Pirates Aren’t Game Enough

The Inland Valley Pirates (15-11-1) fell 4-2 to the Gamers on Friday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Gamers scored twice in the top of the ninth to get the victory.

The Pirates took a 1-0 lead in the first when Sergio Robles belted home Kyle Jackson.

The Games tied it at 1-1 in the top of the third, but the Pirates regained the lead in the bottom half of the inning.

Chaneng Varela ripped the RBI single scoring Jason Padlo to make it a 2-1 Pirate lead.

Dylan Stablein worked a solid five innings, only allowing one run, but the bullpen relinquished three runs late in the game allowing the Gamers to take the 4-2 victory.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 3 1 1 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 3 0 1 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 2 0 1 1 0 0
Andrew Alvarez 3 0 0 0 0 1
Jason Padlo 3 1 2 0 0 0
Nick Marshall 3 0 0 0 0 1
Jeff Nellis 1 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Hernandez 3 0 1 0 0 1
Drew Seelman 2 0 1 0 1 0
Sergio Robles 3 0 1 1 0 0
Nick Costello 3 0 1 0 0 1
Greg Espinosa 3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2 1 5

Batting2B: Nick Hernandez
TB: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy, Chaneng Varela, Jason Padlo 2, Nick Hernandez 2, Drew Seelman, Sergio Robles, Nick Costello
RBI: Chaneng Varela, Sergio Robles
CS: Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Dylan Stablein 5.0 0 .000 3 1 1 1 4 0
Nick Hernandez 0.1 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jarrett Veiga 3.0 0 .000 1 2 2 1 2 0
Aaron Reynoso 0.2 0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 5 4 4 2 6 0

Pirates are Game Enough

The Inland Valley Pirates (15-10-1) defeated the Gamers 4-1 Thursday night at East Los Angeles College.

The Pirates jumped ahead 1-0 in the third on a home run by Sergio Robles.

The Gamers tied it up in the fourth at 1-1.

The Pirates took a lead in the seventh when Nolan Henley cracked an extra base hit in the left center gap scoring Robles to make it 2-1.

In the eighth, the Pirates tacked on one more increasing their lead to 3-1 as Justin Gomez ripped an RBI double scoring Jason Padlo.

Inland Valley extended the margin to 4-1 in the ninth as Robles scored for the third time in the game.

The Pirates will play the Gamers again Friday at 5 p.m. at Cal Poly Pomona.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Nolan Henley 2 0 2 1 1 0
Chaneng Varela 3 0 0 0 1 0
Andrew Alvarez 3 0 2 0 1 1
Jason Padlo 4 1 1 0 0 0
Justin Gomez 4 0 1 1 0 0
Andrew Eppenbach 3 0 0 0 1 1
Alex Espinosa 4 0 1 0 0 1
Sergio Robles 4 3 4 1 0 0
Nick Costello 4 0 1 0 0 1
Greg Espinosa 5 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 36 4 12 3 4 6

Batting2B: Nolan Henley, Justin Gomez, Sergio Robles
3B: Nolan Henley, Jason Padlo
HR: Sergio Robles
TB: Nolan Henley 5, Andrew Alvarez 2, Jason Padlo 3, Justin Gomez 2, Alex Espinosa, Sergio Robles 8, Nick Costello
RBI: Nolan Henley, Justin Gomez, Sergio Robles
HBP: Nolan Henley
SB: Nolan Henley, Andrew Alvarez, Sergio Robles
CS: Andrew Alvarez
PIK: Andrew Alvarez

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Sean Patton 3.0 0 1 5
Andrew Alvarez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Andrew Matus 2.0 0 2 1 1 2
Ryan Marcos 1.0 0 0 1
Greg Espinosa 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 0 0 4 1 0 3 9 0

PitchingW: Greg Espinosa
SV: Andrew Alvarez

Pirates Hold On

The Inland Valley Pirates (14-10-1) made Wednesday night’s encounter with the FBA Sharks very interesting at Upland Memorial Park.

