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Rios comes up clutch twice for the Pirates

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The Inland Valley’s Pirates and Legends met on a beautiful summer day at Cal Poly Pomona’s Scolinos Field for their last matchup of the year. 

Tuesday’s game was the last league contest for the Pirates, while the Legends have one more on Wednesday before potentially qualifying to meet the Power in the playoffs. 

The Legends have played well against the Pirates throughout the season, but the last time they played, the Pirates flipped the script and beat the Legends 10-0.

This matchup was the best of the year with multiple late score changes. It looked like the Legends had bested their CPCL rivals once again until the Pirates came up with a clutch hit in the ninth to seal the victory. 

Costly errors at the start of the game allowed the Legends to cash in an unearned run in the first.

The Legends had a strong rally in the third behind a hard-hit RBI single from Moon Eom and a double from Sean Boscovich.

The Legends held their commanding lead until the fourth inning when the Pirates were finally able to make some noise. 

A leadoff walk and error allowed Cole Koniarsky to advance to third. Anthony Vasquez then hit a fly ball to center field, prompting Coniarksy to tag up. The throw beat Coniarsky by 10 feet, but he dodged the catcher’s tag to give the Pirates their first run.

Later in the inning, with two outs, Brett Bowers hit an RBI single to center to cut the Legends’ lead to 3-2. 

The Pirates began the sixth inning with singles from Coniarsky and Aidan Haller, who subsequently advanced to second and third on a fielder’s choice. With runners in scoring position, Sonny Rios hit a ground ball to the right side, allowing Coniarsky to score and tie up the ball game. 

On the mound, the Pirates’ pitching leaned on the team’s momentum and put up four consecutive scoreless frames. 

The Legends finally looked dangerous again in the top of the eighth after David Hays hit a leadoff double down the left field line. 

It looked like the Pirates were going to get out of the jam until Doug Allen hit a single to right with two outs to give the Legends the late lead. 

The Pirates battled back immediately in the bottom of the inning, with Adrian Diaz smoking a leadoff single to set the tone. Coniarsky got involved again, hitting another single to advance Diaz into scoring position. 

The Legends made two quick outs but allowed the runners to advance to second and third. The Pirates needed someone to come up clutch, and Sonny Rios answered the call again, this time hitting a single up the middle to drive in two runs and give the Pirates the lead heading into the ninth. 

Anthony Vasquez made three quick outs to give the Pirates a 5-4 win over the Legends. 

Vasquez pitched four innings in relief, allowing only one run and earning the win. 

Rios drove in three of the Pirates’ five runs and Coniarsky had three of the team’s eight hits.  

The Pirates 2024 CPCL schedule is now complete, but the team will have a few more non-league exhibitions this weekend. The Legends will play a winner-take-all game against the San Diego Wave, with the winner earning a spot in the CPCL playoff.

Bucs Fall Flat to Riptide

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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

Bucs Forced to Dark Side

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (5-7, 3-3) were swept in a two-game home and away series against the San Diego Force on Wednesday night at Cal Poly Pomona by a 9-2 score.

Although the Bucs allowed nine to the Force for the second straight day, the final score is misleading as Inland Valley took a 2-0 lead into the sixth inning.

The Bucs scored one in the first on a Johnny Juarez RBI double scoring Kevin Riley.

Juarez was back at it in the third when he executed a squeeze bunt for his second RBI of the game, this time scoring Breyer Gayle.

In addition to the 2-0 lead heading into the top of the sixth, starting pitcher Chris Sanchez hadn’t allowed a hit in his first five innings.

It all went downhill from there. The Force scored seven in the sixth and added another two in the seventh.

The Bucs will play another SCCBL game on Friday at 5 p.m. at Vanguard University against the OC Riptide.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 4 0 0 0 0 2
Breyer Gayle 2 1 2 0 0 0
Connor Steer 1 0 0 0 1 0
Brendan Campbell 3 0 2 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 4 1 1 0 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 1 0 0 0 1 1
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 1
Johnny Juarez 4 0 2 2 0 2
Hershel Gardner 3 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Majher 4 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Morreale 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bryce Brooks 4 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 33 2 8 2 2 8

Batting2B: Johnny Juarez
TB: Breyer Gayle 2, Brendan Campbell 2, Kevin Riley, Johnny Juarez 3, Hershel Gardner
RBI: Johnny Juarez 2
ROE: Kevin Riley
HBP: Hershel Gardner
SB: Gerardo Ramirez

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 1.1 0 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 .000
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Chris Sanchez 5.1 0 0 4 6 2 4 1 0 .000
Jacob Taylor 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 6 9 3 7 5 0 —

PitchingL: Chris Sanchez
HBP: Alex Bernstein, Randall Ortiz
WP: Alex Bernstein

The Force is not with the Bucs

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (5-6, 3-2) fell to the San Diego Force (13-4, 4-2) 9-0 on Tuesday night at Madison High.

