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Surf Sink OC Bucs

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The Surf rallied for a  four run ninth to beat the Buccaneers, 7-4 on Thursday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Buccaneers jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a Nick Reeser RBI single in the bottom of the first.

Buccaneer starter, Kohto Hasegawa held the Surf scoreless through the first two innings before surrendering an RBI single in the top of the 3rd. On the afternoon, Hasegawa went 3+ innings and gave up a run on two hits and struck out two batters.

The score remained tied at one until the seventh inning when Surf shortstop, Jake Ortega scored.

The Bucs answered in the bottom of the inning when David Grubaugh  ripped a two out, two run double, giving the Bucs a 3-2 lead.

The Surf tied the game in the top of the eighth on a check swing, RBI single by Tyler Gnesda that scooted right past first baseman, Jarrett Anton to drive in a run.

However, back to back doubles by Jacob Blackiston and Nick Reeser in the bottom of the inning, put the Bucs back in front 4-3 heading into the ninth.

That’s where it all went south for the Bucs.

It began with a leadoff single by George Medina off of Bucs reliever, Art Corona. The next batter

reached on a throwing error putting runners at first and second with nobody out. After a fielder’s choice ground ball put runners at the corners with one away, Corona got the next batter to line out to short for the second out.

Then with two outs, Surf left fielder, Cole Malloy, lined a double down the right field line to drive in the tying run from third. The very next at-bat, center fielder, Kory Weeks would deliver the decisive blow in the form of a two-run triple to left. The Surf would tack on an insurance run and they held on to knock off the Bucs by a final of 7-4.

Surf reliever, Jacob Hoffman gets credit with the victory, while Bucs reliever, Art Corona gets saddled with the loss as well as a blown save. Dominic Bastone recorded the save.

Third baseman, Nick Reeser went 3-for-3 at the plate with a double and two runs batted in. He reached base in all four of his plate appearances.

Bucs reliever Erik Gonzalez pitched three scoreless innings in relief, giving up no hits and striking out five.

The Bucs will look to rebound tomorrow as they take on the Waves from No Limit Baseball Academy at 4:30 pm at Cal Poly Pomona.

IE Bucs
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Jarrett Anton 1 1 1 0 1 0
Nick Cordova 2 0 0 0 0 1
David Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 0
Riley Manquen 3 0 0 0 0 0
Aaron Torres 5 0 0 0 0 1
Austin McGilvra 2 0 0 0 0 1
Jacob Blackiston 4 2 2 0 0 1
Nick Reeser 3 1 3 2 1 0
Sam Neely 2 0 1 0 0 0
Nicholas Michaels 2 0 0 0 0 1
Alex Campos 2 0 0 0 0 0
David Grubaugh 4 0 2 2 0 0
Logan Grigsby 3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4 3 5
2B: Blackiston, Reeser, Neely, Grubaugh
SB: Anton
CS: Reeser, Grubaugh
HBP: Grigsby
SH: Johnson
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Kohto Hasegawa 3.0 2 1 1 1 2 48
Erik Gonzalez 3.0 0 0 0 1 5 36
Andrew Douglas 2.0 3 2 1 1 2 43
Art Corona 1.0 4 4 3 0 0 24
HB: Hasegawa, Gonzalez (2), Douglas

Bucs Can’t Put Out the Fire

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The bad luck continued for the Inland Valley Bucs (0-3) losing the second game of the doubleheader to the Lake Havasu Fire 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Fire plated two in the third, but Inland Valley responded with its lone run in the bottom half of the frame when JP Hopkins scored on a Christian Hendrix RBI single.

Lake Havasu tacked on one more in the fourth, two in the sixth and one in the seventh.

David Kretschmar tossed a nice first inning, striking out two while only allowing one base runner.