The Pirates, who at one point led 8-1, so their lead vanquish in the ninth to 8-7, but Jarrett Veiga came in for the one-out save and struck out his man.

The Pirates used a six-run fourth inning to grab a 6-0 lead.

Sergio Robles, Jeff Nellis, Greg Espinosa, Jason Padlo, Chaneng Varela and Justin Gomez each scored.

Espinosa, Padlo and Varela each contributed one RBI in the frame.

The Sharks scored one in the bottom of the fourth to make it a 6-1 ballgame.

The Pirates took an 8-1 lead in the sixth when Padlo and Varela each recorded their second RBI of the day.

The Sharks answered with three in the bottom of the sixth and three more in the bottom of the ninth to cut it to a one-run game, but Veiga came through in the clutch against the clean-up hitter in the Sharks’ lineup who had already homered in the game.

The Pirates take the field again Thursday night at East Los Angeles College at 6:30 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 1 0 0 0 0 1
Chaneng Varela 4 1 1 2 0 0
Andrew Alvarez 4 1 0 0 0 3
Jason Padlo 4 1 3 2 0 0
Tyler Urbach 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Marshall 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Nellis 1 1 1 0 1 0
Justin Gomez 1 1 0 0 2 0
Drew Seelman 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jarrett Veiga 2 0 0 0 0 1
Sergio Robles 3 1 1 0 0 1
Nick Costello 2 2 0 1 0 0
Greg Espinosa 4 0 3 0 0 0
Justin Reynolds 3 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 36 8 9 5 4 7

BattingTB: Chaneng Varela, Jason Padlo 3, Jeff Nellis, Sergio Robles, Greg Espinosa 3
RBI: Chaneng Varela 2, Jason Padlo 2, Nick Costello
ROE: Andrew Alvarez, Jarrett Veiga, Justin Reynolds
FC: Nick Marshall, Drew Seelman
HBP: Drew Seelman
SB: Drew Seelman, Greg Espinosa
CS: Tyler Urbach

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Andrew Alvarez 1.0 0 0 3 3 1 0 2 0
Dylan Stablein 3.0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Nicholas Sergi 2.2 0 0 5 3 1 2 1 0 .000
Jarrett Veiga 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Ryan Alsworth 2.0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 14 7 2 3 7 0

PitchingW: Ryan Alsworth
SV: Jarrett Veiga

Pirates Walkoff Against San Diego

The Inland Valley Pirates (11-9-1, 5-8) got a much needed sweep of a doubleheader against Team San Diego (7-18, 3-14) by virtue of a walkoff sacrifice fly by Jonny Reynoso.

The Pirates won 6-5 and swept the season series from Team San Diego.

San Diego jumped out to an early 3-0 lead for the second time in the double dip.

The Pirates got one back  in the bottom of the second on a Nick Costello RBI single that scored Nick Hernandez.

San Diego tacked on another run in the third to increase their lead to 4-1.

Inland Valley answered with two in the fifth to pull within one on three consecutive hits.

Jeff Nellis cracked a triple and was brought in on a double down the right field line by Chaneng Varela.

Varela scored on a Jason Padlo RBI single to make it a 4-3 ballgame.

The Pirates took the lead in the sixth as Costello and Jacob Bernardy scored as Inland Valley took its first lead at 5-4.

Team San Diego tied it at 5 apiece in the seventh, but the Pirates walked off against them when Justin Gomez scored on Jonny Reynoso’s RBI sacrifice fly.

The Pirates travel up north to Santa Barbara to take on the two-time defending NBC World Series champion Santa Barbara Foresters at 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon at UCSB.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 3 0 1 1 0 0
Nolan Henley 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 3 1 2 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 2 1 1 1 2 0
Jason Padlo 3 0 2 1 1 0
Jeff Nellis 4 1 2 0 0 0
Justin Gomez 4 1 1 0 0 0
Nick Hernandez 4 1 2 0 0 0
Nick Costello 2 1 2 1 1 0
Totals 28 5 13 4 4 0

