After winning both the regular season and postseason CCAA championship, Cal Poly Pomona secured the No. 1 seed in the western regional of the Division… Read More »D2 Regional Features 17 Inland Valley Players
The Bucs return nine players from last year’s inaugural season.
Kevin Riley
SCCBL all-stars Gerardo Ramirez, Kevin Riley and Miles Ryan are all back to build what they started into a playoff contender.
Riley was one of the standout offensive players in the entire league in 2014. He lead the team in batting average (.368), on base (.461) and slugging (483), while seemingly coming up with a big hit every single time the Bucs needed him to come through.
Ryan came on strong in the last month of the season en route to be named player of the week once. He finished with a .350 batting clip, .409 OBP and .400 SLG. He was also a stabilizing force behind home plate defensively.
Ramirez logged the most innings at 42. He finished 3-2 with a 3.43 ERA and 32 strikeouts.
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The Pirates return 14 players from their SCCBL 2015 regular season co-championship team.
Andrew Alvarez
Former SCCBL all-stars Andrew Alvarez, Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Anthony Virgen and Nathan Virgen are all back to help the club improve to the next level after last season’s successful 26-8 finish.
Alvarez posted gaudy numbers, while dominating the competition in 2014. The Houston Baptist senior-to-be earned Pitcher of the Month honors in June, while finishing 5-0 with a 2.42 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 44.2 innings. He did damage with the bat as well, finishing with a .341 batting average and leading the team with 31 hits for the season.Read More »Pirates 2015 Season Preview
The Inland Valley Baseball Association earned 10 combined all-star elections for the All-Star game on Saturday night at Palm Springs Stadium.
The home run derby will get underway at 6 pm with the all-star game beginning at 7:05.Read More »Inland Valley All-Stars Revealed
The 2014 season was an amazing one for the Pirates, but unfortunately they fell short of their goal of winning the SCCBL championship on Wednesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.
The Pirates (26-8, 12-4) lost 8-2 to the now four-time defending league champion Palm Springs Power (36-8, 12-4).
The Power jumped out to the early 1-0 lead in the first inning.Read More »Pirates Swept by Power in Championship Series
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.
That’s why they play the games.
The Pirates (26-7, 12-4) fell 18-13 to the Palm Springs Power (35-8, 12-4) in a game that was completed on Wednesday at Palm Springs Stadium after Game 1 was suspended due to darkness on Tuesday.Read More »Pirates Drop Wild SCCBL Championship Game 1
The Buccaneers (10-19-1, 4-11) defeated the High Desert Heat (8-17, 4-11) 8-3 on Saturday afternoon at Victor Valley College in Game 1 of the doubleheader.
Gerardo Ramirez (3-2) continued his recent dominance on the mound tossing seven innings while allowing no earned runs and striking out four.Read More »Bucs Force Heat to Walk the Plank
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 jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning.
Andrew Alvarez doubled and scored on a Nolan Henley RBI base hit up the middle. Christian Kelley plated the second run on an infield single by Greg Espinosa.Read More »Pirates Take Game 1 vs SD
The Buccaneers (9-19-1, 3-11) beat the East LA Dodgers 6-4 Wednesday afternoon at Whittier Christian High School.
Jayson De La Pena was superb, tossing five innings and striking out two, while allowing no runs.
Miles Ryan, Kevin Riley, Michael Smith and Bryce Brooks each had two hit days.Read More »Bucs Give Dodgers the Blues
The Buccaneers (8-19-1, 3-11) won with late inning heroics by Tanner Thibodeau on a game-wining two-run triple in the eighth.
Inland Valley defeated AOS Baseball 6-3 on Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Bucs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning on an RBI single by Miles Ryan scoring Diego Cortes.Read More »Bucs Win with Big 8th Inning