OC Bucs Fall to Senators

The OC Bucs fell to the Inland Empire Senators 8-6 on Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Senators had a 4-0 lead at the end of the third before the Bucs finally responded with two of their own in the fourth to cut the deficit in half to 4-2.

The Bucs scored one more in each of the fifth and sixth innings to tie it up at 4-4.

The Senators got three in the seventh to regain the lead at 7-4, while the Bucs came back with one in the bottom of the inning to creep closer at 7-5.

The Senators plated an insurance run in the eighth to extend the margin to 8-5.

The Bucs got one back in the ninth, but couldn’t get over the hump to make the comeback complete.

Aaron Torres had two runs and one RBI.

Nick Reeser scored twice.

The Bucs are back at it again on Thursday at Cal Poly Pomona against the Inland Empire Senators at 4:30 p.m.

Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Nick Cordova 2 0 1 1 0 0
Andrew Douglas 1 0 0 0 0 1
David Grubaugh 1 1 1 0 1 0
Anthony Moreno 2 0 0 0 0 1
Nolan Powers 3 0 0 0 1 2
Austin McGilvra 3 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Reeser 2 2 2 0 2 0
Jarrett Anton 4 1 2 1 0 0
Alex Campos 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Neely 2 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Shepherd 3 0 1 0 0 0
Riley Manquen 4 0 0 0 0 4
Aaron Torres 4 2 2 1 0 0
Hayden Wright 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jacob Blackiston 3 0 2 1 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 4 4 9
2B: Grubaugh, Shepherd, Torres
3B: Reeser
SB: Blackiston
CS: Powers
HBP: Shepherd
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Logan Grigsby 4.0 3 4 1 1 3 0
Steven Canedo (L) 2.2 4 3 2 1 2 0
Nicholas Michaels 2.1 4 1 1 1 2 0
HB: Grigsby, Canedo, Michaels

OC Bucs’ Fire Put Out

Defensive miscues by the OC Bucs led to a 13-4 thrashing at the hands of the Fire.

Just one day after committing five errors against the Senators, the OC Buccaneers tallied five more errors in Thursday’s 13-4 loss to the Inland Division rival, Inland Valley Fire.

The Bucs got the scoring started in the third inning, as an RBI groundout by Nick Reeser broke a scoreless tie and gave the Bucs a 1-0 lead.

However, in the top of the fourth, the Fire answered back in a big way scoring five runs and taking a 5-1 lead.

The Fire kept the momentum rolling in the seventh inning as they tacked on four more runs to push the lead to 9-1.

The Bucs wouldn’t bow out without a fight. In the bottom of the seventh, the Bucs managed to push across two runs on back to back, bases loaded walks to Nick Reeser and Austin McGilvra.

A ground ball fielders choice off the bat of Riley Manquen gave the Bucs their third run of the inning and cut the lead to 9-4.

After a scoreless eight inning, the Fire drove the final nail into the Bucs coffin with a four-run ninth inning.

The Bucs went down in order in the bottom of the ninth and the Fire walked away with the 13-4 victory.

The loss was the Buccaneers’ fifth in a row and dropped them a game and a half behind the Fire in the Inland Division standings.

Despite the loss, a handful of Bucs had standout performances.

Aaron Torres went 2-for-2 on the day and reached base in all three of his plate appearances.

Nick Reeser drove in two runs to push his team leading RBI total to seventeen.

The Buccaneers will try to end their season on a high note as they take on the LA White Sox in their regular season finale at Scolinos Field on Wednesday at 1:00 pm.

Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Nick Cordova 2 0 0 0 0 1
Logan Grigsby 2 1 1 0 0 0
Riley Manquen 2 0 0 1 0 1
Austin McGilvra 1 0 0 1 1 0
Nicholas Michaels 2 1 2 0 0 0
Anthony Moreno 1 1 0 0 1 0
Aaron Torres 2 0 2 0 0 0
Nick Reeser 4 0 0 2 1 0
Jacob Blackiston 3 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Shepherd 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Neely 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jarrett Anton 4 0 2 0 0 0
David Grubaugh 3 0 0 0 1 0
Hayden Wright 2 1 1 0 0 0
Alex Campos 2 0 2 0 0 0
Nolan Powers 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4 4 3
2B: Torres
CS: Torres
HBP: Torres
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Jacob Battaglia (L) 4.0 4 5 0 4 5 0
Erik Gonzalez 3.0 3 4 4 4 6 0
Art Corona 2.0 5 4 4 2 3 0

Pirates Blast the Bucs

The Inland Valley Pirates (16-12-1, 6-9) got a measure of revenge in the second game of the doubleheader Saturday night at Cal Poly Pomona defeating the Inland Valley Bucs (11-14-2, 7-10) 11-2.

The Pirates scored three in the second inning and one in the third to take a 4-0 lead.

Nick Marshall contributed two RBI, while Drew Seelman and Greg Espinosa had one each.

The Bucs answered with one in the bottom of the third on an RBI single by Matt Majher.

The Pirates went back to work with two more in the fourth making it a 6-1 game.

Nick Hernandez and Nick Costello had the RBI knocks in that inning.

The Bucs fought back with a run in the fifth to cut the margin to 6-2 when DJ Peters scored, but that was as close as they would get.

The Pirates plated five more runs late in the game to cruise to the 11-2 victory.

The Pirates next play in a doubleheader at Cal Poly Pomona on Monday at 1 p.m. against the Palm Springs Power, while the Buccaneers take on the So Cal Nationals at 11 a.m. Sunday at Cal Poly Pomona.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Nolan Henley 4 1 2 0 0 1
Jacob Bernardy 2 2 1 0 2 0
Andrew Alvarez 4 0 1 2 1 0
Jason Padlo 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Marshall 4 2 3 3 0 0
Jake Thumm 3 1 0 0 1 0
Nick Hernandez 4 0 1 1 0 0
Drew Seelman 3 2 2 1 1 0
Nick Costello 4 1 1 1 1 0
Greg Espinosa 3 2 2 2 1 0
Totals 31 11 13 10 8 1

Batting2B: Nick Marshall, Drew Seelman
3B: Greg Espinosa
TB: Nolan Henley 2, Jacob Bernardy, Andrew Alvarez, Nick Marshall 4, Nick Hernandez, Drew Seelman 3, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa 4
RBI: Andrew Alvarez 2, Nick Marshall 3, Nick Hernandez, Drew Seelman, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa 2
SAC: Greg Espinosa
SF: Drew Seelman
SB: Jacob Bernardy, Andrew Alvarez, Greg Espinosa
 

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Sean Patton 5.0 0 .000 4 0 0 5 3 0
Nicholas Sergi 2.0 0 .000 1 0 0 3 0 0
Totals 7.0 0 5 0 0 8 3 0

PitchingW: Sean Patton
HBP: Sean Patton 3
 

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 1 0 0 0 0
Breyer Gayle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tristan Chamberlain 3 0 1 0 0 1
Connor Steer 2 0 0 0 0 1
Brendan Campbell 3 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 4 0 0 0 0 2
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 1 0 0 1
Shamon Moss 4 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 2 0 0 0 1 1
Matt Majher 1 0 1 1 1 0
Joe Morreale 1 0 0 0 0 1
DJ Peters 3 1 1 0 1 0
Totals 26 2 5 1 3 7

Batting2B: Brendan Campbell
TB: Tristan Chamberlain, Brendan Campbell 2, Blake Vandegrift, Matt Majher, DJ Peters
RBI: Matt Majher
SAC: Breyer Gayle
ROE: Connor Steer
FC: Shamon Moss
HBP: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle
SB: Shamon Moss, DJ Peters
 

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Chris Ghosn 2.2 0 .000 7 5 4 0 2 0
David Kretschmar 3.2 0 .000 5 4 4 1 3 0
Diego Cortes 0.1 0 .000 0 2 2 0 3 0
Kohto Hasegawa 0.1 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 7.0 0 13 11 10 1 8 0

PitchingL: Chris Ghosn
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Gardner Powers Bucs to Win Over Pirates

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (11-13-2, 7-9) defeated the Inland Valley Pirates (15-12-1, 5-9) Saturday afternoon in game one of a doubleheader by a score of 8-6.

