OC Bucs’ Fire Put Out

Defensive miscues by the OC Bucs led to a 13-4 thrashing at the hands of the Fire.

Just one day after committing five errors against the Senators, the OC Buccaneers tallied five more errors in Thursday’s 13-4 loss to the Inland Division rival, Inland Valley Fire.

The Bucs got the scoring started in the third inning, as an RBI groundout by Nick Reeser broke a scoreless tie and gave the Bucs a 1-0 lead.

However, in the top of the fourth, the Fire answered back in a big way scoring five runs and taking a 5-1 lead.

The Fire kept the momentum rolling in the seventh inning as they tacked on four more runs to push the lead to 9-1.

The Bucs wouldn’t bow out without a fight. In the bottom of the seventh, the Bucs managed to push across two runs on back to back, bases loaded walks to Nick Reeser and Austin McGilvra.

A ground ball fielders choice off the bat of Riley Manquen gave the Bucs their third run of the inning and cut the lead to 9-4.

After a scoreless eight inning, the Fire drove the final nail into the Bucs coffin with a four-run ninth inning.

The Bucs went down in order in the bottom of the ninth and the Fire walked away with the 13-4 victory.

The loss was the Buccaneers’ fifth in a row and dropped them a game and a half behind the Fire in the Inland Division standings.

Despite the loss, a handful of Bucs had standout performances.

Aaron Torres went 2-for-2 on the day and reached base in all three of his plate appearances.

Nick Reeser drove in two runs to push his team leading RBI total to seventeen.

The Buccaneers will try to end their season on a high note as they take on the LA White Sox in their regular season finale at Scolinos Field on Wednesday at 1:00 pm.

Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Nick Cordova 2 0 0 0 0 1
Logan Grigsby 2 1 1 0 0 0
Riley Manquen 2 0 0 1 0 1
Austin McGilvra 1 0 0 1 1 0
Nicholas Michaels 2 1 2 0 0 0
Anthony Moreno 1 1 0 0 1 0
Aaron Torres 2 0 2 0 0 0
Nick Reeser 4 0 0 2 1 0
Jacob Blackiston 3 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Shepherd 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Neely 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jarrett Anton 4 0 2 0 0 0
David Grubaugh 3 0 0 0 1 0
Hayden Wright 2 1 1 0 0 0
Alex Campos 2 0 2 0 0 0
Nolan Powers 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4 4 3
2B: Torres
CS: Torres
HBP: Torres
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Jacob Battaglia (L) 4.0 4 5 0 4 5 0
Erik Gonzalez 3.0 3 4 4 4 6 0
Art Corona 2.0 5 4 4 2 3 0

OC Bucs Struggle Against BC Prospects

The OC Buccaneers (6-8) dropped a tough game to the BC Prospects on Wednesday afternoon, by a score of 3-2, despite outhitting the Prospects, 5-3.

The Prospects broke a scoreless tie with a run in the fifth inning to take a 1-0 lead.

The very next inning, the Prospects scored two runs to stretch their lead to 3-0, going into the bottom of the sixth.

In the bottom half of the inning, the Bucs would finally get on the board, by way of a bases loaded walk by third baseman and Bucs RBI leader, Nick Reeser.

The next batter was designated hitter, Nick Michaels, who followed with a line-drive single to right, scoring Aaron Torres and cutting the lead to 3-2.

Unfortunately for the Bucs, that’s as close as they would get as the Prospects retired 11 of the next 12 batters, including the final seven in a row, to hang on for the 3-2 victory.

The Bucs pitching staff put forth a heroic effort, despite the loss, as five pitchers combined to give up just three hits and three runs, all of which were unearned.

Bucs starter, Erik Gonzalez pitched four scoreless innings, giving up just one hit and striking out two.

Bucs relievers, Tristan Cisneros and Art Corona each struck out the side in the eighth and ninth inning respectively.

The Bucs will look to get back on the winning track as they host the So Cal Sharks at Scolinos Field Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Logan Grigsby 1 0 0 0 1 0
David Grubaugh 3 0 0 0 0 2
David Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nicholas Michaels 2 0 1 1 0 0
Hayden Wright 1 0 0 0 0 1
Aaron Torres 3 1 1 0 1 0
Nick Reeser 3 0 0 1 1 1
Anthony Moreno 2 0 0 0 0 1
Austin McGilvra 1 0 1 0 0 0
Sam Neely 2 0 0 0 0 1
Alex Campos 2 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Cordova 2 0 1 0 0 0
Riley Manquen 2 1 0 0 1 0
Jacob Blackiston 2 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 5 2 4 6
CS: Grigsby
SH: Blackiston
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Erik Gonzalez 4.0 1 0 0 1 2 45
Steven Canedo 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 13
Tristian Cisneros 1.0 0 0 0 2 3 28
Art Corona 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 11
HB: Gonzalez, Canedo

OC Bucs Win in Final At-Bat

The OC Bucs (6-5) defeated the Long Beach Legends Red (5-6) in dramatic fashion with a three-run eighth Thursday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs swept the season series against the Legends Red winning 8-7.

