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Bucs Sucomb to Riptide

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The Inland Valley Bucs (12-15-2, 7-11) lost 12-5 to the OC Riptide on Tuesday afternoon at Vanguard University.

A variety of physical and mental errors contributed to a three-run third and five-run fourth inning to give the Riptide an 8-0 lead at the end of the fourth.

The Riptide built the lead to 12-0 after scoring twice in the sixth and seventh innings.

The Bucs fought back with four in the eighth and one in the ninth to make it a more respectable final score.

Joseph Morreale and Blake Vandegrift had RBI knocks and Bryce Brooks ripped a two-run single in the eighth.

Matt Majher had the RBI single in the ninth.

The Bucs will look for a measure of revenge Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona at 5 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
JP Hopkins 1 1 1 0 1 0
Kevin Riley 5 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 4 0 2 1 0 0
Shamon Moss 4 0 0 0 1 1
Johnny Juarez 2 1 0 0 3 0
Hershel Gardner 3 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Majher 3 1 2 1 1 0
Joe Morreale 5 1 1 1 0 0
Bryce Brooks 4 0 3 2 0 0
DJ Peters 5 1 3 0 0 1
Totals 36 5 12 5 6 3

Batting2B: Blake Vandegrift
TB: JP Hopkins, Blake Vandegrift 3, Matt Majher 2, Joe Morreale, Bryce Brooks 3, DJ Peters 3
RBI: Blake Vandegrift, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale, Bryce Brooks 2
SAC: Matt Majher
ROE: Blake Vandegrift
CS: Blake Vandegrift

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Jonathan Hopkins 3.2 0 .000 9 7 6 3 3 0
David Kretschmar 2.0 0 .000 5 4 4 2 2 0
Diego Cortes 1.1 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jacob Taylor 1.0 0 .000 2 1 0 1 0 0
Totals 8.0 0 — 17 12 10 6 5 0

PitchingL: Jonathan Hopkins
 

Buc Wild

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The Inland Valley Bucs (10-12-2, 6-8) overpowered the Palm Springs Power (26-8, 10-3) 7-2 on Tuesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.

The win snapped a 10-game Power winning streak, and was more importantly the first win in Buccaneer history in seven tries against the perennial SCCBL favorites.

The Power took a 2-0 lead in the second, but it was all Inland Valley from there.

Shamon Moss and Blake Vandegrift ripped RBI singles in the fourth to knot the game up at 2.

Hershel Gardner gave the Bucs the lead in the fifth on an RBI sacrifice fly to make it a 3-2 ballgame.

Kevin Riley and DJ Peters kept the momentum going with RBI doubles in the sixth to push the lead to 6-2.

The Bucs extended the margin to 7-2 in the seventh.

Jonathan Hopkins (2-0) threw a complete game, while striking out five and allowing no earned runs on just five hits.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 5 0 0 0 0 4
Kevin Riley 5 2 2 1 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 5 1 2 1 0 1
Shamon Moss 5 1 5 1 0 0
Johnny Juarez 4 0 0 0 0 1
Hershel Gardner 3 0 0 1 1 1
Matt Majher 4 1 2 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 5 2 2 0 0 1
DJ Peters 3 0 2 1 2 1
Totals 39 7 15 5 3 9

Batting2B: Kevin Riley, Shamon Moss, Joe Morreale
TB: Kevin Riley 3, Blake Vandegrift 2, Shamon Moss 6, Matt Majher 2, Joe Morreale 3, DJ Peters 2
RBI: Kevin Riley, Blake Vandegrift, Shamon Moss, Hershel Gardner, DJ Peters
SAC: Johnny Juarez, Matt Majher
SF: Hershel Gardner

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Jonathan Hopkins 9.0 0 0 5 2 0 5 5 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 5 2 0 5 5 0 —

PitchingW:  Jonathan Hopkins

Force Too Much to Handle

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (7-12-1, 5-8) fell 11-5 to the San Diego Force (24-4, 11-2) on Tuesday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Force jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but the Bucs got one back in the bottom of the second when Brendan Campbell scored on a bases loaded walk by Anthony Seminaris.

