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Bucs Season Comes to an End

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (13-17-3) were swept by the OC Riptide in their first round SCCBL playoffs series on Tuesday afternoon at Vanguard University.

The Riptide won 4-1.

No one scored for the first five innings, but in the sixth, the Riptide scored three due to a couple of errors in the inning.

The Bucs got one back in the eighth on an RBI knock by Bryce Brooks, but the Riptide responded with another run in the bottom half of the frame.

Randall Ortiz tossed six stellar innings allowing no earned runs, but was the tough luck losing pitcher.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Breyer Gayle 5 0 2 0 0 1
Connor Steer 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 4 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 4 1 1 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 4 0 1 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 1 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Majher 4 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 4 0 0 0 0 1
Bryce Brooks 4 0 2 1 0 0
DJ Peters 2 0 1 0 2 0
Totals 35 1 8 1 2 3

Batting2B: Breyer Gayle, Matt Majher
TB: Breyer Gayle 3, Kevin Riley, Johnny Juarez, Matt Majher 2, Bryce Brooks 2, DJ Peters
RBI: Bryce Brooks
SAC: Kevin Riley
ROE: Matt Majher
FC: DJ Peters
SB: Bryce Brooks

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Randall Ortiz 6.0 0 .000 5 3 0 0 2 0
Jacob Taylor 2.0 0 .000 3 1 1 1 0 0
Totals 8.0 0 — 8 4 1 1 2 0

PitchingL: Randall Ortiz
WP: Jacob Taylor

Bucs Split with Riptide

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The Inland Valley Bucs (13-15-2, 8-11) split the season series with the OC Riptide (15-19-1, 12-8) on Wednesday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs won 10-3 in the final game of the set and will renew the rivalry next Monday in the first round of the SCCBL playoffs.

For the first seven innings, it was a back-and-forth affair until the Bucs used a six-run eighth inning to put the game out of reach.

Randall Ortiz was sensational tossing 6.2 innings and striking out six, while not allowing an earned run.

The Riptide got out to a 1-0 lead in the first.

The Bucs answered with one in the third on a Kevin Riley RBI double, but he was just getting started.

Inland Valley grabbed a 2-1 lead in the fifth as Brendan Campbell crossed home plate.

The Riptide fought back with two in the seventh to regain the lead at 3-2.

The Bucs responded with two of their own in the bottom of the frame to rip the lead away for good.

Riley had his second RBI double of the day to tie it at 3-3 and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.

In the ninth, things got out of hand for the Riptide as the Bucs came through with six runs.

JP Hopkins had a tw0-run knock.

Riley cranked his third double down the left field line, this time scoring two for a total of four RBI and scored his second run of the game as well.

Bryce Brooks rounded out the scoring with an RBI ground out.

Jacob Taylor hurled 2.1 innings and recorded his first victory of the season.

The Bucs travel south to Madison High School to face the San Diego Force in their regular season finale at 5 p.m. on Friday.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Breyer Gayle 2 0 0 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 4 3 3 1 0 1
Connor Steer 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 3 2 1 0 1 0
Kevin Riley 5 2 3 4 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 1
Johnny Juarez 3 0 1 0 2 0
Hershel Gardner 4 1 1 0 0 1
Matt Majher 5 1 0 0 0 0
Diego Cortes 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bryce Brooks 4 0 0 1 0 1
DJ Peters 5 1 1 0 0 2
Totals 38 10 10 6 4 7

Batting2B: Brendan Campbell, Kevin Riley 3
TB: JP Hopkins 3, Brendan Campbell 2, Kevin Riley 6, Johnny Juarez, Hershel Gardner, DJ Peters
RBI: JP Hopkins, Kevin Riley 4, Bryce Brooks
ROE: Kevin Riley, Hershel Gardner 2
HBP: Bryce Brooks
SB: JP Hopkins

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Randall Ortiz 6.2 0 .000 4 3 0 6 1 0
Jacob Taylor 2.1 0 .000 2 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 — 6 3 0 7 1 0

PitchingW: Jacob Taylor

Bucs Tie Legends

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (9-12-2) notched their second tie of the season Monday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs tied the Long Beach Legends 5-5 and ended due to darkness at the end of the 10th inning.

