Pirates Walkoff Against Oaks

The Inland Valley Pirates (12-10-1) walked off on a Jake Thumm RBI single Friday afternoon at UCSB against Conejo Oaks.

The Pirates won 9-8.

Inland Valley fell behind 1-0 in the top of the first, but answered with three in the bottom half of the inning.

Johnny Juarez crushed a two-run triple to the right center gap and came home on a wild pitch to give the Pirates a 3-1 lead.

Oaks fought back with five unanswered runs to grab a 6-3 lead heading to the bottom of the fifth.

The Pirates got another three-run inning in the fifth to knot it up at 6 apiece.

Nick Hernandez and Juarez provided the RBI in the inning as Jeff Nellis, Chaneng Varela and Hernandez each scored.

Conejo regained the lead at 8-6 in the eighth, but the Pirates fought until the bitter end.

Inland Valley for the third time in the game got a three-run inning, this time in walkoff fashion in the ninth.

Varela had the tying two-run double and Thumm ripped the game-winning RBI.

Andrew Matus was great in relief retiring all six hitters he faced.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 4 0 1 0 0 1
Chaneng Varela 5 2 3 2 0 1
Tyler Urbach 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jeff Nellis 3 2 1 0 1 0
Justin Gomez 2 1 1 0 3 0
Jake Thumm 4 0 1 1 1 1
Nick Hernandez 5 2 1 1 0 0
Drew Seelman 4 1 2 0 0 0
Nick Costello 3 0 1 0 0 1
Johnny Juarez 5 1 3 3 0 1
Totals 35 9 14 7 6 5

Batting2B: Chaneng Varela, Drew Seelman
3B: Johnny Juarez
TB: Jonny Reynoso, Chaneng Varela 4, Jeff Nellis, Justin Gomez, Jake Thumm, Nick Hernandez, Drew Seelman 3, Nick Costello, Johnny Juarez 5
RBI: Chaneng Varela 2, Jake Thumm, Nick Hernandez, Johnny Juarez 3
FC: Nick Hernandez
HBP: Jeff Nellis, Nick Costello

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Conlan McKenzie 1.0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0
Eric Trask 5.0 0 0 11 6 4 1 4 0
Andrew Matus 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Nick Hernandez 1.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 0 16 8 6 1 5 0

PitchingW: Nick Hernandez
HBP: Eric Trask 2

Pirates Can’t Chop Down Foresters

The Inland Valley Pirates (11-10-1) fell to the Santa Barbara Foresters (21-3) 11-5 on Thursday night at UCSB.

The score doesn’t indicate how close the contest was in terms of just sheer hits.

The Pirates finished the game with 12 hits, just one fewer than the Foresters.

The Foresters got out to a 7-0 lead at the end of the fourth inning, but the Pirates answered with three in the sixth to cut it to 7-3.

The three runs scored on a double by Nick Marshall.

Santa Barbara responded with two in the bottom of the inning to extend the margin back to 9-3.

Inland Valley went right back to work in the eighth plating two runs to cut the score to 9-5.

Jake Thumm and Nolan Henley scored in the inning, while Chaneng Varela provided the RBI single.

The Foresters came back with two insurance runs in the frame and held on for an 11-5 victory.

The Pirates play again tomorrow at UCSB against Conejo Oaks at 12 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 5 1 1 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 3 1 0 0 1 0
Chaneng Varela 5 0 3 1 0 1
Nick Marshall 3 0 1 3 1 0
Jeff Nellis 5 0 0 0 0 1
Justin Gomez 4 1 2 0 1 2
Jake Thumm 5 2 1 0 0 0
Nick Hernandez 4 0 2 0 0 1
Drew Seelman 2 0 1 0 0 1
Nick Costello 3 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 39 5 12 4 3 7

Batting2B: Nick Marshall, Justin Gomez, Drew Seelman
TB: Jonny Reynoso, Chaneng Varela 3, Nick Marshall 2, Justin Gomez 3, Jake Thumm, Nick Hernandez 2, Drew Seelman 2, Nick Costello
RBI: Chaneng Varela, Nick Marshall 3
ROE: Jake Thumm
FC: Nolan Henley

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Conlan McKenzie 1.0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 .000
Brett Early 4.0 0 0 6 7 7 5 1 0 .000
Andrew Matus 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 2.0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jarrett Veiga 0.1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 13 11 11 9 2 0

PitchingL: Brett Early
HBP: Brett Early

Pirates Overpower Dodgers

The Inland Valley Pirates (5-4-1) bats slugged their way to an 18-1 blowout victory over the East LA Dodgers including an 11-run fifth inning Monday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Dodgers actually went out to an early 1-0 lead in the second inning, but it was all Inland Valley from there.

In the third, Troy Resch knocked in Jacob Bernardy. Bernardy finished 4-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.

In the fourth, Kyle Jackson tripled to deep left center field and was brought home on an RBI ground out by Nick Hernandez to make it a 2-1 lead. Jackson finished with four runs, while Hernandez bashed in four RBI.

Entering the fifth inning, it appeared like it was going to be a tightly contested game, but that’s when the Pirates sent up 16 hitters to the plate and scored 11 runs. The Pirates had nine hits in the inning and three walks.

Chaneng Varela crushed a three-run triple to the gap in left field clearing the bases including himself as an error was made on the relay throw and he came home to score.

Tyler Urbach and Hernandez contributed two-run doubles in the inning.

Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy and Jake Thumm each belted one RBI in the frame.

Nolan Henley went 2-for-2 in the inning and scored twice.

Inland Valley tacked on two more in the sixth when Justin Gomez scored Jackson and Hernandez.

The Pirates added three more in the eighth as Jackson, Hernandez and Michael Deceglie scored.

Andrew Matus earned the victory tossing 6.1 innings and struck out seven, while only allowing one run.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 3 4 2 0 1 0
Jonny Reynoso 1 1 1 1 1 0
Nolan Henley 5 2 2 0 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 4 2 4 2 0 0
Chaneng Varela 4 1 1 3 1 1
Jason Padlo 5 1 1 0 0 0
Tyler Urbach 3 1 1 2 0 0
Nick Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Deceglie 2 1 2 0 0 0
Justin Gomez 4 0 2 2 0 0
Jake Thumm 5 1 1 1 0 0
Troy Resch 2 1 1 1 2 0
Nick Hernandez 4 3 2 4 0 0
Totals 43 18 20 16 5 1

Batting2B: Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy, Tyler Urbach, Michael Deceglie, Nick Hernandez 2
3B: Kyle Jackson, Chaneng Varela
TB: Kyle Jackson 4, Jonny Reynoso 2, Nolan Henley 2, Jacob Bernardy 5, Chaneng Varela 3, Jason Padlo, Tyler Urbach 2, Michael Deceglie 3, Justin Gomez 2, Jake Thumm, Troy Resch, Nick Hernandez 4
RBI: Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy 2, Chaneng Varela 3, Tyler Urbach 2, Justin Gomez 2, Jake Thumm, Troy Resch, Nick Hernandez 4
ROE: Jake Thumm, Troy Resch
FC: Nolan Henley, Jake Thumm
HBP: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy, Tyler Urbach, Nick Hernandez
SB: Kyle Jackson, Jacob Bernardy, Nick Hernandez

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Michael Deceglie 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Andrew Matus 6.1 0 0 6 1 1 1 7 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Nick Hernandez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 6 1 1 2 8 0

PitchingW: Andrew Matus

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