The Bucs take the field again Friday against the Colton Nighthawks at Cal Poly Pomona at 1 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Breyer Gayle 4 0 1 0 0 1
JP Hopkins 1 1 0 0 3 0
Tristan Chamberlain 3 0 0 0 0 0
Connor Steer 3 0 1 0 1 1
Brendan Campbell 4 0 0 0 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 1 0 0 0 1 0
Ryan Cordova 1 0 0 0 1 0
Christian Hendrix 2 0 1 1 2 1
Matt Majher 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jacob Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 3 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 26 1 5 1 8 5

BattingTB: Breyer Gayle, Connor Steer, Christian Hendrix, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale
RBI: Christian Hendrix
ROE: Connor Steer
SB: JP Hopkins 2

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chris Sanchez 2.0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Chris Ghosn 2.0 0 0 3 3 3 1 2 0 .000
Jonathan Hopkins 1.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000
David Kretschmar 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Totals 7.0 0 0 10 6 4 2 5 0 —

PitchingL: Chris Sanchez

Bucs Under Fire

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The first game of the doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona was a forgettable affair for the Inland Valley Bucs (0-2) falling to the Lake Havasu Fire 9-0.

The Fire scored three in the first, one in the second and fourth, three in the sixth and one in the ninth.

Anthony Seminaris went 2-for-2 with a walk.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 0 2 0 1 0
Breyer Gayle 4 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 3 0 1 0 0 1
Shamon Moss 4 0 0 0 0 1
Ryan Cordova 4 0 1 0 0 1
Hershel Gardner 4 0 0 0 0 3
Christian Hendrix 3 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 27 0 5 0 2 6

BattingTB: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle, Blake Vandegrift, Ryan Cordova
HBP: Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .000
Gerardo Ramirez 1.0 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 .000
Logan Lannon 1.0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Diego Cortes 1.0 0 0 4 3 3 1 2 0 .000
Jacob Taylor 2.0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 .000
Daniel Sandoval 2.0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 12 9 8 8 7 0 —

PitchingL: Gerardo Ramirez
HBP: Logan Lannon
WP: Diego Cortes, Daniel Sandoval

Pirates Tie Fire

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In the second game of the doubleheader from Cal Poly Pomona Tuesday afternoon, the Pirates and Fire played to a 1-1 tie.

The game only lasted seven innings due to the length of the first contest and was called for darkness at 7:46 p.m.

The Fire scored their lone run in the third.

The Pirates answered in the fourth on Jason Padlo’s RBI sacrifice fly that scored Jeff Nellis.

Inland Valley left seven men on base in the first five innings.

The pitching was stellar throughout the game as the Pirates sent six different pitchers for this game.

Brendan Hornung started the game and tossed two shutout innings.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 3 0 2 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 3 0 0 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 3 0 1 0 0 1
Jason Padlo 1 0 0 1 1 1
Tyler Urbach 3 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Marshall 1 0 0 0 1 0
Michael Deceglie 2 0 1 0 1 1
Jeff Nellis 2 1 0 0 1 2
Jake Thumm 3 0 0 0 1 1
Troy Resch 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 23 1 4 1 5 7

Batting2B: Chaneng Varela
TB: Kyle Jackson 2, Chaneng Varela 2, Michael Deceglie
RBI: Jason Padlo
SF: Jason Padlo
SB: Kyle Jackson, Jeff Nellis

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Conlan McKenzie 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 —
Sean Patton 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 —
Brendan Hornung 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 —
Dylan Stablein 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 —
Nicholas Sergi 1.0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Marcos Martinez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 —
Totals 7.0 0 0 4 1 1 4 7 0 —

Pirates Cool Off Fire

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The Inland Valley Pirates (1-0) defeated the Lake Havasu Fire 11-9 Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The high-scoring affair was somewhat of an unusual occurrence for the Pirates whose pitching typically stymies the opposition.

The Pirates used an eight-run fourth inning where they sent 14 hitters to the plate as a kick starter to their 2015 campaign.

