Baseball: The Ventura County Pirates remained one-half game back of the first-place Inland Valley Pirates, thanks to Sunday’s 12-3 victory over the Inland Valley Bucs. Brandon Doehne got the win, going four innings and allowing three unearned runs on two hits. Doehne walked two and struck out a pair of IV Bucs’ batters. Nate Campos […]
Baseball: The Inland Valley Pirates held its spot atop the BOTW standings on Sunday. The Pirates hold a slim one-half game advantage over the second-place Ventura County Pirates, thanks to a 7-4 victory over the Arroyo Seco Sentinels at Cal Poly Pomona. IVP trailed 4-0 as they grabbed their bats in the bottom of the […]
Baseball: BOTW Players of the Week: Drew Salyers, So Cal Shepherds As the So Cal Shepherds approach the halfway mark, they find themselves 3.5 games behind the first-place Inland Valley Pirates. At times, the Shepherds’ (9-6) offense has struggled mightily to score runs. But Drew Salyers had paced the SCS offense in good times and […]
Baseball: The Ventura County Bucs pulled to within one game of the first-place OC Pirates after Saturday’s 11-10 victory. The Sunset League slugfest featured a combined 21 runs, 20 hits, nine errors and seven pitchers. VCB overcame a 7-0 deficit, scoring one run in the bottom of the fourth, three in the fifth, and seven […]
Baseball: The Arroyo Seco Sentinels swept the Long Beach Legends in Friday’s Best of the West League doubleheader. In game one, the Sentinels scored three runs in the top of the fifth and held on for the 3-1, seven-inning victory. Jordan Townley got the win, allowing one run on six hits over five innings. Townley […]
Baseball: The Inland Valley Pirates swept the Inland Valley Bucs in a Friday doubleheader. In game one, Zac Czerniawski threw a seven-inning no-hitter. He walked two and fanned 12 IVB batters in a 1-0 victory. Czerniawski struck out nine of the 10 Bucs’ batters at least once. The Pirates offense came from a pair of […]
Baseball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Perhaps the only thing more satisfying than the happiness and success that Scott Winterburn is currently enjoying in both his personal and professional life, is the fact that the University of La Verne baseball coach has worked tirelessly throughout his 56 years on this planet to earn every hug, kiss […]
Baseball: In a game that featured a combined 20 runs, 21 hits, five errors and seven pitchers, the So Cal Shepherds outlasted the Inland Valley Bucs, 12-8, in Thursday’s Best of the West League slugfest. SCS actually trailed 6-1 after two innings, but they got two runs in the top of the third inning, seven […]
Baseball: After scoring six runs in the first two innings, three Quakes Baseball Academy pitchers combined to make that stand up in a 6-4 victory over the Ventura County Bucs. Wednesday’s win has allowed the Quakes to pull within one-game back of the first place OC Pirates in the Sunset League standings. AJ Valle, Joey […]
Baseball: The Sunset League-leading Orange County Pirates cruised to a 6-1 victory over the last-place California Cage Rats. The OCP out-hit CCR, 11-4, on Tuesday. Jose Casian surrendered four runs on six hits in his four innings of work. Casian walked two and fanned one OCP batter. Nick Mascaro singled, homered and drove in three […]
Baseball: The So Cal Shepherds took a two-run lead into the top of the fourth inning in Tuesday’s Best of the West League showdown with the second-place Ventura County Pirates. The Pirates, however, would go on to score the next nine runs in an 11-4 victory. Andrew White got the loss, allowing five runs (four […]
Nin Burns II, IV Bucs The Bucs had a great week, defeating the first-place IV Pirates, the second-place VC Pirates and the fourth-place Arroyo Seco Sentinels. Burns, who played at Mt. SAC in 2022, went 7-for-15, with six runs. Burns doubled, had an RBI, drew five walks and stole two bases. The future Cal Poly […]
Trevor Hinkel, IV Pirates Hinkel went five innings this week, allowing two unearned runs on two hits. He walked one and struck out six for the first-place Pirates. In 2022, Hinkel went 5-4, and he’ll play at Cal State Fullerton next year if he’s not selected in the MLB draft. The Pirates right-hander has a […]
Jordan Salgado, California Cage Rats The Cage Rats are struggling and currently sit in the Sunset League cellar with a record of 2-11. But Jordan Salgado’s bat has been on fire. Over the past week, the former Glendora High/Rio Hondo College outfielder went 8-for-16 with four doubles, a triple, home run, seven RBIs and two […]
Nolan Milliman, IE Bucs Nolan Milliman continued to excel this past week. The Central Washington University sophomore went seven innings, allowing two runs on three hits. Milliman walked one and struck out 11 batters. For the season, the former Esperanza High pitcher has an ERA of 1.50. In 12 innings pitched, he’s walked six and […]
Baseball: The East LA Dodgers Gray held its share of the Sunset League’s top spot after defeating the Ventura County Bucs, 9-4, on Sunday. Nathan Haffner got the win, going six innings and allowing two runs on six hits. Haffner walked two and struck out five VCB batters. Rowan Teran singled three times and had […]
Baseball: What a weekend it’s been for the Inland Valley Bucs. In a three-day span, they defeated the second-place Ventura County Pirates, the fourth-place Arroyo Seco Sentinels, and on Sunday, the Bucs claimed a 5-1 victory over the first-place Inland Valley Pirates. IVB started the weekend with just one Best of the West League victory, […]
To view the Best of the West & Sunset League standings, schedules, stats & more, go to: (sunsetleaguebaseball.com) Baseball: The Inland Valley Pirates improved to 11-3 in Best of the West League play on Saturday after an 8-4 victory over the Long Beach Legends. Zac Czerniawski went five innings to earn the win, allowing two […]
To view the Best of the West & Sunset League standings, schedules, stats & more, go to: (sunsetleaguebaseball.com) Baseball: The Inland Empire Bucs defeated the Ventura County Bucs, 8-2, in Saturday’s Sunset League showdown. IEB out-hit VCB, 12-6, and moved to within two games of the league’s co-leaders, the OC Pirates and Ventura County Bucs. […]
To view the Best of the West & Sunset League standings, schedules, stats & more, go to: (sunsetleaguebaseball.com) Baseball: The Long Beach Legends got a great outing from Julian Flores to claim a 4-0 victory over the OC Legends. Flores tossed a six-hit shutout. He walked one and fanned nine. Connor DeBenon doubled, and OCL got […]
