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 Take Down Nationals

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (12-14-2) defeated the So Cal Nationals 5-1 Sunday afternoon at Linfield Christian.

DJ Peters ripped his second big fly of the season.

Chris Sanchez and Gerardo Ramirez combined to throw the entire game and only allowed one unearned run.

Anthony Seminaris, Blake Vandegrift and Shamon Moss each scored once.

The Bucs will head back in to SCCBL competition on Tuesday at Vanguard University against the suddenly hot OC Riptide.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 3 1 1 0 1 1
Breyer Gayle 5 0 2 0 0 1
Brendan Campbell 4 0 1 0 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 3 0 0 0 1 1
Blake Vandegrift 2 1 0 0 1 0
Shamon Moss 4 1 0 0 1 1
Hershel Gardner 4 0 1 0 0 2
Matt Majher 4 0 2 0 0 1
Jacob Taylor 4 0 0 0 0 0
DJ Peters 3 2 1 1 1 1
Totals 36 5 8 1 5 8

Batting2B: Anthony Seminaris, Brendan Campbell
HR: DJ Peters
TB: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle 2, Brendan Campbell 2, Hershel Gardner, Matt Majher 2, DJ Peters 4
RBI: DJ Peters
SAC: Blake Vandegrift
ROE: Hershel Gardner
SB: Anthony Seminaris, Gerardo Ramirez, Blake Vandegrift

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Chris Sanchez 5.0 0 .000 3 1 0 4 4 0
Gerardo Ramirez 4.0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 5 1 0 9 4 0

PitchingW: Gerardo Ramirez

Pirates Blast the Bucs

The Inland Valley Pirates (16-12-1, 6-9) got a measure of revenge in the second game of the doubleheader Saturday night at Cal Poly Pomona defeating the Inland Valley Bucs (11-14-2, 7-10) 11-2.

The Pirates scored three in the second inning and one in the third to take a 4-0 lead.

Nick Marshall contributed two RBI, while Drew Seelman and Greg Espinosa had one each.

The Bucs answered with one in the bottom of the third on an RBI single by Matt Majher.

The Pirates went back to work with two more in the fourth making it a 6-1 game.

Nick Hernandez and Nick Costello had the RBI knocks in that inning.

The Bucs fought back with a run in the fifth to cut the margin to 6-2 when DJ Peters scored, but that was as close as they would get.

The Pirates plated five more runs late in the game to cruise to the 11-2 victory.

The Pirates next play in a doubleheader at Cal Poly Pomona on Monday at 1 p.m. against the Palm Springs Power, while the Buccaneers take on the So Cal Nationals at 11 a.m. Sunday at Cal Poly Pomona.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Nolan Henley 4 1 2 0 0 1
Jacob Bernardy 2 2 1 0 2 0
Andrew Alvarez 4 0 1 2 1 0
Jason Padlo 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Marshall 4 2 3 3 0 0
Jake Thumm 3 1 0 0 1 0
Nick Hernandez 4 0 1 1 0 0
Drew Seelman 3 2 2 1 1 0
Nick Costello 4 1 1 1 1 0
Greg Espinosa 3 2 2 2 1 0
Totals 31 11 13 10 8 1

Batting2B: Nick Marshall, Drew Seelman
3B: Greg Espinosa
TB: Nolan Henley 2, Jacob Bernardy, Andrew Alvarez, Nick Marshall 4, Nick Hernandez, Drew Seelman 3, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa 4
RBI: Andrew Alvarez 2, Nick Marshall 3, Nick Hernandez, Drew Seelman, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa 2
SAC: Greg Espinosa
SF: Drew Seelman
SB: Jacob Bernardy, Andrew Alvarez, Greg Espinosa
 

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Sean Patton 5.0 0 .000 4 0 0 5 3 0
Nicholas Sergi 2.0 0 .000 1 0 0 3 0 0
Totals 7.0 0 5 0 0 8 3 0

PitchingW: Sean Patton
HBP: Sean Patton 3
 

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 1 0 0 0 0
Breyer Gayle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tristan Chamberlain 3 0 1 0 0 1
Connor Steer 2 0 0 0 0 1
Brendan Campbell 3 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 4 0 0 0 0 2
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 1 0 0 1
Shamon Moss 4 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 2 0 0 0 1 1
Matt Majher 1 0 1 1 1 0
Joe Morreale 1 0 0 0 0 1
DJ Peters 3 1 1 0 1 0
Totals 26 2 5 1 3 7

