The So-Cal Shepherds won their second comeback in a row as they battled back down 4-0 to take the game against the Inland Valley Bucs by the score of 9-5.

The Shepherds were down 4-0 and had not gotten a hit before the sixth inning when our player of the game, JP Hefft, hit a go-ahead grand slam to give the Sheps the lead, a lead that they would maintain all the way until the final out.

After a quick first three innings, the Bucs started the scoring as a two out single plated two in the top of the fourth before an error in right field and a passed ball allowed another to score. This put the Bucs in the lead 3-0 as the Sheps were struggling offensively as they still had not recorded a hit going into the fourth inning.

The Bucs extended their lead in the fifth on an RBI infield single to make it 4-0. The Bucs looked to get more with bases loaded and one out until a double play ended the inning.

The Shepherds would break out of their slump in the bottom of the 6th as three hit batters would load the bases before Rhett Stein got the first hit of the game for the Shepherds to score a run and make it 4-1.

The very next batter would put the Sheps ahead on their second hit of the game as JP Hefft blasted a grand slam over the left field wall to make the score 5-4 in favor of the Sheps in the bottom of the 6th.

Birthday boy Drew Salyers would add another in the 6th with an RBI double to score Brenden Coffindaffer from first as the Sheps scored six in the sixth.

The Bucs would answer with a run in the 7th before the Sheps answered right back as Shane Poe Blasted a no-doubter over the left center field fence.

The Shepherds would extend their lead in the bottom of the eighth as Drew Salyers got his second RBI double of the game to plate two more to make the score 9-5.

Cameron Kelly would come in to close out the game in the ninth, retiring the first three Bucs batters he saw and ending the game with the final score of 9-5.
The Sheps are back in action on Monday against the Long Beach Legends at 1 PM at Long Beach Community College. To stay up to date on all things Shepherds baseball follow us on Instagram (@shepherds_baseball), Twitter (@SoCalShpherds), Facebook (Southern California FCA Baseball) and our new Tiktok (@Shepherdsbaseball).