Sitting just a half game back of Team San Diego and the Palm Springs Power, the Inland Valley Pirates knew they had a very important game against the Bucs Thursday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Pirates (15-4, 6-3) responded superbly defeating the Bucs (3-14, 2-9) 4-1.
AJ David ripped a two-run double down the left field line scoring Jason Padlo and Andrew Alvarez to make it a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third. Continue reading “Pirates Win; Tied for First in SCCBL”
The Buccaneers (3-13, 2-8) suffered a 3-1 setback against the Lancaster Rounders Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
Lancaster scored one in the sixth and two in the seventh to take a 3-0 lead.
The Bucs scored their sole run in the ninth inning with two outs when Kevin Riley crushed an RBI double scoring Anthony Seminaris Continue reading “Bucs Suffer Setback”
The Pirates (12-3-1, 4-2) defeated the Bucs (3-12, 2-8) 10-3 Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona to complete the doubleheader sweep.
The Pirates put the game away early, jumping out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning.
Jason Padlo ripped an RBI double, one of his three hits on the day. Michael Johnson cracked a two-run double, but he wasn’t finished yet. Continue reading “Pirates Complete Doubleheader Sweep”
The Pirates (11-3-1, 3-2) toppled the Bucs (3-11, 2-7) 3-1 in Game 1 of the double header Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Pirates scored quickly in the first when Fernando Escobar scored on a wild pitch to make it 1-0.
They increased the lead to 3-0 in the fifth innings on a two-run single by Kyle Jackson. Greg Espinosa and Andrew Alvarez scored. Continue reading “Pirates Top Bucs in Game 1”
The Buccaneers (3-10, 2-6) lost 10-0 to the Palm Springs Power (14-1, 3-1) on Wednesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.
The Power jumped ahead early and often scoring four in the first, two in the second and two more in the third to take an 8-0 lead out of the gate.
Kevin Riley went 2-for-4. Jack Spohn finished 1-for-2.
The Inland Valley Bucs (3-9, 2-5) suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 setback against the Palm Springs Power (13-1, 2-1) Tuesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.
After falling behind 1-0 in the first inning, the Bucs fought back to take a 3-1 lead.
All three runs were scored in the fourth. Jack Spohn, Rudy Casarez and Gerardo Ramirez all scored. Mbusi Hlatshwayo and Miles Ryan ripped one RBI apiece. Continue reading “Bucs Suffer Heartbreaking Loss in Palm Springs”
Nathaniel Acosta only had one at-bat, but it was all he needed to become the walk-off hero for the Inland Valley Buccaneers (3-8, 2-4) in a 3-2 victory against the Long Beach Legends (11-4-1).
The Bucs started the scoring off in the second inning as Jack Spohn doubled and scored on a Michael Smith RBI single. Smith finished 4-for-4 on the day.
Inland Valley plated another run in the seventh when Gerardo Ramirez knocked in Michael Ortega. Ramirez also earned the win, tossing one shutout inning in the ninth. Continue reading “Acosta Delivers a Walk-Off Winner”
The Buccaneers (2-8, 2-4) suffered a devastating three-loss day on Saturday in San Diego.
Game 2
It started with the completion of Game 2 from Friday night that was tied at 8-8 in the ninth. The game was tied when they ran out of daylight. The Bucs eventually fell 9-8 in 13 innings. Continue reading “Bucs Suffer Devastating 3 Loss Day”
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 Pirates (5-0) continued their stellar play Wednesday night at Cal Poly Pomona with a two-hitter and a 4-0 victory over the Bucs (0-3).
Anthony Seminaris broke up the no-hitter with two outs in the sixth inning when he turned on an inside pitch and ripped it down the left field line.
The Pirates struck in the fifth when Fernando Escobar knocked in Jacob Bernardy. Continue reading “Pirates Blank Bucs”
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