Pirates Struggle in Palm Springs

The Inland Valley Pirates (17-14-1, 7-11) struggled to a 10-1 loss to the Palm Springs Power (30-11, 13-6) Tuesday night at Palm Springs Stadium.

The Power did all of their damage from innings two through five scoring twice in the second, four times in the third, and twice in the fourth and fifth jumping out to a 10-0 lead.

The Pirates finally responded with one run in the seventh on a Sergio Robles RBI single that scored Nick Costello.

The Pirates look to regroup in their final game of the regular season Wednesday night at Palm Springs Stadium at 7 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 1 0 0 0
Nolan Henley 3 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Alvarez 4 0 1 0 0 1
Nick Marshall 2 0 0 0 0 1
Jeff Nellis 3 0 1 0 0 1
Justin Gomez 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Thumm 2 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Hernandez 3 0 1 0 1 0
Drew Seelman 2 0 0 0 0 1
Sergio Robles 2 0 1 1 0 0
Nick Costello 4 1 2 0 0 0
Greg Espinosa 2 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 9 1 1 4

Batting2B: Nick Costello
TB: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Andrew Alvarez, Jeff Nellis, Nick Hernandez, Sergio Robles, Nick Costello 3, Greg Espinosa
RBI: Sergio Robles
CS: Greg Espinosa

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Brett Early 1.0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0
Andrew Eppenbach 6.0 0 .000 17 10 10 0 0 0
Nick Hernandez 1.0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Alsworth 0.0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 0 18 10 10 1 1 0

PitchingL: Andrew Eppenbach
HBP: Andrew Eppenbach
WP: Andrew Eppenbach

Pirates Aren’t Game Enough

The Inland Valley Pirates (15-11-1) fell 4-2 to the Gamers on Friday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Gamers scored twice in the top of the ninth to get the victory.

The Pirates took a 1-0 lead in the first when Sergio Robles belted home Kyle Jackson.

The Games tied it at 1-1 in the top of the third, but the Pirates regained the lead in the bottom half of the inning.

Chaneng Varela ripped the RBI single scoring Jason Padlo to make it a 2-1 Pirate lead.

Dylan Stablein worked a solid five innings, only allowing one run, but the bullpen relinquished three runs late in the game allowing the Gamers to take the 4-2 victory.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 3 1 1 0 0 0
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 1 0 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 3 0 1 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 2 0 1 1 0 0
Andrew Alvarez 3 0 0 0 0 1
Jason Padlo 3 1 2 0 0 0
Nick Marshall 3 0 0 0 0 1
Jeff Nellis 1 0 0 0 0 1
Nick Hernandez 3 0 1 0 0 1
Drew Seelman 2 0 1 0 1 0
Sergio Robles 3 0 1 1 0 0
Nick Costello 3 0 1 0 0 1
Greg Espinosa 3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2 1 5

Batting2B: Nick Hernandez
TB: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy, Chaneng Varela, Jason Padlo 2, Nick Hernandez 2, Drew Seelman, Sergio Robles, Nick Costello
RBI: Chaneng Varela, Sergio Robles
CS: Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy

Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Dylan Stablein 5.0 0 .000 3 1 1 1 4 0
Nick Hernandez 0.1 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jarrett Veiga 3.0 0 .000 1 2 2 1 2 0
Aaron Reynoso 0.2 0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 0 5 4 4 2 6 0

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 Hold On

The Inland Valley Pirates (14-10-1) made Wednesday night’s encounter with the FBA Sharks very interesting at Upland Memorial Park.

The Pirates, who at one point led 8-1, so their lead vanquish in the ninth to 8-7, but Jarrett Veiga came in for the one-out save and struck out his man.

The Pirates used a six-run fourth inning to grab a 6-0 lead.

Sergio Robles, Jeff Nellis, Greg Espinosa, Jason Padlo, Chaneng Varela and Justin Gomez each scored.

Espinosa, Padlo and Varela each contributed one RBI in the frame.

The Sharks scored one in the bottom of the fourth to make it a 6-1 ballgame.

The Pirates took an 8-1 lead in the sixth when Padlo and Varela each recorded their second RBI of the day.

The Sharks answered with three in the bottom of the sixth and three more in the bottom of the ninth to cut it to a one-run game, but Veiga came through in the clutch against the clean-up hitter in the Sharks’ lineup who had already homered in the game.