Batting2B: Chaneng Varela, Nick Hernandez
3B: Jeff Nellis
TB: Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy 2, Chaneng Varela 2, Jason Padlo 2, Jeff Nellis4, Justin Gomez, Nick Hernandez 3, Nick Costello 2
RBI: Jonny Reynoso, Chaneng Varela, Jason Padlo, Nick Costello
SF: Jonny Reynoso
ROE: Chaneng Varela
SB: Chaneng Varela
CS: Jonny Reynoso, Chaneng Varela

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Sean Patton 1.1 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 0
Andrew Matus 2.2 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 0.2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Drew Seelman 1.2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Jarrett Veiga 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Ryan Alsworth 0.2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 7.0 0 0 5 4 4 9 6 0

PitchingW: Andrew Eppenbach

Pirates Fall in 11

Sunday afternoon at Madison High, the Pirates (8-8-1, 3-7) and Force (22-4, 9-2) finished a previously suspended game from earlier in the season.

The teams started in the 10th inning knotted up at 8.

It ended quickly as the Force scored twice in the 11th to win the game.

It was a game the Pirates should have been able to close out previously as they had the lead 8-6 in the eighth, but the Force scored twice to tie it up on two errors, two walks and a hit batter meaning that a single hit wasn’t recorded in the eighth inning, yet the Force still tied it up.

The Force took an early 1-0 lead in the first, but the Pirates answered in the bottom of the inning with one of their own on a RBI single by Justin Gomez.

Gomez came through again with another RBI in the third scoring Kyle Jackson both times to give the Pirates a 2-1 lead.

The Force fought back scoring five unanswered runs to grab a 6-2 lead in the sixth, but the pirates responded with a six-run sixth inning.

Tyler Urbach and Jackson each knocked in one and Jason Padlo had a two-run single making it an 8-6 Pirate lead, only to be relinquished in the eighth.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 5 3 3 1 1 0
Nolan Henley 5 1 0 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jason Padlo 6 1 2 2 0 1
Tyler Urbach 4 1 1 1 0 2
Nick Marshall 5 0 1 0 0 2
Michael Deceglie 4 1 1 0 0 1
Jeff Nellis 6 0 3 2 0 1
Justin Gomez 6 0 3 2 0 0
Nick Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Drew Seelman 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tristan Hildebrandt 3 1 0 0 2 0
Totals 47 8 15 8 3 7

Batting2B: Kyle Jackson 2
TB: Kyle Jackson 5, Chaneng Varela, Jason Padlo 2, Tyler Urbach, Nick Marshall, Michael Deceglie, Jeff Nellis 3, Justin Gomez 3
RBI: Kyle Jackson, Jason Padlo 2, Tyler Urbach, Jeff Nellis 2, Justin Gomez 2
ROE: Jason Padlo, Tristan Hildebrandt
FC: Kyle Jackson, Nolan Henley
SB: Nolan Henley
CS: Kyle Jackson, Tristan Hildebrandt

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Conlan McKenzie 1.0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 .000
Eric Trask 5.0 0 0 6 4 2 1 4 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 3.0 0 0 5 2 2 4 3 0
Jarrett Veiga 1.1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 .000
Totals 10.1 0 0 14 10 7 7 8 0

PitchingL: Andrew Eppenbach
HBP: Eric Trask, Andrew Eppenbach, Jarrett Veiga

Force Out-Slug Pirates in Game 1

The Pirates fell to the San Diego Force, 9-5 in the first game of a doubleheader at Scolinos Field on Saturday.

The Force hung a four-spot in the third inning to take a 4-0.

The Pirates cut into the lead slightly on an RBI single by Jason Padlo, to make it a 4-1 game.

The Force tacked on two more runs in the fifth to extend their lead to 6-1.

The Pirates rallied, however, in the bottom of the inning.

With two outs and runners on first and third, shortstop Tristan Hildebrandt came through with a clutch double to left center, scoring one and trimming the lead to 6-2.

The next batter Jason Padlo kept the rally going with a two-run single, which cut the lead to 6-4.

Two batters later, Padlo came in to score on a single by Kyle Jackson. The lead was down to one, 6-5.

