The Force is with the Pirates (Game 1 Recap)
The Pirates (6-0) tossed a one-hitter against the San Diego Force 3-0 Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
Michael Koval and Cody Erautt were sensational. Koval struckout seven in four innings, while allowing the one hit. Erautt earned the victory and hurled five inning, while sitting down five Force hitters. Continue reading “Pirates Split Doubleheader with the Force”
The Pirates (5-0) continued their stellar play Wednesday night at Cal Poly Pomona with a two-hitter and a 4-0 victory over the Bucs (0-3).
Anthony Seminaris broke up the no-hitter with two outs in the sixth inning when he turned on an inside pitch and ripped it down the left field line.
The Pirates struck in the fifth when Fernando Escobar knocked in Jacob Bernardy. Continue reading “Pirates Blank Bucs”
After a slow start in the first three innings, the Pirates scored in the next four innings to claim a 5-1 victory over the California Titans at Cal Poly Pomona Tuesday night.
In the fourth, Nolan Henley got things kick started with a single and stole one of his three bags on the night. He was hit in by Alec Morabito, who also tossed three efficient innings while earning the win. Continue reading “Pirates Tame the Titans”
The Inland Valley Pirates (3-0) jumped out to an early start and never looked back in a 10-0 victory against the East L.A. Dodgers Monday night at Banning High School.
Although the offense exploded for 10 runs, the story was the 17 strikeouts the four Pirate pitchers earned en route to a collective shutout. Jack Johnson notched the win and recorded seven strikeouts in three innings. Kevin Glomb started the game and tossed two innings, while striking out three. Ryan Romero added two strikeouts in two innings and Brett Early closed out the game with five Dodger whiffs in two innings. Continue reading “Pirates Force Dodgers to Walk the Plank”
In the second game, the Pirates pitching stifled the Bucs for the first seven innings, allowing no runs.
Michael Koval started things off with three innings and three strikeouts. Andrew Alvarez recorded the win, while striking out five in just two innings. Aaron Reynoso struck out two in two innings. All three of these pitchers contributed to the scoreless first seven innings. Continue reading “Pirates Defeat Bucs 8-3 in Game Two”
The Inland Valley Pirates swept the doubleheader against the Inland Valley Buccaneers on a toasty Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Pirates won the first game 13-4 and the second game 8-3. Continue reading “Offensive Fireworks Spark Pirates Doubleheader Sweep of Bucs”
| Pirates Schools Represented | Bucs Schools Represented |
 Azusa Pacific (1) |
 Cal Poly Pomona (1) |
 Cal Baptist (2) |
 CSU San Bernardino (4) |
| Cal Poly Pomona (7) |
 Chaffey College (2) |
 CSU San Bernardino (1) |
 Citrus College (4) |
| Chaffey College (1) |
 College of Southern Idaho (1) |
 Citrus College (3) |
 Diamond Bar High (1) |
 Houston Baptist (2) |
 Fullerton College (1) |
 Lewis & Clark (1) |
 Kansas City Community (1) |
 Lindsey Wilson (1) |
 Memorial High (OK) (1) |
 Linfield (1) |
 Mount San Antonio College (2) |
 Pittsburgh (1) |
 Orange Coast College (1) |
 Riverside City College (1) |
 Point Loma Nazarene (1) |
 San Francisco State (4) |
 Rio Hondo (1) |
 UC Irvine (1) |
 Stanford (1) |
 UC Riverside (1) |
 San Bernardino Valley College (1) |
 University of La Verne (2) |
 University of La Verne (1) |
 West Texas A&M (1) |
The Pirates return 16 players from their maiden voyage.
SCCBL all-stars AJ David, Kyle Jackson, Christian Kelley and Taylor Valentine are all back to help the club improve upon last season’s 12-11-1 mark. 
Taylor Valentine posted gaudy numbers, while dominating the competition in 2013. The Cal State San Bernardino senior-to-be earned Pitcher of the Year honors while finishing 5-0 with a 0.66 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 40.2 innings.
It was an unusual day Friday at Cal Poly Pomona as the Inland Valley Pirates (11-12, 9-11) took the field with the Long Beach Legends (33-20, 12-5) in a triple header.
The first game was a completion of an extra innings game started on July 9 at Long Beach City College. The Pirates tied the game at 6 apiece in the ninth inning and the game was called due to darkness.
It took two innings to complete the game as Cody Yates tossed two innings, struck out three and notched the victory. Chris Schaaf came through in the clutch with the walk-off RBI single scoring Vince Lawrence to end the game 7-6 in the 11th inning. Continue reading “Pirates Complete Wacky Tripleheader”
POMONA, CA – The High Desert Heat (11-17, 4-15) defeated the Inland Valley Pirates (10-10, 8-9) 7-4 Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona in a complete team performance.
Every Heat starter recorded at least one hit.
In the top of the second inning, High Desert grabbed a 1-0 lead behind Jack Collingsworth’s RBI single. Continue reading “Heat Burn Pirates’ Playoff Hopes”
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