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The Ventura County Pirates Baseball Club is a high caliber and high quality organization in the Southern California region.

Our program is coached by skilled and knowledgeable former collegiate and current MLB Scouts, dedicated to developing our players into high caliber collegiate athletes. We specialize in developmental baseball instruction for athletes wishing to compete at a higher level. We strive to help our athletes reach their personal and athletic goals and to prepare them to compete at Collegiate levels.

Our goal is simple: to develop student athletes of success and integrity. We strive to help our players serve as positive members of their team. We strive to instill a positive attitude in our athletes so they are willing to recognize the importance of mental and physical growth in the development of their baseball skills. We try to help our athletes reach their full baseball potential and meet their own personal goals.

Recent Ventura County Bucs News

All Summer Sunset Team Released

By Sunset Staff 08/04/2021, 7:15am PDT

Another great season in the Sunset League has finished. We are thrilled to unveil this season's All-Summer selections:

1st Team All-Summer

MVP      VCB        Shaun Montoya .477 BA, .579 OBP, 41 H, 28 R, 16 SB, 15 RBI
IF            CCR        Calix Armijo .388 BA, 26 H, 17 R, 13 RBI
IF            SBS         Jorge Perez .371 BA, 23 H, 10 R, 3 HR, 9 RBI
IF            OCP        Tyler Chaffee .360 BA,12 RBI, 15 R, 31 H 
IF            ARY        Bodie Parker .338 BA, 26 H, 18 R, 16 RBI
IF            OCL        Tony Accordino .383 BA, 18 H, 14 R, 12 RBI
IF            OCP       Cade Liefer .329 BA, 24 H, 15 R, 14 RBI
OF          SBS         Raul Garcia .404 BA, 21 H, 10 R, 14 RBI
OF          ARY        Aedan Anderson .357 BA, 25 H, 12 R, 14 RBI
OF          OCP       Cole Quillin .340 BA, 16 H, 10 R, 6 RBI     
OF          VCB        Kenny Kim .322 BA, 28 H, 17 RBI, 11 R
UTL        CCR        Andy Vega .429 BA, 30 H, 21 R, 19 RBI, 4 HR
UTL        SHO       Griffin Selby .411 BA, 23 H, 14 R, 10 RBI
P             ELA         David Wolfe Jr 3-1, 1.00 ERA, 0.86 WHIP, 36 IP, 23 K
P             ELA         Manuel Garcia 3-1, 1 SV, 35 IP, 35 K, 2.31 ERA, 1.09 WHIP
P             ARY        Mikie Gill 2-1, 29 IP, 2.17 ERA, 22 K, 1.17 WHIP
P             OCP       Casey Spencer 20.2 IP, 31 K, 2.61 ERA, 1.06 WHIP
P             VCB        Drew Atherton 2-1, 3 SV, 27 IP, 33 K, 3.00 ERA, 0.96 WHIP

2nd Team All-Summer

IF            ARY        AJ Anzai .328 BA, 21 H, 13 R, 9 RBI
IF            ARY        Brennan Beckley .327 BA, 17 H, 16 R, 7 RBI
IF            ELA         Franco Alonso .320 BA, 16 H, 14 R, 13 RBI
IF            OCP       Alex Moreno .316 BA, 18 H, 12 R, 15 RBI
IF            VCB        Jacob Lopez .351 BA, 20 H, 15 R, 9 RBI
OF          OCL        Ryan Guerero .321 BA, 18 H, 5 R, 8 RBI
OF          OCP       Elias Rios .311 BA, 23 H, 17 R, 17 RBI, 4 HR
OF          VCB        Dane Nakatsuka .291 BA, 30 H, 24 R, 25 RBI, 6 HR 
UTL        OCL        Ryker Billingsley .356 BA, 16 H, 10 R, 7 RBI
UTL        CCR        Johnathon Enriquez .358 BA, 19 H, 10 R, 8 RBI
P             CCR        Jake Barbata 24 IP, 18 K, 2.62 ERA, 1.17 WHIP
P             SBS         Humberto Chiquito 24 IP, 22 K, 2.62 ERA, 0.88 WHIP 
P             OCP        Matthew Gonzales 22 IP, 3-1, 2.86 ERA, 22 K, 1.32 WHIP
P             SBS         Jake Habelitz 24 IP, 29 K, 3.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP
P             ARY        Kyle Noell 1-1, 23.2 IP, 17 K, 3.04 ERA, 1.48 WHIP

Sentinels Stay Alive

By Sunset Staff 07/28/2021, 5:15pm PDT

CYPRESS -- The #4 Arroyo Seco Sentinels eliminated the #2 Ventura County Buccaneers 16-1 Wednesday in the Sunset League Playoffs at Cypress College.

Richard Castro (Cerritos College) blasted a home run. Raider Tello (Pasadena City) ripped four RBI. Jakob Guardado (Pasadena City) tallied three RBI. Jeffrey Castillo (Azusa Pacific) and Jacob Klinovsky (CSU East Bay) each knocked in two RBI.

The Sentinels advance to Game 7 later today against the loser of the OC Pirates against the East LA Dodgers.

 

Dodgers Stifle Bucs

By Sunset Staff 07/27/2021, 5:15pm PDT

CERRITOS -- The East LA Dodgers defeated the Ventura County Buccaneers 9-0 in the second round of the Sunset League Playoffs Tuesday at Cerritos College.

Dylan Schumacher (Rio Hondo) belted two RBI and scored once. Hans Seo (Pomona College) also knocked in two RBI and scored once.

David Wolfe Jr (Mt. SAC) was lights out on the mound. The Dodger pitcher tossed seven innings of shutout baseball, while only allowing three hits. Rigo Gutierez (California Miramar) and Joseph Estrada each followed with one no-hit shutout inning.

The Buccaneers will play an elimination game at 10 a.m. Wednesday (Game 5). If they win that game, they will have one more game (Game 7) at 4 p.m. where the winner advances to the Sunset League Championship Series.

The Dodgers advance to the winners bracket final (Game 6) at 1 p.m. tomorrow. If they win that game, they will clinch a spot in the Sunset League Championship Series. If they lose, they will have one more chance to clinch a spot in Game 7 at 4 p.m. against the Game 5 winner.

Team Owner/GM: George Vranau

Email: gvranau.pirates@gmail.com