A.V. ALL-STAR TEAM HAS TOUGH OPENER DISTRICT 51 SQUAD HELD TO ONE HIT.Byline: Staff Writer PALMDALE - How does a 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' lineup loaded with proven hitters manage just one harmless single and lose 1-0 against less-than-dominating pitching? That's what the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley District 51 Big League All-Stars want to know. The 18-under girls couldn't do anything against Riverside Jurupa in Tuesday's Western Regionals loss at Massari Park. ``That's a struggle when you don't get any hits, and we just couldn't get any hits,'' said manager Lester Ball, whose team faced elimination in Wednesday's late losers'-bracket game against Stockton Oak Park. The five-team double-elimination tournament A double-elimination tournament is a competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost two games or matches. ends today or Friday if necessary. District 51 (1-1), trying to qualify for the World Series in Kalamazoo, Mich., for the third time since 1996, failed to parlay An open programming interface (API) to a service provider's network (the network operator), developed by the Parlay Group (www.parlay.org). By enabling the customer's application to talk directly to the network, it allows the end user to have greater access to network information as well the momentum from Sunday's opening-round 6-5 victory over Alaska. Jurupa right-hander Christina Martinez, who didn't have particularly great stuff, pitched four no-hit innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. . Reliever Adrianna Garcia came on and notched the save, giving up only Keri Pulcifer's bouncing single to center with one out in the seventh. Monique Saldana struck out, and Heather Nix popped to right to end the game. The loss ruined an excellent performance by District 51 right-hander Amanda Wachsmuth. She went the distance, struck out six and gave up just one hit - Garcia's leadoff triple over right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield Shena Green in the fifth. On the next pitch, Garcia scored on a wild pitch. At the time, one run didn't seem like much, considering District 51's lineup features most of the region's top high school talent. But with a heavy wind blowing in, District 51 constantly foiled itself with popups and easy flyouts; 10 of its outs were on popouts, including five in the final three innings. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what happened,'' said Marciea Ball, who pitched District 51 to Sunday's victory. ``We played a solid game and there was really no wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do . One wild pitch was all it took,
and we just couldn't get the bats going. It was hard for us to get
hits up the gaps.''
District 51 had its best chance in the first inning. Sayoko Rutledge led off with walk and stole second and third base. Vanessa Gallegos followed with a strikeout and Pulcifer popped to center. Saldana then walked but was thrown out attempting to steal second for the third out. District 51 followed with 16 consecutive outs until Pulcifer's single. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Sayoko Rutledge is a standout with the Antelope Valley Big League All-Star team, which is competing at the Western Regionals in Riverside. Gerry Gittelson/Special to the Daily News |
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