LA MIRADA, California- Lance Smith

The Shepherds had another league game versus the Ventura County Pirates on Friday evening. The two teams had played four games leading up to today with the Pirates winning all four and looking to get the season sweep with a victory today.

Andrew White started on the bump and looked to build off his last performance which was cut short by an injury. White did a great job of limiting the Pirates bats in the early part of the game only giving up one run in the first four innings. Unfortunately, White found himself in some trouble in the fifth inning and the Pirates capitalized with a four spot to take a 5-0 lead.

The Sheps put up a couple runs in the seventh but were unable to climb out of the early hole and eventually fell 6-2. This game dashes any chance the Shepherds had at a playoff spot and ends their postseason hopes.

Cole Dale (1-4) picked up the win and Andrew White (3-4) was tacked with the loss.

Notes

- Kaiden Zacharias went 1-3 with an RBI single and HBP

- Jake Lopez went 1 for 4 with an RBI single

- Jamie Laframboise went 1 for 3 with a double and walk

- Andrew Sutherland went 1 for 2 with a single and walk

- Max Montplaisir pitched 1.0 perfect inning of relief

What’s next

The Shepherds have their final league game against the Inland Valley Pirates tomorrow at 4:30 PM PST. The game will be played at Whittier Christian High School and will be live streamed on the Shepherds Facebook page which can be found at https://www.facebook.com/socalfcabaseball/. To stay up to date on all things Shepherds baseball follow us on Instagram (@shepherds_baseball), Twitter (@SoCalShpherds), and Facebook (Southern California FCA Baseball).