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Bucs Split with Riptide

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The Inland Valley Bucs (13-15-2, 8-11) split the season series with the OC Riptide (15-19-1, 12-8) on Wednesday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs won 10-3 in the final game of the set and will renew the rivalry next Monday in the first round of the SCCBL playoffs.

For the first seven innings, it was a back-and-forth affair until the Bucs used a six-run eighth inning to put the game out of reach.

Randall Ortiz was sensational tossing 6.2 innings and striking out six, while not allowing an earned run.

The Riptide got out to a 1-0 lead in the first.

The Bucs answered with one in the third on a Kevin Riley RBI double, but he was just getting started.

Inland Valley grabbed a 2-1 lead in the fifth as Brendan Campbell crossed home plate.

The Riptide fought back with two in the seventh to regain the lead at 3-2.

The Bucs responded with two of their own in the bottom of the frame to rip the lead away for good.

Riley had his second RBI double of the day to tie it at 3-3 and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.

In the ninth, things got out of hand for the Riptide as the Bucs came through with six runs.

JP Hopkins had a tw0-run knock.

Riley cranked his third double down the left field line, this time scoring two for a total of four RBI and scored his second run of the game as well.

Bryce Brooks rounded out the scoring with an RBI ground out.

Jacob Taylor hurled 2.1 innings and recorded his first victory of the season.

The Bucs travel south to Madison High School to face the San Diego Force in their regular season finale at 5 p.m. on Friday.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Breyer Gayle 2 0 0 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 4 3 3 1 0 1
Connor Steer 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 3 2 1 0 1 0
Kevin Riley 5 2 3 4 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 1
Johnny Juarez 3 0 1 0 2 0
Hershel Gardner 4 1 1 0 0 1
Matt Majher 5 1 0 0 0 0
Diego Cortes 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bryce Brooks 4 0 0 1 0 1
DJ Peters 5 1 1 0 0 2
Totals 38 10 10 6 4 7

Batting2B: Brendan Campbell, Kevin Riley 3
TB: JP Hopkins 3, Brendan Campbell 2, Kevin Riley 6, Johnny Juarez, Hershel Gardner, DJ Peters
RBI: JP Hopkins, Kevin Riley 4, Bryce Brooks
ROE: Kevin Riley, Hershel Gardner 2
HBP: Bryce Brooks
SB: JP Hopkins

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Randall Ortiz 6.2 0 .000 4 3 0 6 1 0
Jacob Taylor 2.1 0 .000 2 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 — 6 3 0 7 1 0

PitchingW: Jacob Taylor

Bucs Run Away with Game 1 in SD

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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 Win Again

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (3-5, 1-1) defeated the Orange Coast Bucs 9-7 on Thursday night at Orange Coast College.

The Bucs have now won three of their past four games.

It all began in the very first inning when Breyer Gayle, who finished 4-for-4, scored on a RBI single by JP Hopkins.

Hopkins was brought home by Brendan Campbell’s RBI rip to left field to make it a 2-0 lead for the Bucs.

Inland Valley added one run in the third and fourth innings to extend the margin to 4-0.

Kevin Riley knocked in Gayle in the third and Gayle scored again on a Hopkins knock in the fourth.

The OCC Bucs scored one in the bottom of the fourth.

The fifth inning saw seven total runs scored, four of which were plated by Inland Valley.

Campbell and Matt Majher scored on a two-run single by Bryce Brooks.

Anthony Seminaris lined a single to right field scoring Joseph Morreale.

Gayle brought home Seminaris with a base hit to give the Bucs an 8-1 lead.

The OCC Bucs scored three in the fifth to narrow their deficit to 8-4.

The Bucs tacked on an insurance run in the seventh as Gayle belted his second RBI scoring Blake Vandegrift.

The OCC Bucs plated two in the seventh and one in the eighth to make it 9-7, but that was as close as they could get as Randall Ortiz notched his first save of the season.

