Tag: Johnny Juarez

Bucs Taken Away by Riptide

ivbaseball

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (13-16-3) were crushed 20-5 by the OC Riptide Monday night at Cal Poly Pomona in Game 1 of the SCCBL semifinals.

Orange County took a 1-0 lead in the first.

The score remained the same until the fourth when the Riptide plated seven.

The Bucs got one back in the bottom of the frame as Brendan Campbell’s RBI ground out scored Kevin Riley.

Orange County scored eight more times in the fifth and sixth innings to take a 16-1 lead.

Inland Valley responded with a two-run homer by Joseph Morreale in the seventh.

The Riptide went back to work with four more in the eighth taking a 20-3 lead.

The Bucs tacked two in the bottom of the eighth as DJ Peters ripped a RBI triple and scored on a ground out by Johnny Juarez. Peters was one of the bright spots finishing 4-for-4.

The Bucs will travel to Vanguard University for Game 2 of the SCCBL semifinals at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Breyer Gayle 4 0 0 0 0 1
JP Hopkins 2 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Steer 2 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 4 0 0 1 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 2 1 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 2 1 1 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 2 0 0 1 2 1
Hershel Gardner 2 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Majher 1 0 0 0 1 0
Jacob Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Morreale 2 1 1 2 0 0
Bryce Brooks 4 0 2 0 0 1
DJ Peters 4 1 4 1 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5 3 6

Batting2B: Blake Vandegrift
3B: DJ Peters
HR: Joe Morreale
TB: Kevin Riley, Blake Vandegrift 2, Joe Morreale 4, Bryce Brooks 2, DJ Peters 6
RBI: Brendan Campbell, Johnny Juarez, Joe Morreale 2, DJ Peters
HBP: Kevin Riley
SB: DJ Peters

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Alex Bernstein 1.0 0 .000 2 1 0 1 1 0
Chris Sanchez 1.1 0 .000 7 8 6 0 2 0
Chris Ghosn 1.0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jonathan Hopkins 3.0 0 .000 8 7 6 3 2 0
Diego Cortes 2.2 0 .000 4 4 3 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 0 — 21 20 15 7 6 0

PitchingL: Jonathan Hopkins
HBP: Jonathan Hopkins
WP: Alex Bernstein

Bucs Tie Legends

ivbaseball

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (9-12-2) notched their second tie of the season Monday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs tied the Long Beach Legends 5-5 and ended due to darkness at the end of the 10th inning.

The Legends got out to an early 2-0 lead before the Bucs scored their first run in the bottom of the second.

Hershel Gardner scored on a wild pitch.

In the top of the third, the Legends scored three times to extend the margin to 5-1.

Inland Valley fought back with one in the bottom of the frame on a Gardner RBI single to make it a 5-2 score.

The score remained the same until the Bucs’ final at bat.

In the bottom of the ninth, Kevin Riley, DJ Peters and Johnny Juarez all drew bases loaded walks to tie the game up at 5.

The Bucs left bases loaded in the ninth and 10th innings and couldn’t finish the dramatic come-from-behind victory.

Randall Ortiz tossed three great innings in relief, allowing no hits and striking out two.

The Bucs travel east to Palm Springs to take on the first place Power at 7 p.m. at Palm Springs Stadium Tuesday.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 3 0 1 0 2 1
Breyer Gayle 2 0 0 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 4 1 1 0 1 2
Brendan Campbell 5 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 0 1 2 0
Blake Vandegrift 4 1 1 0 0 1
Johnny Juarez 3 0 2 1 2 1
Hershel Gardner 5 1 3 1 0 1
Matt Majher 4 0 0 0 1 1
Joe Morreale 3 1 1 0 2 1
DJ Peters 2 1 1 1 3 0
Totals 38 5 11 4 13 8

Batting2B: Blake Vandegrift, DJ Peters
TB: Anthony Seminaris, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell, Blake Vandegrift 2, Johnny Juarez 2, Hershel Gardner 3, Joe Morreale, DJ Peters 2
RBI: Kevin Riley, Johnny Juarez, Hershel Gardner, DJ Peters
ROE: Joe Morreale
FC: Blake Vandegrift, Hershel Gardner
SB: Hershel Gardner

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 —
Gerardo Ramirez 4.0 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 0 —
Jacob Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 —
Daniel Sandoval 2.0 0 0 5 4 4 1 1 0 —
Totals 10.0 0 0 8 5 5 3 6 0 —

Pirates Prey on Saints

ivbaseball

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

ivbaseball

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

Bucs Tie Dodgers

ivbaseball

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (7-11-1) tied the East LA Dodgers Monday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs jumped out to an early 2-0 lead before falling behind 5-2.

