Omar Santamaria

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• April 22, 2023

The Pirate baseball team made it a perfect 4-0 over Oxnard this season with a 3-1 12-inning win on the road Saturday afternoon. Reiss Calvin had a pair of hits with a stolen base and a run scored for Ventura (15-22, 2\10-11) and Yuki Kawashima scored th game-winning run in the top of the 12th. Jared Hughes pitched five scoreless frames in the start and Logan Knight followed, allowing one run while pitching into the 11th inning. Sebastian Garcia got credit for the win on the mound and Livio Bundy got the save.

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• April 20, 2023

The Pirate baseball team fell behind 5-0 and 8-1 to visiting Cuesta Thursday afternoon before a five-run eighth inning got VC back into he game, they fell short in the comeback, however, dropping the 9-6 decision to the Cougars. Omar Santamaria continued to swing a hot bat, going 2-3, including a double, with a stolen base, two runs scored and two runs batted in. Reiss Calvin was 2-4 with a stolen base, one run scored and two RBI. Harrison Cordeiro and Sebastian Garcia each pitched scoreless innings in relief.

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• April 15, 2023

The Pirates' baseball team and LA Pierce combined to score in 11 of the 18 half-innings Saturday in Woodland Hills with VC coming up on the short side of an 8-7 decision in the final meeting of their three-game set. There were three ties and a pair of lead changes in the contest in which seven Pirates had two hits each. Haiden Letzing was one with a pair of hits and he also knocked in a run while Mason Reid had two hits with two runs scored and an RBI. Yuki Kawashima and Omar Santamaria each doubled in the game.

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• April 13, 2023

The Pirate baseball team posted back-to-back double-digit wins over Los Angeles Pierce this week, defeating the Brahmas 14-4 on Tuesday in Woodland Hills before belting their way to a 19-3 victory Thursday at Pirate Park. Mason Reid had five hits and four runs batted in over the two games while Reiss Calvin was 4-9 with six runs scored and four RBI. Hunter Jones pitched into the ninth inning for the victory on Tuesday and Cooper Smith threw into the eighth on Thursday for the "W" for the Pirates (13-20, 8-9).

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• April 06, 2023

The VC baseball team made a late charge for he second straight day, but cam up a run short Thursday, falling at Mt. San Jacinto 6-5. The Pirates came back from a 4-1 deficit after five innings, and had the game-tying run on third base when the side was retired in the top of the ninth. Yuki Kawashima had an RBI triple in the ninth inning and scored a run earlier in the game while Haiden Letzing had a hit with two runs scored. Reiss Calvin and Connor Hickey also recorded a hit and a run scored in the game.

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• April 05, 2023

The Pirate baseball team fell behind 7-0 after four innings of play at Rio Hondo on Wednesday before staging a strong comeback in their 11-9 setback against the Roadrunners. Caden Stillwell had two doubles, scored twice and knocked in one run while Reiss Calvin had two hits, including a double, with three runs scored and an RBI. Omar Santamaria also knocked in a pair of runs for Ventura (11-19, 6-9) in the non-conference make-up game in Whittier.

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• April 04, 2023

It was not a good day for the Pirates Tuesday, as they dropped a 10-0 decision to Mt. San Jacinto at Pirate Park. Ventura (11-18, 6-9) had baserunners in each of the first five innings with only one advancing to scoring position. VC had two baserunners in the eighth frame, but could not find the clutch hit to bring home a score against the No. 12-ranked team in Southern California.

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• April 01, 2023

The Pirate baseball team had 15 hits, had runners on base in eight innings and moved them to scoring position in seven frames, yet could only score four runs in three columns in their 8-4 loss to Allan Hancock Saturday at Pirate Park. Reiss Calvin had three hits, stole a base, and scored twice in the game and Haiden Letzing also had three hits with an RBI. Omar Santamaria recorded three hits, including a double for Ventura (11-17, 6-9).

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• February 10, 2023

The Pirate baseball team took two of three games at San Diego Mesa Thursday and Friday. Cooper Smith gave up one run and scattered six hits over seven innings to lead VC to a 7-1 win on Thursday. Reiss Calvin then had two hits, including a double, and scored two runs while Haiden Letzing batted in three runs in Friday's nightcap of a doubleheader to move the Pirates past the Olympians 11-6.

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• February 04, 2023

The Pirate baseball team continued to produce runs Saturday defeating Citrus 17-11 at Pirate Park. VC's first four batters, Reiss Calvin, Connor Hickey, Mason Reid and Haiden Letzing went a combined 11-17, including three doubles, a triple and a home run, with 11 runs batted in and eight runs scored. In total, the VC offense banged out 19 hits in the barrage. On the mound, Jared Hughes started and pitched five complete innings, yielding three earned runs to earn the victory.

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• February 02, 2023

The VC baseball team dropped a road decision to Citrus Thursday in Glendora. The Pirates held a 7-5 lead in the middle of the fifth inning before the Owls exploded for 15 runs over the next three frames in the 20-10 defeat. Reiss Calvin, Connor Hickey and Andrew Savage all homered for VC (1-3) and Savage knocked in four runs. Calvin and Hickey each scored twice in the eight-inning contest.