The Force piled up nine runs in the first two innings and the Bucs could never recover.

Brendan Campbell had two hits.

Inland Valley will play the Force again tomorrow at Cal Poly Pomona at 5 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 0 0 0 2 0
Tristan Chamberlain 3 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Steer 4 0 0 0 0 1
Brendan Campbell 4 0 2 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 3 0 0 0 0 0
Shamon Moss 3 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 3 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 1 0 0 0 3 0
Matt Majher 3 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 0 3 0 5 2

Batting2B: Brendan Campbell
TB: Brendan Campbell 3, Matt Majher
FC: Shamon Moss, Johnny Juarez
HBP: Tristan Chamberlain

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Gerardo Ramirez 2.2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 .000
Chris Ghosn 2.0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Diego Cortes 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Jacob Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Daniel Sandoval 1.1 0 0 8 9 9 2 0 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 13 9 9 4 8 0 —

PitchingL: Daniel Sandoval

Bucs Sweep Team San Diego

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The Inland Valley Bucs (5-5, 3-1) swept Team San Diego Friday night at Grossmont College.

The Bucs defeated San Diego 4-0 in the second game of the doubleheader.

Jonathan Hopkins tossed seven lights out innings. He struck out six and only allowed three hits.

Alex Bernstein and Randall Ortiz followed in suit with one shutout inning each.

Brendan Campbell, Tristan Chamberlain and Matt Majher ripped one RBI apiece.

Hershel Gardner, Majher, Shamon Moss and Blake Vandegrift all scored once.

Inland Valley’s next game is another league road contest in San Diego on Tuesday at 5 p.m., however this time, it will be against the San Diego Force in the first of a two-game home and away series.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 0 0 0 1 0
Breyer Gayle 4 0 2 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 3 0 0 0 0 3
Tristan Chamberlain 4 0 2 1 0 0
Connor Steer 3 0 0 0 0 3
Brendan Campbell 4 0 3 1 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 2 1 0 0 0 0
Shamon Moss 4 1 2 0 1 0
Johnny Juarez 4 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 5 1 2 0 0 2
Matt Majher 4 1 1 1 0 0
Bryce Brooks 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 39 4 12 3 3 8

Batting2B: Matt Majher
TB: Breyer Gayle 2, Tristan Chamberlain 2, Brendan Campbell 3, Shamon Moss 2, Hershel Gardner 2, Matt Majher 2
RBI: Tristan Chamberlain, Brendan Campbell, Matt Majher
SAC: Brendan Campbell
ROE: Blake Vandegrift, Hershel Gardner
HBP: Breyer Gayle
CS: Brendan Campbell

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Jonathan Hopkins 7.0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 —
Totals 9.0 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 0 —

PitchingW: Jonathan Hopkins
HBP: Alex Bernstein

Bucs Run Away with Game 1 in SD

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (4-5, 2-1) ran away with Game 1 of the double dip on Friday afternoon from Grossmont College 8-2 over Team San Diego.

The Bucs were led by Johnny Juarez, who finished 2-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored.

Breyer Gayle’s hot play continued as well. He also went 2-for-5 and scored a couple of runs.

Brendan Campbell, Tristan Chamberlain, Hershel Gardner and Matt Majher each scored once.

JP Hopkins, Majher, Shamon Moss and Connor Steer each ripped one RBI.