The Force responded with a four-run fourth to increase their lead to 7-1.

Inland Valley answered with two in the bottom half of the inning to cut the deficit to 7-3.

Campbell scored for the second time on a Shamon Moss RBI and Hershel Gardner scored on a sacrifice fly by Blake Vandegrift.

The Force added four more runs to take an 11-3 lead in the eighth, but the Bucs wouldn’t go without a fight as they scored two in the final frame.

Connor Steer and Seminaris scored in the ninth.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 1 0 1 3 0
JP Hopkins 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tristan Chamberlain 1 0 0 0 0 0
Connor Steer 2 1 1 0 0 1
Brendan Campbell 2 2 0 0 1 0
Kevin Riley 4 0 0 0 1 1
Gerardo Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 1 0 0 1 0 1
Shamon Moss 3 0 1 1 0 0
Johnny Juarez 2 0 0 0 0 2
Hershel Gardner 2 1 0 0 1 1
Matt Majher 3 0 1 0 0 2
Diego Cortes 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jacob Taylor 1 0 1 1 1 0
Joe Morreale 2 0 0 1 0 1
DJ Peters 5 0 2 0 0 1
Totals 30 5 6 5 9 10

BattingTB: Connor Steer, Shamon Moss, Matt Majher, Jacob Taylor, DJ Peters 2
RBI: Anthony Seminaris, Blake Vandegrift, Shamon Moss, Jacob Taylor, Joe Morreale
SF: Blake Vandegrift, Joe Morreale
ROE: Brendan Campbell, DJ Peters
FC: Hershel Gardner
SB: Matt Majher, DJ Peters
CS: DJ Peters
PIK: DJ Peters

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 2.2 0 0 5 4 4 2 3 0 .000
Chris Sanchez 2.2 0 0 4 3 3 2 1 0 .000
David Kretschmar 1.1 0 0 2 3 3 3 3 0 .000
Daniel Sandoval 1.0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 .000
DJ Peters 1.1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 —
Totals 9.0 0 0 14 11 11 9 11 0 —

PitchingL: David Kretschmar
HBP: DJ Peters 2

Bucs Tie Dodgers

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (7-11-1) tied the East LA Dodgers Monday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs jumped out to an early 2-0 lead before falling behind 5-2.

They used a three-run ninth to tie the game and left the bases loaded.

Matt Majher knocked in one run in each of his first two plate appearances. In the second, he scored Johnny Juarez and in the fourth he brought home Joseph Morreale.

The Dodgers scored five unanswered runs getting three in the sixth and one in the seventh and eighth.

Two runs were scored on an error, and two more came home on wild pitches, so the Bucs shot themselves in the foot, and found themselves behind by a 5-2 score heading to the final frame.

The team awakened in the bottom of the ninth hitting through the entire lineup and scoring three runs to knot it up at 5-5.

Blake Vandegrift ripped an RBI double scoring Majher.

Anthony Seminaris scored on a wild pitch.

Vandegrift scored the tying run a Brendan Campbell RBI single.

The Bucs are back at it again on Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Cal Poly Pomona against the San Diego Force.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 3 1 0 0 1 1
Breyer Gayle 2 0 1 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 2 0 0 0 0 1
Tristan Chamberlain 2 0 0 0 0 0
Connor Steer 2 0 1 0 1 0
Brendan Campbell 3 0 1 1 0 1
Kevin Riley 2 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 3 1 1 1 0 0
Johnny Juarez 0 1 0 0 1 0
Hershel Gardner 4 0 1 0 1 2
Matt Majher 3 1 3 2 0 0
Joe Morreale 3 1 1 0 0 0
DJ Peters 3 0 0 0 2 1
Totals 32 5 9 4 6 6

Batting2B: Matt Majher, Joe Morreale
TB: Breyer Gayle, Connor Steer, Brendan Campbell, Blake Vandegrift, Hershel Gardner, Matt Majher 4, Joe Morreale 2
RBI: Brendan Campbell, Blake Vandegrift, Matt Majher 2
SAC: Joe Morreale 2
HBP: Johnny Juarez, Matt Majher
SB: Breyer Gayle
CS: Connor Steer

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .000
Randall Ortiz 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000
Gerardo Ramirez 1.0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .000
Chris Ghosn 4.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 —
Jacob Taylor 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000
Totals 7.0 0 0 3 2 2 4 4 0 —

PitchingHBP: Randall Ortiz, Chris Ghosn
WP: Gerardo Ramirez, Jacob Taylor

Bucs Sweep Team San Diego

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The Inland Valley Bucs (5-5, 3-1) swept Team San Diego Friday night at Grossmont College.

