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Bucs are Game Enough

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The Inland Valley Bucs (1-0) got off to a great start to their season defeating the Gamers 13-3 Wednesday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the second inning on consecutive two-out hits by Sheldon Borson, Kyle Jackson and Todd Yost.

The Bucs fell behind 3-2 in the top of the fifth, but responded immediately in the bottom of the frame with a seven-spot.

Just as both runs in the second came with two outs, so too did all seven runs in the inning. Aaron McCann walked and scored. Justin Gomez cranked a RBI double and scored. Dylan Lowenstein walked and scored. Gehrig Vargas had a RBI knock and Brad Lewis had a two-run double. Borson and Jackson each tacked on another run to give the Bucs a 9-3 lead.

Inland Valley scored once more in the sixth and eighth and two more runs in the ninth.

While the offense was in mid-season form, the pitching stymied the opposition as well. Vini Haro struck out four in two innings, Jacob Battaglia only allowed one hit in two innings, Cody Maples retired the side in on inning of work, Logan Lannon and  Nate Alam also pitched scoreless innings.

The Bucs take on the San Diego Invaders at 4:30 p.m. at Cal Poly Pomona on Thursday.

Lineup AB R H RBI BB K
Dylan Lowenstein 3 1 2 0 2 0
Jacob Battaglia – – – – – –
Vini Haro – – – – – –
Todd Yost 5 0 3 2 0 2
Tim Olvaney – – – – – –
Justin Gomez 3 1 2 1 2 1
Nate Alam 1 0 0 0 0 1
Kyle Jackson 4 2 3 2 0 1
Jake Scott 5 2 1 0 1 1
Jordan Hernandez 3 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Benson 3 0 0 0 0 2
Gehrig Vargas 3 1 2 2 0 0
Brad Lewis 3 1 1 2 0 1
Cody Maples – – – – – –
Sheldon Borson 4 3 3 0 1 0
Aaron McCann 3 1 0 0 1 3
Anthony Virgen 2 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Mora 2 1 1 0 0 1
Logan Lannon – – – – – –
Totals 44 13 18 9 7 13

Batting2B: Dylan Lowenstein, Justin Gomez, Kyle Jackson, Brad Lewis
3B: Jake Scott
TB: Dylan Lowenstein 3, Todd Yost 3, Justin Gomez 3, Kyle Jackson 4, Jake Scott 3, Gehrig Vargas 2, Brad Lewis 2, Sheldon Borson 3, Michael Mora
RBI: Todd Yost 2, Justin Gomez, Kyle Jackson 2, Gehrig Vargas 2, Brad Lewis 2

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Jacob Battaglia 2.0 0 — 1 0 0 0 2 0
Vini Haro 2.0 0 — 1 0 0 4 1 0
Tim Olvaney 2.0 0 — 3 3 3 2 1 0
Nate Alam 1.0 0 — 1 0 0 2 0 0
Cody Maples 1.0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Logan Lannon 1.0 0 — 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 — 7 3 3 8 4 0

PitchingW: Tim Olvaney
HBP: Jacob Battaglia

Pirates Drop Game 1 to Power

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The Inland Valley Pirates (16-13-1, 6-10) fell in the first game of a doubleheader to the Palm Springs Power (29-10, 12-5) at Cal Poly Pomona on Monday afternoon.

The Power won Game 1 by a 17-12 score.

Palm Springs jumped out to a 17-3 lead after four innings, but the Pirates managed to make it more respectful, scoring the final nine runs of the game.

Palm Springs scored seven in the first.

Inland Valley came back with one in the bottom of the frame as Nick Hernandez knocked in Drew Seelman.

The Power grabbed five more in the second to take a 12-1 lead.

The Pirates responded with two in the bottom of the inning on a two-run triple by Andrew Alvarez to make it 12-3.

The Power continued to pile it on the Pirates scoring five in the fourth to extend the margin to 17-3.

Inland Valley plated five in the seventh as Hernandez, Nick Costello and Jonny Reynoso ripped back-to-back-to-back RBI doubles to close the gap to 17-8.

The Pirates tallied one more in the eighth to make it 17-9 and finished with a three-run ninth. Greg Espinosa and Justin Gomez contributed one RBI.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 5 2 1 1 0 0
Andrew Alvarez 5 1 4 2 0 1
Nick Marshall 4 1 2 1 1 0
Justin Gomez 1 0 0 1 0 0
Jake Thumm 4 0 0 0 0 2
Nick Hernandez 6 1 3 2 0 0
Drew Seelman 6 2 3 0 0 0
Sergio Robles 4 2 0 0 1 1
Nick Costello 6 1 2 1 0 0
Greg Espinosa 5 2 2 1 1 0
Totals 46 12 17 9 3 4

