Pirates Struggle in Palm Springs

The Inland Valley Pirates (17-14-1, 7-11) struggled to a 10-1 loss to the Palm Springs Power (30-11, 13-6) Tuesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.

The Power did all of their damage from innings two through five scoring twice in the second, four times in the third, and twice in the fourth and fifth jumping out to a 10-0 lead.

The Pirates finally responded with one run in the seventh on a Sergio Robles RBI single that scored Nick Costello.

The Pirates look to regroup in their final game of the regular season Wednesday night at Palm Springs Stadium at 7 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 1 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 3 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Alvarez 4 0 1 0 0 1
Nick Marshall 2 0 0 0 0 1
Jeff Nellis 3 0 1 0 0 1
Justin Gomez 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Thumm 2 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Hernandez 3 0 1 0 1 0
Drew Seelman 2 0 0 0 0 1
Sergio Robles 2 0 1 1 0 0
Nick Costello 4 1 2 0 0 0
Greg Espinosa 2 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 9 1 1 4

Batting2B: Nick Costello
TB: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Andrew Alvarez, Jeff Nellis, Nick Hernandez, Sergio Robles, Nick Costello 3, Greg Espinosa
RBI: Sergio Robles
CS: Greg Espinosa

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Brett Early 1.0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0
Andrew Eppenbach 6.0 0 .000 17 10 10 0 0 0
Nick Hernandez 1.0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Alsworth 0.0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 0 18 10 10 1 1 0

PitchingL: Andrew Eppenbach
HBP: Andrew Eppenbach
WP: Andrew Eppenbach

Pirates Drop Game 1 to Power

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 Blast the Bucs

The Inland Valley Pirates (16-12-1, 6-9) got a measure of revenge in the second game of the doubleheader Saturday night at Cal Poly Pomona defeating the Inland Valley Bucs (11-14-2, 7-10) 11-2.

The Pirates scored three in the second inning and one in the third to take a 4-0 lead.

Nick Marshall contributed two RBI, while Drew Seelman and Greg Espinosa had one each.

The Bucs answered with one in the bottom of the third on an RBI single by Matt Majher.

The Pirates went back to work with two more in the fourth making it a 6-1 game.

Nick Hernandez and Nick Costello had the RBI knocks in that inning.

The Bucs fought back with a run in the fifth to cut the margin to 6-2 when DJ Peters scored, but that was as close as they would get.

The Pirates plated five more runs late in the game to cruise to the 11-2 victory.

The Pirates next play in a doubleheader at Cal Poly Pomona on Monday at 1 p.m. against the Palm Springs Power, while the Buccaneers take on the So Cal Nationals at 11 a.m. Sunday at Cal Poly Pomona.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Nolan Henley 4 1 2 0 0 1
Jacob Bernardy 2 2 1 0 2 0
Andrew Alvarez 4 0 1 2 1 0
Jason Padlo 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Marshall 4 2 3 3 0 0
Jake Thumm 3 1 0 0 1 0
Nick Hernandez 4 0 1 1 0 0
Drew Seelman 3 2 2 1 1 0
Nick Costello 4 1 1 1 1 0
Greg Espinosa 3 2 2 2 1 0
Totals 31 11 13 10 8 1

Batting2B: Nick Marshall, Drew Seelman
3B: Greg Espinosa
TB: Nolan Henley 2, Jacob Bernardy, Andrew Alvarez, Nick Marshall 4, Nick Hernandez, Drew Seelman 3, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa 4
RBI: Andrew Alvarez 2, Nick Marshall 3, Nick Hernandez, Drew Seelman, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa 2
SAC: Greg Espinosa
SF: Drew Seelman
SB: Jacob Bernardy, Andrew Alvarez, Greg Espinosa
 

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Sean Patton 5.0 0 .000 4 0 0 5 3 0
Nicholas Sergi 2.0 0 .000 1 0 0 3 0 0
Totals 7.0 0 5 0 0 8 3 0

PitchingW: Sean Patton
HBP: Sean Patton 3
 

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 1 0 0 0 0
Breyer Gayle 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tristan Chamberlain 3 0 1 0 0 1
Connor Steer 2 0 0 0 0 1
Brendan Campbell 3 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 4 0 0 0 0 2
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 1 0 0 1
Shamon Moss 4 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 2 0 0 0 1 1
Matt Majher 1 0 1 1 1 0
Joe Morreale 1 0 0 0 0 1
DJ Peters 3 1 1 0 1 0
Totals 26 2 5 1 3 7

Batting2B: Brendan Campbell
TB: Tristan Chamberlain, Brendan Campbell 2, Blake Vandegrift, Matt Majher, DJ Peters
RBI: Matt Majher
SAC: Breyer Gayle
ROE: Connor Steer
FC: Shamon Moss
HBP: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle
SB: Shamon Moss, DJ Peters
 

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Chris Ghosn 2.2 0 .000 7 5 4 0 2 0
David Kretschmar 3.2 0 .000 5 4 4 1 3 0
Diego Cortes 0.1 0 .000 0 2 2 0 3 0
Kohto Hasegawa 0.1 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 7.0 0 13 11 10 1 8 0

PitchingL: Chris Ghosn
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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