10-run 6th Sinks Bucs

For five innings, the Inland Valley Buccaneers (10-13-2, 6-9) were giving the Palm Springs Power (27-8, 11-3) all they could handle for a second straight night at Palm Springs Stadium.

It was knotted up at 1 heading into the sixth inning when a nightmarish inning occurred as the Power scored 10 runs to cruise to a 12-2 victory.

Breyer Gayle and Matt Majher had one RBI apiece.

Hershel Gardner and Tristan Chamberlain each scored once.

The Bucs will take two days off before playing a huge SCCBL doubleheader against the Pirates on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Cal Poly Pomona.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 1 0 0 0 1 1
Breyer Gayle 3 0 0 1 0 1
Tristan Chamberlain 3 1 1 0 1 0
Kevin Riley 4 0 1 0 0 1
Gerardo Ramirez 1 0 1 0 0 0
Blake Vandegrift 1 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Juarez 4 0 0 0 0 2
Hershel Gardner 4 1 1 0 0 0
Matt Majher 3 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Morreale 4 0 1 0 0 1
DJ Peters 4 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 32 2 6 2 2 7

BattingTB: Tristan Chamberlain, Kevin Riley, Gerardo Ramirez, Hershel Gardner, Joe Morreale, DJ Peters
RBI: Breyer Gayle, Matt Majher
SF: Breyer Gayle
CS: Kevin Riley

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Alex Bernstein 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Chris Sanchez 0.0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Chris Ghosn 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
David Kretschmar 0.2 0 0 1 3 3 2 1 0
Logan Lannon 0.0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0
Diego Cortes 0.0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Jacob Taylor 5.0 0 0 6 4 4 1 4 0
Kohto Hasegawa 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0
Totals 8.0 0 0 10 12 11 8 8 0

PitchingL: Jacob Taylor

Bucs Batter San Diego

The Inland Valley Buccaneers (7-10, 5-6) defeated Team San Diego (6-14, 2-10) 9-3 on Friday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

San Diego took an early 1-0 lead in the first, but the Bucs answered.

Johnny Juarez delivered a RBI single scoring Kevin Riley to knot it up.

San Diego retook the lead in the second, but once again, the Bucs responded.

Breyer Gayle knocked in Hershel Gardner to make it even again.

The Bucs tallied three more in the third and two in the fourth to grab a 7-2 lead.

Riley, Juarez and Gardner each scored once, while DJ Peters plated two runs in that span.

The RBI came from Shamon Moss, Matt Majher, Tristan Chamberlain, Brendan Campbell and Peters.

San Diego got one in the seventh to cut the margin to 7-3, but Inland Valley sent home two more runs in the eighth on a two-run single by Joseph Morreale.

Logan Lannon worked five solid innings and notched the victory.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Anthony Seminaris 2 0 0 0 0 0
Breyer Gayle 5 0 1 1 0 0
JP Hopkins 2 0 0 0 0 1
Tristan Chamberlain 2 0 1 1 1 0
Connor Steer 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Campbell 1 0 0 1 0 0
Kevin Riley 2 2 1 0 0 0
Gerardo Ramirez 0 0 0 0 1 0
Blake Vandegrift 2 1 1 0 0 0
Shamon Moss 2 0 1 1 1 0
Johnny Juarez 2 1 1 1 1 0
Hershel Gardner 2 2 1 0 1 1
Matt Majher 3 0 1 1 0 0
Joe Morreale 2 0 1 2 0 0
DJ Peters 5 3 5 1 0 0
Totals 33 9 14 9 5 2

Batting2B: Blake Vandegrift, DJ Peters 2
TB: Breyer Gayle, Tristan Chamberlain, Kevin Riley, Blake Vandegrift 2, Shamon Moss, Johnny Juarez, Hershel Gardner, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale, DJ Peters 7
RBI: Breyer Gayle, Tristan Chamberlain, Brendan Campbell, Shamon Moss, Johnny Juarez, Matt Majher, Joe Morreale 2, DJ Peters
SAC: Brendan Campbell 2
SF: Tristan Chamberlain
HBP: Kevin Riley, Gerardo Ramirez
SB: Shamon Moss

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Randall Ortiz 2.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Chris Sanchez 1.2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Logan Lannon 5.0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 6 3 2 2 1 0

PitchingW: Logan Lannon
SV: Randall Ortiz

Bucs Sweep Team San Diego

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 First Game

The Inland Valley Buccaneers defeated Southern Nevada 5-0 on Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Bucs pitching staff was sensational allowing just two hit and no runs.

Daniel Sandoval got things off to a right start with two strong innings.

Alex Bernstein notched the victory tossing a flawless third, while striking out two.

Chris Ghosn and Jacob Taylor hurled the fourth and fifth innings respectively and both earned a hold.

Logan Lannon slammed the door shut en route to a save for the final two innings.

The Bucs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning when DJ Daniels knocked in Tristan Chamberlain.

In the sixth inning, Inland Valley plated four more runs.

Blake Vandegrift, Anthony Seminaris and Connor Steer each contributed one RBI. Hershel Gardner, Shamon Moss, Kevin Riley and Vandegrift all scored.

The Bucs take on the Pirates next on Monday at Cal Poly Pomona in their first SCCBL contest of the season.