Batting2B: Jonny Reynoso, Andrew Alvarez 2, Nick Hernandez, Drew Seelman 2, Nick Costello
3B: Andrew Alvarez
TB: Jonny Reynoso 2, Andrew Alvarez 8, Nick Marshall 2, Nick Hernandez 4, Drew Seelman 5, Nick Costello 3, Greg Espinosa 2
RBI: Jonny Reynoso, Andrew Alvarez 2, Nick Marshall, Justin Gomez, Nick Hernandez2, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa
ROE: Jonny Reynoso, Nick Hernandez, Sergio Robles, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa
SB: Greg Espinosa
CS: Nick Hernandez

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Conlan McKenzie 2.1 0 .000 9 9 9 0 3 0
Brendan Hornung 0.2 0 .000 8 7 7 0 2 0
Jarrett Veiga 6.0 0 .000 7 1 1 4 1 0
Totals 9.0 0 — 24 17 17 4 6 0

PitchingL: Brendan Hornung

Pirates are Game Enough

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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

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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

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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 San Diego

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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 Short of Comeback

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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 Fall in 11

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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

Pirates Pounded by Riptide

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Tuesday’s SCCBL contest at Vanguard University got out of hand as the OC Riptide (8-12-1, 6-3) used a seven-run seventh to propel them to an 11-0 victory over the Inland Valley Pirates (8-6-1, 3-5).

Andrew Eppenbach twirled 6.1 innings, striking out six while only allowing two runs.

The Pirate bullpen struggled, allowing nine runs in just 1.2 innings.

Justin Gomez had two hits.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 3 0 1 0 1 1
Nolan Henley 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 4 0 0 0 0 1
Chaneng Varela 4 0 1 0 0 1
Tyler Urbach 2 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Marshall 3 0 1 0 0 0
Michael Deceglie 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jeff Nellis 3 0 1 0 1 1
Justin Gomez 3 0 2 0 1 0
Tristan Hildebrandt 5 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 34 0 8 0 3 7

Batting2B: Jeff Nellis
TB: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Chaneng Varela, Nick Marshall, Michael Deceglie, Jeff Nellis 2, Justin Gomez 2
ROE: Kyle Jackson, Nick Marshall
FC: Nolan Henley, Jacob Bernardy
SB: Kyle Jackson
CS: Jeff Nellis

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Conlan McKenzie 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 .000
Andrew Matus 0.1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 6.1 0 0 5 2 2 1 6 0 .000
Dylan Stablein 0.0 0 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 .000
Jarrett Veiga 0.1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 .000
Ryan Alsworth 0.0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 13 11 11 5 7 0 —

Pitching L: Andrew Eppenbach
HBP: Conlan McKenzie, Jarrett Veiga

Pirates Give Dodgers the Blues

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A stellar pitching performance nets the Pirates a 4-1 victory against the East Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

The Pirates’ pitching staff allowed just one unearned run on the evening as the offense slammed nine hits en route to the victory.

The Pirates didn’t waste any time getting on the board as in the first inning, catcher Justin Gomez hammered a 2-0 pitch over the right field fence for a two-run home run, thus giving the Pirates an early 2-0 lead.

The very next inning, the Pirates would tack on two more runs on RBI singles by Chaneng Varela and Kyle Jackson.

The Dodgers would rally for a run in the fifth inning, but Pirates starter, Nicholas Sergi would work his way out of the jam and keep the score at 4-1.

From there, manager, Charlie Reynoso, turned to bullpen to shut the door.

Reliever, Dylan Stablein, pitched three shutout innings of relief before turning it over closer, Andrew Eppenbach in the ninth.

In the inning, the Dodgers attempted to mount a comeback, putting runners on second and third with just one out. However, Eppenbach would strikeout the next two batters and nail down the save on the Pirates 4-1 victory.

Justin Gomez provided the crucial offensive blow with his two-run shot in the first.

Shortstop Chaneng Varela also had a good day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a run scored and a run batted in, as well as reaching base in all five of his plate appearances.

Nicholas Sergi went a very strong five innings, giving up just the one run on four hits and earned himself the victory.

“I just wanted to put the ball in play,” said Sergi. “I know I have a good defense behind me.”

The win moves the Pirates to 8-4-1 on the season.

The Pirates next contest will be this Saturday the 20th at Scolinos Field against the San Diego Force.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 5 0 2 1 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 5 0 0 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 4 0 1 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 4 1 3 1 0 0
Tyler Urbach 4 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Deceglie 3 1 0 0 1 1
Jeff Nellis 3 1 1 0 1 1
Justin Gomez 4 1 1 2 1 0
Troy Resch 3 0 1 0 0 1
Andrew Eppenbach 1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 36 4 9 4 3 4

BattingHR: Justin Gomez
TB: Kyle Jackson 2, Nolan Henley, Chaneng Varela 3, Jeff Nellis, Justin Gomez 4, Troy Resch
RBI: Kyle Jackson, Chaneng Varela, Justin Gomez 2
SB: Kyle Jackson, Nolan Henley
CS: Jeff Nellis

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Andrew Eppenbach 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 .000
Dylan Stablein 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Nicholas Sergi 5.0 0 0 4 1 0 1 4 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 5 1 0 3 9 0 —

PitchingW: Nicholas Sergi
SV: Andrew Eppenbach