Bucs Win with Big 8th Inning

bucs gm 22The Buccaneers (8-19-1, 3-11) won with late inning heroics by Tanner Thibodeau on a game-wining two-run triple in the eighth.

Inland Valley defeated AOS Baseball 6-3 on Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning on an RBI single by Miles Ryan scoring Diego Cortes. Continue reading “Bucs Win with Big 8th Inning”

Bucs Fall to Top Speed

bucs gm 15The Buccaneers (5-15, 2-9) suffered a 12-3 defeat at the hands of Top Speed (22-3) Sunday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

Top Speed scored two in the first, but Inland Valley answered immediately with two in the bottom half of the inning.

Johnny Juarez ripped an RBI single scoring Mbusi Hlatshwayo. Anthony Rabito knocked in Kevin Riley to knot it up at 2-2. Continue reading “Bucs Fall to Top Speed”

Bucs Offense Explodes for 8 Runs

bucs gm 13The Buccaneers offense exploded for eight runs in an 8-4 victory over the Lancaster Rounders (2-2-1) on Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

Chris Sanchez (1-0) dazzled on the mound tossing 8.1 innings, while striking out 10 and only allowing one earned run.

Inland Valley started off things right in the first inning with four runs. Continue reading “Bucs Offense Explodes for 8 Runs”

Pirates Win; Tied for First in SCCBL

pirates gm 18Sitting just a half game back of Team San Diego and the Palm Springs Power, the Inland Valley Pirates knew they had a very important game against the Bucs Thursday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Pirates (15-4, 6-3) responded superbly defeating the Bucs (3-14, 2-9) 4-1.

AJ David ripped a two-run double down the left field line scoring Jason Padlo and Andrew Alvarez to make it a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third. Continue reading “Pirates Win; Tied for First in SCCBL”

Bucs Suffer Heartbreaking Loss in Palm Springs

bucs gm 9The Inland Valley Bucs (3-9, 2-5) suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 setback against the Palm Springs Power (13-1, 2-1) Tuesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.

After falling behind 1-0 in the first inning, the Bucs fought back to take a 3-1 lead.

All three runs were scored in the fourth. Jack Spohn, Rudy Casarez and Gerardo Ramirez all scored. Mbusi Hlatshwayo and Miles Ryan ripped one RBI apiece. Continue reading “Bucs Suffer Heartbreaking Loss in Palm Springs”

Bucs Pull it out in 9th Against SD

bucs gm 7Mbusi Hlatshwayo was the hero in Game 1 of the series against San Diego when he cranked a game-winning RBI triple in the ninth inning.

The Bucs (2-5, 2-1) prevailed 5-4 over Team San Diego (7-2, 0-1).

Inland Valley jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI double by Anthony Rabito scoring Kevin Riley. Continue reading “Bucs Pull it out in 9th Against SD”