Cameron Rodriguez tossed 1.1 innings, struckout two and was credited with the win.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 0 2 1 0 0
Breyer Gayle 4 3 4 2 0 0
JP Hopkins 5 1 2 2 0 3
Tristan Chamberlain 2 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Steer 3 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 4 1 2 1 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 2 1 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 1 1 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 1 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Majher 3 1 0 0 2 0
Jacob Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Morreale 3 1 3 0 0 0
Bryce Brooks 3 1 1 2 0 0
Totals 37 9 17 9 2 5

Batting2B: Kevin Riley
TB: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle 4, JP Hopkins 2, Brendan Campbell 2, Kevin Riley 3, Hershel Gardner, Joe Morreale 3, Bryce Brooks
RBI: Anthony Seminaris, Breyer Gayle 2, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell, Kevin Riley2, Bryce Brooks 2
SAC: Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
FC: Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
HBP: Breyer Gayle, Joe Morreale
SB: Breyer Gayle 2, Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
CS: Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 .000
Gerardo Ramirez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Chris Ghosn 1.2 0 0 4 4 3 3 2 0 .000
Cameron Rodriguez 1.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Diego Cortes 1.0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 .000
Daniel Sandoval 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 9 7 6 6 8 0 —

PitchingW: Cameron Rodriguez
SV: Randall Ortiz

Bucs Stifle Pirates Offense

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The Inland Valley Bucs (2-5, 1-1) defeated the Inland Valley Pirates (3-1-1, 1-1) on a rainy and humid Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs came into the contest 1-7 lifetime against the Pirates, but they didn’t let them get that down. From the moment the Bucs took BP, they seemed to be on a mission and now they have accomplished it – a split in the two game series against the Pirates.

The Bucs jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first when JP Hopkins ripped in Breyer Gayle.

In the second inning, the Bucs added three more runs.

Hershel Gardner started it off right with a leadoff walk and scored on a Brendan Campbell triple down the right field line.

Campbell came home on an Anthony Seminaris RBI knock.

Gayle belted in Seminaris as the Bucs grabbed a 4-0 lead.

They tacked on one more run in the third when JP Hopkins scored.

The Pirates didn’t score until the seventh inning as Justin Gomez crossed home plate after a wild pitch.

Jonathan Hopkins tossed four innings of shutout baseball for the Bucs, while striking out four and only allowing one hit.

Logan Lannon worked two innings in relief and notched the victory.

Alex Bernstein sealed the deal pitching the final 2.2 innings.

The Pirates play again in a SCCBL league contest against the OC Riptide Friday at 5 p.m. at Vanguard University.

The Bucs take on the OCC Pirates at Orange Coast College on Thursday in a non-league contest at 5 p.m.

Both games can be seen live on Inlandvalleybaseball.com!

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 1 2 1 0 0
Breyer Gayle 3 1 2 1 0 0
JP Hopkins 3 1 1 1 1 1
Tristan Chamberlain 0 0 0 0 1 0
Connor Steer 3 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 2 1 1 1 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 1 0 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 1
Shamon Moss 3 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 2 0 1 0 1 1
Hershel Gardner 2 1 0 0 2 1
Matt Majher 1 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 1 0 0 0 1 0
Bryce Brooks 2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 29 5 8 4 6 6

Batting3B: Brendan Campbell
TB: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle 2, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell 3, Kevin Riley, Johnny Juarez
RBI: Anthony Seminaris, Breyer Gayle, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell
SAC: Johnny Juarez
SF: Kevin Riley
ROE: Shamon Moss
FC: Bryce Brooks
SB: JP Hopkins, Shamon Moss, Bryce Brooks
CS: Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 2.2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 —
Jonathan Hopkins 4.0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 .000
Logan Lannon 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jacob Taylor 0.1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 5 1 1 5 5 0 —

