Pirates and Force Tie

The Inland Valley Pirates and the San Diego Force have officially tied 5-5 in a game played at Madison High School earlier in the season.

The final score was 5-5.

It was a back-and-forth game that saw lead changes and ultimately was called due to darkness.

Erik Trask was exceptional tossing 7.2 innings, while striking out five. He allowed three earned runs, but unfortunately for the Pirates, two unearned runs are what the Force used to tie and take a late 5-4 lead.

The Pirates responded by tying it right back up.

Jeff Nellis had a big day at the dish going 3-for-5 with two RBI.

Michael Deceglie scored twice.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 5 0 1 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 3 0 0 0 1 0
Jacob Bernardy 1 1 1 1 1 0
Chaneng Varela 4 1 1 0 0 1
Jason Padlo 4 0 2 0 0 1
Nick Marshall 4 0 1 0 1 1
Michael Deceglie 2 2 1 0 2 0
Jeff Nellis 5 0 3 2 0 1
Nick Hernandez 3 1 1 0 2 1
Drew Seelman 2 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 4 7 5

Batting2B: Nick Marshall, Jeff Nellis
TB: Kyle Jackson, Jacob Bernardy, Chaneng Varela, Jason Padlo 2, Nick Marshall 2, Michael Deceglie, Jeff Nellis 4, Nick Hernandez
RBI: Jacob Bernardy, Jeff Nellis 2, Drew Seelman
SAC: Chaneng Varela, Michael Deceglie
SF: Drew Seelman
ROE: Nolan Henley
FC: Kyle Jackson

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Brett Early 1.0 0 .000 1 0 0 2 0 0
Eric Trask 7.2 0 .000 6 5 3 5 4 0
Jarrett Veiga 0.1 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 9 5 3 7 4 0

PitchingHBP: Eric Trask 2, Jarrett Veiga

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 Prey on Saints

The Inland Valley Pirates (13-10-1) held on to defeat the South Bay Saints 3-2 on Saturday afternoon at UCSB.

While the Pirates used a three-run fifth inning to take a 3-0 lead, closing out the game was anything but easy.

In the Pirates’ fifth, Justin Gomez produced the two-run single to give the Pirates the initial lead scoring Jeff Nellis and Chaneng Varela.

The next hitter, Johnny Juarez, continued his hot play and ripped an RBI to left field scoring Gomez to make it a 3-0 score.

The Saints chipped away at the lead with one in the sixth and one in the eighth cutting the deficit to 3-2.

In the eighth inning, reliever Andrew Eppenbach faced runners on second and third with no outs in a 3-2 ballgame and escaped the jam.

In the ninth inning, Eppenbach had runners on first and third with no outs, and once again pulled out the Houdini effort to stymie the opposition and notch his first save of the season.

Brendan Hornung was sensational and demonstrated his Division 1 potential by earning the victory and striking out 11 in 6.2 innings, while only allowing one run.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 3 1 1 0 0 2
Jonny Reynoso 1 0 1 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 4 1 2 0 0 0
Tyler Urbach 2 0 0 0 0 2
Jeff Nellis 5 1 1 0 0 0
Justin Gomez 3 0 1 2 1 1
Jake Thumm 3 0 0 0 1 1
Nick Hernandez 3 0 0 0 1 0
Drew Seelman 4 0 1 0 0 0
Nick Costello 0 0 0 0 1 0
Johnny Juarez 3 0 1 1 1 0
Totals 31 3 8 3 5 6

BattingTB: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Chaneng Varela 2, Jeff Nellis, Justin Gomez, Drew Seelman, Johnny Juarez
RBI: Justin Gomez 2, Johnny Juarez
ROE: Johnny Juarez
HBP: Kyle Jackson

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Andrew Eppenbach 3.1 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 0
Brendan Hornung 6.2 0 0 5 1 1 3 11 0
Totals 10.0 0 0 8 2 2 4 14 0

PitchingW: Brendan Hornung
SV: Andrew Eppenbach

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 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 Comeback and Defeat San Diego

The Inland Valley Pirates (10-9-1, 4-8) battled back from a 3-0 deficit to claim a 5-4 victory against Team San Diego (7-17, 3-13) in game one of Wednesday’s doubleheader at Cal Poly Pomona.

Much like yesterday’s contest, the Pirates fell behind early as Team San Diego plated two runs in the first inning to jump out to an early 2-0 lead.

Team San Diego scored another run in the second to push their lead to 3-0.

The Pirates offense was held silent until the fourth inning when Nick Costello recorded the Pirates first hit of the game on a single to right. He later came around to score the Pirates first run on a wild pitch.

The Pirates scratched across another run in the inning on an RBI groundout by Jonny Reynoso, which cut the lead to 3-2.

The score remained 3-2 until the sixth when Team San Diego pushed across another run to extend their lead to 4-2.