Hershel Gardner had the big two-run single in the top of the ninth inning to break a 5-5 tie.

The Pirates grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first when Chaneng Varela knocked in Drew Seelman.

The Bucs responded with a five-run third inning.

Anthony Seminaris, Breyer Gayle, Kevin Riley, DJ Peters and Matt Majher all scored.

Riley, Peters, Majher, Shamon Moss and Joseph Morreale each had one RBI in the frame.

The Pirates got one back in the fifth to make it a 5-2 ballgame.

Nick Hernandez cranked a double scoring Seelman.

The Pirates knotted it up at 5 apiece with a three-run seventh inning.

Nick Costello, Jason Padlo and Hernandez all scored.

In the top of the ninth, Gardner came through with the clutch single through the right side of the infield scoring Riley and Peters as Majher ended up scoring as well after a throwing error on the same play.

The Pirates tacked on one in the bottom of the ninth and left the bases loaded.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 3 1 1 0 1 0
Breyer Gayle 5 1 1 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 2 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 5 2 1 1 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 3 0 0 0 0 0
Shamon Moss 4 0 0 1 0 1
Hershel Gardner 4 0 2 2 1 0
Matt Majher 5 2 2 1 0 0
Joe Morreale 3 0 0 1 0 0
DJ Peters 4 2 4 1 1 0
Totals 38 8 12 7 3 2

Batting2B: Hershel Gardner
TB: Anthony Seminaris, Breyer Gayle, Brendan Campbell, Kevin Riley, Hershel Gardner 3, Matt Majher 2, DJ Peters 4
RBI: Kevin Riley, Shamon Moss, Hershel Gardner 2, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale, DJ Peters
ROE: Kevin Riley
FC: Matt Majher
HBP: Shamon Moss, Joe Morreale 2
SB: Breyer Gayle, Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Alex Bernstein 1.1 0 .000 1 1 0 1 0 0
Randall Ortiz 1.2 0 .000 5 1 1 1 1 0
Logan Lannon 6.0 0 .000 6 4 4 1 4 0
Totals 9.0 0 12 6 5 3 5 0

PitchingW: Randall Ortiz
HBP: Alex Bernstein

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 1 0 0 0 1 0
Nolan Henley 3 0 1 1 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jason Padlo 4 1 1 0 1 0
Jeff Nellis 3 0 0 0 0 1
Justin Gomez 3 0 0 1 2 0
Jake Thumm 1 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Hernandez 5 2 3 2 0 0
Drew Seelman 6 2 4 0 0 0
Sergio Robles 4 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Costello 2 1 1 0 0 0
Greg Espinosa 3 0 2 0 1 0
Totals 40 6 12 5 5 3

Batting2B: Nick Hernandez 2, Drew Seelman
3B: Drew Seelman
TB: Nolan Henley, Jason Padlo, Nick Hernandez 5, Drew Seelman 7, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa 2
RBI: Nolan Henley, Chaneng Varela, Justin Gomez, Nick Hernandez 2
ROE: Kyle Jackson, Sergio Robles, Greg Espinosa
FC: Nolan Henley
HBP: Jake Thumm
SB: Kyle Jackson, Drew Seelman, Nick Costello

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Andrew Alvarez 0.2 0 .000 2 1 1 0 0 0
Eric Trask 0.0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brendan Hornung 2.1 0 .000 4 5 5 0 1 0
Ryan Alsworth 6.0 0 .000 6 2 1 2 1 0
Totals 9.0 0 12 8 6 2 3 0

PitchingL: Ryan Alsworth
HBP: Andrew Alvarez, Eric Trask 2
WP: Brendan Hornung 3

Pirates Aren’t Game Enough

The Inland Valley Pirates (15-11-1) fell 4-2 to the Gamers on Friday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Gamers scored twice in the top of the ninth to get the victory.

