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Bucs Win Again

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (3-5, 1-1) defeated the Orange Coast Bucs 9-7 on Thursday night at Orange Coast College.

The Bucs have now won three of their past four games.

It all began in the very first inning when Breyer Gayle, who finished 4-for-4, scored on a RBI single by JP Hopkins.

Hopkins was brought home by Brendan Campbell’s RBI rip to left field to make it a 2-0 lead for the Bucs.

Inland Valley added one run in the third and fourth innings to extend the margin to 4-0.

Kevin Riley knocked in Gayle in the third and Gayle scored again on a Hopkins knock in the fourth.

The OCC Bucs scored one in the bottom of the fourth.

The fifth inning saw seven total runs scored, four of which were plated by Inland Valley.

Campbell and Matt Majher scored on a two-run single by Bryce Brooks.

Anthony Seminaris lined a single to right field scoring Joseph Morreale.

Gayle brought home Seminaris with a base hit to give the Bucs an 8-1 lead.

The OCC Bucs scored three in the fifth to narrow their deficit to 8-4.

The Bucs tacked on an insurance run in the seventh as Gayle belted his second RBI scoring Blake Vandegrift.

The OCC Bucs plated two in the seventh and one in the eighth to make it 9-7, but that was as close as they could get as Randall Ortiz notched his first save of the season.

Cameron Rodriguez tossed 1.1 innings, struckout two and was credited with the win.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 0 2 1 0 0
Breyer Gayle 4 3 4 2 0 0
JP Hopkins 5 1 2 2 0 3
Tristan Chamberlain 2 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Steer 3 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 4 1 2 1 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 2 1 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 1 1 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 1 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Majher 3 1 0 0 2 0
Jacob Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Morreale 3 1 3 0 0 0
Bryce Brooks 3 1 1 2 0 0
Totals 37 9 17 9 2 5

Batting2B: Kevin Riley
TB: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle 4, JP Hopkins 2, Brendan Campbell 2, Kevin Riley 3, Hershel Gardner, Joe Morreale 3, Bryce Brooks
RBI: Anthony Seminaris, Breyer Gayle 2, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell, Kevin Riley2, Bryce Brooks 2
SAC: Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
FC: Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
HBP: Breyer Gayle, Joe Morreale
SB: Breyer Gayle 2, Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
CS: Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 .000
Gerardo Ramirez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Chris Ghosn 1.2 0 0 4 4 3 3 2 0 .000
Cameron Rodriguez 1.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Diego Cortes 1.0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 .000
Daniel Sandoval 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 9 7 6 6 8 0 —

PitchingW: Cameron Rodriguez
SV: Randall Ortiz

OC Bucs Fall to Mavericks

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The OC Buccaneers fell to the Victor Valley Mavericks in Wednesday night’s contest by a score of 4-3.

The Buccaneers’ offense could muster very little against the Mavericks pitching staff.

The loss drops the Bucs to 2-4 on the very young season.

The Bucs jumped out to early 1-0 lead on a Nick Reeser sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first.

The Mavericks would get on the board with 2 runs in the 3rd inning to take a 2-1 lead.

However, the Bucs would regain the lead momentarily in the bottom half of the inning. A throwing error on a bunt attempt would send the tying run home and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Anthony Moreno would plate the go-ahead run, giving the Bucs a 3-2 lead.

The lead was short lived, however, as the very next inning, the Mavericks scratched 2 more runs across to take a 4-3 lead and would eventually win by the same score.

The Bucs were held to just four hits on the day. Two of those hits came off the bat of Austin McGilvra who went 2 for 4 in the contest.

Aaron Torres had a nice day as well, reaching base in all three of his plate appearances and scoring two of the Bucs three runs.

The Buccaneers will pick it back up this Thursday, June 11 at La Sierra as they take on the Inland Empire Fire. Game time is 4:30 p.m.

Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Logan Grigsby 2 0 0 0 0 1
Sam Neely 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aaron Torres 0 2 0 0 1 0
David Johnson 4 0 0 0 0 1
Anthony Moreno 0 0 0 1 1 0
Nick Reeser 2 0 0 1 0 0
Austin McGilvra 4 0 2 0 0 1
Nicholas Michaels 3 0 0 0 0 2
Jacob Blackiston 4 0 1 0 0 1
David Grubaugh 4 0 1 0 0 1
Jarrett Anton 4 0 1 0 0 1
Andrew Douglas 4 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 2 2 8
2B: Anton
CS: Reeser
HBP: Neely, Torres (2), Reeser, Michaels
SF: Moreno, Reeser

Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Marcos Martinez 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 0
Robin Landazuri 2.0 1 2 1 1 3 0
Tristian Cisneros 2.0 3 2 2 1 0 0
Art Corona 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jacob Battaglia 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Three Pirates Drafted

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3_pirated[1]Three former Inland Valley Pirates have reached the pinnacles of their careers by hearing their names announced in the 2015 MLB Draft.

