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
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