After falling behind 2-0, Anthony Virgen started the fourth with a single and ended up scoring on a Nolan Henley RBI double. Henley went 2-for-2 in the inning and tacked on two more RBI later scoring Virgen for a second time as well as Kyle Jackson.

Chaneng Varela, Nick Marshall, Justin Gomez and Troy Resch added one RBI apiece in the fourth.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 4 1 2 0 1 0
Jonny Reynoso 3 1 0 1 1 1
Nolan Henley 5 1 3 3 0 0
Anthony Virgen 3 2 1 0 2 0
Chaneng Varela 5 1 3 1 0 0
Nick Marshall 4 1 1 1 1 1
Jeff Nellis 6 1 1 0 0 0
Justin Gomez 3 1 0 1 2 1
Troy Resch 4 2 2 1 0 0
Totals 37 11 13 8 7 3

Batting2B: Nolan Henley
TB: Kyle Jackson 2, Nolan Henley 4, Anthony Virgen, Chaneng Varela 3, Nick Marshall, Jeff Nellis, Troy Resch 2
RBI: Jonny Reynoso, Nolan Henley 3, Chaneng Varela, Nick Marshall, Justin Gomez, Troy Resch
SF: Jonny Reynoso, Troy Resch
ROE: Anthony Virgen, Troy Resch
FC: Jeff Nellis
SB: Kyle Jackson, Anthony Virgen

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Brett Early 4.0 0 0 3 2 1 4 3 0 .000
Eric Trask 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Andrew Matus 1.0 0 0 2 5 5 3 2 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 2.0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 9 9 8 9 8 0 —

PitchingW: Andrew Matus
HBP: Eric Trask, Andrew Matus

Bucs Drop Wild Opener

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If you enjoy seeing runs scored, and lots of them, Long Beach City College was the place to be Monday afternoon.

Unfortunately the Bucs (0-1) came up on the short end of a 13-12 final against the Long Beach Legends that saw multiple lead changes.

The Bucs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first when Matt Majher knocked in Kevin Riley, but fell behind in the bottom half of the frame 4-1.

Inland Valley cut the deficit to 4-2 in the third as Ryan Cordova belted an RBI double scoring Riley.

Once again, the Legends responded in the bottom half of an inning after a Bucs score, this time with two runs to extend the margin to 6-2.

The Bucs fought all the way back and then some in the fifth when they plated six runs to grab an 8-6 lead. Hershel Gardner had an RBI single, Brendan Campbell added a two-run base hit. Breyer Gayle and Riley followed with an RBI apiece.

The Legends answered with four in the bottom of the fifth to regain the lead making it a 10-8 ballgame.

Long Beach tacked on one more in the seventh to increase the lead to 11-8.

The Bucs fought until the bitter end scoring one in the eighth on Brendan Campbell’s third RBI of the day closing the gap to 11-9.

In the ninth, Inland Valley scored three runs on an absolutely scalded ball to the left center fence by Shamon Moss as the Bucs took a 12-11 lead after trailing by four runs for the second time in the game.

On this day, it wasn’t meant to be, however, the Bucs made two errors in the bottom of the ninth allowing two runs to score.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 0 0 0 0 0
Breyer Gayle 4 1 3 1 0 0
JP Hopkins 2 0 0 0 0 0
Tristan Chamberlain 2 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Steer 3 1 1 0 0 1
Brendan Campbell 4 1 2 3 0 0
Kevin Riley 6 3 3 1 0 1
Gerardo Ramirez 3 1 1 1 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 1
Shamon Moss 3 2 1 3 1 0
Johnny Juarez 1 0 0 0 1 0
Ryan Cordova 4 2 2 1 1 0
Hershel Gardner 4 1 1 1 2 0
Matt Majher 2 0 0 1 0 0
Jacob Taylor 2 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 12 15 12 5 4

