ACE LEAVES C.V. IN THE HOLE : WOODBRIDGE 4, C.V. 0.Byline: Dave Desmond Daily News Staff Writer The deck may have been stacked against Woodbridge High School's softball team, but the Warriors had the ace. It proved to be the difference in a 4-0 victory over Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Southern Section Division II playoffs at Montrose Community Park. The host Falcons (22-7) threw everything but the dugout drinking fountain at Woodbridge sophomore Christie Robitaille (20-4). They continually stepped out of the batter's box Noun 1. batter's box - an area on a baseball diamond (on either side of home plate) marked by lines within which the batter must stand when at bat baseball diamond, infield, diamond - the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate to slow her down and rattle her. They put runners on base in every inning but the sixth. They watched as some very vocal members of their school's boys' baseball and basketball teams mercilessly badgered the 15-year-old right-hander. ``They kept pushing, but they didn't break me,'' said Robitaille, who allowed five hits while striking out three, walking two and hitting two batters. Crescenta Valley had runners on second and third with one out in the first inning after Kellie Labor and Hope Robertshaw hit safely, but the Falcons were 0 for 13 thereafter with runners on base. The Falcons stranded nine runners in all. ``We seemed to have problems cashing in,'' said designated hitter designated hitter n. Baseball Abbr. DH A player designated at the start of a game to bat instead of the pitcher in the lineup. Noun 1. Amy Chapman, who went 2 for 3 and had a leadoff triple in the second. ``Eventually, the other team gets a break and we're left with nothing.'' And top-seeded and defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Woodbridge (27-5) moves on to a semifinal next week against Righetti in a quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the its fifth section title since 1987. The break came in the fourth for Woodbridge, which won its 12th in a row. Cal State Fullerton-bound pitcher Danielle Ferreira retired the first 10 Woodbridge batters before allowing three opposite-field bloop bloop Baseball n. A blooper. tr.v. blooped, bloop·ing, bloops To hit (a ball) into the air just beyond the infield. adj. Hit just beyond the infield. singles, two just out of reach of Crescenta Valley fielders. Designated hitter Jackie Sukiasian followed with a sharp two-run single to left for a 2-0 lead. Woodbridge added two more runs in the sixth, one on an RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in single by Ashley Boone and the other on a Falcons throwing error. |
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