BASEBALL: HIGHLAND HOMERS NOT ENOUGH : ARLINGTON 12 HIGHLAND 8.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer At first glance, Tuesday's Highland High baseball playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship looked like the Bulldogs' usual display of power: seven extra-base hits ex·tra-base hit n. Baseball A double, a triple, or a home run. , including four home runs. Unfortunately for Highland, none of the homers left the park with runners on base and the team's hot bats, which produced 21 runs in the Bulldogs' first-round win, were cooled late in the game. A strong relief outing by USC-bound senior Anthony Lunetta held Highland's mighty offense in check, and second-seeded Riverside Arlington (26-2) held on for a 12-8 victory in a Division I second-round game. Lunetta (2-0), a standout shortstop who's pitched sparingly spar·ing adj. 1. Given to or marked by prudence and restraint in the use of material resources. 2. Deficient or limited in quantity, fullness, or extent. 3. Forbearing; lenient. this season, took the mound in the second when the Bulldogs (21-6) had already hit two homers and scored four runs off starter Matt Thiessen. In 5-2/3 innings, Lunetta surrendered solo homers Noun 1. solo homer - a home run with no runners on base solo blast home run, homer - a base hit on which the batter scores a run to John Santor and Jason Allec but allowed just five hits and struck out 12. ``I was getting the outside strike called,'' Lunetta said. ``If they weren't calling that pitch, it might have been a different game.'' The result also might have been changed without Lunetta's bat. He homered twice, including a three-run blast in the first that knocked out Highland starter Drew Kennedy. ``We looked at way too many third strikes,'' said Santor, a junior 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 who had three hits and two 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 . Added Highland coach Mike Van Cheri, whose Golden League champions advanced to the second round for the first time in school history: ``It's tough when you get behind a good pitcher. We usually hit fastball pitchers.'' The Bulldogs bounced back from a 4-0 deficit in the first. The solo home runs by Santor, Allec, Daniel Champieux and Jason Kubel Jason James "the Future" Kubel (born May 25, 1982 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota) is a professional baseball player who plays in the outfield for the Minnesota Twins. He bats left and throws right. helped Highland take a short-lived 7-6 lead. But with runners on base, Lunetta and the Lions, ranked in some national polls, escaped the big hits. Lunetta got a critical strikeout of Tom Gonzales with the bases loaded to end the second. ``We've hit a lot of three-run homers this season,'' Van Cheri said. ``But today Kubel hits into a double play (in the fourth), and Santor comes back and hits a home run with the bases empty.'' |
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