The Pirates (26-6, 12-4) defeated Team San Diego (23-22, 7-9) 7-5 in a topsy-turvy affair on Monday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
Inland Valley grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI double by Kyle Jackson that scored Chaneng Varela.
San Diego answered with four runs in the top of the third to take a 4-1 lead. Continue reading “Pirates Win 1st Ever Playoff Game”
The Buccaneers finished their season in style with a sweep of the High Desert Heat and finished in fourth place of the SCCBL.
Inland Valley (11-19-1, 5-11) triumphed 11-2 over High Desert (8-18, 4-10) on Saturday afternoon in Game 2 of the double dip at Victor Valley College.
The Bucs finished their final 15 games with a winning record of 8-6-1.
The Buccaneers (10-19-1, 4-11) defeated the High Desert Heat (8-17, 4-11) 8-3 on Saturday afternoon at Victor Valley College in Game 1 of the doubleheader.
Gerardo Ramirez (3-2) continued his recent dominance on the mound tossing seven innings while allowing no earned runs and striking out four. Continue reading “Bucs Force Heat to Walk the Plank”
The Pirates (25-6, 12-4) swept the season series against Team San Diego with a 4-3 victory in Game 2 of the doubleheader Friday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
San Diego jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth, but Inland Valley responded immediately with a run in the bottom half of the inning when Matthew Reynoso’s RBI single scored Michael Johnson to knot it up at 1-1. Continue reading “Pirates Sweep San Diego”
The Pirates (24-6, 11-4) defeated Team San Diego (23-18, 7-8) 7-2 in Game 1 of the double dip Friday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Pirates jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning.
Andrew Alvarez doubled and scored on a Nolan Henley RBI base hit up the middle. Christian Kelley plated the second run on an infield single by Greg Espinosa. Continue reading “Pirates Take Game 1 vs SD”
The Buccaneers (9-19-1, 3-11) beat the East LA Dodgers 6-4 Wednesday afternoon at Whittier Christian High School.
Jayson De La Pena was superb, tossing five innings and striking out two, while allowing no runs.
Miles Ryan, Kevin Riley, Michael Smith and Bryce Brooks each had two hit days. Continue reading “Bucs Give Dodgers the Blues”
The Pirates (23-6, 10-4) suffered an uncharacteristic 10-6 loss to the San Diego Force (33-7) Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
After falling behind 1-0 in the first inning, the Pirates immediately responded with a two-spot in the bottom of the first.
Chaneng Varela singled, swiped third base and scored on an error. Continue reading “6-Run 8th is Pirates Undoing”
The Buccaneers (8-19-1, 3-11) won with late inning heroics by Tanner Thibodeau on a game-wining two-run triple in the eighth.
Inland Valley defeated AOS Baseball 6-3 on Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Bucs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning on an RBI single by Miles Ryan scoring Diego Cortes. Continue reading “Bucs Win with Big 8th Inning”
The Pirates (23-5, 10-4) defeated the OC Halos 6-1 on Sunday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
Inland Valley got out to a quick start in the first inning as Greg Espinosa scored on an RBI by Andrew Alvarez to make it 1-0.
The Halos knotted it up at 1-1 in the fourth inning.
Anthony Virgen killed any moment the Halos might have had with a majestic two-run homer over the left field wall in the fifth inning. Anthony’s brother, Nathan, also scored on the big fly and the Pirates regained the lead at 3-1. Continue reading “Pirates Down Halos”
The Buccaneers (7-19-1, 3-11) fell 4-2 to the San Diego Force Friday afternoon at Valhalla High School.
The started off strong with a three-run first inning and tacked on one more run in the seventh to take a 4-0 lead.
Inland Valley answered in the eighth when Tanner Thibodeau belted a two-run home run scoring Bryce Brooks.
Chris Sanchez pitched the complete game (8 innings) in the loss. He allowed three earned runs and struck out three. Continue reading “Bucs Drop Both Games in San Diego”
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