AMERICAN LEGION: GETTIN' ZIGGY WITH IT MID VALLEY ADVANCES TO REGIONALS ON ACE'S ARM MID VALLEY 6, CAL GOLD 1.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer YOUNTVILLE - The look on Ziggy Campos' face when he was removed after pitching only two-thirds of an 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. assured the coaches of the Mid Valley American Legion baseball American Legion Baseball is a variety of amateur baseball played by teenage boys in 45 states in the USA. Purpose According to the American Legion, the purpose of American Legion Baseball is to give young men "an opportunity to develop their skills, personal fitness, team he wasn't satisfied with just advancing to the next round. ``He had fire in his eyes,'' Mid Valley assistant Julio Marcial said. ``You could tell he wasn't happy about coming out.'' Campos Campos (käm`p  s), city (1996 pop. 391,299), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on the Paraíba River near its mouth. was much happier when he left the mound again later Tuesday afternoon. Campos pitched a complete-game three-hitter to clinch the 19-and-under state title as Mid Valley defeated Cal Gold of Hemet 6-1 in a second championship game after Cal Gold handed Mid Valley its first loss of the 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. earlier in the day, 12-6, at the Veterans Home of California. Mid Valley (27-7) moves on to next week's regionals in Lodi Lodi, city, Italy Lodi (lô`dē), city (1991 pop. 42,250), Lombardy, N Italy, on the Adda River, near Milan. It is an important dairy and light industrial center. , where it will play for a berth in the World Series. Since the state gets two regional berths, both teams in the final were assured of advancing. But Mid Valley made it clear that would not be enough. ``We talked about that (Monday night),'' Marcial said. ``If we didn't go home with a championship, it would have been a disappointment. We wanted to win. Nobody remembers who the runner-up is.'' Campos made sure Mid Valley's day was a memorable one. In his first start in more than a year, he struck out 13 and did not allow a hit until the fourth inning. He took a shutout into the ninth inning. ``I wasn't even expecting to pitch,'' said Campos, who has been used as a reliever, but spent most of the summer as an outfielder and 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 after being a closer for Mission College in the spring. ``They told me about five minutes before the game. I didn't even go to the bullpen and warm up. I just went out there and pitched. ... It turned out OK.'' Campos (4-0) had the luxury of an early 4-0 run lead provided by a first-inning home run by Jose Carrillo and a three-run double by Matt Jordan Matt Jordan (born October 13, 1975 in Aurora, Colorado) is an American soccer goalkeeper who currently plays for the Montreal Impact of USL First Division. Jordan graduated from Overland High School in Aurora, for the fifth consecutive hit of the inning. Campos retired the only two batters he faced in the sixth inning of the first game, in which Cal Gold (20-5) pounded 19 hits off five Mid Valley pitchers. Heather Gripp, (818) 713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com |
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