The Pirates (21-5, 10-4) conquered the Long Beach Legends 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Long Beach City College.
The story of the game was the two D-1 pitchers for the Pirates, Andrew Alvarez (5-0) and Jordan Scheftz (SV 2), shutout the Legends. Alvarez tossed the first five innings, while Scheftz closed out the final four. Continue reading “Pirates Conquer Legends”
The Buccaneers (7-16-1, 3-10) fell 4-1 to the Palm Springs Power (26-5, 6-2) Tuesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.
The Power jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning.
Inland Valley responded with one run in the sixth on an RBI single by Johnny Juarez.
Palm Springs plated two more runs in the seventh.
Gerardo Ramirez suffered the tough pitching loss, hurling six innings and striking out four while only allowing two runs. Continue reading “Bucs Eliminated from Playoff Contention”
The Pirates (20-5, 10-4) defeated the East LA Dodgers 4-0 Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
It was scoreless heading into the bottom of the fifth inning, but that’s when the Pirate bats awakened.
Kyle Jackson singled and scored on an RBI knock by Alec Morabito to make it 1-0. Jason Padlo scored Morabito on a single to left field that increased the lead to 2-0. Continue reading “Pirates Blank Dodgers”
The Buccaneers (7-15-1, 3-9) defeated AOS Baseball 12-5 Sunday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
Inland Valley trailed 5-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth, but refused to give in.
Anthony Seminaris started the rally off with a single and scored on a two-run single by Kevin Riley. Richie Chavez, who singled, scored on the play as well. Riley scored on an RBI ground out by Jake Teagle. Johnny Juarez singled and scored on a hit by Bryce Brooks. The fifth run came in on a wild pitch as Brooks crossed home plate to knot the score up at 5. Continue reading “Bucs Offense Sparks Fireworks on 4th of July Weekend”
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.
Only two days away from the Fourth of July, offensive fireworks were the norm for the Pirates in the first inning recording 11 consecutive hits en route to a nine-run first inning. Continue reading “9-Run 1st Inning Helps Pirates Sweep Heat”
The Pirates (18-5, 9-4) cooled off the High Desert Heat (6-7, 3-6) in a 4-2 victory Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
Michael Koval (2-0) was dominant baffling Heat hitters with 11 strikeouts in 6.1 innings of work. He had a string of 12 consecutive batters retired from the second inning to the sixth.
Jordan Scheftz slammed the door shut and picked up the save in 2.2 innings of relief. Continue reading “Pirates Cool Off Heat in Game 1”
The Buccaneers (6-15, 3-9) sunk the Pirates (17-5, 8-4) Monday afternoon with a 11-2 victory at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Bucs came out swinging in the first inning when they took a 1-0 lead. Miles Ryan scored on an error.
The Pirates tied it up in the third when Chaneng Varela belted an RBI single scoring Michael Johnson. Continue reading “Bucs Sink the Pirates”
The Pirates (16-4, 7-3) defeated Team San Diego (16-8, 6-4) 8-4 in Game 1 of the doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Morley Field in San Diego.
Inland Valley came out of the gate strong with two runs in the first inning when Jonny Reynoso belted a two-run double scoring Greg Espinosa and Andrew Alvarez.
San Diego came back with two of their own in the bottom of the first to knot it up at 2 apiece. Continue reading “Pirates Win Game 1 in SD”
The Buccaneers (5-15, 2-9) suffered a 12-3 defeat at the hands of Top Speed (22-3) Sunday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
Top Speed scored two in the first, but Inland Valley answered immediately with two in the bottom half of the inning.
Johnny Juarez ripped an RBI single scoring Mbusi Hlatshwayo. Anthony Rabito knocked in Kevin Riley to knot it up at 2-2. Continue reading “Bucs Fall to Top Speed”
The Buccaneers (4-16, 2-9) enjoyed their best day of the season on Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona sweeping the Lancaster Rounders (2-3-1) with a 1-0 victory.
Nathaniel Acosta (2-2) shut down Lancaster for 5.1 innings and Eric Trask slammed the door shut in 1.2 innings and notched the save.
The only run was scored in the fifth inning on an RBI base hit by Tanner Thibodeau scoring Bryce Brooks. Continue reading “Bucs Win Pitcher’s Duel to Sweep Rounders”
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