AGGRESSIVE OAKS CHRISTIAN HOLDS ON FOR VICTORY.Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer LA CRESCENTA -- As Casey DeSilva took the field in the bottom half of the seventh inning, Oaks Christian of Westlake Village 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' coach Pete Ackermann made a point to praise DeSilva for her aggressiveness on the bases and the run she had just scored in the top half of the inning. Similar aggression on the basepaths in the bottom half of the inning left host 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. of La Crescenta in tears and secured Oaks Christian's sixth consecutive berth in the Southern Section semifinals. Top-seeded Oaks Christian held on for a 3-2 victory in Thursday's Div. III quarterfinal when Falcons sophomore Zarah Montes mon·tes n. Plural of mons. was tagged out in a rundown between second and third after initially trying to go for the extra base on a two-out hit by Sidney Vermillion, the potential winning run. Oaks Christian (27-5) took the lead in the sixth. A double-steal put two runners in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on , and both charged home on well-placed grounders up the first-base line by Tiffany Lookabill and Alex Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. . heather.gripp@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): box Box: THURSDAY'S OTHER GAMES |
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