Bucs Taken Away by Riptide

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (13-16-3) were crushed 20-5 by the OC Riptide Monday night at Cal Poly Pomona in Game 1 of the SCCBL semifinals.

Orange County took a 1-0 lead in the first.

The score remained the same until the fourth when the Riptide plated seven.

The Bucs got one back in the bottom of the frame as Brendan Campbell’s RBI ground out scored Kevin Riley.

Orange County scored eight more times in the fifth and sixth innings to take a 16-1 lead.

Inland Valley responded with a two-run homer by Joseph Morreale in the seventh.

The Riptide went back to work with four more in the eighth taking a 20-3 lead.

The Bucs tacked two in the bottom of the eighth as DJ Peters ripped a RBI triple and scored on a ground out by Johnny Juarez. Peters was one of the bright spots finishing 4-for-4.

The Bucs will travel to Vanguard University for Game 2 of the SCCBL semifinals at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Breyer Gayle 4 0 0 0 0 1
JP Hopkins 2 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Steer 2 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 4 0 0 1 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 2 1 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 2 1 1 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 2 0 0 1 2 1
Hershel Gardner 2 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Majher 1 0 0 0 1 0
Jacob Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Morreale 2 1 1 2 0 0
Bryce Brooks 4 0 2 0 0 1
DJ Peters 4 1 4 1 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5 3 6

Batting2B: Blake Vandegrift
3B: DJ Peters
HR: Joe Morreale
TB: Kevin Riley, Blake Vandegrift 2, Joe Morreale 4, Bryce Brooks 2, DJ Peters 6
RBI: Brendan Campbell, Johnny Juarez, Joe Morreale 2, DJ Peters
HBP: Kevin Riley
SB: DJ Peters

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Alex Bernstein 1.0 0 .000 2 1 0 1 1 0
Chris Sanchez 1.1 0 .000 7 8 6 0 2 0
Chris Ghosn 1.0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jonathan Hopkins 3.0 0 .000 8 7 6 3 2 0
Diego Cortes 2.2 0 .000 4 4 3 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 0 21 20 15 7 6 0

PitchingL: Jonathan Hopkins
HBP: Jonathan Hopkins
WP: Alex Bernstein

Bucs Split with Riptide

The Inland Valley Bucs (13-15-2, 8-11) split the season series with the OC Riptide (15-19-1, 12-8) on Wednesday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs won 10-3 in the final game of the set and will renew the rivalry next Monday in the first round of the SCCBL playoffs.

For the first seven innings, it was a back-and-forth affair until the Bucs used a six-run eighth inning to put the game out of reach.

Randall Ortiz was sensational tossing 6.2 innings and striking out six, while not allowing an earned run.

The Riptide got out to a 1-0 lead in the first.

The Bucs answered with one in the third on a Kevin Riley RBI double, but he was just getting started.

Inland Valley grabbed a 2-1 lead in the fifth as Brendan Campbell crossed home plate.

The Riptide fought back with two in the seventh to regain the lead at 3-2.

The Bucs responded with two of their own in the bottom of the frame to rip the lead away for good.

Riley had his second RBI double of the day to tie it at 3-3 and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.

In the ninth, things got out of hand for the Riptide as the Bucs came through with six runs.

JP Hopkins had a tw0-run knock.

Riley cranked his third double down the left field line, this time scoring two for a total of four RBI and scored his second run of the game as well.

Bryce Brooks rounded out the scoring with an RBI ground out.

Jacob Taylor hurled 2.1 innings and recorded his first victory of the season.