Batting2B: Brendan Campbell
TB: Tristan Chamberlain, Brendan Campbell 2, Blake Vandegrift, Matt Majher, DJ Peters
RBI: Matt Majher
SAC: Breyer Gayle
ROE: Connor Steer
FC: Shamon Moss
HBP: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle
SB: Shamon Moss, DJ Peters
 

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Chris Ghosn 2.2 0 .000 7 5 4 0 2 0
David Kretschmar 3.2 0 .000 5 4 4 1 3 0
Diego Cortes 0.1 0 .000 0 2 2 0 3 0
Kohto Hasegawa 0.1 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 7.0 0 13 11 10 1 8 0

PitchingL: Chris Ghosn
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Gardner Powers Bucs to Win Over Pirates

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (11-13-2, 7-9) defeated the Inland Valley Pirates (15-12-1, 5-9) Saturday afternoon in game one of a doubleheader by a score of 8-6.

Hershel Gardner had the big two-run single in the top of the ninth inning to break a 5-5 tie.

The Pirates grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first when Chaneng Varela knocked in Drew Seelman.

The Bucs responded with a five-run third inning.

Anthony Seminaris, Breyer Gayle, Kevin Riley, DJ Peters and Matt Majher all scored.

Riley, Peters, Majher, Shamon Moss and Joseph Morreale each had one RBI in the frame.

The Pirates got one back in the fifth to make it a 5-2 ballgame.

Nick Hernandez cranked a double scoring Seelman.

The Pirates knotted it up at 5 apiece with a three-run seventh inning.

Nick Costello, Jason Padlo and Hernandez all scored.

In the top of the ninth, Gardner came through with the clutch single through the right side of the infield scoring Riley and Peters as Majher ended up scoring as well after a throwing error on the same play.

The Pirates tacked on one in the bottom of the ninth and left the bases loaded.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 3 1 1 0 1 0
Breyer Gayle 5 1 1 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 2 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 5 2 1 1 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 3 0 0 0 0 0
Shamon Moss 4 0 0 1 0 1
Hershel Gardner 4 0 2 2 1 0
Matt Majher 5 2 2 1 0 0
Joe Morreale 3 0 0 1 0 0
DJ Peters 4 2 4 1 1 0
Totals 38 8 12 7 3 2

Batting2B: Hershel Gardner
TB: Anthony Seminaris, Breyer Gayle, Brendan Campbell, Kevin Riley, Hershel Gardner 3, Matt Majher 2, DJ Peters 4
RBI: Kevin Riley, Shamon Moss, Hershel Gardner 2, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale, DJ Peters
ROE: Kevin Riley
FC: Matt Majher
HBP: Shamon Moss, Joe Morreale 2
SB: Breyer Gayle, Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Alex Bernstein 1.1 0 .000 1 1 0 1 0 0
Randall Ortiz 1.2 0 .000 5 1 1 1 1 0
Logan Lannon 6.0 0 .000 6 4 4 1 4 0
Totals 9.0 0 12 6 5 3 5 0

PitchingW: Randall Ortiz
HBP: Alex Bernstein

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 1 0 0 0 1 0
Nolan Henley 3 0 1 1 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jason Padlo 4 1 1 0 1 0
Jeff Nellis 3 0 0 0 0 1
Justin Gomez 3 0 0 1 2 0
Jake Thumm 1 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Hernandez 5 2 3 2 0 0
Drew Seelman 6 2 4 0 0 0
Sergio Robles 4 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Costello 2 1 1 0 0 0
Greg Espinosa 3 0 2 0 1 0
Totals 40 6 12 5 5 3

Batting2B: Nick Hernandez 2, Drew Seelman
3B: Drew Seelman
TB: Nolan Henley, Jason Padlo, Nick Hernandez 5, Drew Seelman 7, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa 2
RBI: Nolan Henley, Chaneng Varela, Justin Gomez, Nick Hernandez 2
ROE: Kyle Jackson, Sergio Robles, Greg Espinosa
FC: Nolan Henley
HBP: Jake Thumm
SB: Kyle Jackson, Drew Seelman, Nick Costello

