OC Bucs Drop High-Scoring Affair

The OC Buccaneers (14-11) lost 10-9 to the LA White Sox Friday night at Whittier College.

Nicholas Michaels had three RBI.

Connor Shepherd and Jarrett Anton added two RBI apiece.

Riley Manquen and Aaron Torres each scored twice.

Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Jarrett Anton 3 1 1 2 0 0
Jacob Blackiston 3 1 1 0 0 1
Alex Campos 4 0 0 0 0 1
Riley Manquen 3 2 1 0 1 0
Nicholas Michaels 4 0 1 3 0 0
Anthony Moreno 3 1 1 1 0 0
Sam Neely 2 1 0 0 0 0
Nolan Powers 4 1 2 1 1 0
Connor Shepherd 4 0 1 2 1 1
Aaron Torres 3 2 1 0 1 2
Totals 33 9 9 9 4 5
2B: Powers, Shepherd
SB: Blackiston (2), Torres
SH: Torres
SF: Anton
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Steven Canedo 2.0 0 2 0 3 2 0
Art Corona (L) 3.1 2 5 5 3 6 0
Modesto Guillen 1.2 3 4 4 0 0 0
Nicholas Michaels 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0

OC Bucs Fall to Legends

The OC Bucs (10-9) lost a tight 4-2 contest to the Long Beach Legends Sunday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

Connor Shepherd and Andrew Douglas each scored once.

Nolan Powers and Austin McGilvra knocked them in.

Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Andrew Douglas 3 1 1 0 1 1
Nolan Powers 4 0 0 1 0 0
Aaron Torres 4 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Shepherd 1 1 1 0 1 0
Sam Neely 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jacob Blackiston 3 0 0 0 1 0
Austin McGilvra 1 0 0 1 0 0
Anthony Moreno 2 0 0 0 0 0
Riley Manquen 2 0 0 0 1 0
Alex Campos 2 0 1 0 0 0
Hayden Wright 2 0 0 0 0 0
David Grubaugh 1 0 0 0 0 1
Logan Grigsby 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 3 2 4 3
2B: Douglas, Shepherd
SF: McGilvra
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Jacob Battaglia (L) 5.0 3 3 3 2 4 0
Erik Gonzalez 4.0 3 1 1 3 4 0

OC Bucs Sweep Doubleheader

The OC Bucs (10-8) swept the Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon at Tustin High.

The Bucs won game two 8-0 and plated 21 total runs during the doubleheader.

Connor Shepherd belted in three and scored once.

Sam Neely cracked in two RBI.

Jarrett Anton, Nolan Powers and Aaron Torres each scored twice.

Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Alex Campos 2 0 1 1 0 0
Nick Cordova 1 1 1 1 1 0
Riley Manquen 1 0 0 0 0 1
Hayden Wright 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jarrett Anton 2 2 2 0 1 0
Nolan Powers 4 2 1 0 0 0
Aaron Torres 3 2 2 0 0 0
Connor Shepherd 3 1 1 3 0 1
Sam Neely 1 0 1 2 0 0
Jacob Blackiston 3 0 1 0 0 1
Austin McGilvra 2 0 1 0 0 1
Anthony Moreno 1 0 0 0 0 1
David Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 1
Nicholas Michaels 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 8 12 7 2 6
2B: Anton (2)
SB: Torres, Shepherd, McGilvra
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Steven Canedo 4.0 1 0 0 4 2 0
Logan Grigsby 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0

OC Bucs Bats Come Alive Late

The OC Buccaneers (7-8) offense erupted for 10 runs in the final few innings as they blanked the So Cal Sharks, 10-0.

The Bucs, who were held to just two hits through the first five innings, put up a late rally while taking advantage of some defensive miscues by the Sharks.

A well-pitched game on both sides, early on, the contest was scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning when the Bucs plated the first runs of the game on a two-run double by David Johnson.

In the seventh inning, Connor Shepherd laced a two out, RBI double down the right field line to stretch the lead to 3-0.

In the eighth, the Bucs cleared the deck and broke the game wide open as they batted around for a seven-run outburst that included RBI singles from David Johnson, Jacob Blackiston, and David Grubaugh.

The Bucs pitching staff held the Sharks silent and preserved the shutout victory.

David Johnson was the offensive hero for the Bucs, going a perfect 2-for-2 and driving in three runs.

Jacob Battaglia earned the victory in relief as he tossed three shutout innings and struck out six.

The Bucs will try to carry this momentum over to Friday when they take on the Inland Empire Senators at La Sierra. Gametime is 1 p.m.