ALEMANY'S KIDS BEAT LOUISVILLE : ALEMANY 1, LOUISVILLE 0.Byline: Dave Desmond Daily News Staff Writer Experience apparently isn't a prerequisite for winning high school 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' championships. Alemany High School put itself in position to win its sixth consecutive Mission League title on Wednesday with a starting lineup For the line of action figures, see . A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes that included three freshmen, four sophomores and a junior. ``We're so young, our pregame meal is Gerber's,'' said coach Dudley Rooney, whose Indians beat league co-leader Louisville 1-0 at Louise Park. If Alemany (17-4, 7-1) beats Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame on Friday, it will clinch its 13th championship in 15 seasons. A loss would force the Indians to play Saturday in a makeup of a rained-out game against Flintridge-Sacred Heart. Wednesday's victory capped a two-game sweep of Louisville (11-9, 7-2), which also fell 1-0 to Alemany on Monday. Both times, the Indians relied on the pitching of sophomore right-hander Kim Diener (17-4) and the timely hitting of a youngster. Diener, who tossed a three-hit shutout Monday, followed with a one-hitter and faced only two batters over the minimum in a game that was over in 1 hour, 16 minutes. And this time, the youngster was freshman Annette Ramirez. She came through with a two-out 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 to center off Louisville sophomore Stefanie Urman (11-8) in the fifth. Urman allowed only three hits Wednesday - Regina Yuhasz and Diener had the others - but all came in the fateful fate·ful adj. 1. Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous: a fateful decision to counterattack. 2. Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined. 3. fifth 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. . The only thing standing between Diener and a perfect game was a looping single to center by Jennifer Glennie in the fifth and a hit batter in the fourth. |
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