The Pirates took a 1-0 lead in the first when Sergio Robles belted home Kyle Jackson.

The Games tied it at 1-1 in the top of the third, but the Pirates regained the lead in the bottom half of the inning.

Chaneng Varela ripped the RBI single scoring Jason Padlo to make it a 2-1 Pirate lead.

Dylan Stablein worked a solid five innings, only allowing one run, but the bullpen relinquished three runs late in the game allowing the Gamers to take the 4-2 victory.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 3 1 1 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 3 0 1 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 2 0 1 1 0 0
Andrew Alvarez 3 0 0 0 0 1
Jason Padlo 3 1 2 0 0 0
Nick Marshall 3 0 0 0 0 1
Jeff Nellis 1 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Hernandez 3 0 1 0 0 1
Drew Seelman 2 0 1 0 1 0
Sergio Robles 3 0 1 1 0 0
Nick Costello 3 0 1 0 0 1
Greg Espinosa 3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2 1 5

Batting2B: Nick Hernandez
TB: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy, Chaneng Varela, Jason Padlo 2, Nick Hernandez 2, Drew Seelman, Sergio Robles, Nick Costello
RBI: Chaneng Varela, Sergio Robles
CS: Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Dylan Stablein 5.0 0 .000 3 1 1 1 4 0
Nick Hernandez 0.1 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jarrett Veiga 3.0 0 .000 1 2 2 1 2 0
Aaron Reynoso 0.2 0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 5 4 4 2 6 0

Pirates are Game Enough

The Inland Valley Pirates (15-10-1) defeated the Gamers 4-1 Thursday night at East Los Angeles College.

The Pirates jumped ahead 1-0 in the third on a home run by Sergio Robles.

The Gamers tied it up in the fourth at 1-1.

The Pirates took a lead in the seventh when Nolan Henley cracked an extra base hit in the left center gap scoring Robles to make it 2-1.

In the eighth, the Pirates tacked on one more increasing their lead to 3-1 as Justin Gomez ripped an RBI double scoring Jason Padlo.

Inland Valley extended the margin to 4-1 in the ninth as Robles scored for the third time in the game.

The Pirates will play the Gamers again Friday at 5 p.m. at Cal Poly Pomona.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Nolan Henley 2 0 2 1 1 0
Chaneng Varela 3 0 0 0 1 0
Andrew Alvarez 3 0 2 0 1 1
Jason Padlo 4 1 1 0 0 0
Justin Gomez 4 0 1 1 0 0
Andrew Eppenbach 3 0 0 0 1 1
Alex Espinosa 4 0 1 0 0 1
Sergio Robles 4 3 4 1 0 0
Nick Costello 4 0 1 0 0 1
Greg Espinosa 5 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 36 4 12 3 4 6

Batting2B: Nolan Henley, Justin Gomez, Sergio Robles
3B: Nolan Henley, Jason Padlo
HR: Sergio Robles
TB: Nolan Henley 5, Andrew Alvarez 2, Jason Padlo 3, Justin Gomez 2, Alex Espinosa, Sergio Robles 8, Nick Costello
RBI: Nolan Henley, Justin Gomez, Sergio Robles
HBP: Nolan Henley
SB: Nolan Henley, Andrew Alvarez, Sergio Robles
CS: Andrew Alvarez
PIK: Andrew Alvarez

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Sean Patton 3.0 0 1 5
Andrew Alvarez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Andrew Matus 2.0 0 2 1 1 2
Ryan Marcos 1.0 0 0 1
Greg Espinosa 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 0 0 4 1 0 3 9 0

PitchingW: Greg Espinosa
SV: Andrew Alvarez

10-run 6th Sinks Bucs

For five innings, the Inland Valley Buccaneers (10-13-2, 6-9) were giving the Palm Springs Power (27-8, 11-3) all they could handle for a second straight night at Palm Springs Stadium.