The Pirates take the field again Thursday night at East Los Angeles College at 6:30 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 1 0 0 0 0 1
Chaneng Varela 4 1 1 2 0 0
Andrew Alvarez 4 1 0 0 0 3
Jason Padlo 4 1 3 2 0 0
Tyler Urbach 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Marshall 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Nellis 1 1 1 0 1 0
Justin Gomez 1 1 0 0 2 0
Drew Seelman 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jarrett Veiga 2 0 0 0 0 1
Sergio Robles 3 1 1 0 0 1
Nick Costello 2 2 0 1 0 0
Greg Espinosa 4 0 3 0 0 0
Justin Reynolds 3 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 36 8 9 5 4 7

BattingTB: Chaneng Varela, Jason Padlo 3, Jeff Nellis, Sergio Robles, Greg Espinosa 3
RBI: Chaneng Varela 2, Jason Padlo 2, Nick Costello
ROE: Andrew Alvarez, Jarrett Veiga, Justin Reynolds
FC: Nick Marshall, Drew Seelman
HBP: Drew Seelman
SB: Drew Seelman, Greg Espinosa
CS: Tyler Urbach

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Andrew Alvarez 1.0 0 0 3 3 1 0 2 0
Dylan Stablein 3.0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Nicholas Sergi 2.2 0 0 5 3 1 2 1 0 .000
Jarrett Veiga 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Ryan Alsworth 2.0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 14 7 2 3 7 0

PitchingW: Ryan Alsworth
SV: Jarrett Veiga

Pirates Notch Legendary Win

The Inland Valley Pirates (9-9-1) defeated the Long Beach Legends at Scolinos Field on Tuesday by a score of 5-2.

Six Pirates pitchers combined to give up just two runs on four hits as the offense capitalized on four Legend errors.

Long Beach jumped on the board early with a run in the first inning on an RBI single.

The Pirates answered back in the second inning, when Nick Hernandez scored on a fielding error, tying the game at 1.

In the bottom of the third, with two on and two out, Johnny Reynoso singled to drive in a run and give the Pirates a 2-1 lead.

The Legends managed to tie the game at 2 with a run in the top half of the seventh. However, it would be short-lived as in the bottom of the seventh, late game insert, Chaneng Varela, singled to drive in the go-ahead run and give the Pirates a 3-2 lead.

Two batters later, the Pirates plated an insurance run on a sacrifice fly by outfielder, Sergio Robles.

Two batters later the Pirates scored their third run of the inning, when a double steal attempt forced an errant throw from the catcher, allowing the runner at third to score.

The Pirates held the Legends scoreless from there and walked away with the 5-2 victory.

The Pirates used six different pitchers to hold the Legends to just two runs and four hits.

Nicholas Sergi is credited with the win in relief, giving up just one unearned run and striking out one batter in his lone inning.

Justin Gomez continued his hot hitting, as he went 2-for-3 with a run scored and reached base in all three of his plate appearances.

The Pirates will look to continue their winning ways on Wednesday as they play a doubleheader against Team San Diego at Scolinos Field. The first takes place at 1 p.m.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Jonny Reynoso 4 0 1 0 0 1
Jacob Bernardy 4 0 0 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 1 1 1 1 0 0
Jason Padlo 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Nellis 2 0 0 0 0 0
Justin Gomez 3 1 2 0 0 0
Jake Thumm 4 0 0 0 0 2
Nick Hernandez 2 1 0 0 2 1
Drew Seelman 2 1 1 0 1 0
Sergio Robles 2 0 1 1 1 0
Nick Costello 4 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 29 5 7 2 4 5

Batting3B: Sergio Robles
TB: Jonny Reynoso, Chaneng Varela, Justin Gomez 2, Drew Seelman, Sergio Robles3, Nick Costello
RBI: Chaneng Varela, Sergio Robles
SF: Sergio Robles
ROE: Justin Gomez
FC: Jacob Bernardy, Nick Costello
HBP: Jeff Nellis
SB: Nick Costello

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Andrew Matus 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Dylan Stablein 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Nicholas Sergi 1.0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 .000
Nick Hernandez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ryan Alsworth 3.0 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 5 2 1 3 7 0

PitchingW: Nicholas Sergi
SV: Nick Hernandez
HBP: Andrew Eppenbach
WP: Dylan Stablein 2