Pirates Fall in 11

Sunday afternoon at Madison High, the Pirates (8-8-1, 3-7) and Force (22-4, 9-2) finished a previously suspended game from earlier in the season.

The teams started in the 10th inning knotted up at 8.

It ended quickly as the Force scored twice in the 11th to win the game.

It was a game the Pirates should have been able to close out previously as they had the lead 8-6 in the eighth, but the Force scored twice to tie it up on two errors, two walks and a hit batter meaning that a single hit wasn’t recorded in the eighth inning, yet the Force still tied it up.

The Force took an early 1-0 lead in the first, but the Pirates answered in the bottom of the inning with one of their own on a RBI single by Justin Gomez.

Gomez came through again with another RBI in the third scoring Kyle Jackson both times to give the Pirates a 2-1 lead.

The Force fought back scoring five unanswered runs to grab a 6-2 lead in the sixth, but the pirates responded with a six-run sixth inning.

Tyler Urbach and Jackson each knocked in one and Jason Padlo had a two-run single making it an 8-6 Pirate lead, only to be relinquished in the eighth.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 5 3 3 1 1 0
Nolan Henley 5 1 0 0 0 0
Chaneng Varela 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jason Padlo 6 1 2 2 0 1
Tyler Urbach 4 1 1 1 0 2
Nick Marshall 5 0 1 0 0 2
Michael Deceglie 4 1 1 0 0 1
Jeff Nellis 6 0 3 2 0 1
Justin Gomez 6 0 3 2 0 0
Nick Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 0
Drew Seelman 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tristan Hildebrandt 3 1 0 0 2 0
Totals 47 8 15 8 3 7

Batting2B: Kyle Jackson 2
TB: Kyle Jackson 5, Chaneng Varela, Jason Padlo 2, Tyler Urbach, Nick Marshall, Michael Deceglie, Jeff Nellis 3, Justin Gomez 3
RBI: Kyle Jackson, Jason Padlo 2, Tyler Urbach, Jeff Nellis 2, Justin Gomez 2
ROE: Jason Padlo, Tristan Hildebrandt
FC: Kyle Jackson, Nolan Henley
SB: Nolan Henley
CS: Kyle Jackson, Tristan Hildebrandt

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Conlan McKenzie 1.0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 .000
Eric Trask 5.0 0 0 6 4 2 1 4 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 3.0 0 0 5 2 2 4 3 0
Jarrett Veiga 1.1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 .000
Totals 10.1 0 0 14 10 7 7 8 0

PitchingL: Andrew Eppenbach
HBP: Eric Trask, Andrew Eppenbach, Jarrett Veiga

Pirates Overpower Dodgers

The Inland Valley Pirates (5-4-1) bats slugged their way to an 18-1 blowout victory over the East LA Dodgers including an 11-run fifth inning Monday night at Cal Poly Pomona.

The Dodgers actually went out to an early 1-0 lead in the second inning, but it was all Inland Valley from there.

In the third, Troy Resch knocked in Jacob Bernardy. Bernardy finished 4-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.

In the fourth, Kyle Jackson tripled to deep left center field and was brought home on an RBI ground out by Nick Hernandez to make it a 2-1 lead. Jackson finished with four runs, while Hernandez bashed in four RBI.

Entering the fifth inning, it appeared like it was going to be a tightly contested game, but that’s when the Pirates sent up 16 hitters to the plate and scored 11 runs. The Pirates had nine hits in the inning and three walks.

Chaneng Varela crushed a three-run triple to the gap in left field clearing the bases including himself as an error was made on the relay throw and he came home to score.

Tyler Urbach and Hernandez contributed two-run doubles in the inning.

Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy and Jake Thumm each belted one RBI in the frame.

Nolan Henley went 2-for-2 in the inning and scored twice.

Inland Valley tacked on two more in the sixth when Justin Gomez scored Jackson and Hernandez.

The Pirates added three more in the eighth as Jackson, Hernandez and Michael Deceglie scored.

Andrew Matus earned the victory tossing 6.1 innings and struck out seven, while only allowing one run.

Batting AB R H RBI BB K
Kyle Jackson 3 4 2 0 1 0
Jonny Reynoso 1 1 1 1 1 0
Nolan Henley 5 2 2 0 0 0
Jacob Bernardy 4 2 4 2 0 0
Chaneng Varela 4 1 1 3 1 1
Jason Padlo 5 1 1 0 0 0
Tyler Urbach 3 1 1 2 0 0
Nick Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Deceglie 2 1 2 0 0 0
Justin Gomez 4 0 2 2 0 0
Jake Thumm 5 1 1 1 0 0
Troy Resch 2 1 1 1 2 0
Nick Hernandez 4 3 2 4 0 0
Totals 43 18 20 16 5 1

Batting2B: Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy, Tyler Urbach, Michael Deceglie, Nick Hernandez 2
3B: Kyle Jackson, Chaneng Varela
TB: Kyle Jackson 4, Jonny Reynoso 2, Nolan Henley 2, Jacob Bernardy 5, Chaneng Varela 3, Jason Padlo, Tyler Urbach 2, Michael Deceglie 3, Justin Gomez 2, Jake Thumm, Troy Resch, Nick Hernandez 4
RBI: Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy 2, Chaneng Varela 3, Tyler Urbach 2, Justin Gomez 2, Jake Thumm, Troy Resch, Nick Hernandez 4
ROE: Jake Thumm, Troy Resch
FC: Nolan Henley, Jake Thumm
HBP: Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Jacob Bernardy, Tyler Urbach, Nick Hernandez
SB: Kyle Jackson, Jacob Bernardy, Nick Hernandez

Pitching IP #P TB H R ER BB K HR S%
Michael Deceglie 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Andrew Matus 6.1 0 0 6 1 1 1 7 0 .000
Andrew Eppenbach 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Nick Hernandez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 9.0 0 0 6 1 1 2 8 0

PitchingW: Andrew Matus

Pirates Defeat Southern Nevada

The Inland Valley Pirates (2-0-1) defeated Southern Nevada (3-2) 4-2 Saturday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.

Inland Valley’s offense was kick started by lead-off man Chaneng Varela who scored the game’s first two runs.

In the first inning Varela, who singled, scored on a RBI ripped to left field by Kyle Jackson.

In the third, Varela made it 2-0 when he was brought in by Jason Padlo’s opposite field single.

The Pirates tacked on one more in the fourth and fifth innings.

Justin Gomez doubled and scored on a RBI knock by Tyler Urbach.

Jonny Reynoso crushed the ball up the middle scoring Jeff Nellis to increase the lead to 4-0.

Southern Nevada fought until the end and plated two runs in the final frame, while having the bases loaded with two outs. Sean Patton came in relief to slam the door shut and earn the save.

Brett Early earned the win.

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”