It was knotted up at 1 heading into the sixth inning when a nightmarish inning occurred as the Power scored 10 runs to cruise to a 12-2 victory.

Breyer Gayle and Matt Majher had one RBI apiece.

Hershel Gardner and Tristan Chamberlain each scored once.

The Bucs will take two days off before playing a huge SCCBL doubleheader against the Pirates on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Cal Poly Pomona.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 0 0 0 1 1
Breyer Gayle 3 0 0 1 0 1
Tristan Chamberlain 3 1 1 0 1 0
Kevin Riley 4 0 1 0 0 1
Gerardo Ramirez 1 0 1 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 1 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 4 0 0 0 0 2
Hershel Gardner 4 1 1 0 0 0
Matt Majher 3 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Morreale 4 0 1 0 0 1
DJ Peters 4 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 32 2 6 2 2 7

BattingTB: Tristan Chamberlain, Kevin Riley, Gerardo Ramirez, Hershel Gardner, Joe Morreale, DJ Peters
RBI: Breyer Gayle, Matt Majher
SF: Breyer Gayle
CS: Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Chris Sanchez 0.0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Chris Ghosn 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
David Kretschmar 0.2 0 0 1 3 3 2 1 0
Logan Lannon 0.0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0
Diego Cortes 0.0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Jacob Taylor 5.0 0 0 6 4 4 1 4 0
Kohto Hasegawa 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0
Totals 8.0 0 0 10 12 11 8 8 0

PitchingL: Jacob Taylor

Pirates Hold On

The Inland Valley Pirates (14-10-1) made Wednesday night’s encounter with the FBA Sharks very interesting at Upland Memorial Park.

The Pirates, who at one point led 8-1, so their lead vanquish in the ninth to 8-7, but Jarrett Veiga came in for the one-out save and struck out his man.

The Pirates used a six-run fourth inning to grab a 6-0 lead.

Sergio Robles, Jeff Nellis, Greg Espinosa, Jason Padlo, Chaneng Varela and Justin Gomez each scored.

Espinosa, Padlo and Varela each contributed one RBI in the frame.

The Sharks scored one in the bottom of the fourth to make it a 6-1 ballgame.

The Pirates took an 8-1 lead in the sixth when Padlo and Varela each recorded their second RBI of the day.

The Sharks answered with three in the bottom of the sixth and three more in the bottom of the ninth to cut it to a one-run game, but Veiga came through in the clutch against the clean-up hitter in the Sharks’ lineup who had already homered in the game.

The Pirates take the field again Thursday night at East Los Angeles College at 6:30 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 1 0 0 0 0 1
Chaneng Varela 4 1 1 2 0 0
Andrew Alvarez 4 1 0 0 0 3
Jason Padlo 4 1 3 2 0 0
Tyler Urbach 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Marshall 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Nellis 1 1 1 0 1 0
Justin Gomez 1 1 0 0 2 0
Drew Seelman 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jarrett Veiga 2 0 0 0 0 1
Sergio Robles 3 1 1 0 0 1
Nick Costello 2 2 0 1 0 0
Greg Espinosa 4 0 3 0 0 0
Justin Reynolds 3 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 36 8 9 5 4 7

BattingTB: Chaneng Varela, Jason Padlo 3, Jeff Nellis, Sergio Robles, Greg Espinosa 3
RBI: Chaneng Varela 2, Jason Padlo 2, Nick Costello
ROE: Andrew Alvarez, Jarrett Veiga, Justin Reynolds
FC: Nick Marshall, Drew Seelman
HBP: Drew Seelman
SB: Drew Seelman, Greg Espinosa
CS: Tyler Urbach

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Andrew Alvarez 1.0 0 0 3 3 1 0 2 0
Dylan Stablein 3.0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Nicholas Sergi 2.2 0 0 5 3 1 2 1 0 .000
Jarrett Veiga 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Ryan Alsworth 2.0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 14 7 2 3 7 0

PitchingW: Ryan Alsworth
SV: Jarrett Veiga

Buc Wild

The Inland Valley Bucs (10-12-2, 6-8) overpowered the Palm Springs Power (26-8, 10-3) 7-2 on Tuesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.

