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All Stars Named

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The Inland Valley Baseball Association will have nine all-stars participating in Saturday night’s SCCBL vs OCCL All-Star Game.

The Pirates will send Justin Gomez, Nick Hernandez, Kyle Jackson and Chaneng Varela.

Gomez had a great summer hitting .365, while knocking in 14 RBI and scoring 13 times.

Hernandez finished at a .368 clip and ripped in 13 RBI and scored 16 runs.

Jackson will be making his second all-star game appearance after hitting higher than .300 for the third consecutive season for the Pirates. He ended with a .318 average, while scoring 16 runs and belting in 11 RBI.

Varela was one of the most consistent hitters on the team. He brings a .350 average and 14 RBI to go along with 13 runs scored to the SCCBL all-star team.

The Bucs will send Breyer Gayle, Jonathan Hopkins, DJ Peters and Kevin Riley.

Gayle hit .392 scoring 13 runs and cranking 10 RBI.

DJ Peters boasted a .391 clip to go along with a .487 OBP. Peters scored 13 times, while belting in six RBI including two home runs.

Hopkins was lights out all season on the bump. The left-handed pitcher threw 41.2 innings and struck out 33, while boasting a 2.38 ERA and 1.15 WHIP.

Riley makes his second consecutive all-star game with a .302 batting clip, 18 runs scored and 14 RBI.

The OC Bucs will send Jarrett Anton to the OCCL team. Anton hit .396 and scored 19 runs, while driving in 10 including two home runs.

OC Bucs Season Ends

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The OC Bucs (14-14) saw their season come to the end at the hands of the So Cal White Sox by a 5-1 loss Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

David Johnson produced the lone RBI and OCCL all-star Jarrett Anton scored the only run that the OC Bucs scored.

Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Jarrett Anton 2 1 1 0 0 0
Jacob Blackiston 2 0 1 0 0 0
Nick Cordova 1 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Douglas 2 0 0 0 1 0
David Grubaugh 1 0 0 0 0 1
David Johnson 2 0 0 1 0 1
Riley Manquen 2 0 0 0 0 1
Austin McGilvra 1 0 0 0 0 1
Nicholas Michaels 3 0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Moreno 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nolan Powers 1 0 0 0 2 0
Nick Reeser 3 0 0 0 0 3
Aaron Torres 4 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 25 1 2 1 3 9
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Jacob Battaglia (L) 2.0 2 1 1 4 5 0
Tristian Cisneros 3.0 2 1 1 1 4 0
Art Corona 0.2 1 1 0 0 2 0
Erik Gonzalez 1.1 0 2 2 0 2 0
Logan Grigsby 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0

Pirates Lose Heartbreaker

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The Inland Valley Pirates (17-15-2, 7-12-1) dropped a heartbreaking 7-6 game to the Palm Springs Power (31-11, 14-6) Wednesday night at Palm Springs Stadium as the Power walked off on a wild pitch.

The Pirates had a 6-1 lead in the seventh, but gave up five in the seventh and the winning run in the ninth.

The result means the two teams will see each other again in just five days in the first round of the SCCBL playoffs.

The Pirates took a 2-0 lead in the fifth before the Power answered with one in the bottom of the frame.

Inland Valley plated four in the seventh, but Palm Springs responded with five in the bottom of the inning to knot it up at 6.

Ryan Alsworth tossed six standout innings, while striking out three and only allowing one run.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 5 0 2 1 0 1
Jonny Reynoso 1 0 1 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 4 1 1 1 0 2
Jacob Bernardy 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 3 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Alvarez 4 0 0 0 0 1
Jason Padlo 3 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Marshall 2 0 0 1 0 0
Jeff Nellis 1 1 0 0 1 0
Justin Gomez 2 1 1 0 0 0
Nick Hernandez 2 0 0 0 0 1
Drew Seelman 0 2 0 0 3 0
Sergio Robles 2 1 1 1 0 1
Nick Costello 5 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 35 6 7 4 4 8

Batting2B: Nolan Henley
3B: Sergio Robles
TB: Kyle Jackson 2, Jonny Reynoso, Nolan Henley 2, Justin Gomez, Sergio Robles 3, Nick Costello
RBI: Kyle Jackson, Nolan Henley, Nick Marshall, Sergio Robles
HBP: Drew Seelman

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Brett Early 2.2 0 .000 3 1 1 3 2 0
Andrew Matus 0.0 0 .000 3 5 5 0 2 0
Ryan Alsworth 6.0 0 — 6 1 1 3 0 0
Totals 8.2 0 — 12 7 7 6 4 0

PitchingL: Brett Early

Bucs Split with Riptide

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The Inland Valley Bucs (13-15-2, 8-11) split the season series with the OC Riptide (15-19-1, 12-8) on Wednesday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs won 10-3 in the final game of the set and will renew the rivalry next Monday in the first round of the SCCBL playoffs.