It started with Cody Ponce late Monday night, who was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers with the 55th overall pick in the second round.

Ponce boasted a microscopic 1.69 ERA in 2013, while only allowing the opposition to hit .164. He was the ace of the staff at Cal Poly Pomona this past season and a big reason why they were able to advance to the semifinal round of the Division 2 World Series.

Christian Kelley celebrated next early Wednesday morning as he was drafted by a familiar mascot, the Pirates in the 11th round. Kelley was the 337th overall pick.

Kelley was one of the undoubted leaders of the Pirates in his two-year stint with the ball club. He was a two-time SCCBL all-star selection hitting .284 in 2014, while ripping in 11 and also scoring 11 runs. Kelley’s prowess as a brick-wall backstop was on full display both seasons as he commanded the best from his pitching staffs and got it time and time again. Mix that with the fact that he has a cannon for an arm and the big league Pirates should feel like they’ve gotten one of the steals of the draft.

Finally, Kyle Garlick was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers as the 852nd overall pick in round 28.

Garlick was huge in the push to the playoffs. He hit .344 and was a mainstay in the middle of the lineup for each of his 10 games played. In the playoffs, he showed what clutch and prime-time player he was by coming up with a go-ahead double in the playoff game against Team San Diego, while adding a three-run homer to give the Pirates the lead over the Power in Game 1 of the Championship Series.

We wish the best of luck to all three of the former Pirates who were selected and look forward to seeing many more in future drafts!

Bucs Stifle Pirates Offense

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The Inland Valley Bucs (2-5, 1-1) defeated the Inland Valley Pirates (3-1-1, 1-1) on a rainy and humid Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs came into the contest 1-7 lifetime against the Pirates, but they didn’t let them get that down. From the moment the Bucs took BP, they seemed to be on a mission and now they have accomplished it – a split in the two game series against the Pirates.

The Bucs jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first when JP Hopkins ripped in Breyer Gayle.

In the second inning, the Bucs added three more runs.

Hershel Gardner started it off right with a leadoff walk and scored on a Brendan Campbell triple down the right field line.

Campbell came home on an Anthony Seminaris RBI knock.

Gayle belted in Seminaris as the Bucs grabbed a 4-0 lead.

They tacked on one more run in the third when JP Hopkins scored.

The Pirates didn’t score until the seventh inning as Justin Gomez crossed home plate after a wild pitch.

Jonathan Hopkins tossed four innings of shutout baseball for the Bucs, while striking out four and only allowing one hit.

Logan Lannon worked two innings in relief and notched the victory.

Alex Bernstein sealed the deal pitching the final 2.2 innings.

The Pirates play again in a SCCBL league contest against the OC Riptide Friday at 5 p.m. at Vanguard University.

The Bucs take on the OCC Pirates at Orange Coast College on Thursday in a non-league contest at 5 p.m.

Both games can be seen live on Inlandvalleybaseball.com!

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 1 2 1 0 0
Breyer Gayle 3 1 2 1 0 0
JP Hopkins 3 1 1 1 1 1
Tristan Chamberlain 0 0 0 0 1 0
Connor Steer 3 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 2 1 1 1 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 1 0 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 1
Shamon Moss 3 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 2 0 1 0 1 1
Hershel Gardner 2 1 0 0 2 1
Matt Majher 1 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 1 0 0 0 1 0
Bryce Brooks 2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 29 5 8 4 6 6

Batting3B: Brendan Campbell
TB: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle 2, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell 3, Kevin Riley, Johnny Juarez
RBI: Anthony Seminaris, Breyer Gayle, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell
SAC: Johnny Juarez
SF: Kevin Riley
ROE: Shamon Moss
FC: Bryce Brooks
SB: JP Hopkins, Shamon Moss, Bryce Brooks
CS: Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 2.2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 —
Jonathan Hopkins 4.0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 .000
Logan Lannon 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jacob Taylor 0.1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 5 1 1 5 5 0 —

PitchingW: Logan Lannon
WP: Alex Bernstein 2

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 4 0 0 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 0 0 2 2
Nolan Henley 4 0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Virgen 2 0 1 0 0 1
Chaneng Varela 3 0 2 0 1 0
Tyler Urbach 2 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Marshall 3 0 0 0 1 0
Jeff Nellis 3 0 0 0 0 1
Justin Gomez 3 1 1 0 1 0
Jake Thumm 4 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 30 1 5 0 5 5

Batting2B: Justin Gomez
TB: Anthony Virgen, Chaneng Varela 2, Justin Gomez 2, Jake Thumm

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Sean Patton 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Eric Trask 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 .000
Andrew Matus 2.0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 .000
Dylan Stablein 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Marcos Martinez 2.0 0 0 5 4 4 1 1 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 8 5 4 6 6 0 —

PitchingL: Marcos Martinez

Pirates Out Duel Bucs

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The Pirates (3-0-1, 1-0) held off the Bucs (1-5, 0-1) 2-1 on Monday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona in a pitcher’s duel.

