Bucs Sweep Team San Diego

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

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

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

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

OC Bucs Win Slugfest

A slugfest broke out in the OC Bucs’ (2-3) 10-7 victory over the Long Beach Legends Red at Long Beach City College Saturday afternoon.

The two teams both scored twice in the second.

Long Beach took a 6-5 lead after three innings.

The Bucs regained the lead in the fifth inning when they scored two runs to make it a 7-6 ballgame and would never look back from that point on.

Nick Reeser went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs scored and three RBI.

Austin McGilvra went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.

The OC Bucs take on divisional rival Victor Valley on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at Cal Poly Pomona next.

IE Bucs
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Jarrett Anton 4 1 2 0 0 1
Jacob Blackiston 3 2 0 0 2 0
Alex Campos 1 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Cordova 0 0 0 0 0 0
Logan Grigsby 4 0 1 0 0 0
David Grubaugh 3 0 2 1 2 1
David Johnson 4 1 2 1 1 1
Riley Manquen 3 0 0 0 0 0
Austin McGilvra 4 2 3 2 1 0
Anthony Moreno 5 1 3 1 0 0
Sam Neely 5 0 1 0 0 3
Nick Reeser 3 3 2 3 2 0
Totals 39 10 16 8 9 6
3B: Moreno
HR: Reeser
SB: Blackiston (2)
HBP: Cordova
IE Bucs
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Art Corona (S) 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Marcos Martinez (W) 3.0 1 0 0 2 3 0
Nicholas Michaels 3.0 7 6 5 1 0 0

Bucs Win First Game

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.

Nighthawks Fly Past Bucs

The Bucs’ early season struggles continued with another loss, this time coming to the Colton Nighthawks 4-3 at Cal Poly Pomona on Friday afternoon.

The Bucs were poised to get off the schnide initially as they jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first.

Connor Steer doubled to left field and wound up scoring later.

Colton responded with three runs in the fourth to grab the 3-1 lead.

Inland Valley answered with a two-run seventh to knot the game up at 3. JP Hopkins had the big two-run double scoring Joe Morreale and Blake Vandegrift.

Just when it looked like the Bucs might make the comeback, they gave up one run in the eighth on a wild pitch.

David Kretschmar tossed two solid scoreless innings.

Jonathon Hopkins added another two scoreless innings and three strikeouts.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 0 0 0 1 0
Breyer Gayle 1 0 0 0 1 0
JP Hopkins 5 0 2 2 0 2
Tristan Chamberlain 1 0 0 0 0 0
Connor Steer 2 1 2 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 2 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 0 0 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 2 0 1 0 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 1 1 0 0 1 1
Shamon Moss 2 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 3 0 0 0 1 1
Hershel Gardner 1 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Majher 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jacob Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 2 4 5

Batting2B: JP Hopkins 2, Connor Steer, Gerardo Ramirez
TB: JP Hopkins 4, Connor Steer 3, Brendan Campbell, Gerardo Ramirez 2, Hershel Gardner, Matt Majher
RBI: JP Hopkins 2
SAC: Tristan Chamberlain, Connor Steer
HBP: Hershel Gardner, Joe Morreale

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Daniel Diaz 2.0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 .000
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 .000
Cameron Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Jonathan Hopkins 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 .000
David Kretschmar 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Diego Cortes 1.0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 7 4 1 6 10 0

PitchingL: Diego Cortes

Bucs Can’t Put Out the Fire

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

Bucs Under Fire

The first game of the doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona was a forgettable affair for the Inland Valley Bucs (0-2) falling to the Lake Havasu Fire 9-0.

The Fire scored three in the first, one in the second and fourth, three in the sixth and one in the ninth.

Anthony Seminaris went 2-for-2 with a walk.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 0 2 0 1 0
Breyer Gayle 4 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 3 0 1 0 0 1
Shamon Moss 4 0 0 0 0 1
Ryan Cordova 4 0 1 0 0 1
Hershel Gardner 4 0 0 0 0 3
Christian Hendrix 3 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 27 0 5 0 2 6

BattingTB: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle, Blake Vandegrift, Ryan Cordova
HBP: Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .000
Gerardo Ramirez 1.0 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 .000
Logan Lannon 1.0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Diego Cortes 1.0 0 0 4 3 3 1 2 0 .000
Jacob Taylor 2.0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 .000
Daniel Sandoval 2.0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 12 9 8 8 7 0

PitchingL: Gerardo Ramirez
HBP: Logan Lannon
WP: Diego Cortes, Daniel Sandoval

D2 Regional Features 17 Inland Valley Players

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 2 tournament.

They will host the regional tournament at Mt. Sac starting Thursday morning at 11 a.m.

This specific tournament has extra significance for the Inland Valley Baseball Association because 17 of its players will be represented between four of the participating schools with one goal in mind – to make the World Series in

Joining the Broncos are No. 2 Azusa Pacific, No. 3 Cal Baptist and No. 6 Point Loma.

Cal Poly has 12 including: (Ryan Alsworth, Jacob Bernardy, Kyle Garlick, Christian Kelley, Michael Koval, Jason Padlo, Cody Ponce, Jonathon Reynoso, Matt Reynoso, Caleb Romo, Eric Trask and Michael Zidek)

Azusa Pacific has two: (Jacob Cage and Blake James)

Cal Baptist has two: (AJ David and Alec Morabito)

Point Loma has one: (Jack Spohn)

Below is the schedule for the first two days of the tournament.

Thursday, May 14
11:00 am – Game 3: #3 Cal Baptist vs. #4 Dixie State
3:00 pm – Game 2: #2 Azusa Pacific vs. #5 UC San Diego
7:00 pm – Game 1: #1 Cal Poly Pomona vs. #6 Point Loma

Friday, May 15
11:00 am – Game 4: Loser game 1 vs. Loser game 2
3:00 pm – Game 5: Winner game 1 vs. Loser game 3
7:00 pm – Game 6: Winner game 2 vs. Winner game 3