Pirates Aren’t Game Enough

The Inland Valley Pirates (15-11-1) fell 4-2 to the Gamers on Friday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Gamers scored twice in the top of the ninth to get the victory.

The Pirates took a 1-0 lead in the first when Sergio Robles belted home Kyle Jackson.

The Games tied it at 1-1 in the top of the third, but the Pirates regained the lead in the bottom half of the inning.

Chaneng Varela ripped the RBI single scoring Jason Padlo to make it a 2-1 Pirate lead.

Dylan Stablein worked a solid five innings, only allowing one run, but the bullpen relinquished three runs late in the game allowing the Gamers to take the 4-2 victory.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 3 1 1 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 3 0 1 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 2 0 1 1 0 0
Andrew Alvarez 3 0 0 0 0 1
Jason Padlo 3 1 2 0 0 0
Nick Marshall 3 0 0 0 0 1
Jeff Nellis 1 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Hernandez 3 0 1 0 0 1
Drew Seelman 2 0 1 0 1 0
Sergio Robles 3 0 1 1 0 0
Nick Costello 3 0 1 0 0 1
Greg Espinosa 3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2 1 5

Batting2B: Nick Hernandez
TB: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy, Chaneng Varela, Jason Padlo 2, Nick Hernandez 2, Drew Seelman, Sergio Robles, Nick Costello
RBI: Chaneng Varela, Sergio Robles
CS: Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Dylan Stablein 5.0 0 .000 3 1 1 1 4 0
Nick Hernandez 0.1 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jarrett Veiga 3.0 0 .000 1 2 2 1 2 0
Aaron Reynoso 0.2 0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 5 4 4 2 6 0

Pirates Give Dodgers the Blues

A stellar pitching performance nets the Pirates a 4-1 victory against the East Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

The Pirates’ pitching staff allowed just one unearned run on the evening as the offense slammed nine hits en route to the victory.

The Pirates didn’t waste any time getting on the board as in the first inning, catcher Justin Gomez hammered a 2-0 pitch over the right field fence for a two-run home run, thus giving the Pirates an early 2-0 lead.

The very next inning, the Pirates would tack on two more runs on RBI singles by Chaneng Varela and Kyle Jackson.

The Dodgers would rally for a run in the fifth inning, but Pirates starter, Nicholas Sergi would work his way out of the jam and keep the score at 4-1.

From there, manager, Charlie Reynoso, turned to bullpen to shut the door.

Reliever, Dylan Stablein, pitched three shutout innings of relief before turning it over closer, Andrew Eppenbach in the ninth.

In the inning, the Dodgers attempted to mount a comeback, putting runners on second and third with just one out. However, Eppenbach would strikeout the next two batters and nail down the save on the Pirates 4-1 victory.

Justin Gomez provided the crucial offensive blow with his two-run shot in the first.

Shortstop Chaneng Varela also had a good day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a run scored and a run batted in, as well as reaching base in all five of his plate appearances.

Nicholas Sergi went a very strong five innings, giving up just the one run on four hits and earned himself the victory.

“I just wanted to put the ball in play,” said Sergi. “I know I have a good defense behind me.”

The win moves the Pirates to 8-4-1 on the season.

The Pirates next contest will be this Saturday the 20th at Scolinos Field against the San Diego Force.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 5 0 2 1 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 5 0 0 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 4 0 1 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 4 1 3 1 0 0
Tyler Urbach 4 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Deceglie 3 1 0 0 1 1
Jeff Nellis 3 1 1 0 1 1
Justin Gomez 4 1 1 2 1 0
Troy Resch 3 0 1 0 0 1
Andrew Eppenbach 1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 36 4 9 4 3 4

BattingHR: Justin Gomez
TB: Kyle Jackson 2, Nolan Henley, Chaneng Varela 3, Jeff Nellis, Justin Gomez 4, Troy Resch
RBI: Kyle Jackson, Chaneng Varela, Justin Gomez 2
SB: Kyle Jackson, Nolan Henley
CS: Jeff Nellis

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Andrew Eppenbach 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 .000
Dylan Stablein 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Nicholas Sergi 5.0 0 0 4 1 0 1 4 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 5 1 0 3 9 0

PitchingW: Nicholas Sergi
SV: Andrew Eppenbach

Five-run Inning Scuttles Pirates

A five-run fourth inning scuttled the Pirates (3-4-1) as they fell 8-3 to the Orange Coast Bucs in the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader.

Dylan Stablein went seven innings and struck out three, while Jason Padlo went 1-for-3 and drove in two of the Pirates’ three runs.

The Pirates offense spun their wheels early as they had runners in scoring position in each of the first three innings.

In the fourth, the Bucs erupted for five runs to take a 5-0 lead.

Meanwhile, the Pirates offense continued to sputter until an RBI single by Jason Padlo in the bottom of the fifth cut the lead to 5-1.

The Bucs would answer with a run in the top of the eighth to take a 6-1 lead.

In the bottom of the inning Jeff Nellis tripled and came around to score on a Jason Padlo groundout to make it 6-2.

However, once again, the Bucs answered right back, scoring two runs in the ninth to push the lead to 8-2.

The Pirates rallied for one in the bottom of the night on a base hit by Nick Marshall, but it would prove to be too little, too late as they fell by a final count of 8-3.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 4 1 2 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jason Padlo 3 0 1 2 0 1
Tyler Urbach 3 0 1 0 0 1
Nick Marshall 3 0 1 1 1 0
Michael Deceglie 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jeff Nellis 4 2 2 0 0 0
Justin Gomez 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jake Thumm 3 0 1 0 0 0
Nick Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Caleb Romo 4 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 3 10 3 2 3

Batting2B: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Jeff Nellis, Jake Thumm
3B: Jeff Nellis
TB: Kyle Jackson 3, Jonny Reynoso 2, Jason Padlo, Tyler Urbach, Nick Marshall, Jeff Nellis 5, Justin Gomez, Jake Thumm 2
RBI: Jason Padlo 2, Nick Marshall
FC: Jonny Reynoso, Jeff Nellis
HBP: Jason Padlo, Tyler Urbach, Michael Deceglie
SB: Jason Padlo, Justin Gomez

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Dylan Stablein 7.0 0 0 7 5 4 1 3 0
Nicholas Sergi 2.0 0 0 5 3 3 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 0 0 12 8 7 1 4 0

PitchingL: Dylan Stablein