PitchingW: Logan Lannon
WP: Alex Bernstein 2

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 4 0 0 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 0 0 2 2
Nolan Henley 4 0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Virgen 2 0 1 0 0 1
Chaneng Varela 3 0 2 0 1 0
Tyler Urbach 2 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Marshall 3 0 0 0 1 0
Jeff Nellis 3 0 0 0 0 1
Justin Gomez 3 1 1 0 1 0
Jake Thumm 4 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 30 1 5 0 5 5

Batting2B: Justin Gomez
TB: Anthony Virgen, Chaneng Varela 2, Justin Gomez 2, Jake Thumm

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Sean Patton 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Eric Trask 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 .000
Andrew Matus 2.0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 .000
Dylan Stablein 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Marcos Martinez 2.0 0 0 5 4 4 1 1 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 8 5 4 6 6 0 —

PitchingL: Marcos Martinez

Nighthawks Fly Past Bucs

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The Bucs’ early season struggles continued with another loss, this time coming to the Colton Nighthawks 4-3 at Cal Poly Pomona on Friday afternoon.

The Bucs were poised to get off the schnide initially as they jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first.

Connor Steer doubled to left field and wound up scoring later.

Colton responded with three runs in the fourth to grab the 3-1 lead.

Inland Valley answered with a two-run seventh to knot the game up at 3. JP Hopkins had the big two-run double scoring Joe Morreale and Blake Vandegrift.

Just when it looked like the Bucs might make the comeback, they gave up one run in the eighth on a wild pitch.

David Kretschmar tossed two solid scoreless innings.

Jonathon Hopkins added another two scoreless innings and three strikeouts.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 0 0 0 1 0
Breyer Gayle 1 0 0 0 1 0
JP Hopkins 5 0 2 2 0 2
Tristan Chamberlain 1 0 0 0 0 0
Connor Steer 2 1 2 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 2 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 0 0 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 2 0 1 0 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 1 1 0 0 1 1
Shamon Moss 2 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 3 0 0 0 1 1
Hershel Gardner 1 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Majher 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jacob Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 2 4 5

Batting2B: JP Hopkins 2, Connor Steer, Gerardo Ramirez
TB: JP Hopkins 4, Connor Steer 3, Brendan Campbell, Gerardo Ramirez 2, Hershel Gardner, Matt Majher
RBI: JP Hopkins 2
SAC: Tristan Chamberlain, Connor Steer
HBP: Hershel Gardner, Joe Morreale

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Daniel Diaz 2.0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 .000
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 .000
Cameron Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Jonathan Hopkins 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 .000
David Kretschmar 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Diego Cortes 1.0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 7 4 1 6 10 0 —

PitchingL: Diego Cortes

Bucs Can’t Put Out the Fire

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The bad luck continued for the Inland Valley Bucs (0-3) losing the second game of the doubleheader to the Lake Havasu Fire 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Fire plated two in the third, but Inland Valley responded with its lone run in the bottom half of the frame when JP Hopkins scored on a Christian Hendrix RBI single.

Lake Havasu tacked on one more in the fourth, two in the sixth and one in the seventh.

David Kretschmar tossed a nice first inning, striking out two while only allowing one base runner.

The Bucs take the field again Friday against the Colton Nighthawks at Cal Poly Pomona at 1 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Breyer Gayle 4 0 1 0 0 1
JP Hopkins 1 1 0 0 3 0
Tristan Chamberlain 3 0 0 0 0 0
Connor Steer 3 0 1 0 1 1
Brendan Campbell 4 0 0 0 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 1 0 0 0 1 0
Ryan Cordova 1 0 0 0 1 0
Christian Hendrix 2 0 1 1 2 1
Matt Majher 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jacob Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 3 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 26 1 5 1 8 5

BattingTB: Breyer Gayle, Connor Steer, Christian Hendrix, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale
RBI: Christian Hendrix
ROE: Connor Steer
SB: JP Hopkins 2

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chris Sanchez 2.0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Chris Ghosn 2.0 0 0 3 3 3 1 2 0 .000
Jonathan Hopkins 1.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000
David Kretschmar 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Totals 7.0 0 0 10 6 4 2 5 0 —

PitchingL: Chris Sanchez