However, the Pirates would answer in the bottom half of the sixth.

An RBI double off the bat of Jeff Nellis made it a 4-3 ballgame. Nellis came around to score the tying run on an error by the second baseman.

The game remained deadlocked at four until the bottom of the seventh. With a runner on second and two men out, Nick Marshall hit a sharp ground ball that scooted right between the third baseman’s legs and allowed the runner, Nick Hernandez to score the go-ahead run.

The Pirates carried that 5-4 lead into the ninth when Team San Diego put runners on first and second with two outs.

On a 1-0 pitch, San Diego pinch hitter, Clayton Peterson drilled a sharp single into right. However, right fielder, Jacob Bernardy fielded the ball and made a strong throw to the plate to nail the potential tying run, thus securing the win for the Pirates.

Nicholas Sergi allowed just one run in seven strong innings in relief to pick up the victory, his third of the season.

Jeff Nellis had a solid day at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a run scored, a run batted in and a stolen base.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 3 0 0 1 0 0
Nolan Henley 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 3 0 0 0 1 0
Jason Padlo 4 0 2 0 0 0
Tyler Urbach 2 1 0 0 1 0
Nick Marshall 3 1 1 0 0 1
Jeff Nellis 4 1 2 1 0 0
Justin Gomez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Hernandez 3 1 0 0 1 0
Drew Seelman 3 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Costello 4 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 31 5 6 2 4 2

Batting2B: Jason Padlo, Jeff Nellis
TB: Jason Padlo 3, Nick Marshall, Jeff Nellis 3, Nick Costello
RBI: Jonny Reynoso, Jeff Nellis
ROE: Nick Marshall, Drew Seelman
FC: Jacob Bernardy, Nick Hernandez
HBP: Nick Marshall, Jeff Nellis
SB: Jeff Nellis 2, Nick Hernandez
CS: Drew Seelman

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Dylan Stablein 2.0 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 0
Nicholas Sergi 7.0 0 0 5 1 1 2 2 0
Totals 9.0 0 0 7 4 3 3 2 0

PitchingW: Nicholas Sergi

Pirates Fall Short of Comeback

The Inland Valley Pirates (8-9-1, 3-8) fell short of their comeback attempt against the San Diego Force (23-4, 10-2) Sunday afternoon at Madison High.

After trailing by six runs on three separate occasions, the Pirates cut the deficit to three in the eighth and left bases loaded in the ninth.

The Force led 6-0 at the end of the second.

The Pirates got one back in the third when Drew Seelman knocked home Jeff Nellis.

The margin was once again extended to six as the Force tacked on one in the third to make it a 7-1 score.

The Pirates plated one in the fifth on a Jason Padlo RBI single, but once again the Force made it a six-run game when they answered in the sixth to grab an 8-2 lead.

In the eighth, the Pirates scored three to cut the deficit in half at 8-5. The first three hitters in the inning all reached base and scored including Jonny Reynoso, Justin Gomez and Jacob Bernardy.

The Pirates threatened in the ninth with bases loaded one out, but Justin Hertzman, the Force closer slammed the door shut by striking out both Pirates he faced.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 5 0 0 1 0 1
Jonny Reynoso 3 1 1 0 2 0
Jacob Bernardy 3 1 0 0 1 1
Chaneng Varela 5 0 1 0 0 1
Jason Padlo 5 0 3 1 0 0
Jeff Nellis 4 1 2 1 1 2
Justin Gomez 4 1 2 0 1 1
Nick Hernandez 4 0 1 0 1 1
Drew Seelman 5 1 1 1 0 2
Totals 38 5 11 4 6 9

Batting2B: Jeff Nellis
TB: Jonny Reynoso, Chaneng Varela, Jason Padlo 3, Jeff Nellis 3, Justin Gomez 2, Nick Hernandez, Drew Seelman
RBI: Kyle Jackson, Jason Padlo, Jeff Nellis, Drew Seelman
FC: Kyle Jackson, Drew Seelman
HBP: Jacob Bernardy

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Conlan McKenzie 4.0 0 0 4 1 1 1 2 0 .000
Andrew Matus 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 2.0 0 0 5 6 6 2 1 0 .000
Dylan Stablein 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ryan Alsworth 1.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 10 7 7 5 4 0

PitchingL: Andrew Eppenbach
HBP: Andrew Matus, Andrew Eppenbach

Pirates Swept Away by Riptide

The Inland Valley Pirates (8-7-1, 3-6) were swept by the OC Riptide (9-12-1, 7-3) on Wednesday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Riptide scored the first four runs of the game en route to taking a 4-3 victory.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Pirates tried fighting back as Kyle Jackson blasted a two-run homer down the left field line.

The Pirates plated another run in the eighth when Jackson scored on a sacrifice fly by Jeff Nellis, but could not come back all the way to knot it up.

