Los Angeles Baseball League

Pirates and Storm battle to 10 inning tie

A great extra inning affair today at Culver City High with a 4 run 9th inning come back by the Pirates to force an extra frame. The Pirates opened the game with 4 runs in the first keyed by a Rich Brito double and were out to a 6-2 lead going into the 3rd before the Storm stormed back with a key 2 run single by Derek Rigaud to tie it at 6. In the 5th the Storm took a 7-6 lead before the Pirates took the lead back in the top of the 6th with a two out Rich Brito triple followed by a Mike Pedote double and a Ron Anderson single. In the bottom of the 6th Scott Bailey launched a 2 run bomb to deep left to give the Storm a 9-8 lead. The Storm plated 3 more in the bottom of the 8th thanks to a two run two out single from Mike Ivy. In the top of the 9th the Pirates rallied with 2 runs to bring it to 12-10 before Rod Arancibia drilled a two run single to tie it at 12 and the Pirates left the bases loaded as Mike Ivy came on to get the final two outs. The Pirates loaded the bases again in the 10th but The Storm held things in check for the tie in a thrilling 10 inning game.

Date: May 18, 2014     Time: 9:30am      Venue: Culver City HS