Logan Lannon earned the pitching win tossing three innings while striking out two and allowing no runs.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 0 0 0 1 1
Breyer Gayle 5 2 2 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 5 0 1 1 0 1
Tristan Chamberlain 1 1 1 0 0 0
Connor Steer 3 0 1 1 0 0
Brendan Campbell 4 1 1 0 1 0
Gerardo Ramirez 1 0 0 0 1 0
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 0
Shamon Moss 2 0 1 1 0 0
Johnny Juarez 5 2 2 3 0 1
Hershel Gardner 2 1 1 0 1 0
Matt Majher 5 1 1 1 0 1
Bryce Brooks 2 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 12 7 4 4

Batting2B: JP Hopkins, Johnny Juarez, Matt Majher
TB: Breyer Gayle 2, JP Hopkins 2, Tristan Chamberlain, Connor Steer, Brendan Campbell, Shamon Moss, Johnny Juarez 3, Hershel Gardner, Matt Majher 2, Bryce Brooks
RBI: JP Hopkins, Connor Steer, Shamon Moss, Johnny Juarez 3, Matt Majher
SAC: Bryce Brooks
ROE: Breyer Gayle, Matt Majher

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Chris Sanchez 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .000
David Kretschmar 4.0 0 0 2 2 2 5 4 0 .000
Logan Lannon 3.0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 5 2 2 6 10 0 —

PitchingW: Logan Lannon
HBP: Chris Sanchez

Bucs Win Again

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (3-5, 1-1) defeated the Orange Coast Bucs 9-7 on Thursday night at Orange Coast College.

The Bucs have now won three of their past four games.

It all began in the very first inning when Breyer Gayle, who finished 4-for-4, scored on a RBI single by JP Hopkins.

Hopkins was brought home by Brendan Campbell’s RBI rip to left field to make it a 2-0 lead for the Bucs.

Inland Valley added one run in the third and fourth innings to extend the margin to 4-0.

Kevin Riley knocked in Gayle in the third and Gayle scored again on a Hopkins knock in the fourth.

The OCC Bucs scored one in the bottom of the fourth.

The fifth inning saw seven total runs scored, four of which were plated by Inland Valley.

Campbell and Matt Majher scored on a two-run single by Bryce Brooks.

Anthony Seminaris lined a single to right field scoring Joseph Morreale.

Gayle brought home Seminaris with a base hit to give the Bucs an 8-1 lead.

The OCC Bucs scored three in the fifth to narrow their deficit to 8-4.

The Bucs tacked on an insurance run in the seventh as Gayle belted his second RBI scoring Blake Vandegrift.

The OCC Bucs plated two in the seventh and one in the eighth to make it 9-7, but that was as close as they could get as Randall Ortiz notched his first save of the season.

Cameron Rodriguez tossed 1.1 innings, struckout two and was credited with the win.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 0 2 1 0 0
Breyer Gayle 4 3 4 2 0 0
JP Hopkins 5 1 2 2 0 3
Tristan Chamberlain 2 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Steer 3 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 4 1 2 1 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 2 1 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 1 1 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 1 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Majher 3 1 0 0 2 0
Jacob Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Morreale 3 1 3 0 0 0
Bryce Brooks 3 1 1 2 0 0
Totals 37 9 17 9 2 5

Batting2B: Kevin Riley
TB: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle 4, JP Hopkins 2, Brendan Campbell 2, Kevin Riley 3, Hershel Gardner, Joe Morreale 3, Bryce Brooks
RBI: Anthony Seminaris, Breyer Gayle 2, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell, Kevin Riley2, Bryce Brooks 2
SAC: Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
FC: Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
HBP: Breyer Gayle, Joe Morreale
SB: Breyer Gayle 2, Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
CS: Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 .000
Gerardo Ramirez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Chris Ghosn 1.2 0 0 4 4 3 3 2 0 .000
Cameron Rodriguez 1.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Diego Cortes 1.0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 .000
Daniel Sandoval 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 9 7 6 6 8 0 —

PitchingW: Cameron Rodriguez
SV: Randall Ortiz

Pirates Out Duel Bucs

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The Pirates (3-0-1, 1-0) held off the Bucs (1-5, 0-1) 2-1 on Monday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona in a pitcher’s duel.

Brett Early was sensational for the Pirates logging six innings, while striking out nine and allowing no earned runs. The senior-to-be at the University of La Verne has now amassed 75 career strikeouts for the Pirates in his career, an Inland Valley record.

Andrew Eppenbach worked the final three innings in relief retiring nine of the 10 hitters he faced and earning his first save of the season.

The Bucs’ pitching staff was great as well.

