The Inland Valley Pirates (16-13-1, 6-10) fell in the first game of a doubleheader to the Palm Springs Power (29-10, 12-5) at Cal Poly Pomona on Monday afternoon.
The Power won Game 1 by a 17-12 score.
Palm Springs jumped out to a 17-3 lead after four innings, but the Pirates managed to make it more respectful, scoring the final nine runs of the game.
Palm Springs scored seven in the first.
Inland Valley came back with one in the bottom of the frame as Nick Hernandez knocked in Drew Seelman.
The Power grabbed five more in the second to take a 12-1 lead.
The Pirates responded with two in the bottom of the inning on a two-run triple by Andrew Alvarez to make it 12-3.
The Power continued to pile it on the Pirates scoring five in the fourth to extend the margin to 17-3.
Inland Valley plated five in the seventh as Hernandez, Nick Costello and Jonny Reynoso ripped back-to-back-to-back RBI doubles to close the gap to 17-8.
The Pirates tallied one more in the eighth to make it 17-9 and finished with a three-run ninth. Greg Espinosa and Justin Gomez contributed one RBI.
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonny Reynoso | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Alvarez | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Marshall | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Gomez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Thumm | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Hernandez | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Seelman | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergio Robles | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Costello | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Espinosa | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Batting2B: Jonny Reynoso, Andrew Alvarez 2, Nick Hernandez, Drew Seelman 2, Nick Costello
3B: Andrew Alvarez
TB: Jonny Reynoso 2, Andrew Alvarez 8, Nick Marshall 2, Nick Hernandez 4, Drew Seelman 5, Nick Costello 3, Greg Espinosa 2
RBI: Jonny Reynoso, Andrew Alvarez 2, Nick Marshall, Justin Gomez, Nick Hernandez2, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa
ROE: Jonny Reynoso, Nick Hernandez, Sergio Robles, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa
SB: Greg Espinosa
CS: Nick Hernandez
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conlan McKenzie | 2.1 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brendan Hornung | 0.2 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jarrett Veiga | 6.0 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 0 | — | 24 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
PitchingL: Brendan Hornung
On Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona, the pitcher of the month in June, Andrew Alvarez was set to duel the pitcher of the month in July for the Power, Morgan Earman. Surely runs would be at a premium.
The Pirates (24-6, 11-4) defeated Team San Diego (23-18, 7-8) 7-2 in Game 1 of the double dip Friday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Pirates (23-5, 10-4) defeated the OC Halos 6-1 on Sunday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Pirates (21-5, 10-4) conquered the Long Beach Legends 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Long Beach City College.
The Pirates (20-5, 10-4) defeated the East LA Dodgers 4-0 Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Pirates (19-5, 10-4) swept the doubleheader with a 10-4 win in Game 2 against the High Desert Heat (6-8, 3-7) Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Buccaneers (6-15, 3-9) sunk the Pirates (17-5, 8-4) Monday afternoon with a 11-2 victory at Cal Poly Pomona.
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