The Bucs travel south to Madison High School to face the San Diego Force in their regular season finale at 5 p.m. on Friday.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Breyer Gayle 2 0 0 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 4 3 3 1 0 1
Connor Steer 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 3 2 1 0 1 0
Kevin Riley 5 2 3 4 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 1
Johnny Juarez 3 0 1 0 2 0
Hershel Gardner 4 1 1 0 0 1
Matt Majher 5 1 0 0 0 0
Diego Cortes 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bryce Brooks 4 0 0 1 0 1
DJ Peters 5 1 1 0 0 2
Totals 38 10 10 6 4 7

Batting2B: Brendan Campbell, Kevin Riley 3
TB: JP Hopkins 3, Brendan Campbell 2, Kevin Riley 6, Johnny Juarez, Hershel Gardner, DJ Peters
RBI: JP Hopkins, Kevin Riley 4, Bryce Brooks
ROE: Kevin Riley, Hershel Gardner 2
HBP: Bryce Brooks
SB: JP Hopkins

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Randall Ortiz 6.2 0 .000 4 3 0 6 1 0
Jacob Taylor 2.1 0 .000 2 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 6 3 0 7 1 0

PitchingW: Jacob Taylor

Force Too Much to Handle

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 Batter San Diego

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (7-10, 5-6) defeated Team San Diego (6-14, 2-10) 9-3 on Friday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

San Diego took an early 1-0 lead in the first, but the Bucs answered.

Johnny Juarez delivered a RBI single scoring Kevin Riley to knot it up.

San Diego retook the lead in the second, but once again, the Bucs responded.

Breyer Gayle knocked in Hershel Gardner to make it even again.

The Bucs tallied three more in the third and two in the fourth to grab a 7-2 lead.

Riley, Juarez and Gardner each scored once, while DJ Peters plated two runs in that span.

The RBI came from Shamon Moss, Matt Majher, Tristan Chamberlain, Brendan Campbell and Peters.

San Diego got one in the seventh to cut the margin to 7-3, but Inland Valley sent home two more runs in the eighth on a two-run single by Joseph Morreale.

Logan Lannon worked five solid innings and notched the victory.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 0 0 0 0 0
Breyer Gayle 5 0 1 1 0 0
JP Hopkins 2 0 0 0 0 1
Tristan Chamberlain 2 0 1 1 1 0
Connor Steer 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 1 0 0 1 0 0
Kevin Riley 2 2 1 0 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 0 0 0 0 1 0
Blake Vandegrift 2 1 1 0 0 0
Shamon Moss 2 0 1 1 1 0
Johnny Juarez 2 1 1 1 1 0
Hershel Gardner 2 2 1 0 1 1
Matt Majher 3 0 1 1 0 0
Joe Morreale 2 0 1 2 0 0
DJ Peters 5 3 5 1 0 0
Totals 33 9 14 9 5 2

Batting2B: Blake Vandegrift, DJ Peters 2
TB: Breyer Gayle, Tristan Chamberlain, Kevin Riley, Blake Vandegrift 2, Shamon Moss, Johnny Juarez, Hershel Gardner, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale, DJ Peters 7
RBI: Breyer Gayle, Tristan Chamberlain, Brendan Campbell, Shamon Moss, Johnny Juarez, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale 2, DJ Peters
SAC: Brendan Campbell 2
SF: Tristan Chamberlain
HBP: Kevin Riley, Gerardo Ramirez
SB: Shamon Moss

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 2.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Chris Sanchez 1.2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Logan Lannon 5.0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 6 3 2 2 1 0

PitchingW: Logan Lannon
SV: Randall Ortiz

The Force is not with the Bucs

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (5-6, 3-2) fell to the San Diego Force (13-4, 4-2) 9-0 on Tuesday night at Madison High.

The Force piled up nine runs in the first two innings and the Bucs could never recover.

Brendan Campbell had two hits.

Inland Valley will play the Force again tomorrow at Cal Poly Pomona at 5 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 0 0 0 2 0
Tristan Chamberlain 3 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Steer 4 0 0 0 0 1
Brendan Campbell 4 0 2 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 3 0 0 0 0 0
Shamon Moss 3 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 3 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 1 0 0 0 3 0
Matt Majher 3 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 0 3 0 5 2

Batting2B: Brendan Campbell
TB: Brendan Campbell 3, Matt Majher
FC: Shamon Moss, Johnny Juarez
HBP: Tristan Chamberlain

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Gerardo Ramirez 2.2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 .000
Chris Ghosn 2.0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Diego Cortes 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Jacob Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Daniel Sandoval 1.1 0 0 8 9 9 2 0 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 13 9 9 4 8 0

PitchingL: Daniel Sandoval

Bucs Sweep Team San Diego

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

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 Stifle Pirates Offense

The Inland Valley Bucs (2-5, 1-1) defeated the Inland Valley Pirates (3-1-1, 1-1) on a rainy and humid Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs came into the contest 1-7 lifetime against the Pirates, but they didn’t let them get that down. From the moment the Bucs took BP, they seemed to be on a mission and now they have accomplished it – a split in the two game series against the Pirates.