Batting2B: Kevin Riley, Shamon Moss, Ryan Cordova
TB: Breyer Gayle 3, Connor Steer, Brendan Campbell 2, Kevin Riley 4, Gerardo Ramirez, Shamon Moss 2, Ryan Cordova 3, Hershel Gardner, Jacob Taylor
RBI: Breyer Gayle, Brendan Campbell 3, Kevin Riley, Gerardo Ramirez, Shamon Moss 3, Ryan Cordova, Hershel Gardner, Matt Majher
ROE: JP Hopkins, Gerardo Ramirez, Shamon Moss, Ryan Cordova
FC: Kevin Riley, Shamon Moss
HBP: Ryan Cordova
CI: Jacob Taylor
SB: Kevin Riley, Ryan Cordova

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Daniel Diaz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000
Alex Bernstein 1.0 0 0 3 4 4 1 0 0 .000
Randall Ortiz 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 —
Chris Sanchez 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Chris Ghosn 1.0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 .000
Cameron Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 4 4 2 1 0 0 .000
Jonathan Hopkins 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
David Kretschmar 1.0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Logan Lannon 1.0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 .000
Totals 8.2 0 0 14 13 8 5 9 0 —

PitchingL: Randall Ortiz
HBP: Alex Bernstein 2
WP: Alex Bernstein, Chris Ghosn

OC Bucs Fall Short

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The OC Bucs (1-1, 1-1) fell 5-4 to the NLB Waves on Sunday afternoon at Crean Lutheran High School.

The Bucs got off to a quick 3-0 lead in the first as Nick Reeser ripped an RBI base hit and Anthony Moreno knocked him in with an RBI single.

The Waves plated three in the third to knot it up at 3, and took a 4-3 lead in the sixth inning.

The Bucs answered with a run in the seventh to tie it at 4. Reeser added his second RBI of the day scoring Aaron Torres, but the Waves tallied one final run in their final at bat in the eighth to come away with the tough fought victory.

The Bucs play the OC Surf next on Thursday at Cal Poly Pomona. It will be the program’s first ever home game.

 

OC Bucs
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Jarrett Anton 1 0 0 0 3 1
Alex Campos 4 0 0 0 0 2
Nick Cordova 3 0 1 0 1 2
David Grubaugh 3 0 0 0 1 0
David Johnson 4 0 0 0 0 1
Riley Manquen 1 1 0 0 2 1
Nicholas Michaels 4 0 1 0 0 1
Anthony Moreno 4 0 1 1 0 0
Nick Reeser 2 1 1 2 0 0
Aaron Torres 4 2 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 3 7 8
SB: Manquen, Moreno, Reeser
HBP: Manquen, Reeser
SF: Reeser
OC Bucs
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Art Corona 3.2 4 3 3 2 5 0
Andrew Eppenbach 3.1 1 1 1 1 5 0
Logan Grigsby (L) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0

 

OC Bucs Win First Game

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The OC Bucs’ inaugural game in franchise history went back-and-forth for a while before turning into all smiles on Saturday afternoon at Edison High School as they defeated an OCCL rival, the So Cal Sharks 11-4.

The Bucs and  Sharks traded runs throughout the first five innings making it a tightly contested 3-3 ballgame heading to the bottom of the fifth.

The Bucs grabbed a quick 1-0 lead in the first when Aaron Torres was brought in by an RBI knock by Nick Reeser.

The Sharks responded in the bottom half of the inning to make it 1-1.

David Grubaugh belted an RBI scoring Anthony Moreno to make it 2-1 in the second, but the Sharks tied it up again, this time at 2 apiece.

In the fourth, Jarrett Anton scored, but the Sharks matched the Bucs once more in the top of the fifth to draw even at 3-3.

The Bucs’ bats came through in the fifth with three runs doubling up the score to 6-3. Alex Campos and Riley Manquen notched their first RBI of the season in the fifth.