They used a three-run ninth to tie the game and left the bases loaded.

Matt Majher knocked in one run in each of his first two plate appearances. In the second, he scored Johnny Juarez and in the fourth he brought home Joseph Morreale.

The Dodgers scored five unanswered runs getting three in the sixth and one in the seventh and eighth.

Two runs were scored on an error, and two more came home on wild pitches, so the Bucs shot themselves in the foot, and found themselves behind by a 5-2 score heading to the final frame.

The team awakened in the bottom of the ninth hitting through the entire lineup and scoring three runs to knot it up at 5-5.

Blake Vandegrift ripped an RBI double scoring Majher.

Anthony Seminaris scored on a wild pitch.

Vandegrift scored the tying run a Brendan Campbell RBI single.

The Bucs are back at it again on Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Cal Poly Pomona against the San Diego Force.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 3 1 0 0 1 1
Breyer Gayle 2 0 1 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 2 0 0 0 0 1
Tristan Chamberlain 2 0 0 0 0 0
Connor Steer 2 0 1 0 1 0
Brendan Campbell 3 0 1 1 0 1
Kevin Riley 2 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 3 1 1 1 0 0
Johnny Juarez 0 1 0 0 1 0
Hershel Gardner 4 0 1 0 1 2
Matt Majher 3 1 3 2 0 0
Joe Morreale 3 1 1 0 0 0
DJ Peters 3 0 0 0 2 1
Totals 32 5 9 4 6 6

Batting2B: Matt Majher, Joe Morreale
TB: Breyer Gayle, Connor Steer, Brendan Campbell, Blake Vandegrift, Hershel Gardner, Matt Majher 4, Joe Morreale 2
RBI: Brendan Campbell, Blake Vandegrift, Matt Majher 2
SAC: Joe Morreale 2
HBP: Johnny Juarez, Matt Majher
SB: Breyer Gayle
CS: Connor Steer

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .000
Randall Ortiz 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000
Gerardo Ramirez 1.0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .000
Chris Ghosn 4.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 —
Jacob Taylor 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000
Totals 7.0 0 0 3 2 2 4 4 0 —

PitchingHBP: Randall Ortiz, Chris Ghosn
WP: Gerardo Ramirez, Jacob Taylor

Bucs Batter San Diego

ivbaseball

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (7-10, 5-6) defeated Team San Diego (6-14, 2-10) 9-3 on Friday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

San Diego took an early 1-0 lead in the first, but the Bucs answered.

Johnny Juarez delivered a RBI single scoring Kevin Riley to knot it up.

San Diego retook the lead in the second, but once again, the Bucs responded.

Breyer Gayle knocked in Hershel Gardner to make it even again.

The Bucs tallied three more in the third and two in the fourth to grab a 7-2 lead.

Riley, Juarez and Gardner each scored once, while DJ Peters plated two runs in that span.

The RBI came from Shamon Moss, Matt Majher, Tristan Chamberlain, Brendan Campbell and Peters.

San Diego got one in the seventh to cut the margin to 7-3, but Inland Valley sent home two more runs in the eighth on a two-run single by Joseph Morreale.

Logan Lannon worked five solid innings and notched the victory.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 0 0 0 0 0
Breyer Gayle 5 0 1 1 0 0
JP Hopkins 2 0 0 0 0 1
Tristan Chamberlain 2 0 1 1 1 0
Connor Steer 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 1 0 0 1 0 0
Kevin Riley 2 2 1 0 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 0 0 0 0 1 0
Blake Vandegrift 2 1 1 0 0 0
Shamon Moss 2 0 1 1 1 0
Johnny Juarez 2 1 1 1 1 0
Hershel Gardner 2 2 1 0 1 1
Matt Majher 3 0 1 1 0 0
Joe Morreale 2 0 1 2 0 0
DJ Peters 5 3 5 1 0 0
Totals 33 9 14 9 5 2

