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 Buccaneers (7-17-1, 3-11) were swept by the Palm Springs Power (27-5, 7-2) 17-4 on Wednesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.
The Power struck with one run in the first and the score remained 1-0 until the bottom of the fourth.
The Power surged for 13 runs in the fourth to grab a 14-0 lead and put the game out of reach.
The Bucs scored two in the fifth, one in the seventh and one in the eighth. Continue reading “Bucs Swept by Power”
The Buccaneers (6-15, 3-9) sunk the Pirates (17-5, 8-4) Monday afternoon with a 11-2 victory at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Bucs came out swinging in the first inning when they took a 1-0 lead. Miles Ryan scored on an error.
The Pirates tied it up in the third when Chaneng Varela belted an RBI single scoring Michael Johnson. Continue reading “Bucs Sink the Pirates”
The Buccaneers (5-15, 2-9) suffered a 12-3 defeat at the hands of Top Speed (22-3) Sunday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
Top Speed scored two in the first, but Inland Valley answered immediately with two in the bottom half of the inning.
Johnny Juarez ripped an RBI single scoring Mbusi Hlatshwayo. Anthony Rabito knocked in Kevin Riley to knot it up at 2-2. Continue reading “Bucs Fall to Top Speed”
Mbusi Hlatshwayo was the hero in Game 1 of the series against San Diego when he cranked a game-winning RBI triple in the ninth inning.
The Bucs (2-5, 2-1) prevailed 5-4 over Team San Diego (7-2, 0-1).
Inland Valley jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI double by Anthony Rabito scoring Kevin Riley. Continue reading “Bucs Pull it out in 9th Against SD”
The Buccaneers (1-5, 1-1) won their first game of the season 3-2 against the High Desert Heat on a game-winning RBI by Michael Smith Wednesday night at Cal Poly Pomona.
Nathaniel Acosta tossed five shutout innings and struck out six.
The Bucs grabbed a 2-0 lead in the second on a two-run double by Charles Escobar. Anthony Rabito and Jack Spohn, both of whom singled, scored on the play. Continue reading “Bucs Win First Game”
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