Sam Reel - LA MIRADA, Calif.

In-game one, the Shepherds were able to outscore the Solana Beach Redbirds 9-6 for their fourth consecutive win.

The Redbirds got out to an early 3-0 lead but that wouldn't last long. In the bottom of the third, Tanner Smith would hit a rocket on the ground to the right side of the field that the second baseman couldn't come up with that would drive in a pair to tie the game at three. One batter later, third baseman Tommy Acuna sent one over the left-field wall for a two-run homer to put the Shepherds up 5-3. Acuna finished the first game with two hits, two runs, and three RBI.

The Sheps would add on with a Sawyer Smith sacrifice fly in the fourth, and an Emry Jackson two-run double and Nathan Weatherly single in the fifth to bring the run total to nine on the day.

Austin Hallman would come on in the seventh to close it out. Hallman would strike out the side and pick up the save

In-game two, the Shepherds fell to the Inland Valley Pirates 3-1, as they couldn't get things going offensively and only had two hits on the day. Emry Jackson took the ball for the Sheps and went four innings, allowing three runs and striking out five. Austin Ruiz would put the Pirates ahead in the top of the first with a two-run double off the center-field wall. The designated hitter for the Shepherds, Corey Treyes, would get a run back on a sacrifice fly to center in the bottom of the second and would be the only run the Shepherds would score in game two.

Jacob Brothers, Caleb Pollema, and Andrew White would all pitch scoreless innings out of the bullpen in relief of Jackson. White would strike out the side in the seventh, and strand a pirate runner at third to keep the deficit at two.

Justin Estrada of the Pirates would close it out in the seventh with a one-two-three inning to stop the Shepherds winning streak.