The Legends got out to an early 2-0 lead before the Bucs scored their first run in the bottom of the second.

Hershel Gardner scored on a wild pitch.

In the top of the third, the Legends scored three times to extend the margin to 5-1.

Inland Valley fought back with one in the bottom of the frame on a Gardner RBI single to make it a 5-2 score.

The score remained the same until the Bucs’ final at bat.

In the bottom of the ninth, Kevin Riley, DJ Peters and Johnny Juarez all drew bases loaded walks to tie the game up at 5.

The Bucs left bases loaded in the ninth and 10th innings and couldn’t finish the dramatic come-from-behind victory.

Randall Ortiz tossed three great innings in relief, allowing no hits and striking out two.

The Bucs travel east to Palm Springs to take on the first place Power at 7 p.m. at Palm Springs Stadium Tuesday.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 3 0 1 0 2 1
Breyer Gayle 2 0 0 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 4 1 1 0 1 2
Brendan Campbell 5 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 0 1 2 0
Blake Vandegrift 4 1 1 0 0 1
Johnny Juarez 3 0 2 1 2 1
Hershel Gardner 5 1 3 1 0 1
Matt Majher 4 0 0 0 1 1
Joe Morreale 3 1 1 0 2 1
DJ Peters 2 1 1 1 3 0
Totals 38 5 11 4 13 8

Batting2B: Blake Vandegrift, DJ Peters
TB: Anthony Seminaris, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell, Blake Vandegrift 2, Johnny Juarez 2, Hershel Gardner 3, Joe Morreale, DJ Peters 2
RBI: Kevin Riley, Johnny Juarez, Hershel Gardner, DJ Peters
ROE: Joe Morreale
FC: Blake Vandegrift, Hershel Gardner
SB: Hershel Gardner

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 —
Gerardo Ramirez 4.0 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 0 —
Jacob Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 —
Daniel Sandoval 2.0 0 0 5 4 4 1 1 0 —
Totals 10.0 0 0 8 5 5 3 6 0 —

Bucs Swept by Power

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (6-9, 4-6) were swept in the two-game series against the Palm Springs Power in Palm Springs.

On Wednesday night, the Bucs fell 13-1.

It started out well with one run in the top of the first scored by Connor Steer, but it was all Power after that.

Hershel Gardner finished 3-for-4.

Logan Lannon and Randall Ortiz each pitched one scoreless inning.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 4 0 0 0 0 0
Breyer Gayle 2 0 1 0 0 1
JP Hopkins 2 0 0 0 0 0
Connor Steer 4 1 0 0 0 1
Brendan Campbell 2 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 2 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 2 0 0 0 0 2
Johnny Juarez 2 0 0 0 0 1
Hershel Gardner 4 0 3 0 0 1
Matt Majher 2 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Morreale 2 0 1 0 0 1
Bryce Brooks 1 0 0 0 1 0
DJ Peters 4 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 34 1 7 0 1 9

BattingTB: Breyer Gayle, Brendan Campbell, Hershel Gardner 3, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale
ROE: Connor Steer

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Chris Sanchez 1.2 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 .000
David Kretschmar 3.1 0 0 10 8 7 2 1 0 .000
Logan Lannon 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jacob Taylor 0.0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 .000
Daniel Sandoval 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 17 13 12 4 4 0 —

PitchingL: David Kretschmar

Bucs Walkoff Against Riptide

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (6-8, 4-4) got a measure of revenge against the OC Riptide (5-11-1, 3-3) early Saturday morning at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs walked off in the 12th inning as Joseph Morreale had the game-winning RBI scoring Breyer Gayle.

