BASEBALL: CHATSWORTH ROLLS INTO SEMIFINALS CHATSWORTH 8, ECR 1.Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer Trent Jones Trent Jones is an American soap opera writer, singer, and actor. His wife is Maria Arena, a fellow TV writer. He began playing rock star Ken George Jones on the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope. figures the Chatsworth High baseball team is scoring so many runs these days that it doesn't matter how the Chancellors pitch. He went out and pitched a gem anyway Friday to help Chatsworth advance to the City Section semifinals for the seventh consecutive year. Jones had a season-high 12 strikeouts and held El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Top-seeded Chatsworth moved within one of the state single-season record for team home runs as they homered three times and led 6-0 by the second inning. "I felt a little off in the first inning," Jones said. "I left a few pitches up. After we put up three runs in the bottom of the inning Noun 1. bottom of the inning - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat bottom inning, frame - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat and I said 'This is going to be fun.' It was like here we go again. There was no pressure." Chatsworth (28-4) has hit 74 home runs in 32 games this season. Bobby Coyle hit Friday's first blast in the first inning. The three-run-shot to right was his 14th of the season. Nick Devian and Matt Dominguez Matt Dominguez (born June 27, 1978 in Georgetown, Texas, United States) is a top receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. Matt attended Sam Houston State for college were he was the team's MVP twice and the school's first NCAA division I-AA added solo home runs in the second inning. Every Chatsworth starter had at least one of the Chancellors' 14 hits. "It's too fun," Jones said. "It's crazy for us pitchers, we don't have to do anything." One player who did not homer was Chatsworth senior shortstop Mike Moustakas Mike Moustakas (born September 11, 1988 at Chatsworth, California) is a Shortstop[1] who was drafted by the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball 2nd overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft. , who had extended his state season and career records to 24 and 52 respectively with seven home runs in the previous five games. Moustakas singled in the first then was hit by a pitch on the first pitch from ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) starter A.J. Homayun following the back-to-back shots by Devian and Coyle. Moustakas was intentionally walked in the third inning. Dominguez finished 3 for 4 with a double and two RBIs. Devian and Andy Weissberg contributed two hits each, including two doubles by Weissberg, and James Wharton James Wharton (1993- ) is a 14 year old student at Reigate School who is thought, by many, to have been sent to earth by the Devil. Early Life 'Wharty' (as he is known by many) was born to Alison Wharton and Alan Wharton (D.O.B. not known). doubled in the final run in the sixth inning. The only run Jones surrendered in a complete-game outing was a home run by Todd Eskelin with two outs in the third for ECR's first hit of the game. Eskelin went 2 for 4. Dominic D'Anna, who led off the sixth with a double, was the Conquistadores' only other player to advance past second. Jones (14-0), who would be in line for one more start if Chatsworth can reach its fifth consecutive final, moved within one of the team record for season wins. The victory is Chatsworth's 15th in a row and fourth of the season against ECR (18-14), which had forced extra innings Noun 1. extra innings - overtime play until one team is ahead at the end of an inning; e.g. baseball extra time, overtime - playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie against the Chancellors earlier in the season. heather.gripp@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Chatsworth pitcher Trent Jones had a season-high 12 strikeouts Friday. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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