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 Win with Big 8th Inning

bucs gm 22The Buccaneers (8-19-1, 3-11) won with late inning heroics by Tanner Thibodeau on a game-wining two-run triple in the eighth.

Inland Valley defeated AOS Baseball 6-3 on Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning on an RBI single by Miles Ryan scoring Diego Cortes. Continue reading “Bucs Win with Big 8th Inning”

Bucs Drop Both Games in San Diego

bucs gm 23The Buccaneers (7-19-1, 3-11) fell 4-2 to the San Diego Force Friday afternoon at Valhalla High School.

The started off strong with a three-run first inning and tacked on one more run in the seventh to take a 4-0 lead.

Inland Valley answered in the eighth when Tanner Thibodeau belted a two-run home run scoring Bryce Brooks.

Chris Sanchez pitched the complete game (8 innings) in the loss. He allowed three earned runs and struck out three. Continue reading “Bucs Drop Both Games in San Diego”

Bucs Swept by Power

bucs gm 20The 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”

Bucs Eliminated from Playoff Contention

bucs gm 19The Buccaneers (7-16-1, 3-10) fell 4-1 to the Palm Springs Power (26-5, 6-2) Tuesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.

The Power jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning.

Inland Valley responded with one run in the sixth on an RBI single by Johnny Juarez.

Palm Springs plated two more runs in the seventh.

Gerardo Ramirez suffered the tough pitching loss, hurling six innings and striking out four while only allowing two runs. Continue reading “Bucs Eliminated from Playoff Contention”

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”

Bucs Sink the Pirates

bucs gm 16The 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”

Bucs Fall to Top Speed

bucs gm 15The 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”

Bucs Win Pitcher’s Duel to Sweep Rounders

bucs gm 14The Buccaneers (4-16, 2-9) enjoyed their best day of the season on Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona sweeping the Lancaster Rounders (2-3-1) with a 1-0 victory.

Nathaniel Acosta (2-2) shut down Lancaster for 5.1 innings and Eric Trask slammed the door shut in 1.2 innings and notched the save.

The only run was scored in the fifth inning on an RBI base hit by Tanner Thibodeau scoring Bryce Brooks. Continue reading “Bucs Win Pitcher’s Duel to Sweep Rounders”

Bucs Offense Explodes for 8 Runs

bucs gm 13The Buccaneers offense exploded for eight runs in an 8-4 victory over the Lancaster Rounders (2-2-1) on Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

Chris Sanchez (1-0) dazzled on the mound tossing 8.1 innings, while striking out 10 and only allowing one earned run.

Inland Valley started off things right in the first inning with four runs. Continue reading “Bucs Offense Explodes for 8 Runs”