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

Pirates Win; Tied for First in SCCBL

pirates gm 18Sitting just a half game back of Team San Diego and the Palm Springs Power, the Inland Valley Pirates knew they had a very important game against the Bucs Thursday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Pirates (15-4, 6-3) responded superbly defeating the Bucs (3-14, 2-9) 4-1.

AJ David ripped a two-run double down the left field line scoring Jason Padlo and Andrew Alvarez to make it a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third. Continue reading “Pirates Win; Tied for First in SCCBL”

Bucs Suffer Heartbreaking Loss in Palm Springs

bucs gm 9The Inland Valley Bucs (3-9, 2-5) suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 setback against the Palm Springs Power (13-1, 2-1) Tuesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.

After falling behind 1-0 in the first inning, the Bucs fought back to take a 3-1 lead.

All three runs were scored in the fourth. Jack Spohn, Rudy Casarez and Gerardo Ramirez all scored. Mbusi Hlatshwayo and Miles Ryan ripped one RBI apiece. Continue reading “Bucs Suffer Heartbreaking Loss in Palm Springs”