The Buccaneers finished their season in style with a sweep of the High Desert Heat and finished in fourth place of the SCCBL.
Inland Valley (11-19-1, 5-11) triumphed 11-2 over High Desert (8-18, 4-10) on Saturday afternoon in Game 2 of the double dip at Victor Valley College.
The Bucs finished their final 15 games with a winning record of 8-6-1.
The Buccaneers (10-19-1, 4-11) defeated the High Desert Heat (8-17, 4-11) 8-3 on Saturday afternoon at Victor Valley College in Game 1 of the doubleheader.
Gerardo Ramirez (3-2) continued his recent dominance on the mound tossing seven innings while allowing no earned runs and striking out four. Continue reading “Bucs Force Heat to Walk the Plank”
The Buccaneers (8-19-1, 3-11) won with late inning heroics by Tanner Thibodeau on a game-wining two-run triple in the eighth.
Inland Valley defeated AOS Baseball 6-3 on Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Bucs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning on an RBI single by Miles Ryan scoring Diego Cortes. Continue reading “Bucs Win with Big 8th Inning”
The Buccaneers (6-15, 3-9) sunk the Pirates (17-5, 8-4) Monday afternoon with a 11-2 victory at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Bucs came out swinging in the first inning when they took a 1-0 lead. Miles Ryan scored on an error.
The Pirates tied it up in the third when Chaneng Varela belted an RBI single scoring Michael Johnson. Continue reading “Bucs Sink the Pirates”
The Buccaneers offense exploded for eight runs in an 8-4 victory over the Lancaster Rounders (2-2-1) on Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
Chris Sanchez (1-0) dazzled on the mound tossing 8.1 innings, while striking out 10 and only allowing one earned run.
Inland Valley started off things right in the first inning with four runs. Continue reading “Bucs Offense Explodes for 8 Runs”
The Inland Valley Bucs (3-9, 2-5) suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 setback against the Palm Springs Power (13-1, 2-1) Tuesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.
After falling behind 1-0 in the first inning, the Bucs fought back to take a 3-1 lead.
All three runs were scored in the fourth. Jack Spohn, Rudy Casarez and Gerardo Ramirez all scored. Mbusi Hlatshwayo and Miles Ryan ripped one RBI apiece. Continue reading “Bucs Suffer Heartbreaking Loss in Palm Springs”
The Buccaneers (2-8, 2-4) suffered a devastating three-loss day on Saturday in San Diego.
Game 2
It started with the completion of Game 2 from Friday night that was tied at 8-8 in the ninth. The game was tied when they ran out of daylight. The Bucs eventually fell 9-8 in 13 innings. Continue reading “Bucs Suffer Devastating 3 Loss Day”
The Buccaneers (0-5, 0-1) lost 5-4 to the High Desert Heat (2-1, 1-0) Tuesday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Bucs started things off right in the second when Girardo Ramirez belted an RBI single into right field scoring Jack Spohn.
The Heat responded with five unearned runs in the top of the third to grab a 5-1 lead.
The Bucs chipped away at the lead scoring two in the fourth and one in the fifth. Continue reading “Bucs Lose Heartbreaker to Heat”
In the second game, the Pirates pitching stifled the Bucs for the first seven innings, allowing no runs.
Michael Koval started things off with three innings and three strikeouts. Andrew Alvarez recorded the win, while striking out five in just two innings. Aaron Reynoso struck out two in two innings. All three of these pitchers contributed to the scoreless first seven innings. Continue reading “Pirates Defeat Bucs 8-3 in Game Two”
The Pirates return 16 players from their maiden voyage.
SCCBL all-stars AJ David, Kyle Jackson, Christian Kelley and Taylor Valentine are all back to help the club improve upon last season’s 12-11-1 mark. 
Taylor Valentine posted gaudy numbers, while dominating the competition in 2013. The Cal State San Bernardino senior-to-be earned Pitcher of the Year honors while finishing 5-0 with a 0.66 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 40.2 innings.
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