For the first seven innings, it was a back-and-forth affair until the Bucs used a six-run eighth inning to put the game out of reach.

Randall Ortiz was sensational tossing 6.2 innings and striking out six, while not allowing an earned run.

The Riptide got out to a 1-0 lead in the first.

The Bucs answered with one in the third on a Kevin Riley RBI double, but he was just getting started.

Inland Valley grabbed a 2-1 lead in the fifth as Brendan Campbell crossed home plate.

The Riptide fought back with two in the seventh to regain the lead at 3-2.

The Bucs responded with two of their own in the bottom of the frame to rip the lead away for good.

Riley had his second RBI double of the day to tie it at 3-3 and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.

In the ninth, things got out of hand for the Riptide as the Bucs came through with six runs.

JP Hopkins had a tw0-run knock.

Riley cranked his third double down the left field line, this time scoring two for a total of four RBI and scored his second run of the game as well.

Bryce Brooks rounded out the scoring with an RBI ground out.

Jacob Taylor hurled 2.1 innings and recorded his first victory of the season.

The Bucs travel south to Madison High School to face the San Diego Force in their regular season finale at 5 p.m. on Friday.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Breyer Gayle 2 0 0 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 4 3 3 1 0 1
Connor Steer 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 3 2 1 0 1 0
Kevin Riley 5 2 3 4 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 1
Johnny Juarez 3 0 1 0 2 0
Hershel Gardner 4 1 1 0 0 1
Matt Majher 5 1 0 0 0 0
Diego Cortes 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bryce Brooks 4 0 0 1 0 1
DJ Peters 5 1 1 0 0 2
Totals 38 10 10 6 4 7

Batting2B: Brendan Campbell, Kevin Riley 3
TB: JP Hopkins 3, Brendan Campbell 2, Kevin Riley 6, Johnny Juarez, Hershel Gardner, DJ Peters
RBI: JP Hopkins, Kevin Riley 4, Bryce Brooks
ROE: Kevin Riley, Hershel Gardner 2
HBP: Bryce Brooks
SB: JP Hopkins

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Randall Ortiz 6.2 0 .000 4 3 0 6 1 0
Jacob Taylor 2.1 0 .000 2 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 — 6 3 0 7 1 0

PitchingW: Jacob Taylor

Pirates and Force Tie

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The Inland Valley Pirates and the San Diego Force have officially tied 5-5 in a game played at Madison High School earlier in the season.

The final score was 5-5.

It was a back-and-forth game that saw lead changes and ultimately was called due to darkness.

Erik Trask was exceptional tossing 7.2 innings, while striking out five. He allowed three earned runs, but unfortunately for the Pirates, two unearned runs are what the Force used to tie and take a late 5-4 lead.

The Pirates responded by tying it right back up.

Jeff Nellis had a big day at the dish going 3-for-5 with two RBI.

Michael Deceglie scored twice.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 5 0 1 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 3 0 0 0 1 0
Jacob Bernardy 1 1 1 1 1 0
Chaneng Varela 4 1 1 0 0 1
Jason Padlo 4 0 2 0 0 1
Nick Marshall 4 0 1 0 1 1
Michael Deceglie 2 2 1 0 2 0
Jeff Nellis 5 0 3 2 0 1
Nick Hernandez 3 1 1 0 2 1
Drew Seelman 2 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 4 7 5

Batting2B: Nick Marshall, Jeff Nellis
TB: Kyle Jackson, Jacob Bernardy, Chaneng Varela, Jason Padlo 2, Nick Marshall 2, Michael Deceglie, Jeff Nellis 4, Nick Hernandez
RBI: Jacob Bernardy, Jeff Nellis 2, Drew Seelman
SAC: Chaneng Varela, Michael Deceglie
SF: Drew Seelman
ROE: Nolan Henley
FC: Kyle Jackson

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Brett Early 1.0 0 .000 1 0 0 2 0 0
Eric Trask 7.2 0 .000 6 5 3 5 4 0
Jarrett Veiga 0.1 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 — 9 5 3 7 4 0

PitchingHBP: Eric Trask 2, Jarrett Veiga

Bucs Sucomb to Riptide

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The Inland Valley Bucs (12-15-2, 7-11) lost 12-5 to the OC Riptide on Tuesday afternoon at Vanguard University.

A variety of physical and mental errors contributed to a three-run third and five-run fourth inning to give the Riptide an 8-0 lead at the end of the fourth.

The Riptide built the lead to 12-0 after scoring twice in the sixth and seventh innings.

The Bucs fought back with four in the eighth and one in the ninth to make it a more respectable final score.