The Bucs defeated San Diego 4-0 in the second game of the doubleheader.

Jonathan Hopkins tossed seven lights out innings. He struck out six and only allowed three hits.

Alex Bernstein and Randall Ortiz followed in suit with one shutout inning each.

Brendan Campbell, Tristan Chamberlain and Matt Majher ripped one RBI apiece.

Hershel Gardner, Majher, Shamon Moss and Blake Vandegrift all scored once.

Inland Valley’s next game is another league road contest in San Diego on Tuesday at 5 p.m., however this time, it will be against the San Diego Force in the first of a two-game home and away series.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 0 0 0 1 0
Breyer Gayle 4 0 2 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 3 0 0 0 0 3
Tristan Chamberlain 4 0 2 1 0 0
Connor Steer 3 0 0 0 0 3
Brendan Campbell 4 0 3 1 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 2 1 0 0 0 0
Shamon Moss 4 1 2 0 1 0
Johnny Juarez 4 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 5 1 2 0 0 2
Matt Majher 4 1 1 1 0 0
Bryce Brooks 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 39 4 12 3 3 8

Batting2B: Matt Majher
TB: Breyer Gayle 2, Tristan Chamberlain 2, Brendan Campbell 3, Shamon Moss 2, Hershel Gardner 2, Matt Majher 2
RBI: Tristan Chamberlain, Brendan Campbell, Matt Majher
SAC: Brendan Campbell
ROE: Blake Vandegrift, Hershel Gardner
HBP: Breyer Gayle
CS: Brendan Campbell

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Jonathan Hopkins 7.0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 —
Totals 9.0 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 0 —

PitchingW: Jonathan Hopkins
HBP: Alex Bernstein

Bucs Win Again

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (3-5, 1-1) defeated the Orange Coast Bucs 9-7 on Thursday night at Orange Coast College.

The Bucs have now won three of their past four games.

It all began in the very first inning when Breyer Gayle, who finished 4-for-4, scored on a RBI single by JP Hopkins.

Hopkins was brought home by Brendan Campbell’s RBI rip to left field to make it a 2-0 lead for the Bucs.

Inland Valley added one run in the third and fourth innings to extend the margin to 4-0.

Kevin Riley knocked in Gayle in the third and Gayle scored again on a Hopkins knock in the fourth.

The OCC Bucs scored one in the bottom of the fourth.

The fifth inning saw seven total runs scored, four of which were plated by Inland Valley.

Campbell and Matt Majher scored on a two-run single by Bryce Brooks.

Anthony Seminaris lined a single to right field scoring Joseph Morreale.

Gayle brought home Seminaris with a base hit to give the Bucs an 8-1 lead.

The OCC Bucs scored three in the fifth to narrow their deficit to 8-4.

The Bucs tacked on an insurance run in the seventh as Gayle belted his second RBI scoring Blake Vandegrift.

The OCC Bucs plated two in the seventh and one in the eighth to make it 9-7, but that was as close as they could get as Randall Ortiz notched his first save of the season.

Cameron Rodriguez tossed 1.1 innings, struckout two and was credited with the win.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 0 2 1 0 0
Breyer Gayle 4 3 4 2 0 0
JP Hopkins 5 1 2 2 0 3
Tristan Chamberlain 2 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Steer 3 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 4 1 2 1 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 2 1 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 1 1 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 1 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Majher 3 1 0 0 2 0
Jacob Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Morreale 3 1 3 0 0 0
Bryce Brooks 3 1 1 2 0 0
Totals 37 9 17 9 2 5

