`PEANUT' BREAKS IT OPEN FOR SAUGUS SAUGUS 9, HIGHLAND 3.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer PALMDALE - They call Alex Cueva ``Peanut'' because she's only 4-foot-11. But her attitude and work ethic work ethic n. A set of values based on the moral virtues of hard work and diligence. work ethic Noun a belief in the moral value of work have made her one of the Saugus High softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' team's most popular players. ``Peanut'' was the toast of the team Tuesday. Cueva hit her first career home run and also made several excellent defensive plays to help lead the Centurions to a 9-3 victory over Highland of Palmdale in the second round of the Southern Section Div. I playoffs. Cueva, one of three freshmen who start for Saugus, twice came up big on defense in the third. She caught a foul popup just in front of the Highland dugout dugout: see canoe. for the first out and then caught a high pop amid a swirling wind. After the inning in·ning n. 1. a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs. b. innings (used with a sing. was over, she took her strong play to the plate. Cueva drove in the game-winning run when she led off the fourth inning with a home run to center field, making it 4-3. ``We were so happy to see her hit that home run,'' Saugus pitcher Kyla Sullivan said. ``She always gives 100 percent and she always listens to the coaches.'' After failing to qualify for the playoffs since 2001, Foothill League co-champion Saugus (22-5) is in the quarterfinals for the first time since 1997. The Centurions, who are seeking their first section title since 1996, play the winner of Tuesday's Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Cucamonga/Riverside Poly game on Thursday at a site to be determined. Highland (19-5), which trailed 3-0 going into its first at-bat after Sarah Hooper's three-run homer to left, tied the game in the bottom of the inning Noun 1. bottom of the inning - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat bottom inning, frame - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat on Shannon Doepking's run-scoring double and Breanna Morales' two-run single. Gideon Rubin (818) 713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com |
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