Joseph Morreale and Blake Vandegrift had RBI knocks and Bryce Brooks ripped a two-run single in the eighth.

Matt Majher had the RBI single in the ninth.

The Bucs will look for a measure of revenge Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona at 5 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
JP Hopkins 1 1 1 0 1 0
Kevin Riley 5 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 4 0 2 1 0 0
Shamon Moss 4 0 0 0 1 1
Johnny Juarez 2 1 0 0 3 0
Hershel Gardner 3 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Majher 3 1 2 1 1 0
Joe Morreale 5 1 1 1 0 0
Bryce Brooks 4 0 3 2 0 0
DJ Peters 5 1 3 0 0 1
Totals 36 5 12 5 6 3

Batting2B: Blake Vandegrift
TB: JP Hopkins, Blake Vandegrift 3, Matt Majher 2, Joe Morreale, Bryce Brooks 3, DJ Peters 3
RBI: Blake Vandegrift, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale, Bryce Brooks 2
SAC: Matt Majher
ROE: Blake Vandegrift
CS: Blake Vandegrift

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Jonathan Hopkins 3.2 0 .000 9 7 6 3 3 0
David Kretschmar 2.0 0 .000 5 4 4 2 2 0
Diego Cortes 1.1 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jacob Taylor 1.0 0 .000 2 1 0 1 0 0
Totals 8.0 0 — 17 12 10 6 5 0

PitchingL: Jonathan Hopkins
 

Pirates Struggle in Palm Springs

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The Inland Valley Pirates (17-14-1, 7-11) struggled to a 10-1 loss to the Palm Springs Power (30-11, 13-6) Tuesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.

The Power did all of their damage from innings two through five scoring twice in the second, four times in the third, and twice in the fourth and fifth jumping out to a 10-0 lead.

The Pirates finally responded with one run in the seventh on a Sergio Robles RBI single that scored Nick Costello.

The Pirates look to regroup in their final game of the regular season Wednesday night at Palm Springs Stadium at 7 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 1 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 3 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Alvarez 4 0 1 0 0 1
Nick Marshall 2 0 0 0 0 1
Jeff Nellis 3 0 1 0 0 1
Justin Gomez 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Thumm 2 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Hernandez 3 0 1 0 1 0
Drew Seelman 2 0 0 0 0 1
Sergio Robles 2 0 1 1 0 0
Nick Costello 4 1 2 0 0 0
Greg Espinosa 2 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 9 1 1 4

Batting2B: Nick Costello
TB: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Andrew Alvarez, Jeff Nellis, Nick Hernandez, Sergio Robles, Nick Costello 3, Greg Espinosa
RBI: Sergio Robles
CS: Greg Espinosa

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Brett Early 1.0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0
Andrew Eppenbach 6.0 0 .000 17 10 10 0 0 0
Nick Hernandez 1.0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Alsworth 0.0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 0 — 18 10 10 1 1 0

PitchingL: Andrew Eppenbach
HBP: Andrew Eppenbach
WP: Andrew Eppenbach

Trask Forces Power Outage

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Erik Trask and the Inland Valley Pirates (17-13-1, 7-10) forced a power outage in Game 2 of the doubleheader against the Palm Springs Power (29-11, 12-6) on Monday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Pirates won Game 2 10-3.

Trask, who worked eight solid innings, allowed just four hits and three runs. Trask had a no-hitter through 6.1 innings.

The Pirates sprung out to a 2-0 lead in the first.

Drew Seelman and Greg Espinosa scored on RBI ground outs by Andrew Alvarez and Nick Costello.

The Pirates tacked on one more in the fifth to make it 3-0.

Seelman scored on another RBI by Alvarez.

Inland Valley added five more in the seventh to take an 8-0 lead.

The Pirates used six hits in the inning including a big two-run double by Jeff Nellis and another two-run knock by Nolan Henley.

The Power finally scored three times in the eighth, but the Pirates answered right back with two insurance runs in the bottom of the inning.

The Pirates and Power do battle again Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Palm Springs Stadium.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 4 0 0 0 1 2
Nolan Henley 4 0 3 2 0 0
Andrew Alvarez 4 2 2 2 1 0
Jeff Nellis 4 1 2 2 0 1
Justin Gomez 4 1 3 1 0 0
Jake Thumm 1 0 1 0 0 0
Nick Hernandez 4 1 2 1 0 0
Drew Seelman 4 2 1 0 1 2
Nick Costello 5 2 3 1 0 0
Greg Espinosa 5 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 18 9 3 5

Batting2B: Andrew Alvarez, Jeff Nellis, Nick Hernandez, Drew Seelman
TB: Nolan Henley 3, Andrew Alvarez 3, Jeff Nellis 3, Justin Gomez 3, Jake Thumm, Nick Hernandez 3, Drew Seelman 2, Nick Costello 3, Greg Espinosa
RBI: Nolan Henley 2, Andrew Alvarez 2, Jeff Nellis 2, Justin Gomez, Nick Hernandez, Nick Costello
SF: Justin Gomez

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Erik Trask 8.0 0 — 4 3 3 2 5 0
Andrew Matus 1.0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 — 4 3 3 3 5 0

PitchingW: Eric Trask
HBP: Eric Trask
 

Pirates Drop Game 1 to Power

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The Inland Valley Pirates (16-13-1, 6-10) fell in the first game of a doubleheader to the Palm Springs Power (29-10, 12-5) at Cal Poly Pomona on Monday afternoon.