The Bucs took a 1-0 lead in the first when Kevin Riley scored on a RBI single by Bryce Brooks.

The Riptide answered with two in the fourth and tacked on one more insurance run in the seventh to grab a 3-1 lead.

The Bucs fought back with two in the bottom of the eighth to knot it at 3 apiece.

Gayle knocked in Shamon Moss and scored the tying run on a base knock by Johnny Juarez to right field.

Randall Ortiz was electric tossing five innings in relief and striking out five, while earning the victory.

Jonathon Hopkins worked six solid innings as well en route to claiming four strikeout victims, while only allowing three hits.

Inland Valley has two off days before making the trip east to Palm Springs for a big two-game series against the Power starting Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 0 0 0 0 1
Breyer Gayle 6 2 3 1 0 2
JP Hopkins 4 0 0 0 1 2
Tristan Chamberlain 0 0 0 0 0 0
Connor Steer 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 3 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 1 2 0 0 1
Blake Vandegrift 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shamon Moss 3 1 1 0 0 1
Johnny Juarez 5 0 4 1 0 1
Hershel Gardner 3 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Majher 2 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Morreale 1 0 1 1 0 0
Bryce Brooks 5 0 3 1 0 1
DJ Peters 5 0 0 0 1 4
Totals 43 4 14 4 2 15

Batting2B: Shamon Moss
3B: Johnny Juarez
TB: Breyer Gayle 3, Kevin Riley 2, Shamon Moss 2, Johnny Juarez 6, Joe Morreale, Bryce Brooks 3
RBI: Breyer Gayle, Johnny Juarez, Joe Morreale, Bryce Brooks
SAC: Tristan Chamberlain, Kevin Riley, Blake Vandegrift
SF: Kevin Riley
ROE: Connor Steer
FC: DJ Peters
SB: JP Hopkins

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 .000
Gerardo Ramirez 1.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Jonathan Hopkins 6.0 0 0 3 2 2 3 4 0 .000
Totals 12.0 0 0 4 3 2 3 9 0 —

PitchingW: Randall Ortiz
HBP: Randall Ortiz
WP: Randall Ortiz, Jonathan Hopkins

Bucs Sweep Team San Diego

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The Inland Valley Bucs (5-5, 3-1) swept Team San Diego Friday night at Grossmont College.

The Bucs defeated San Diego 4-0 in the second game of the doubleheader.

Jonathan Hopkins tossed seven lights out innings. He struck out six and only allowed three hits.

Alex Bernstein and Randall Ortiz followed in suit with one shutout inning each.

Brendan Campbell, Tristan Chamberlain and Matt Majher ripped one RBI apiece.

Hershel Gardner, Majher, Shamon Moss and Blake Vandegrift all scored once.

Inland Valley’s next game is another league road contest in San Diego on Tuesday at 5 p.m., however this time, it will be against the San Diego Force in the first of a two-game home and away series.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 0 0 0 1 0
Breyer Gayle 4 0 2 0 0 0
JP Hopkins 3 0 0 0 0 3
Tristan Chamberlain 4 0 2 1 0 0
Connor Steer 3 0 0 0 0 3
Brendan Campbell 4 0 3 1 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 2 1 0 0 0 0
Shamon Moss 4 1 2 0 1 0
Johnny Juarez 4 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 5 1 2 0 0 2
Matt Majher 4 1 1 1 0 0
Bryce Brooks 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 39 4 12 3 3 8

Batting2B: Matt Majher
TB: Breyer Gayle 2, Tristan Chamberlain 2, Brendan Campbell 3, Shamon Moss 2, Hershel Gardner 2, Matt Majher 2
RBI: Tristan Chamberlain, Brendan Campbell, Matt Majher
SAC: Brendan Campbell
ROE: Blake Vandegrift, Hershel Gardner
HBP: Breyer Gayle
CS: Brendan Campbell

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000
Jonathan Hopkins 7.0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 —
Totals 9.0 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 0 —

PitchingW: Jonathan Hopkins
HBP: Alex Bernstein

Bucs Win Again

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The Inland Valley Buccaneers (3-5, 1-1) defeated the Orange Coast Bucs 9-7 on Thursday night at Orange Coast College.