The Pirates have now suffered their third three-game losing streak of the season and look to buck the trend on Sunday when the face off in a league matchup against the San Diego Force.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 4 2 2 2 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 3 0 1 0 1 0
Jacob Bernardy 3 0 0 0 1 0
Chaneng Varela 4 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Padlo 3 0 1 0 1 0
Nick Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Deceglie 2 1 0 0 1 0
Jeff Nellis 2 0 1 1 1 0
Justin Gomez 3 0 1 0 1 0
Jake Thumm 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tristan Hildebrandt 3 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 29 3 6 3 6 1

BattingHR: Kyle Jackson
TB: Kyle Jackson 5, Jonny Reynoso, Jason Padlo, Jeff Nellis, Justin Gomez
RBI: Kyle Jackson 2, Jeff Nellis
SF: Jeff Nellis
SB: Jeff Nellis

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Brett Early 3.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Eric Trask 6.0 0 0 4 4 3 3 5 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 6 4 3 3 7 0

PitchingL: Eric Trask

Six-Run Second Powers Pirates Past San Diego

The Inland Valley Pirates (6-4-1, 2-3) used a six-run second inning to put Team San Diego (7-12, 2-6) away 9-2 Tuesday afternoon at Grossmont College.

In the second inning the Pirates batted around the lineup.

Drew Seelman had a big tw0-run double. Jacob Bernardy added a two-run knock and Troy Resch belted in an RBI.

Nick Hernandez, Jonny Reynoso, Nolan Henley, Nick Marshall, Jeff Nellis and Seelman all scored in the frame.

The Pirates tacked on another run in the third to make it 7-0. Henley had the RBI rip scoring Hernandez.

Inland Valley notched two more runs in the fifth to increase the margin to 9-0.

Brendan Hornung tossed a sensational seven innings. He struck out seven and only allowed one earned run.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 4 0 1 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 4 1 2 1 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 4 1 1 2 1 0
Chaneng Varela 5 0 0 0 0 2
Nick Marshall 4 1 2 0 0 0
Jeff Nellis 4 1 1 0 0 2
Troy Resch 4 1 1 2 0 0
Nick Hernandez 4 3 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 12 5 1 4

Batting2B: Nick Hernandez 3
TB: Jonny Reynoso, Nolan Henley 2, Jacob Bernardy, Nick Marshall 2, Jeff Nellis, Troy Resch, Nick Hernandez 7
RBI: Nolan Henley, Jacob Bernardy 2, Troy Resch 2
ROE: Chaneng Varela
HBP: Jeff Nellis
CS: Jacob Bernardy

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Conlan McKenzie 1.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Brendan Hornung 7.0 0 0 3 2 1 1 7 0 .000
Jarrett Veiga 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 4 2 1 1 10 0

PitchingW: Brendan Hornung

Pirates Snap Losing Streak

In the second game of the doubleheader on Sunday night at Citrus College, the Pirates (4-4-1) finally got off the schnide.

Inland Valley thwarted a four-game losing streak by getting a measure of revenge on the OCC Bucs 6-3.

The Pirates grabbed a quick 1-0 lead in the first when Nick Hernandez knocked in Kyle Jackson.

The Bucs responded with one in the second to knot it up at 1-1.

The Pirates regained the lead in the bottom of the frame when Nolan Henley scored Justin Gomez on a sacrifice fly to make it 2-1.

Inland Valley used a four-run third to gain separation extending the margin to 6-1.

Nick Marshall had the big two-run double as Jeff Nellis and Jackson came home.

Jackson added an RBI and Hernandez notched his second of the game.

The Bucs got one in each of the sixth and seventh innings, but the Pirates held on.

Sean Patton earned the victory, hurling four innings and striking out one, while allowing just one earned run.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 2 2 1 1 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 1 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 2 0 0 1 0 1
Conlan McKenzie 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jason Padlo 3 0 1 0 0 0
Tyler Urbach 2 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Marshall 3 0 1 2 0 0
Jeff Nellis 3 1 1 0 0 1
Justin Gomez 2 1 1 0 1 0
Jake Thumm 1 1 0 0 1 0
Nick Cordova 1 1 0 0 1 0
Alex Espinosa 1 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Hernandez 2 0 1 2 0 0
Caleb Romo 2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 27 6 7 6 5 3

Batting2B: Nick Marshall
TB: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Jason Padlo, Nick Marshall 2, Jeff Nellis, Justin Gomez, Nick Hernandez
RBI: Kyle Jackson, Nolan Henley, Nick Marshall 2, Nick Hernandez 2
SF: Nolan Henley, Nick Hernandez
SB: Jonny Reynoso, Justin Gomez, Jake Thumm
 

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Conlan McKenzie 1.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Sean Patton 4.0 0 0 3 1 1 4 1 0
Andrew Matus 1.0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Brendan Hornung 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Totals 7.0 0 0 7 3 2 4 3 0

PitchingW: Sean Patton