Pirates are Game Enough

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 Can’t Chop Down Foresters

The Inland Valley Pirates (11-10-1) fell to the Santa Barbara Foresters (21-3) 11-5 on Thursday night at UCSB.

The score doesn’t indicate how close the contest was in terms of just sheer hits.

The Pirates finished the game with 12 hits, just one fewer than the Foresters.

The Foresters got out to a 7-0 lead at the end of the fourth inning, but the Pirates answered with three in the sixth to cut it to 7-3.

The three runs scored on a double by Nick Marshall.

Santa Barbara responded with two in the bottom of the inning to extend the margin back to 9-3.

Inland Valley went right back to work in the eighth plating two runs to cut the score to 9-5.

Jake Thumm and Nolan Henley scored in the inning, while Chaneng Varela provided the RBI single.

The Foresters came back with two insurance runs in the frame and held on for an 11-5 victory.

The Pirates play again tomorrow at UCSB against Conejo Oaks at 12 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 5 1 1 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 3 1 0 0 1 0
Chaneng Varela 5 0 3 1 0 1
Nick Marshall 3 0 1 3 1 0
Jeff Nellis 5 0 0 0 0 1
Justin Gomez 4 1 2 0 1 2
Jake Thumm 5 2 1 0 0 0
Nick Hernandez 4 0 2 0 0 1
Drew Seelman 2 0 1 0 0 1
Nick Costello 3 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 39 5 12 4 3 7

Batting2B: Nick Marshall, Justin Gomez, Drew Seelman
TB: Jonny Reynoso, Chaneng Varela 3, Nick Marshall 2, Justin Gomez 3, Jake Thumm, Nick Hernandez 2, Drew Seelman 2, Nick Costello
RBI: Chaneng Varela, Nick Marshall 3
ROE: Jake Thumm
FC: Nolan Henley

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Conlan McKenzie 1.0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 .000
Brett Early 4.0 0 0 6 7 7 5 1 0 .000
Andrew Matus 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 2.0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jarrett Veiga 0.1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 13 11 11 9 2 0

PitchingL: Brett Early
HBP: Brett Early

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 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

Pirates Cool Off Fire

The Inland Valley Pirates (1-0) defeated the Lake Havasu Fire 11-9 Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The high-scoring affair was somewhat of an unusual occurrence for the Pirates whose pitching typically stymies the opposition.

The Pirates used an eight-run fourth inning where they sent 14 hitters to the plate as a kick starter to their 2015 campaign.

After falling behind 2-0, Anthony Virgen started the fourth with a single and ended up scoring on a Nolan Henley RBI double. Henley went 2-for-2 in the inning and tacked on two more RBI later scoring Virgen for a second time as well as Kyle Jackson.

Chaneng Varela, Nick Marshall, Justin Gomez and Troy Resch added one RBI apiece in the fourth.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 4 1 2 0 1 0
Jonny Reynoso 3 1 0 1 1 1
Nolan Henley 5 1 3 3 0 0
Anthony Virgen 3 2 1 0 2 0
Chaneng Varela 5 1 3 1 0 0
Nick Marshall 4 1 1 1 1 1
Jeff Nellis 6 1 1 0 0 0
Justin Gomez 3 1 0 1 2 1
Troy Resch 4 2 2 1 0 0
Totals 37 11 13 8 7 3

Batting2B: Nolan Henley
TB: Kyle Jackson 2, Nolan Henley 4, Anthony Virgen, Chaneng Varela 3, Nick Marshall, Jeff Nellis, Troy Resch 2
RBI: Jonny Reynoso, Nolan Henley 3, Chaneng Varela, Nick Marshall, Justin Gomez, Troy Resch
SF: Jonny Reynoso, Troy Resch
ROE: Anthony Virgen, Troy Resch
FC: Jeff Nellis
SB: Kyle Jackson, Anthony Virgen

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Brett Early 4.0 0 0 3 2 1 4 3 0 .000
Eric Trask 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Andrew Matus 1.0 0 0 2 5 5 3 2 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 2.0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 9 9 8 9 8 0

PitchingW: Andrew Matus
HBP: Eric Trask, Andrew Matus

Pirates 2015 Season Preview

The Pirates return 14 players from their SCCBL 2015 regular season co-championship team.

Andrew Alavarez pre game
Andrew Alvarez

Former SCCBL all-stars Andrew Alvarez, Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Anthony Virgen and Nathan Virgen are all back to help the club improve to the next level after last season’s successful 26-8 finish.

Alvarez posted gaudy numbers, while dominating the competition in 2014. The Houston Baptist senior-to-be earned Pitcher of the Month honors in June, while finishing 5-0 with a 2.42 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 44.2 innings. He did damage with the bat as well, finishing with a .341 batting average and leading the team with 31 hits for the season. Continue reading “Pirates 2015 Season Preview”

Pirates Take Game 1 vs SD

pirates gm 27The Pirates (24-6, 11-4) defeated Team San Diego (23-18, 7-8) 7-2 in Game 1 of the double dip Friday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Pirates jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning.

Andrew Alvarez doubled and scored on a Nolan Henley RBI base hit up the middle. Christian Kelley plated the second run on an infield single by Greg Espinosa. Continue reading “Pirates Take Game 1 vs SD”

Pirates Down Halos

pirates gm 25The Pirates (23-5, 10-4) defeated the OC Halos 6-1 on Sunday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

Inland Valley got out to a quick start in the first inning as Greg Espinosa scored on an RBI by Andrew Alvarez to make it 1-0.

The Halos knotted it up at 1-1 in the fourth inning.

Anthony Virgen killed any moment the Halos might have had with a majestic two-run homer over the left field wall in the fifth inning. Anthony’s brother, Nathan, also scored on the big fly and the Pirates regained the lead at 3-1. Continue reading “Pirates Down Halos”

Pirates Complete Doubleheader Sweep

pirates gm 15The Pirates (12-3-1, 4-2) defeated the Bucs (3-12, 2-8) 10-3 Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona to complete the doubleheader sweep.

The Pirates put the game away early, jumping out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning.

Jason Padlo ripped an RBI double, one of his three hits on the day. Michael Johnson cracked a two-run double, but he wasn’t finished yet. Continue reading “Pirates Complete Doubleheader Sweep”

Pirates Cool Off the Heat in Game 2

pirates gm 11After dropping Game 1 of the doubleheader, the Inland Valley Pirates (9-3, 2-2) cooled off the High Desert Heat (3-3, 2-2) in Game 2 en route to a 6-4 victory.

Christian Kelley scored Fernando Escobar on a sacrifice fly and Jonny Reynoso ripped an RBI single scoring Nolan Henley to put the Pirates in front 2-0.

The Heat responded with one run in the fourth to cut the deficit to 2-1. Continue reading “Pirates Cool Off the Heat in Game 2”