BASEBALL BEAT: DID INACTIVITY DURING BREAK HURT LANCASTER?Byline: Gerry Gittelson Daily News Staff Writer There were quiet concerns at Lancaster High that the 14-day layoff during spring break might take its toll on the baseball team. The Eagles (10-4, 5-1) were the only Golden League team that didn't participate in an Easter tournament. And the rust showed. Facing fastballer Matt Harrington Matt Harrington (born February 1, 1982) is a baseball player who holds the record for the most times being chosen in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. Between 2000 and 2004, Harrington, a top prospect coming out of high school, was chosen in all five drafts, but never signed of Palmdale (9-5, 3-1) in their first game back Wednesday, three of Lancaster's first four batters struck out and the defense broke down with three consecutive two-out errors in the fourth inning. The result was a 4-2 Palmdale victory that snapped the Eagles' league winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" at five games. The game turned in the fourth when Harrington scored on shortstop Mike Hewson's wild throw, Johnny Brown Johnny Brown (born June 11, 1937 in St. Petersburg, Florida) is an American actor and singer. Brown is a nightclub and stage performer as well as a comic actor, and a regular cast member of the television series Laugh-in. dropped a pop fly by Steve Dunuccio that he lost in the sun and first baseman Eric Sundberg bobbled Chris Testa's slow roller - making the score 3-0, all unearned. One Lancaster parent criticized coach Doug Martin Doug Martin (born May 22, 1957 in Fairfield, California), is a former American professional football player who was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft. A 6'3", 258 lbs. for failing to schedule any Easter-week games. ``I really don't think the layoff made as big a difference as everyone is going to say it did,'' Martin said. ``Plus, this last week the weather was so bad we could not have played any games anyway.'' Harrington (5-1) struck out 11 and pitched a complete-game six-hitter. Four weeks earlier, Lancaster rocked him for six earned runs in three-plus innings in a 12-1 mercy win. ``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. , 14 days is a long time,'' Harrington said. ``Maybe their timing was a little off.'' Coming back: Delwyn Young Delwyn Rudy Young (born June 30, 1982 in Los Angeles, California) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. High School Years , who leads the region with eight home runs, is scheduled to return to Littlerock High today after serving a two-day disciplinary suspension that kept him out of the Lobos' 13-0 loss to Highland on Wednesday. ``Delwyn was suspended for a minor discipline issue, but we could not ignore it,'' vice-principal/athletic director Erik Reigert said. ``I can't get into the reason why because it is a student issue. But Delwyn is a good kid. This is not a trend.'' Littlerock (5-6, 1-4) managed just one hit - Mike Arvizo's fourth-inning single - in the Highland loss. The teams play again today at 3:15 at Highland. So far, so great: John Santor of Highland is having a huge season, including a home run, two doubles and three 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 in Wednesday's 13-0 win over Littlerock. Santor is batting .532 and leads the Southern Section with 30 RBI and eight doubles. And he's just one of many dangerous hitters in the lineup. 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. is batting .511, Jason Allec .480, Drew Kennedy .385, Daniel Champieux .383 and Brandon Golphonee .349. Meanwhile, injured Rob Cowan (.343) was scheduled to have his broken foot examined last Thursday and might be cleared to play by today. He has been on crutches for almost three weeks. ``We can definitely hit the ball,'' coach Mike Van Cheri said. ``This is the best hitting lineup in school history. We have eight starters batting at least .300.'' Busy schedule: Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. standout Richie Sheasley is hoping for a quick recovery from illness that kept him out of school on Thursday. The Bobcats (8-3, 3-1 in Desert Mountain League) play four games within seven days starting Tuesday at home versus Lone Pine. Sheasley, the Daily News football Player of the Year for small schools and an all-league basketball player, is 4-0 on the mound and batting .450 with three home runs. He is 12-2 for his career with 15 homers. Sheasley pitched Boron to a recent 3-2 win over Desert Christian, creating a three-way tie for first with the Bobcats, Desert Christian and Mammoth, which beat Boron 12-5. ``We fell apart against Mammoth,'' Sheasley said. ``We thought it was going to be a cakewalk because we beat Desert and Desert beat Mammoth 19-7.'' Sheasley plans to play JC football in the fall at Bakersfield College BC was founded in 1913 and initially housed on the campus of Bakersfield High School (then Kern County Union High School) before moving in 1956 to its current location "on the hill" in northeast Bakersfield. . Diamond in the Desert: Desert Christian (11-1, 4-1) is off to its best start ever after beating Lucerne Lucerne (l  sûrn`), Ger. Luzern (ltsĕrn`), canton (1993 pop. Valley 11-1 on Friday. The Knights
host Boron on April 27 in what figures to be a battle for the league
crown.
Junior Dustin Schramm is 6-1 with 40 strikeouts and three walks in 32 innings. The right-hander is 18-6 in three seasons. |
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