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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Gardner Powers Bucs to Win Over Pirates

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (11-13-2, 7-9) defeated the Inland Valley Pirates (15-12-1, 5-9) Saturday afternoon in game one of a doubleheader by a score of 8-6.

Hershel Gardner had the big two-run single in the top of the ninth inning to break a 5-5 tie.

The Pirates grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first when Chaneng Varela knocked in Drew Seelman.

The Bucs responded with a five-run third inning.

Anthony Seminaris, Breyer Gayle, Kevin Riley, DJ Peters and Matt Majher all scored.

Riley, Peters, Majher, Shamon Moss and Joseph Morreale each had one RBI in the frame.

The Pirates got one back in the fifth to make it a 5-2 ballgame.

Nick Hernandez cranked a double scoring Seelman.

The Pirates knotted it up at 5 apiece with a three-run seventh inning.

Nick Costello, Jason Padlo and Hernandez all scored.

In the top of the ninth, Gardner came through with the clutch single through the right side of the infield scoring Riley and Peters as Majher ended up scoring as well after a throwing error on the same play.

The Pirates tacked on one in the bottom of the ninth and left the bases loaded.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 3 1 1 0 1 0
Breyer Gayle 5 1 1 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 2 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 5 2 1 1 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 3 0 0 0 0 0
Shamon Moss 4 0 0 1 0 1
Hershel Gardner 4 0 2 2 1 0
Matt Majher 5 2 2 1 0 0
Joe Morreale 3 0 0 1 0 0
DJ Peters 4 2 4 1 1 0
Totals 38 8 12 7 3 2

Batting2B: Hershel Gardner
TB: Anthony Seminaris, Breyer Gayle, Brendan Campbell, Kevin Riley, Hershel Gardner 3, Matt Majher 2, DJ Peters 4
RBI: Kevin Riley, Shamon Moss, Hershel Gardner 2, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale, DJ Peters
ROE: Kevin Riley
FC: Matt Majher
HBP: Shamon Moss, Joe Morreale 2
SB: Breyer Gayle, Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Alex Bernstein 1.1 0 .000 1 1 0 1 0 0
Randall Ortiz 1.2 0 .000 5 1 1 1 1 0
Logan Lannon 6.0 0 .000 6 4 4 1 4 0
Totals 9.0 0 12 6 5 3 5 0

PitchingW: Randall Ortiz
HBP: Alex Bernstein

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 1 0 0 0 1 0
Nolan Henley 3 0 1 1 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jason Padlo 4 1 1 0 1 0
Jeff Nellis 3 0 0 0 0 1
Justin Gomez 3 0 0 1 2 0
Jake Thumm 1 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Hernandez 5 2 3 2 0 0
Drew Seelman 6 2 4 0 0 0
Sergio Robles 4 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Costello 2 1 1 0 0 0
Greg Espinosa 3 0 2 0 1 0
Totals 40 6 12 5 5 3

Batting2B: Nick Hernandez 2, Drew Seelman
3B: Drew Seelman
TB: Nolan Henley, Jason Padlo, Nick Hernandez 5, Drew Seelman 7, Nick Costello, Greg Espinosa 2
RBI: Nolan Henley, Chaneng Varela, Justin Gomez, Nick Hernandez 2
ROE: Kyle Jackson, Sergio Robles, Greg Espinosa
FC: Nolan Henley
HBP: Jake Thumm
SB: Kyle Jackson, Drew Seelman, Nick Costello

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Andrew Alvarez 0.2 0 .000 2 1 1 0 0 0
Eric Trask 0.0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brendan Hornung 2.1 0 .000 4 5 5 0 1 0
Ryan Alsworth 6.0 0 .000 6 2 1 2 1 0
Totals 9.0 0 12 8 6 2 3 0

PitchingL: Ryan Alsworth
HBP: Andrew Alvarez, Eric Trask 2
WP: Brendan Hornung 3

Pirates Walkoff Against Oaks

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

Six-Run Second Powers Pirates Past San Diego

The Inland Valley Pirates (6-4-1, 2-3) used a six-run second inning to put Team San Diego (7-12, 2-6) away 9-2 Tuesday afternoon at Grossmont College.

In the second inning the Pirates batted around the lineup.

Drew Seelman had a big tw0-run double. Jacob Bernardy added a two-run knock and Troy Resch belted in an RBI.

Nick Hernandez, Jonny Reynoso, Nolan Henley, Nick Marshall, Jeff Nellis and Seelman all scored in the frame.

The Pirates tacked on another run in the third to make it 7-0. Henley had the RBI rip scoring Hernandez.

Inland Valley notched two more runs in the fifth to increase the margin to 9-0.

Brendan Hornung tossed a sensational seven innings. He struck out seven and only allowed one earned run.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 4 0 1 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 4 1 2 1 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 4 1 1 2 1 0
Chaneng Varela 5 0 0 0 0 2
Nick Marshall 4 1 2 0 0 0
Jeff Nellis 4 1 1 0 0 2
Troy Resch 4 1 1 2 0 0
Nick Hernandez 4 3 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 12 5 1 4

Batting2B: Nick Hernandez 3
TB: Jonny Reynoso, Nolan Henley 2, Jacob Bernardy, Nick Marshall 2, Jeff Nellis, Troy Resch, Nick Hernandez 7
RBI: Nolan Henley, Jacob Bernardy 2, Troy Resch 2
ROE: Chaneng Varela
HBP: Jeff Nellis
CS: Jacob Bernardy

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Conlan McKenzie 1.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Brendan Hornung 7.0 0 0 3 2 1 1 7 0 .000
Jarrett Veiga 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 4 2 1 1 10 0

PitchingW: Brendan Hornung

Pirates Overpower Dodgers

The Inland Valley Pirates (5-4-1) bats slugged their way to an 18-1 blowout victory over the East LA Dodgers including an 11-run fifth inning Monday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Dodgers actually went out to an early 1-0 lead in the second inning, but it was all Inland Valley from there.