The win snapped a 10-game Power winning streak, and was more importantly the first win in Buccaneer history in seven tries against the perennial SCCBL favorites.

The Power took a 2-0 lead in the second, but it was all Inland Valley from there.

Shamon Moss and Blake Vandegrift ripped RBI singles in the fourth to knot the game up at 2.

Hershel Gardner gave the Bucs the lead in the fifth on an RBI sacrifice fly to make it a 3-2 ballgame.

Kevin Riley and DJ Peters kept the momentum going with RBI doubles in the sixth to push the lead to 6-2.

The Bucs extended the margin to 7-2 in the seventh.

Jonathan Hopkins (2-0) threw a complete game, while striking out five and allowing no earned runs on just five hits.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 5 0 0 0 0 4
Kevin Riley 5 2 2 1 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 5 1 2 1 0 1
Shamon Moss 5 1 5 1 0 0
Johnny Juarez 4 0 0 0 0 1
Hershel Gardner 3 0 0 1 1 1
Matt Majher 4 1 2 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 5 2 2 0 0 1
DJ Peters 3 0 2 1 2 1
Totals 39 7 15 5 3 9

Batting2B: Kevin Riley, Shamon Moss, Joe Morreale
TB: Kevin Riley 3, Blake Vandegrift 2, Shamon Moss 6, Matt Majher 2, Joe Morreale 3, DJ Peters 2
RBI: Kevin Riley, Blake Vandegrift, Shamon Moss, Hershel Gardner, DJ Peters
SAC: Johnny Juarez, Matt Majher
SF: Hershel Gardner

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Jonathan Hopkins 9.0 0 0 5 2 0 5 5 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 5 2 0 5 5 0

PitchingW:  Jonathan Hopkins

Bucs Tie Legends

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (9-12-2) notched their second tie of the season Monday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs tied the Long Beach Legends 5-5 and ended due to darkness at the end of the 10th inning.

The Legends got out to an early 2-0 lead before the Bucs scored their first run in the bottom of the second.

Hershel Gardner scored on a wild pitch.

In the top of the third, the Legends scored three times to extend the margin to 5-1.

Inland Valley fought back with one in the bottom of the frame on a Gardner RBI single to make it a 5-2 score.

The score remained the same until the Bucs’ final at bat.

In the bottom of the ninth, Kevin Riley, DJ Peters and Johnny Juarez all drew bases loaded walks to tie the game up at 5.

The Bucs left bases loaded in the ninth and 10th innings and couldn’t finish the dramatic come-from-behind victory.

Randall Ortiz tossed three great innings in relief, allowing no hits and striking out two.

The Bucs travel east to Palm Springs to take on the first place Power at 7 p.m. at Palm Springs Stadium Tuesday.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 3 0 1 0 2 1
Breyer Gayle 2 0 0 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 4 1 1 0 1 2
Brendan Campbell 5 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 0 1 2 0
Blake Vandegrift 4 1 1 0 0 1
Johnny Juarez 3 0 2 1 2 1
Hershel Gardner 5 1 3 1 0 1
Matt Majher 4 0 0 0 1 1
Joe Morreale 3 1 1 0 2 1
DJ Peters 2 1 1 1 3 0
Totals 38 5 11 4 13 8

Batting2B: Blake Vandegrift, DJ Peters
TB: Anthony Seminaris, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell, Blake Vandegrift 2, Johnny Juarez 2, Hershel Gardner 3, Joe Morreale, DJ Peters 2
RBI: Kevin Riley, Johnny Juarez, Hershel Gardner, DJ Peters
ROE: Joe Morreale
FC: Blake Vandegrift, Hershel Gardner
SB: Hershel Gardner

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Gerardo Ramirez 4.0 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 0
Jacob Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Daniel Sandoval 2.0 0 0 5 4 4 1 1 0
Totals 10.0 0 0 8 5 5 3 6 0