Campos was just getting started. In the eighth inning, he blasted a three-run bomb to finish 2-3 with 4 RBI on the  day. Reeser finished with three RBI as well.

Nicholas Michaels notched the pitching win entering in the fifth, while allowing no earned runs.

The Bucs play another league foe tomorrow. They travel to Crean Lutheran to play the Waves.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jacob Blackiston 5 2 3 0 0 0
Austin McGilvra 5 0 0 0 0 1
Riley Manquen 2 0 1 1 1 0
Jarrett Anton 1 1 0 0 1 1
Aaron Torres 5 2 2 0 1 0
Alex Campos 3 2 2 4 0 1
Nick Reeser 3 1 2 3 0 0
Logan Grigsby 4 0 1 0 1 1
Nick Cordova 3 2 0 0 2 2
Anthony Moreno 2 1 1 0 0 0
David Grubaugh 3 0 1 2 0 0
Totals 36 11 13 10 6 6

Batting2B: Jacob Blackiston, Riley Manquen, Aaron Torres, Alex Campos, Anthony Moreno
HR: Alex Campos
TB: Jacob Blackiston 4, Riley Manquen 2, Aaron Torres 3, Alex Campos 6, Nick Reeser 2, Logan Grigsby, Anthony Moreno 2, David Grubaugh
RBI: Riley Manquen, Alex Campos 4, Nick Reeser 3, David Grubaugh 2
SF: Nick Reeser, David Grubaugh 2
HBP: Nick Reeser
SB: Nick Reeser, Logan Grigsby

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Nicholas Michaels 4.0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 —
Art Corona 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Jacob Battaglia 4.0 0 0 2 2 2 4 2 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 5 4 2 5 5 0 —

PitchingW: Nicholas Michaels
HBP: Jacob Battaglia 2
WP: Nicholas Michaels, Jacob Battaglia

Successful Tryout

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Memorial Day’s Inland Valley Baseball tryout was a roaring success.

More than 50 collegiate prospects attended and showcased their talents to the three head coaches of the Inland Valley Baseball Association.

Charlie Reynoso, the manager of the Pirates and founder, was thrilled to see the turnout, but even more excited with the players who showed up.

“There was a lot of talent out there today,” said Reynoso. “I’m excited about all three of our teams. They will all have a great chance to compete for championships.”

Players will find out which teams they are placed on Thursday morning.

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D2 Regional Features 17 Inland Valley Players

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After winning both the regular season and postseason CCAA championship, Cal Poly Pomona secured the No. 1 seed in the western regional of the Division 2 tournament.

They will host the regional tournament at Mt. Sac starting Thursday morning at 11 a.m.

This specific tournament has extra significance for the Inland Valley Baseball Association because 17 of its players will be represented between four of the participating schools with one goal in mind – to make the World Series in

Joining the Broncos are No. 2 Azusa Pacific, No. 3 Cal Baptist and No. 6 Point Loma.

Cal Poly has 12 including: (Ryan Alsworth, Jacob Bernardy, Kyle Garlick, Christian Kelley, Michael Koval, Jason Padlo, Cody Ponce, Jonathon Reynoso, Matt Reynoso, Caleb Romo, Eric Trask and Michael Zidek)

Azusa Pacific has two: (Jacob Cage and Blake James)

Cal Baptist has two: (AJ David and Alec Morabito)

Point Loma has one: (Jack Spohn)

Below is the schedule for the first two days of the tournament.

Thursday, May 14
11:00 am – Game 3: #3 Cal Baptist vs. #4 Dixie State
3:00 pm – Game 2: #2 Azusa Pacific vs. #5 UC San Diego
7:00 pm – Game 1: #1 Cal Poly Pomona vs. #6 Point Loma

Friday, May 15
11:00 am – Game 4: Loser game 1 vs. Loser game 2
3:00 pm – Game 5: Winner game 1 vs. Loser game 3
7:00 pm – Game 6: Winner game 2 vs. Winner game 3