AMERICAN LEGION: END OF THE ROAD : VALLEY CHATSWORTH FALLS SHORT AT WORLD SERIES.Byline: Brian Wacker Wacker may refer to:
The team with more lives than a cat - officially 11 lives in Valley Chatsworth's case - simply ran out of luck Sunday afternoon. After losing the first game at the American Legion American Legion, national association of male and female war veterans, founded (1919) in Paris. Membership is open to veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. World Series two days ago, Valley Chatsworth needed a win in Sunday's second game to keep its hopes of a national championship alive. Instead, Tri-City Red from New Brighton New Brighton, village (1990 pop. 22,207), Ramsey co., SE Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis–Saint Paul; inc. 1891. Its manufactures include metal products, machinery, and leather. A theological seminary is there. , Minn., ended the run with a decisive 9-2 victory at Pomfret Stadium. With the loss, Valley Chatsworth fell to 0-2 in World Series play and fell out of contention with a game against Edmond, Okla., left to play this morning. The team accustomed to having its back against the wall simply ran into one this time. ``We just didn't have it,'' Valley Chatsworth second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Jason Spector said. ``You have to credit their team, their pitcher; they did a heck of a job. 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 it was. We've been in this spot numerous times and it's almost to the point where we love being in this spot, but that guy shut us down. They got us pretty good.'' That guy was Tri-City pitcher Peter Wiedewitsch, who hurled a complete-game seven-hitter while allowing two runs. He also struck out two and walked three against a team that had a 30-8 win over Tucson, Ariz., on the final day of pool play at the West Regionals. Valley Chatsworth pitcher Mike Kunes wasn't as fortunate. After a 1-2-3 first inning, Kunes was forced to move to first base because of lower-back pain that prevented him from completing his motion. His departure was a precursor of Valley Chatsworth's misfortunes this day. With a runner already on base when Kunes left, Charles Kenny For other persons named Charles Kenny, see Charles Kenny (disambiguation). Charles Francis Kenny (born June 23 1898) was an American composer, author, and violinist. took the mound and, two batters later, allowed 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 double to Brad Bornhorst. An inning later, Kenny surrendered a two-run homer to leadoff hitter In baseball, a leadoff hitter is a batter who bats first in the lineup. Strategy Leadoff hitters must possess certain traits to be successful: they must reach base at a proficient rate and be able to steal bases. Bill Schneider. In the fourth it was Schneider again, this time with a groundout to shortstop that scored Tri-City's fourth run. ``The past two nights I've had the opportunity to sleep on a bed and the past two night's I've woken up with a stiff back, so I figured I must have slept wrong or something,'' Kunes said. ``You always want to go out there and compete against good teams and this is your opportunity and something like this happens. It was disappointing. ``Our hitting wasn't there. Our focus was there, but we just weren't producing. There are going to be days like this, I guess.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Valley Chatsworth gathers in the outfield Sunday after its loss to Tri-City Carla M. Cataldi/Special to the Daily News |
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