David Grubaugh knocked in two RBI.

Jarrett Anton and Nick Reeser scored two runs each.

Kohto Hasegawa was sensational, allowing no hits or walks in four innings, while striking out two.

The OC Bucs travel to Riverside City College on Friday at 4:30 p.m. to take on the Inland Empire Senators.

Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Jarrett Anton 3 2 1 1 1 0
Jacob Blackiston 3 0 1 0 0 0
Alex Campos 2 0 0 0 1 1
Nick Cordova 1 0 1 0 0 0
Logan Grigsby 2 1 1 0 0 0
David Grubaugh 2 0 1 2 0 0
David Johnson 1 0 0 1 0 0
Riley Manquen 3 0 1 0 0 1
Austin McGilvra 1 0 0 1 0 0
Nicholas Michaels 3 1 1 1 0 1
Anthony Moreno 3 1 1 0 1 0
Sam Neely 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nick Reeser 2 2 1 1 2 0
Aaron Torres 4 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 30 8 10 7 5 4
SB: Anton
HBP: Blackiston, Neely
SF: McGilvra
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Steven Canedo(W) 1.0 2 3 0 1 1 0
Art Corona (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Erik Gonzalez 3.0 4 4 1 0 3 0
Kohto Hasegawa 4.0 0 0 0 0 2 0

OC Bucs Win Third Straight

The OC Bucs (5-4) defeated the Victor Valley Mavericks (5-4-1) 11-3 on Saturday afternoon at Citrus College.

The win is the Bucs’ third straight and more importantly puts them in a tie for first place with the Mavericks in the Inland Division of the OCCL.

David Grubaugh starred in the game finishing 2-for-5 with a home run, four RBI and one run scored.

Anthony Moreno, Sam Neely and Aaron Torres scored twice.

Jarrett Anton, Alex Campos, Logan Grigsby and Nick Reeser scored once.

Anton added two RBI.

David Johnson, Neely and Reeser contributed one RBI apiece.

Kohto Hasegawa is credited with the win after entering in the fifth and hurling two innings.

Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Jarrett Anton 1 1 1 2 1 0
Alex Campos 2 1 1 0 0 0
Nick Cordova 2 0 0 0 0 0
Logan Grigsby 2 1 1 0 0 0
David Grubaugh 5 1 2 4 0 1
David Johnson 3 0 1 1 0 0
Riley Manquen 4 0 1 0 0 0
Austin McGilvra 5 0 1 0 0 0
Nicholas Michaels 2 0 1 0 0 1
Anthony Moreno 4 2 1 0 1 0
Sam Neely 2 2 1 1 1 0
Nick Reeser 4 1 1 1 0 0
Aaron Torres 3 2 0 0 1 0
Hayden Wright 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 40 11 12 9 5 2
2B: Neely
HR: Grubaugh
SB: Moreno, Torres
HBP: Moreno, Reeser, Torres
SH: Anton
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Jacob Battaglia 4.0 2 0 0 2 3 0
Steven Canedo 1.1 1 2 1 3 1 0
Art Corona 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Kohto Hasegawa (W) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0

OC Bucs Win Slugfest

A slugfest broke out in the OC Bucs’ (2-3) 10-7 victory over the Long Beach Legends Red at Long Beach City College Saturday afternoon.

The two teams both scored twice in the second.

Long Beach took a 6-5 lead after three innings.

The Bucs regained the lead in the fifth inning when they scored two runs to make it a 7-6 ballgame and would never look back from that point on.

Nick Reeser went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs scored and three RBI.

Austin McGilvra went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.

The OC Bucs take on divisional rival Victor Valley on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at Cal Poly Pomona next.

IE Bucs
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Jarrett Anton 4 1 2 0 0 1
Jacob Blackiston 3 2 0 0 2 0
Alex Campos 1 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Cordova 0 0 0 0 0 0
Logan Grigsby 4 0 1 0 0 0
David Grubaugh 3 0 2 1 2 1
David Johnson 4 1 2 1 1 1
Riley Manquen 3 0 0 0 0 0
Austin McGilvra 4 2 3 2 1 0
Anthony Moreno 5 1 3 1 0 0
Sam Neely 5 0 1 0 0 3
Nick Reeser 3 3 2 3 2 0
Totals 39 10 16 8 9 6
3B: Moreno
HR: Reeser
SB: Blackiston (2)
HBP: Cordova
IE Bucs
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Art Corona (S) 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Marcos Martinez (W) 3.0 1 0 0 2 3 0
Nicholas Michaels 3.0 7 6 5 1 0 0

Surf Sink OC Bucs

The Surf rallied for a  four run ninth to beat the Buccaneers, 7-4 on Thursday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Buccaneers jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a Nick Reeser RBI single in the bottom of the first.