David Kretschmar hurled the first four innings and allowed no runs en route to retiring 11 of  the 13 batters he faced on the day.

All three runs were scored in the fifth inning as the Bucs took a 1-0 lead in the top of the inning only to see it vanquish in the bottom half of the frame.

Tristan Chamberlain scored on a Kevin Riley RBI, but the Pirates answered when Jonny Reynoso knocked in Michael Deceglie and Jake Thumm.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 1 0 0 2 0 0
Nolan Henley 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Padlo 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tyler Urbach 1 0 1 0 0 0
Nick Marshall 2 0 0 0 0 1
Michael Deceglie 2 1 1 0 0 0
Jeff Nellis 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Thumm 2 1 0 0 1 0
Troy Resch 3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 2 3 2 2 1

BattingTB: Kyle Jackson, Tyler Urbach, Michael Deceglie
RBI: Jonny Reynoso 2
SAC: Nick Marshall, Michael Deceglie
SF: Jonny Reynoso
SB: Kyle Jackson

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Brett Early 6.0 0 0 3 1 0 2 9 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 3 1 0 2 10 0 —

PitchingW: Brett Early
SV: Andrew Eppenbach
HBP: Andrew Eppenbach

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 3 0 1 0 0 1
JP Hopkins 3 0 0 0 0 2
Tristan Chamberlain 3 1 0 0 0 0
Connor Steer 3 0 0 0 1 1
Brendan Campbell 3 0 0 0 0 2
Kevin Riley 4 0 2 1 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 4 0 0 0 0 2
Hershel Gardner 1 0 0 0 1 1
Matt Majher 4 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Morreale 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 3 1 2 10

BattingTB: Anthony Seminaris, Kevin Riley 2
RBI: Kevin Riley
ROE: Tristan Chamberlain
HBP: JP Hopkins

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Chris Sanchez 3.0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 .000
David Kretschmar 4.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Jacob Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 0 —

PitchingL: Chris Sanchez

Bucs Win First Game

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers defeated Southern Nevada 5-0 on Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs pitching staff was sensational allowing just two hit and no runs.

Daniel Sandoval got things off to a right start with two strong innings.

Alex Bernstein notched the victory tossing a flawless third, while striking out two.

Chris Ghosn and Jacob Taylor hurled the fourth and fifth innings respectively and both earned a hold.

Logan Lannon slammed the door shut en route to a save for the final two innings.

The Bucs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning when DJ Daniels knocked in Tristan Chamberlain.

In the sixth inning, Inland Valley plated four more runs.

Blake Vandegrift, Anthony Seminaris and Connor Steer each contributed one RBI. Hershel Gardner, Shamon Moss, Kevin Riley and Vandegrift all scored.

The Bucs take on the Pirates next on Monday at Cal Poly Pomona in their first SCCBL contest of the season.

Bucs Can’t Put Out the Fire

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The bad luck continued for the Inland Valley Bucs (0-3) losing the second game of the doubleheader to the Lake Havasu Fire 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Fire plated two in the third, but Inland Valley responded with its lone run in the bottom half of the frame when JP Hopkins scored on a Christian Hendrix RBI single.

Lake Havasu tacked on one more in the fourth, two in the sixth and one in the seventh.

David Kretschmar tossed a nice first inning, striking out two while only allowing one base runner.

The Bucs take the field again Friday against the Colton Nighthawks at Cal Poly Pomona at 1 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Breyer Gayle 4 0 1 0 0 1
JP Hopkins 1 1 0 0 3 0
Tristan Chamberlain 3 0 0 0 0 0
Connor Steer 3 0 1 0 1 1
Brendan Campbell 4 0 0 0 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 1 0 0 0 1 0
Ryan Cordova 1 0 0 0 1 0
Christian Hendrix 2 0 1 1 2 1
Matt Majher 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jacob Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 3 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 26 1 5 1 8 5

BattingTB: Breyer Gayle, Connor Steer, Christian Hendrix, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale
RBI: Christian Hendrix
ROE: Connor Steer
SB: JP Hopkins 2

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chris Sanchez 2.0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Chris Ghosn 2.0 0 0 3 3 3 1 2 0 .000
Jonathan Hopkins 1.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000
David Kretschmar 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Totals 7.0 0 0 10 6 4 2 5 0 —

PitchingL: Chris Sanchez