valley Bucs (12-9, 4-7) dropped a key conference match up against the So Cal Bombers on Tuesday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs got out to a quick 4-0 lead, but ended up falling by a final of 10-7.

Inland Valley started with a bang in the first as Nic Hernandez cranked a three-run home run to make it 3-0.

Sheldon Borson doubled and scored in the second to increase the lead to 4-0.

The Bombers scored three in the fourth to make it a 4-3 ballgame.

The Bucs answered with a solo home run by Andrew Alvarez to give the Bucs a two-run lead.

The Bombers inched closer in the fifth with one run and took the lead for good in the sixth with two runs grabbing a 6-5 lead.

Bucs
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
14	Trask, E	6.0	7	6	6	3	1	4.36
4	Haro, V	3.0	3	4	4	4	1	5.55
		9	10	10	10	7	2

Batting
2B: J.Gomez (5), S.Borson (2).
HP: K.Jackson (3).
HR: N.Hernandez (1), A.Alvarez (1).
RBI: J.Gomez (17), N.Hernandez 4 (4), A.Alvarez (3).
SF: N.Hernandez (1).
CS: J.Hernandez (2).

The Inland Valley Bucs (12-8) got a wild victory on Monday night at Long Beach City College as they defeated the Signal Hill Oilers 9-8.

The Bucs fell behind 5-0 at the end of three, but fought back with nine runs in a row before seeing a four-run lead almost completely evaporate in the ninth.

The first run for the Bucs scored in the fourth inning on an RBI ground out by Jordan Hernandez.

Dylan Lowenstein and Brad Lewis scored in the fifth to make it 5-3.

Justin Gomez ripped an RBI single in the sixth and Kyle Jackson cranked a two-run double up the middle to break the tie and give the Bucs a 7-5 lead.

In the eighth, Inland Valley added two much needed insurance runs on a two-run single by Hernandez.

Kenny Boardman pitching 3.1 solid innings in relief striking out five and earning the pitching win.

Vini Haro notched the save.

The Bucs play again Tuesday at Cal Poly Pomona against the So Cal Bombers.

Bucs
#	Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
5	Olvaney, T	4.2	10	5	1	1	4	5.40
7	Boardman, K	3.1	3	1	1	1	5	8.53
34	Hopkins, J	0.2	1	2	2	4	0	4.67
4	Haro, V	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	4.64
		9	14	8	4	6	10

Batting
2B: K.Jackson (3), J.Gomez (4).
HP: T.Yost (2).
RBI: J.Hernandez 3 (4), K.Jackson 2 (12), J.Gomez (16).
CS: J.Scott (2).
SB: J.Scott (2).