The score remained 6-5 until the eighth inning when the Force scored three runs to expand their lead to 9-5.

In the bottom of the ninth, the Pirates tried to mount one last comeback, putting runners on first and third with one out. However, a double play ball extinguished the rally and hand the Pirates their fifth loss of the season.

Jason Padlo led the way for the Pirates, going 2-for-5 with two runs scored and three runs batted in.

Kyle Jackson also had a quality day at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two runs batted in.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 4 0 2 2 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 4 0 2 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 4 0 1 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 4 1 1 0 1 1
Jason Padlo 5 2 2 2 0 1
Nick Marshall 4 0 1 0 0 1
Jeff Nellis 3 1 0 0 1 1
Justin Gomez 4 0 1 0 0 0
Tristan Hildebrandt 5 1 1 1 0 1
Totals 37 5 11 5 2 5

Batting2B: Jason Padlo, Tristan Hildebrandt
TB: Kyle Jackson 2, Jonny Reynoso 2, Nolan Henley, Chaneng Varela, Jason Padlo3, Nick Marshall, Justin Gomez, Tristan Hildebrandt 2
RBI: Kyle Jackson 2, Jason Padlo 2, Tristan Hildebrandt

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Sean Patton 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 .000
Brett Early 1.2 0 0 2 3 2 1 2 0 .000
Brendan Hornung 5.0 0 0 7 6 6 1 6 0 .000
Marcos Martinez 1.1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 12 9 8 5 10 0

PitchingL: Brendan Hornung

Five-run Inning Scuttles Pirates

A five-run fourth inning scuttled the Pirates (3-4-1) as they fell 8-3 to the Orange Coast Bucs in the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader.

Dylan Stablein went seven innings and struck out three, while Jason Padlo went 1-for-3 and drove in two of the Pirates’ three runs.

The Pirates offense spun their wheels early as they had runners in scoring position in each of the first three innings.

In the fourth, the Bucs erupted for five runs to take a 5-0 lead.

Meanwhile, the Pirates offense continued to sputter until an RBI single by Jason Padlo in the bottom of the fifth cut the lead to 5-1.

The Bucs would answer with a run in the top of the eighth to take a 6-1 lead.

In the bottom of the inning Jeff Nellis tripled and came around to score on a Jason Padlo groundout to make it 6-2.

However, once again, the Bucs answered right back, scoring two runs in the ninth to push the lead to 8-2.

The Pirates rallied for one in the bottom of the night on a base hit by Nick Marshall, but it would prove to be too little, too late as they fell by a final count of 8-3.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 4 1 2 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jason Padlo 3 0 1 2 0 1
Tyler Urbach 3 0 1 0 0 1
Nick Marshall 3 0 1 1 1 0
Michael Deceglie 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jeff Nellis 4 2 2 0 0 0
Justin Gomez 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jake Thumm 3 0 1 0 0 0
Nick Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Caleb Romo 4 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 3 10 3 2 3

Batting2B: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Jeff Nellis, Jake Thumm
3B: Jeff Nellis
TB: Kyle Jackson 3, Jonny Reynoso 2, Jason Padlo, Tyler Urbach, Nick Marshall, Jeff Nellis 5, Justin Gomez, Jake Thumm 2
RBI: Jason Padlo 2, Nick Marshall
FC: Jonny Reynoso, Jeff Nellis
HBP: Jason Padlo, Tyler Urbach, Michael Deceglie
SB: Jason Padlo, Justin Gomez

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Dylan Stablein 7.0 0 0 7 5 4 1 3 0
Nicholas Sergi 2.0 0 0 5 3 3 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 0 0 12 8 7 1 4 0

PitchingL: Dylan Stablein

Pirates Taken Away by the Riptide

The Inland Valley Pirates (3-3-1, 1-3) lost to the OC Riptide (4-6-1, 2-0) in heart-breaking fashion for the second consecutive night.

This time the Riptide came through with five runs in the ninth to take a 7-5 victory over the host Pirates at Citrus College on Saturday night.

