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In game 2 of Thursday’s double header, the Palm Springs Power beat the Inland Valley Pirates 4-6 to earn a split. With the loss, the Pirates fall to 2-2 in the SCCBL and 4-5 overall.

The Pirates would get on the board first after Joey Riherd would score after getting a leadoff double. The lead wouldn’t last long for the Pirates as the Power would tack on runs in the third and fourth to take a 2-1 lead. The Pirates would answer back with two runs in the fifth to take the lead again at 2-3 with Ryan Pho and Aaron Halpert both scoring unearned runs off Power pitcher Jonathan Buckley.

With the Power scoring more runs in the sixth and seventh and the Pirates scoring 1 in the eighth, the score was 4-4 heading into the ninth. With Tyler Kanne on the mound for the Pirates, the Power would score 2 runs after Kanne would load the bases on two hit by pitches and a single. With the bases loaded, Kanne would retire the next batter but then walk in the run from third. The next batter would strike out before a wild pitch would make the score 6-4. The Pirates would then go down in order in the ninth for the loss.

The Pirates return to action at home against the Riverside Bulldogs at 7 PM.

In the first game of a double header Thursday Afternoon, the Inland Valley Pirates beat the Palm Springs Power 3-1. This would be the Power’s first loss of the season as they started 10-0.  The Pirates improve to 2-1 in league play and 4-4 overall.

Following back to back singles in the fourth Kyle Harper and Chase Wehesner, the pitcher Jake Lacheman would get an RBI double to put the Pirates up 1-0. The lead wouldn’t last long for the Pirates as the next inning the Power would get a leadoff walk that would eventually come to score on a RBI double by Dillion Spears.

The game would stay tied at 1-1 until the bottom of the 7th when the Pirates would add 2 more runs to make it 3-1. Jake Anderson would get an RBI double bring home Nick Peifer who reached on a leadoff walk. After advancing to third on a groundout, Anderson would score on a wild pitch by Power Pitcher Jacob Corn. Those would be all the runs the Pirates needed as Trevor Jackson would come into relief after starting the game in center and retired the final 6 batters to get the save.

The Inland Valley Bucs struck early as they took a three-run lead in the first inning. The Bucs had a really good day at the plate as they had a total of 10 hits and eight runs scored today.

The offense seemed to be turning around for the Bucs as their whole team seems more comfortable and relaxed as you see it with every game with the team. The Bucs’ pitching kept the Bombers’ bats quiet today as a total only allowed 4 runs.

The Inland Valley Bucs will head to Palm Springs on Friday to take on the Palm Springs Power at 7 0’clock at Palm Springs Stadium.

The SCCBL Pirates added it’s third win to the season this Tuesday night with a 10-3 routing of the So Cal Bombers.

Ryan McAnless got things started for Inland Valley with a home run in the third, making it two consecutive games now with a home run hit by the left fielder. The Pirates would score four more times in that inning after a double RBI by both catcher Kyle Harper and short stop Kevin Kramer and a single two run RBI from first baseman Chase Wehesner.

Inland Valley would go on to score an additional five runs in the fifth to secure their lead over the Bombers.

On the mound, it was Andre Henson with the standout performance. Henson pitched five complete innings, striking out nine of his opponents and allowing just one run.

Tomorrow is a day off for the Pirates, but they will be back at Amerige Field on Thursday for a double header against the Palm Springs Power. The first game begins at 4:00pm.

The Inland Valley Pirates beat the Ventura County Pirates 7-5 on Thursday to improve to 2-1 in league and 2-3 overall.

Ventura County started the scoring with 1 in the 2nd inning and 2 in the 3rd inning. With the score 3-0 in the 4th, Inland Valley would tack on 1 run with an RBI single from John Santospago. Inland Valley wouldn’t score again until the 7th when they would push across 5 runs to take a 6-4 lead. They would bring 8 batters to the plate and get 4 hits along with 2 walks.

Ventura County would bring the lead to within 1 on a Max Sterner home run in the 8th. That would be all Ventura County would get as Inland Valley would add one more in the 8th also for a final score of 7-5.

Both Pirates teams will play again each other on Thursday at Citrus College on Thursday at 4:30 PM.

Another win in the books for the SCCBL Pirates and this time it comes in dominating fashion with a 13-1 victory over non-conference opponent, Southern Nevada.

Three Pirate players hit home runs to highlight the stellar offensive performance. Ryan McAnless and Chase Wehesner hit back to back bombs in the third to add to the teams total five runs in that inning. Catcher Kyle Harper added a run of his own in the sixth inning to put the home team up by ten before heading into the seventh.

Pirates also found success in the pitching game. All three of the Inland Valley pitchers that saw playing time took care of business. Kohto Hasegawa added to his impressive start to the season, allowing just one run and striking out five opponents. Strong performances by Kevin Santana and Darrian Lopez kept Southern Nevada from scoring anymore runs and held the visiting team to just four hits on the night.

The Pirates return to Amerige Park tomorrow when they get back into league play and take on the So Cal Bombers at 7:00pm.

The Inland Valley Bucs came up with a huge win over Southern Nevada as they beat them 9-4. The offense for the Inland Valley Bucs came out firing today. With hitting from the entire team leading them to the victory.

Christian Valdez and Seamus Fallon both had a day at the plate as they had multiple RBI for the team.

Breannan Piceno pitcher for the Inland Valley Bucs had an outstanding day as he only gave up 1 run in a total of 5 innings pitched.

The Inland Valley Bucs travel to Santiago high school tomorrow as they take on the Riverside Bulldogs at 4 O’clock P.M.

After winning it’s home opener against the Signal Hill Oilers, the SBL Pirates fall to the same opponent 9-1 in the second game of this Sunday’s double header.

In a game that ended in seven innings, the Pirates saw six different pitchers take the mound as the Oilers put up big numbers on offense. Signal Hill put themselves ahead early, scoring five runs in the first two innings, and held on to that momentum throughout the game, adding an additional four runs in the fifth and sixth.

Meanwhile, Inland Valley struggled to connect with the ball, ending the night with just four total hits and just one run scored.

The Pirates look to get things back on track this Tuesday, June 12th when they travel to LA Valley College to take on the Ventura Country Pirates at 5:00pm.

In the first game of it’s double header on Sunday, the SBL Pirates secured the 12-8 win against the Signal Hill Oilers.

It was a offensive showing for both teams. The Oilers scored quick and early, earning three runs in the first and two in the second. They would add an additional run in the fifth and two more in the seventh, which tied up the game heading into the eighth.

The Pirates secured the win in the bottom of the eighth, scoring four runs to put them ahead 12-8.

The Oilers had one last chance to make something happen in the ninth, but could not get it done. Pirate’s pitcher Angel Ruiz Jr. came in as the reliever and struck out two Oilers back to back, helping to secure a scoreless inning for the Oilers.

The Inland Valley Bucs had a tough loss today losing 2-1 by the Riverside Bulldogs. This concluded their match-up between the Bulldogs and the Bucs as they get swept in the series.

It was a pitching duel in today’s game as both starters  went into the later innings of the game. It came down to the top of the 9th inning where the Bulldogs came away with the winning run in the inning. The Buccaners came up in the bottom of the 9th but could not get a run in.

The Buccaneers will travel to Amerige Park on Monday at 4 0’clock where they will be taking on the team from Southern Nevada.