The Power won Game 1 by a 17-12 score.

Palm Springs jumped out to a 17-3 lead after four innings, but the Pirates managed to make it more respectful, scoring the final nine runs of the game.

Palm Springs scored seven in the first.

Inland Valley came back with one in the bottom of the frame as Nick Hernandez knocked in Drew Seelman.

The Power grabbed five more in the second to take a 12-1 lead.

The Pirates responded with two in the bottom of the inning on a two-run triple by Andrew Alvarez to make it 12-3.

The Power continued to pile it on the Pirates scoring five in the fourth to extend the margin to 17-3.

Inland Valley plated five in the seventh as Hernandez, Nick Costello and Jonny Reynoso ripped back-to-back-to-back RBI doubles to close the gap to 17-8.

The Pirates tallied one more in the eighth to make it 17-9 and finished with a three-run ninth. Greg Espinosa and Justin Gomez contributed one RBI.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 5 2 1 1 0 0
Andrew Alvarez 5 1 4 2 0 1
Nick Marshall 4 1 2 1 1 0
Justin Gomez 1 0 0 1 0 0
Jake Thumm 4 0 0 0 0 2
Nick Hernandez 6 1 3 2 0 0
Drew Seelman 6 2 3 0 0 0
Sergio Robles 4 2 0 0 1 1
Nick Costello 6 1 2 1 0 0
Greg Espinosa 5 2 2 1 1 0
Totals 46 12 17 9 3 4

Batting2B: Jonny Reynoso, Andrew Alvarez 2, Nick Hernandez, Drew Seelman 2, Nick Costello
3B: Andrew Alvarez
TB: Jonny Reynoso 2, Andrew Alvarez 8, Nick Marshall 2, Nick Hernandez 4, Drew Seelman 5, Nick Costello 3, Greg Espinosa 2
RBI: Jonny Reynoso, Andrew Alvarez 2, Nick Marshall, Justin Gomez, Nick Hernandez2, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa
ROE: Jonny Reynoso, Nick Hernandez, Sergio Robles, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa
SB: Greg Espinosa
CS: Nick Hernandez

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Conlan McKenzie 2.1 0 .000 9 9 9 0 3 0
Brendan Hornung 0.2 0 .000 8 7 7 0 2 0
Jarrett Veiga 6.0 0 .000 7 1 1 4 1 0
Totals 9.0 0 — 24 17 17 4 6 0

PitchingL: Brendan Hornung

Bucs Take Down Nationals

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (12-14-2) defeated the So Cal Nationals 5-1 Sunday afternoon at Linfield Christian.

DJ Peters ripped his second big fly of the season.

Chris Sanchez and Gerardo Ramirez combined to throw the entire game and only allowed one unearned run.

Anthony Seminaris, Blake Vandegrift and Shamon Moss each scored once.

The Bucs will head back in to SCCBL competition on Tuesday at Vanguard University against the suddenly hot OC Riptide.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 3 1 1 0 1 1
Breyer Gayle 5 0 2 0 0 1
Brendan Campbell 4 0 1 0 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 3 0 0 0 1 1
Blake Vandegrift 2 1 0 0 1 0
Shamon Moss 4 1 0 0 1 1
Hershel Gardner 4 0 1 0 0 2
Matt Majher 4 0 2 0 0 1
Jacob Taylor 4 0 0 0 0 0
DJ Peters 3 2 1 1 1 1
Totals 36 5 8 1 5 8

Batting2B: Anthony Seminaris, Brendan Campbell
HR: DJ Peters
TB: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle 2, Brendan Campbell 2, Hershel Gardner, Matt Majher 2, DJ Peters 4
RBI: DJ Peters
SAC: Blake Vandegrift
ROE: Hershel Gardner
SB: Anthony Seminaris, Gerardo Ramirez, Blake Vandegrift

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Chris Sanchez 5.0 0 .000 3 1 0 4 4 0
Gerardo Ramirez 4.0 0 — 2 0 0 5 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 — 5 1 0 9 4 0

PitchingW: Gerardo Ramirez