In the third, Troy Resch knocked in Jacob Bernardy. Bernardy finished 4-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.

In the fourth, Kyle Jackson tripled to deep left center field and was brought home on an RBI ground out by Nick Hernandez to make it a 2-1 lead. Jackson finished with four runs, while Hernandez bashed in four RBI.

Entering the fifth inning, it appeared like it was going to be a tightly contested game, but that’s when the Pirates sent up 16 hitters to the plate and scored 11 runs. The Pirates had nine hits in the inning and three walks.

Chaneng Varela crushed a three-run triple to the gap in left field clearing the bases including himself as an error was made on the relay throw and he came home to score.

Tyler Urbach and Hernandez contributed two-run doubles in the inning.

Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy and Jake Thumm each belted one RBI in the frame.

Nolan Henley went 2-for-2 in the inning and scored twice.

Inland Valley tacked on two more in the sixth when Justin Gomez scored Jackson and Hernandez.

The Pirates added three more in the eighth as Jackson, Hernandez and Michael Deceglie scored.

Andrew Matus earned the victory tossing 6.1 innings and struck out seven, while only allowing one run.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 3 4 2 0 1 0
Jonny Reynoso 1 1 1 1 1 0
Nolan Henley 5 2 2 0 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 4 2 4 2 0 0
Chaneng Varela 4 1 1 3 1 1
Jason Padlo 5 1 1 0 0 0
Tyler Urbach 3 1 1 2 0 0
Nick Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Deceglie 2 1 2 0 0 0
Justin Gomez 4 0 2 2 0 0
Jake Thumm 5 1 1 1 0 0
Troy Resch 2 1 1 1 2 0
Nick Hernandez 4 3 2 4 0 0
Totals 43 18 20 16 5 1

Batting2B: Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy, Tyler Urbach, Michael Deceglie, Nick Hernandez 2
3B: Kyle Jackson, Chaneng Varela
TB: Kyle Jackson 4, Jonny Reynoso 2, Nolan Henley 2, Jacob Bernardy 5, Chaneng Varela 3, Jason Padlo, Tyler Urbach 2, Michael Deceglie 3, Justin Gomez 2, Jake Thumm, Troy Resch, Nick Hernandez 4
RBI: Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy 2, Chaneng Varela 3, Tyler Urbach 2, Justin Gomez 2, Jake Thumm, Troy Resch, Nick Hernandez 4
ROE: Jake Thumm, Troy Resch
FC: Nolan Henley, Jake Thumm
HBP: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy, Tyler Urbach, Nick Hernandez
SB: Kyle Jackson, Jacob Bernardy, Nick Hernandez

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Michael Deceglie 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Andrew Matus 6.1 0 0 6 1 1 1 7 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Nick Hernandez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 6 1 1 2 8 0

PitchingW: Andrew Matus

Pirates Snap Losing Streak

In the second game of the doubleheader on Sunday night at Citrus College, the Pirates (4-4-1) finally got off the schnide.

Inland Valley thwarted a four-game losing streak by getting a measure of revenge on the OCC Bucs 6-3.

The Pirates grabbed a quick 1-0 lead in the first when Nick Hernandez knocked in Kyle Jackson.

The Bucs responded with one in the second to knot it up at 1-1.

The Pirates regained the lead in the bottom of the frame when Nolan Henley scored Justin Gomez on a sacrifice fly to make it 2-1.

Inland Valley used a four-run third to gain separation extending the margin to 6-1.

Nick Marshall had the big two-run double as Jeff Nellis and Jackson came home.

Jackson added an RBI and Hernandez notched his second of the game.

The Bucs got one in each of the sixth and seventh innings, but the Pirates held on.

Sean Patton earned the victory, hurling four innings and striking out one, while allowing just one earned run.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 2 2 1 1 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 1 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 2 0 0 1 0 1
Conlan McKenzie 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jason Padlo 3 0 1 0 0 0
Tyler Urbach 2 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Marshall 3 0 1 2 0 0
Jeff Nellis 3 1 1 0 0 1
Justin Gomez 2 1 1 0 1 0
Jake Thumm 1 1 0 0 1 0
Nick Cordova 1 1 0 0 1 0
Alex Espinosa 1 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Hernandez 2 0 1 2 0 0
Caleb Romo 2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 27 6 7 6 5 3

Batting2B: Nick Marshall
TB: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Jason Padlo, Nick Marshall 2, Jeff Nellis, Justin Gomez, Nick Hernandez
RBI: Kyle Jackson, Nolan Henley, Nick Marshall 2, Nick Hernandez 2
SF: Nolan Henley, Nick Hernandez
SB: Jonny Reynoso, Justin Gomez, Jake Thumm
 

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Conlan McKenzie 1.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Sean Patton 4.0 0 0 3 1 1 4 1 0
Andrew Matus 1.0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Brendan Hornung 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Totals 7.0 0 0 7 3 2 4 3 0

PitchingW: Sean Patton