San Diego Force Baseball

Force Split Double Header at Cal Poly Pomona

Cassidy Thornburg | June 11, 2019

Pomona, Ca- The Force baseball team split their double header on the road Tuesday, June 11 at Cal Poly Pomona with the Inland Valley Buccaneers. In game one, the Force and Bucs rallied through a full nine innings 1-1 before the Force secured the 5-1 win with four runs in the 11^th. The tables turned in the nightcap when the IV Bucs scored an early run in the second, had five more to follow in the fourth, and recorded their seventh run at the bottom of the seventh to win the night game 7-0. 

Some standout performances in game one include an incredible pitching performance by Tyler Van Stone (Hawai'i Pacific) who pitched a total of 111 pitches, completed eight innings, and recorded thirteen strikeouts. Sam Neufeld (Vanguard) also had a day. He hit two RBI singles to, in both instances, bring home DJ Lewis (U of Cumberlands) who did a good job of putting himself in position to score. Lewis hit a single and had two stolen bases at the top of the sixth and then was hit by a pitch and had another stolen base in the eleventh. Alongside Neufeld, Will Stroud (Azusa Pacific), Byron Smith (Masters U), and Colin Freeman (Cuesta College) also had RBI for the Force. 

In Game two, the Force struggled to get on base and repeat the success they had in game one leading to a devastating 7-0 loss. The Force will have the day off Wednesday and be back in action Thursday, June 13 at 4:30 p.m. when they again take on the West Coast Bulldogs at Citrus High School in a non-conference matchup. 

After going one-for-one with the IV Bucs, the Force are now 4-3 in the SCCBL. Their next league matchup is a double header against the Palm Springs Power at Madison High School on Sunday, June 16. The first game is at 1 p.m. with the second shortly to follow at 4 p.m.