The Pirates jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the fourth when Jason Padlo scored on an error.

The Riptide answered with two in the sixth.

Inland Valley fought back in the eighth plating three runs to make it a 4-2 contest heading into the final frame.

Ryan Marcos singled and scored. Nick Marshall ripped a RBI single and scored. Jeff Nellis and Padlo each added one RBI.

However, on this day, it wasn’t meant to be for the Pirates as Brett Early, who pitched a stellar first eight innings allowing only two runs while striking out nine, allowed the first three in the inning to reach base.

From there, the usually steady pitching staff fell apart and hit two batters, while walking another two with the bases loaded.

The Pirates look to regroup in a non-league doubleheader against the OCC Bucs on Sunday afternoon at Citrus College.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 3 0 0 0 1 0
Jonny Reynoso 3 0 0 1 1 2
Sean Patton 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jason Padlo 4 1 2 1 0 1
Nick Marshall 4 1 2 1 0 0
Michael Deceglie 4 0 0 0 0 1
Jeff Nellis 5 1 0 1 0 0
Troy Resch 3 1 0 0 0 1
Nick Cordova 2 0 0 0 2 1
Ryan Marcos 3 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 4 4 7

BattingTB: Sean Patton, Jason Padlo 2, Nick Marshall 2, Ryan Marcos
RBI: Jonny Reynoso, Jason Padlo, Nick Marshall, Jeff Nellis
FC: Jeff Nellis
HBP: Troy Resch
SB: Jason Padlo

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Sean Patton 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Brett Early 8.0 0 0 9 5 5 4 9 0
Andrew Matus 0.0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 0 9 7 7 6 11 0

PitchingL: Brett Early
HBP: Brett Early, Andrew Matus 2

Pirates Defeat Southern Nevada

The Inland Valley Pirates (2-0-1) defeated Southern Nevada (3-2) 4-2 Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

Inland Valley’s offense was kick started by lead-off man Chaneng Varela who scored the game’s first two runs.

In the first inning Varela, who singled, scored on a RBI ripped to left field by Kyle Jackson.

In the third, Varela made it 2-0 when he was brought in by Jason Padlo’s opposite field single.

The Pirates tacked on one more in the fourth and fifth innings.

Justin Gomez doubled and scored on a RBI knock by Tyler Urbach.

Jonny Reynoso crushed the ball up the middle scoring Jeff Nellis to increase the lead to 4-0.

Southern Nevada fought until the end and plated two runs in the final frame, while having the bases loaded with two outs. Sean Patton came in relief to slam the door shut and earn the save.

Brett Early earned the win.

Pirates Tie Fire

In the second game of the doubleheader from Cal Poly Pomona Tuesday afternoon, the Pirates and Fire played to a 1-1 tie.

The game only lasted seven innings due to the length of the first contest and was called for darkness at 7:46 p.m.

The Fire scored their lone run in the third.

The Pirates answered in the fourth on Jason Padlo’s RBI sacrifice fly that scored Jeff Nellis.

Inland Valley left seven men on base in the first five innings.

The pitching was stellar throughout the game as the Pirates sent six different pitchers for this game.

Brendan Hornung started the game and tossed two shutout innings.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 3 0 2 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 3 0 0 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 3 0 1 0 0 1
Jason Padlo 1 0 0 1 1 1
Tyler Urbach 3 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Marshall 1 0 0 0 1 0
Michael Deceglie 2 0 1 0 1 1
Jeff Nellis 2 1 0 0 1 2
Jake Thumm 3 0 0 0 1 1
Troy Resch 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 23 1 4 1 5 7

Batting2B: Chaneng Varela
TB: Kyle Jackson 2, Chaneng Varela 2, Michael Deceglie
RBI: Jason Padlo
SF: Jason Padlo
SB: Kyle Jackson, Jeff Nellis

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Conlan McKenzie 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Sean Patton 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Brendan Hornung 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0
Dylan Stablein 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Nicholas Sergi 1.0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Marcos Martinez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 7.0 0 0 4 1 1 4 7 0