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Andrew Alvarez 0.2 0 .000 2 1 1 0 0 0
Eric Trask 0.0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brendan Hornung 2.1 0 .000 4 5 5 0 1 0
Ryan Alsworth 6.0 0 .000 6 2 1 2 1 0
Totals 9.0 0 12 8 6 2 3 0

PitchingL: Ryan Alsworth
HBP: Andrew Alvarez, Eric Trask 2
WP: Brendan Hornung 3

Buc Wild

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

Bucs Tie Legends

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (9-12-2) notched their second tie of the season Monday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs tied the Long Beach Legends 5-5 and ended due to darkness at the end of the 10th inning.

The Legends got out to an early 2-0 lead before the Bucs scored their first run in the bottom of the second.

Hershel Gardner scored on a wild pitch.

In the top of the third, the Legends scored three times to extend the margin to 5-1.

Inland Valley fought back with one in the bottom of the frame on a Gardner RBI single to make it a 5-2 score.

The score remained the same until the Bucs’ final at bat.

In the bottom of the ninth, Kevin Riley, DJ Peters and Johnny Juarez all drew bases loaded walks to tie the game up at 5.

The Bucs left bases loaded in the ninth and 10th innings and couldn’t finish the dramatic come-from-behind victory.

Randall Ortiz tossed three great innings in relief, allowing no hits and striking out two.

The Bucs travel east to Palm Springs to take on the first place Power at 7 p.m. at Palm Springs Stadium Tuesday.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 3 0 1 0 2 1
Breyer Gayle 2 0 0 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 4 1 1 0 1 2
Brendan Campbell 5 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 0 1 2 0
Blake Vandegrift 4 1 1 0 0 1
Johnny Juarez 3 0 2 1 2 1
Hershel Gardner 5 1 3 1 0 1
Matt Majher 4 0 0 0 1 1
Joe Morreale 3 1 1 0 2 1
DJ Peters 2 1 1 1 3 0
Totals 38 5 11 4 13 8

Batting2B: Blake Vandegrift, DJ Peters
TB: Anthony Seminaris, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell, Blake Vandegrift 2, Johnny Juarez 2, Hershel Gardner 3, Joe Morreale, DJ Peters 2
RBI: Kevin Riley, Johnny Juarez, Hershel Gardner, DJ Peters
ROE: Joe Morreale
FC: Blake Vandegrift, Hershel Gardner
SB: Hershel Gardner

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Gerardo Ramirez 4.0 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 0
Jacob Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Daniel Sandoval 2.0 0 0 5 4 4 1 1 0
Totals 10.0 0 0 8 5 5 3 6 0

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

Bucs Fall Flat to Riptide

The Inland Valley Bucs (5-8, 3-4) fell 9-1 to the OC Riptide (5-10-1, 3-2) Friday night at Vanguard University.

The Bucs actually jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on a mammoth home run off the bat of DJ Peters, but it all went downhill from there.

Of the nine runs allowed by the Bucs, only three were earned runs as Inland Valley made a number of mistakes in the field.

The Riptide scored six in the bottom of the first, two in the fourth and one in the fifth.

The two teams take the field again bright and early Saturday at 10 a.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 0 0 0 0 0
Breyer Gayle 3 0 0 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 2 0 0 0 0 1
Tristan Chamberlain 2 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Steer 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 3 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 2 0 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 2 0 0 0 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 1 0 0 0 0 0
Shamon Moss 4 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 2 0 0 0 0 1
Jacob Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 2 0 0 0 0 0
Bryce Brooks 1 0 0 0 0 0
DJ Peters 3 1 2 1 1 1
Totals 32 1 4 1 1 5

BattingHR: DJ Peters
TB: Kevin Riley 2, DJ Peters 5
RBI: DJ Peters
ROE: JP Hopkins, Shamon Moss
FC: Joe Morreale

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 1.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000
David Kretschmar 1.0 0 0 4 6 1 3 0 0 .000
Logan Lannon 4.0 0 0 6 3 2 0 1 0 .000
Diego Cortes 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 13 9 3 4 4 0

PitchingL: David Kretschmar
HBP: Diego Cortes
WP: Logan Lannon