Batting2B: Kevin Riley
TB: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle 4, JP Hopkins 2, Brendan Campbell 2, Kevin Riley 3, Hershel Gardner, Joe Morreale 3, Bryce Brooks
RBI: Anthony Seminaris, Breyer Gayle 2, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell, Kevin Riley2, Bryce Brooks 2
SAC: Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
FC: Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
HBP: Breyer Gayle, Joe Morreale
SB: Breyer Gayle 2, Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
CS: Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 .000
Gerardo Ramirez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Chris Ghosn 1.2 0 0 4 4 3 3 2 0 .000
Cameron Rodriguez 1.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Diego Cortes 1.0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 .000
Daniel Sandoval 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 9 7 6 6 8 0 —

PitchingW: Cameron Rodriguez
SV: Randall Ortiz

Bucs Win First Game

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers defeated Southern Nevada 5-0 on Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs pitching staff was sensational allowing just two hit and no runs.

Daniel Sandoval got things off to a right start with two strong innings.

Alex Bernstein notched the victory tossing a flawless third, while striking out two.

Chris Ghosn and Jacob Taylor hurled the fourth and fifth innings respectively and both earned a hold.

Logan Lannon slammed the door shut en route to a save for the final two innings.

The Bucs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning when DJ Daniels knocked in Tristan Chamberlain.

In the sixth inning, Inland Valley plated four more runs.

Blake Vandegrift, Anthony Seminaris and Connor Steer each contributed one RBI. Hershel Gardner, Shamon Moss, Kevin Riley and Vandegrift all scored.

The Bucs take on the Pirates next on Monday at Cal Poly Pomona in their first SCCBL contest of the season.

Nighthawks Fly Past Bucs

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The Bucs’ early season struggles continued with another loss, this time coming to the Colton Nighthawks 4-3 at Cal Poly Pomona on Friday afternoon.

The Bucs were poised to get off the schnide initially as they jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first.

Connor Steer doubled to left field and wound up scoring later.

Colton responded with three runs in the fourth to grab the 3-1 lead.

Inland Valley answered with a two-run seventh to knot the game up at 3. JP Hopkins had the big two-run double scoring Joe Morreale and Blake Vandegrift.

Just when it looked like the Bucs might make the comeback, they gave up one run in the eighth on a wild pitch.

David Kretschmar tossed two solid scoreless innings.

Jonathon Hopkins added another two scoreless innings and three strikeouts.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 0 0 0 1 0
Breyer Gayle 1 0 0 0 1 0
JP Hopkins 5 0 2 2 0 2
Tristan Chamberlain 1 0 0 0 0 0
Connor Steer 2 1 2 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 2 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 0 0 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 2 0 1 0 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 1 1 0 0 1 1
Shamon Moss 2 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 3 0 0 0 1 1
Hershel Gardner 1 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Majher 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jacob Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 2 4 5

Batting2B: JP Hopkins 2, Connor Steer, Gerardo Ramirez
TB: JP Hopkins 4, Connor Steer 3, Brendan Campbell, Gerardo Ramirez 2, Hershel Gardner, Matt Majher
RBI: JP Hopkins 2
SAC: Tristan Chamberlain, Connor Steer
HBP: Hershel Gardner, Joe Morreale

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Daniel Diaz 2.0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 .000
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 .000
Cameron Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Jonathan Hopkins 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 .000
David Kretschmar 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Diego Cortes 1.0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 7 4 1 6 10 0 —

PitchingL: Diego Cortes

Bucs 2015 Season Preview

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The Bucs return nine players from last year’s inaugural season.

Kevin Riley
Kevin Riley

SCCBL all-stars Gerardo Ramirez, Kevin Riley and Miles Ryan are all back to build what they started into a playoff contender.

Riley was one of the standout offensive players in the entire league in 2014. He lead the team in batting average (.368), on base (.461) and slugging (483), while seemingly coming up with a big hit every single time the Bucs needed him to come through.

Ryan came on strong in the last month of the season en route to be named player of the week once. He finished with a .350 batting clip, .409 OBP and .400 SLG. He was also a stabilizing force behind home plate defensively.

Ramirez logged the most innings at 42. He finished 3-2 with a 3.43 ERA and 32 strikeouts.

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