Buccaneer starter, Kohto Hasegawa held the Surf scoreless through the first two innings before surrendering an RBI single in the top of the 3rd. On the afternoon, Hasegawa went 3+ innings and gave up a run on two hits and struck out two batters.

The score remained tied at one until the seventh inning when Surf shortstop, Jake Ortega scored.

The Bucs answered in the bottom of the inning when David Grubaugh  ripped a two out, two run double, giving the Bucs a 3-2 lead.

The Surf tied the game in the top of the eighth on a check swing, RBI single by Tyler Gnesda that scooted right past first baseman, Jarrett Anton to drive in a run.

However, back to back doubles by Jacob Blackiston and Nick Reeser in the bottom of the inning, put the Bucs back in front 4-3 heading into the ninth.

That’s where it all went south for the Bucs.

It began with a leadoff single by George Medina off of Bucs reliever, Art Corona. The next batter

reached on a throwing error putting runners at first and second with nobody out. After a fielder’s choice ground ball put runners at the corners with one away, Corona got the next batter to line out to short for the second out.

Then with two outs, Surf left fielder, Cole Malloy, lined a double down the right field line to drive in the tying run from third. The very next at-bat, center fielder, Kory Weeks would deliver the decisive blow in the form of a two-run triple to left. The Surf would tack on an insurance run and they held on to knock off the Bucs by a final of 7-4.

Surf reliever, Jacob Hoffman gets credit with the victory, while Bucs reliever, Art Corona gets saddled with the loss as well as a blown save. Dominic Bastone recorded the save.

Third baseman, Nick Reeser went 3-for-3 at the plate with a double and two runs batted in. He reached base in all four of his plate appearances.

Bucs reliever Erik Gonzalez pitched three scoreless innings in relief, giving up no hits and striking out five.

The Bucs will look to rebound tomorrow as they take on the Waves from No Limit Baseball Academy at 4:30 pm at Cal Poly Pomona.

IE Bucs
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Jarrett Anton 1 1 1 0 1 0
Nick Cordova 2 0 0 0 0 1
David Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 0
Riley Manquen 3 0 0 0 0 0
Aaron Torres 5 0 0 0 0 1
Austin McGilvra 2 0 0 0 0 1
Jacob Blackiston 4 2 2 0 0 1
Nick Reeser 3 1 3 2 1 0
Sam Neely 2 0 1 0 0 0
Nicholas Michaels 2 0 0 0 0 1
Alex Campos 2 0 0 0 0 0
David Grubaugh 4 0 2 2 0 0
Logan Grigsby 3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4 3 5
2B: Blackiston, Reeser, Neely, Grubaugh
SB: Anton
CS: Reeser, Grubaugh
HBP: Grigsby
SH: Johnson
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Kohto Hasegawa 3.0 2 1 1 1 2 48
Erik Gonzalez 3.0 0 0 0 1 5 36
Andrew Douglas 2.0 3 2 1 1 2 43
Art Corona 1.0 4 4 3 0 0 24
HB: Hasegawa, Gonzalez (2), Douglas

OC Bucs Fall Short

The OC Bucs (1-1, 1-1) fell 5-4 to the NLB Waves on Sunday afternoon at Crean Lutheran High School.

The Bucs got off to a quick 3-0 lead in the first as Nick Reeser ripped an RBI base hit and Anthony Moreno knocked him in with an RBI single.

The Waves plated three in the third to knot it up at 3, and took a 4-3 lead in the sixth inning.

The Bucs answered with a run in the seventh to tie it at 4. Reeser added his second RBI of the day scoring Aaron Torres, but the Waves tallied one final run in their final at bat in the eighth to come away with the tough fought victory.

The Bucs play the OC Surf next on Thursday at Cal Poly Pomona. It will be the program’s first ever home game.

 

OC Bucs
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Jarrett Anton 1 0 0 0 3 1
Alex Campos 4 0 0 0 0 2
Nick Cordova 3 0 1 0 1 2
David Grubaugh 3 0 0 0 1 0
David Johnson 4 0 0 0 0 1
Riley Manquen 1 1 0 0 2 1
Nicholas Michaels 4 0 1 0 0 1
Anthony Moreno 4 0 1 1 0 0
Nick Reeser 2 1 1 2 0 0
Aaron Torres 4 2 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 3 7 8
SB: Manquen, Moreno, Reeser
HBP: Manquen, Reeser
SF: Reeser
OC Bucs
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Art Corona 3.2 4 3 3 2 5 0
Andrew Eppenbach 3.1 1 1 1 1 5 0
Logan Grigsby (L) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0