Batting2B: Blake Vandegrift, DJ Peters 2
TB: Breyer Gayle, Tristan Chamberlain, Kevin Riley, Blake Vandegrift 2, Shamon Moss, Johnny Juarez, Hershel Gardner, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale, DJ Peters 7
RBI: Breyer Gayle, Tristan Chamberlain, Brendan Campbell, Shamon Moss, Johnny Juarez, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale 2, DJ Peters
SAC: Brendan Campbell 2
SF: Tristan Chamberlain
HBP: Kevin Riley, Gerardo Ramirez
SB: Shamon Moss

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 2.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Chris Sanchez 1.2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Logan Lannon 5.0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 6 3 2 2 1 0 —

PitchingW: Logan Lannon
SV: Randall Ortiz

Bucs Forced to Dark Side

ivbaseball

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (5-7, 3-3) were swept in a two-game home and away series against the San Diego Force on Wednesday night at Cal Poly Pomona by a 9-2 score.

Although the Bucs allowed nine to the Force for the second straight day, the final score is misleading as Inland Valley took a 2-0 lead into the sixth inning.

The Bucs scored one in the first on a Johnny Juarez RBI double scoring Kevin Riley.

Juarez was back at it in the third when he executed a squeeze bunt for his second RBI of the game, this time scoring Breyer Gayle.

In addition to the 2-0 lead heading into the top of the sixth, starting pitcher Chris Sanchez hadn’t allowed a hit in his first five innings.

It all went downhill from there. The Force scored seven in the sixth and added another two in the seventh.

The Bucs will play another SCCBL game on Friday at 5 p.m. at Vanguard University against the OC Riptide.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 4 0 0 0 0 2
Breyer Gayle 2 1 2 0 0 0
Connor Steer 1 0 0 0 1 0
Brendan Campbell 3 0 2 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 4 1 1 0 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 1 0 0 0 1 1
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 1
Johnny Juarez 4 0 2 2 0 2
Hershel Gardner 3 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Majher 4 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Morreale 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bryce Brooks 4 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 33 2 8 2 2 8

Batting2B: Johnny Juarez
TB: Breyer Gayle 2, Brendan Campbell 2, Kevin Riley, Johnny Juarez 3, Hershel Gardner
RBI: Johnny Juarez 2
ROE: Kevin Riley
HBP: Hershel Gardner
SB: Gerardo Ramirez

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 1.1 0 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 .000
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Chris Sanchez 5.1 0 0 4 6 2 4 1 0 .000
Jacob Taylor 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 6 9 3 7 5 0 —

PitchingL: Chris Sanchez
HBP: Alex Bernstein, Randall Ortiz
WP: Alex Bernstein

Bucs Run Away with Game 1 in SD

ivbaseball

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 2015 Season Preview

ivbaseball

The Bucs return nine players from last year’s inaugural season.

Kevin Riley
Kevin Riley

SCCBL all-stars Gerardo Ramirez, Kevin Riley and Miles Ryan are all back to build what they started into a playoff contender.

Riley was one of the standout offensive players in the entire league in 2014. He lead the team in batting average (.368), on base (.461) and slugging (483), while seemingly coming up with a big hit every single time the Bucs needed him to come through.

Ryan came on strong in the last month of the season en route to be named player of the week once. He finished with a .350 batting clip, .409 OBP and .400 SLG. He was also a stabilizing force behind home plate defensively.

Ramirez logged the most innings at 42. He finished 3-2 with a 3.43 ERA and 32 strikeouts.

Continue reading “Bucs 2015 Season Preview” →

Bucs Burn the Heat in Doubleheader Sweep

ivbaseball

bucs gm 25The Buccaneers finished their season in style with a sweep of the High Desert Heat and finished in fourth place of the SCCBL.

Inland Valley (11-19-1, 5-11) triumphed 11-2 over High Desert (8-18, 4-10) on Saturday afternoon in Game 2 of the double dip at Victor Valley College.

The Bucs finished their final 15 games with a winning record of 8-6-1.

Continue reading “Bucs Burn the Heat in Doubleheader Sweep” →