The Bucs jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first when JP Hopkins ripped in Breyer Gayle.

In the second inning, the Bucs added three more runs.

Hershel Gardner started it off right with a leadoff walk and scored on a Brendan Campbell triple down the right field line.

Campbell came home on an Anthony Seminaris RBI knock.

Gayle belted in Seminaris as the Bucs grabbed a 4-0 lead.

They tacked on one more run in the third when JP Hopkins scored.

The Pirates didn’t score until the seventh inning as Justin Gomez crossed home plate after a wild pitch.

Jonathan Hopkins tossed four innings of shutout baseball for the Bucs, while striking out four and only allowing one hit.

Logan Lannon worked two innings in relief and notched the victory.

Alex Bernstein sealed the deal pitching the final 2.2 innings.

The Pirates play again in a SCCBL league contest against the OC Riptide Friday at 5 p.m. at Vanguard University.

The Bucs take on the OCC Pirates at Orange Coast College on Thursday in a non-league contest at 5 p.m.

Both games can be seen live on Inlandvalleybaseball.com!

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 1 2 1 0 0
Breyer Gayle 3 1 2 1 0 0
JP Hopkins 3 1 1 1 1 1
Tristan Chamberlain 0 0 0 0 1 0
Connor Steer 3 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 2 1 1 1 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 1 0 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 1
Shamon Moss 3 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 2 0 1 0 1 1
Hershel Gardner 2 1 0 0 2 1
Matt Majher 1 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 1 0 0 0 1 0
Bryce Brooks 2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 29 5 8 4 6 6

Batting3B: Brendan Campbell
TB: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle 2, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell 3, Kevin Riley, Johnny Juarez
RBI: Anthony Seminaris, Breyer Gayle, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell
SAC: Johnny Juarez
SF: Kevin Riley
ROE: Shamon Moss
FC: Bryce Brooks
SB: JP Hopkins, Shamon Moss, Bryce Brooks
CS: Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 2.2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
Jonathan Hopkins 4.0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 .000
Logan Lannon 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jacob Taylor 0.1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 5 1 1 5 5 0

PitchingW: Logan Lannon
WP: Alex Bernstein 2

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 4 0 0 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 0 0 2 2
Nolan Henley 4 0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Virgen 2 0 1 0 0 1
Chaneng Varela 3 0 2 0 1 0
Tyler Urbach 2 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Marshall 3 0 0 0 1 0
Jeff Nellis 3 0 0 0 0 1
Justin Gomez 3 1 1 0 1 0
Jake Thumm 4 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 30 1 5 0 5 5

Batting2B: Justin Gomez
TB: Anthony Virgen, Chaneng Varela 2, Justin Gomez 2, Jake Thumm

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Sean Patton 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Eric Trask 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 .000
Andrew Matus 2.0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 .000
Dylan Stablein 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Marcos Martinez 2.0 0 0 5 4 4 1 1 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 8 5 4 6 6 0

PitchingL: Marcos Martinez

Bucs Give Dodgers the Blues

bucs gm 24The 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”

Bucs Offense Sparks Fireworks on 4th of July Weekend

BUCS GM 18The Buccaneers (7-15-1, 3-9) defeated AOS Baseball 12-5 Sunday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

Inland Valley trailed 5-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth, but refused to give in.

Anthony Seminaris started the rally off with a single and scored on a two-run single by Kevin Riley. Richie Chavez, who singled, scored on the play as well. Riley scored on an RBI ground out by Jake Teagle. Johnny Juarez singled and scored on a hit by Bryce Brooks. The fifth run came in on a wild pitch as Brooks crossed home plate to knot the score up at 5. Continue reading “Bucs Offense Sparks Fireworks on 4th of July Weekend”