The Bucs have now won three of their past four games.

It all began in the very first inning when Breyer Gayle, who finished 4-for-4, scored on a RBI single by JP Hopkins.

Hopkins was brought home by Brendan Campbell’s RBI rip to left field to make it a 2-0 lead for the Bucs.

Inland Valley added one run in the third and fourth innings to extend the margin to 4-0.

Kevin Riley knocked in Gayle in the third and Gayle scored again on a Hopkins knock in the fourth.

The OCC Bucs scored one in the bottom of the fourth.

The fifth inning saw seven total runs scored, four of which were plated by Inland Valley.

Campbell and Matt Majher scored on a two-run single by Bryce Brooks.

Anthony Seminaris lined a single to right field scoring Joseph Morreale.

Gayle brought home Seminaris with a base hit to give the Bucs an 8-1 lead.

The OCC Bucs scored three in the fifth to narrow their deficit to 8-4.

The Bucs tacked on an insurance run in the seventh as Gayle belted his second RBI scoring Blake Vandegrift.

The OCC Bucs plated two in the seventh and one in the eighth to make it 9-7, but that was as close as they could get as Randall Ortiz notched his first save of the season.

Cameron Rodriguez tossed 1.1 innings, struckout two and was credited with the win.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 0 2 1 0 0
Breyer Gayle 4 3 4 2 0 0
JP Hopkins 5 1 2 2 0 3
Tristan Chamberlain 2 0 0 0 0 1
Connor Steer 3 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 4 1 2 1 0 0
Kevin Riley 3 0 2 1 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 1 1 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Gardner 1 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Majher 3 1 0 0 2 0
Jacob Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Morreale 3 1 3 0 0 0
Bryce Brooks 3 1 1 2 0 0
Totals 37 9 17 9 2 5

Batting2B: Kevin Riley
TB: Anthony Seminaris 2, Breyer Gayle 4, JP Hopkins 2, Brendan Campbell 2, Kevin Riley 3, Hershel Gardner, Joe Morreale 3, Bryce Brooks
RBI: Anthony Seminaris, Breyer Gayle 2, JP Hopkins, Brendan Campbell, Kevin Riley2, Bryce Brooks 2
SAC: Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
FC: Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
HBP: Breyer Gayle, Joe Morreale
SB: Breyer Gayle 2, Blake Vandegrift, Bryce Brooks
CS: Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 1.0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 .000
Gerardo Ramirez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Chris Ghosn 1.2 0 0 4 4 3 3 2 0 .000
Cameron Rodriguez 1.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Diego Cortes 1.0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 .000
Daniel Sandoval 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 8.0 0 0 9 7 6 6 8 0 —

PitchingW: Cameron Rodriguez
SV: Randall Ortiz

Bucs 2015 Season Preview

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The Bucs return nine players from last year’s inaugural season.

Kevin Riley
Kevin Riley

SCCBL all-stars Gerardo Ramirez, Kevin Riley and Miles Ryan are all back to build what they started into a playoff contender.

Riley was one of the standout offensive players in the entire league in 2014. He lead the team in batting average (.368), on base (.461) and slugging (483), while seemingly coming up with a big hit every single time the Bucs needed him to come through.

Ryan came on strong in the last month of the season en route to be named player of the week once. He finished with a .350 batting clip, .409 OBP and .400 SLG. He was also a stabilizing force behind home plate defensively.

Ramirez logged the most innings at 42. He finished 3-2 with a 3.43 ERA and 32 strikeouts.

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