Brett Early was sensational for the Pirates logging six innings, while striking out nine and allowing no earned runs. The senior-to-be at the University of La Verne has now amassed 75 career strikeouts for the Pirates in his career, an Inland Valley record.

Andrew Eppenbach worked the final three innings in relief retiring nine of the 10 hitters he faced and earning his first save of the season.

The Bucs’ pitching staff was great as well.

David Kretschmar hurled the first four innings and allowed no runs en route to retiring 11 of  the 13 batters he faced on the day.

All three runs were scored in the fifth inning as the Bucs took a 1-0 lead in the top of the inning only to see it vanquish in the bottom half of the frame.

Tristan Chamberlain scored on a Kevin Riley RBI, but the Pirates answered when Jonny Reynoso knocked in Michael Deceglie and Jake Thumm.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 1 0 0 2 0 0
Nolan Henley 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Padlo 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tyler Urbach 1 0 1 0 0 0
Nick Marshall 2 0 0 0 0 1
Michael Deceglie 2 1 1 0 0 0
Jeff Nellis 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Thumm 2 1 0 0 1 0
Troy Resch 3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 2 3 2 2 1

BattingTB: Kyle Jackson, Tyler Urbach, Michael Deceglie
RBI: Jonny Reynoso 2
SAC: Nick Marshall, Michael Deceglie
SF: Jonny Reynoso
SB: Kyle Jackson

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Brett Early 6.0 0 0 3 1 0 2 9 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 3 1 0 2 10 0 —

PitchingW: Brett Early
SV: Andrew Eppenbach
HBP: Andrew Eppenbach

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 3 0 1 0 0 1
JP Hopkins 3 0 0 0 0 2
Tristan Chamberlain 3 1 0 0 0 0
Connor Steer 3 0 0 0 1 1
Brendan Campbell 3 0 0 0 0 2
Kevin Riley 4 0 2 1 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 4 0 0 0 0 2
Hershel Gardner 1 0 0 0 1 1
Matt Majher 4 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Morreale 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 3 1 2 10

BattingTB: Anthony Seminaris, Kevin Riley 2
RBI: Kevin Riley
ROE: Tristan Chamberlain
HBP: JP Hopkins

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Chris Sanchez 3.0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 .000
David Kretschmar 4.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Jacob Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 0 —

PitchingL: Chris Sanchez

OC Bucs Win Slugfest

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A slugfest broke out in the OC Bucs’ (2-3) 10-7 victory over the Long Beach Legends Red at Long Beach City College Saturday afternoon.

The two teams both scored twice in the second.

Long Beach took a 6-5 lead after three innings.

The Bucs regained the lead in the fifth inning when they scored two runs to make it a 7-6 ballgame and would never look back from that point on.

Nick Reeser went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs scored and three RBI.

Austin McGilvra went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.

The OC Bucs take on divisional rival Victor Valley on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at Cal Poly Pomona next.

IE Bucs
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Jarrett Anton 4 1 2 0 0 1
Jacob Blackiston 3 2 0 0 2 0
Alex Campos 1 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Cordova 0 0 0 0 0 0
Logan Grigsby 4 0 1 0 0 0
David Grubaugh 3 0 2 1 2 1
David Johnson 4 1 2 1 1 1
Riley Manquen 3 0 0 0 0 0
Austin McGilvra 4 2 3 2 1 0
Anthony Moreno 5 1 3 1 0 0
Sam Neely 5 0 1 0 0 3
Nick Reeser 3 3 2 3 2 0
Totals 39 10 16 8 9 6
3B: Moreno
HR: Reeser
SB: Blackiston (2)
HBP: Cordova
IE Bucs
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Art Corona (S) 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Marcos Martinez (W) 3.0 1 0 0 2 3 0
Nicholas Michaels 3.0 7 6 5 1 0 0

Pirates Defeat Southern Nevada

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The Inland Valley Pirates (2-0-1) defeated Southern Nevada (3-2) 4-2 Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

Inland Valley’s offense was kick started by lead-off man Chaneng Varela who scored the game’s first two runs.

In the first inning Varela, who singled, scored on a RBI ripped to left field by Kyle Jackson.

In the third, Varela made it 2-0 when he was brought in by Jason Padlo’s opposite field single.

The Pirates tacked on one more in the fourth and fifth innings.

Justin Gomez doubled and scored on a RBI knock by Tyler Urbach.

Jonny Reynoso crushed the ball up the middle scoring Jeff Nellis to increase the lead to 4-0.

Southern Nevada fought until the end and plated two runs in the final frame, while having the bases loaded with two outs. Sean Patton came in relief to slam the door shut and earn the save.

Brett Early earned the win.

Bucs Win First Game

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers defeated Southern Nevada 5-0 on Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs pitching staff was sensational allowing just two hit and no runs.

Daniel Sandoval got things off to a right start with two strong innings.

Alex Bernstein notched the victory tossing a flawless third, while striking out two.

Chris Ghosn and Jacob Taylor hurled the fourth and fifth innings respectively and both earned a hold.

Logan Lannon slammed the door shut en route to a save for the final two innings.

The Bucs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning when DJ Daniels knocked in Tristan Chamberlain.

In the sixth inning, Inland Valley plated four more runs.

Blake Vandegrift, Anthony Seminaris and Connor Steer each contributed one RBI. Hershel Gardner, Shamon Moss, Kevin Riley and Vandegrift all scored.

The Bucs take on the Pirates next on Monday at Cal Poly Pomona in their first SCCBL contest of the season.

Buccaneers offense scuffles

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The Buccaneers offense managed just three hits in Friday afternoon’s 4-0 loss to the NLB Waves.

The Bucs pitching staff gave up just six hits and managed to strikeout eight batters altogether.

Tristian Cisneros tossed the first three innings, Logan Grigsby worked the next 4.2 innings and Nick Michaels hurled the final 1.1 innings.

However, the offense was unable to back up their performances.

The Waves scored singular runs in the second and fourth innings and held the Bucs to just one hit through the first 8 2/3 innings. ‘

The Bucs had an opportunity with the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth and two outs, but were unable to cash in.

The Waves would score two more insurance runs in the top of the eighth and hold on for the 4-0 victory.

The loss drops the Bucs to 1-3 on the young season.

IE Bucs
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Kohto Hasegawa 1 0 0 0 0 0
Aaron Torres 3 0 1 0 1 1
Sam Neely 4 0 0 0 0 2
Jacob Blackiston 3 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Reeser 4 0 0 0 1 0
Austin McGilvra 4 0 1 0 0 2
Nick Cordova 3 0 1 0 0 1
Anthony Moreno 3 0 0 0 1 1
Riley Manquen 2 0 0 0 1 0
David Grubaugh 3 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Campos 2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 32 0 3 0 4 9
2B: Cordova
SB: Blackiston
HBP: Blackiston, Cordova
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Tristian Cisneros 3.0 2 2 2 4 5 63
Logan Grigsby 4.2 3 2 2 2 0 66
Nicholas Michaels 1.1 1 0 0 2 0 28
HB: Cisneros

Nighthawks Fly Past Bucs

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The Bucs’ early season struggles continued with another loss, this time coming to the Colton Nighthawks 4-3 at Cal Poly Pomona on Friday afternoon.

The Bucs were poised to get off the schnide initially as they jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first.

Connor Steer doubled to left field and wound up scoring later.

Colton responded with three runs in the fourth to grab the 3-1 lead.

Inland Valley answered with a two-run seventh to knot the game up at 3. JP Hopkins had the big two-run double scoring Joe Morreale and Blake Vandegrift.

Just when it looked like the Bucs might make the comeback, they gave up one run in the eighth on a wild pitch.

David Kretschmar tossed two solid scoreless innings.

Jonathon Hopkins added another two scoreless innings and three strikeouts.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 0 0 0 1 0
Breyer Gayle 1 0 0 0 1 0
JP Hopkins 5 0 2 2 0 2
Tristan Chamberlain 1 0 0 0 0 0
Connor Steer 2 1 2 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 2 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 0 0 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 2 0 1 0 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 1 1 0 0 1 1
Shamon Moss 2 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 3 0 0 0 1 1
Hershel Gardner 1 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Majher 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jacob Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 2 4 5

Batting2B: JP Hopkins 2, Connor Steer, Gerardo Ramirez
TB: JP Hopkins 4, Connor Steer 3, Brendan Campbell, Gerardo Ramirez 2, Hershel Gardner, Matt Majher
RBI: JP Hopkins 2
SAC: Tristan Chamberlain, Connor Steer
HBP: Hershel Gardner, Joe Morreale

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Daniel Diaz 2.0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 .000
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 .000
Cameron Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Jonathan Hopkins 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 .000
David Kretschmar 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Diego Cortes 1.0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 7 4 1 6 10 0 —

PitchingL: Diego Cortes