BASEBALL BEAT : SECRETS OF THEIR SUCCESSES.Byline: - Lee Barnathan, Heather Gripp, Scott Magoloff Believe it or not, Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. is batting .300 as a team and none of its outfielders are hitting that high. This troubles coach Phil Torres because he prefers outfielders to be capable of driving in runs. So how are the Falcons 11-1? Pitching and depth. C.V.'s Jordan Olson is 5-0 with 73 strikeouts and six walks in 35 innings. Kevin Rinder - the Falcons' other pitcher - is 3-1 with a 1.00 ERA and just three walks. But he hasn't pitched lately because of mononucleosis mononucleosis /mono·nu·cle·o·sis/ (-noo?kle-o´sis) excess of mononuclear leukocytes (monocytes) in the blood. chronic mononucleosis chronic fatigue syndrome. and liver problems. Crescenta Valley also is one of the deepest teams around. While Torres waited for Mark McCauley to wake up offensively, Tim Balkey (two homers, six doubles, 14 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 ) carried the load. Now, McCauley is surging. He helped the Falcons reach the Babe Herman Floyd Caves "Babe" Herman (June 26 1903 - November 27 1987) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who was best known for his several seasons with the Brooklyn Robins (now the Los Angeles Dodgers). tournament final and is batting a team-best .421 MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. Granada Hills pitcher Kameron Loe Kameron David Loe (born September 10, 1981 in Simi Valley, California) is a Major League Baseball player for the Texas Rangers. At 6'7" tall, Loe is one of the tallest players in the game and also has a 7 foot boa constrictor named Angel which he keeps in the Rangers clubhouse. was selected Most Valuable Pitcher of last month's Daily News Invitational. In three games, Loe went 2-0 and struck out 15 batters in 15 innings with a 1.87 ERA. Since then, he has won three of four decisions and lowered his ERA to 1.40. He has 34 strikeouts in 35 innings. LEAGUE UPDATES MARMONTE Slow starts haven't bothered Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . The Lancers' ability to finish strong became more evident when they beat Moorpark for the championship of last week's Atascadero tournament. Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. pitcher/first baseman Tracy Goebel was named the tournament MVP. ``We've been coming from behind a lot,'' junior Chris Cordeiro said. ``The later innings, our bats come alive. It adds more excitement. We know it's do or die and we just do it.'' Billy Lockin's hot bat will be valuable when the Lancers resume league play by hosting Westlake today. Both teams are 3-1 in league and have losses to Royal (3-0). Westlake won its semifinal at last week's Corona del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
Royal plays its first game in more than a week when the Highlanders travel to Moorpark today. Agoura's Brian Jacobsen has a theory explaining his team's 0-4 league record: not enough bugs. As a superstition, players would step on insects before coming to bat. There aren't as many insects these days. MISSION Crespi pitcher Mike Jackson For the P. G. Wodehouse character, see . For other people named Mike Jackson, see . General Sir Michael David "Mike" Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, DL, (born 21 March 1944) is a British army officer, formerly Chief of the General Staff. said the games with Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame on Tuesday and Friday are the biggest of the season. But the one at Notre Dame is bigger, he said, because it's on campus (Crespi plays at Valley College). ``It's special,'' Jackson said. ``The students are there. They're trash-talking. It's the hype.'' This year, Jackson said, he has heard more support from his fellow Crespi athletes, who are coming up to him and asking about start times and promising to be there. While the league's attention is on Crespi and Notre Dame, Matt Thayer of Harvard-Westlake has quietly put up big numbers. Last week, the junior outfielder was 5 for 8 with six RBI, nine stolen bases and 10 runs scored in being named to the West Coast Classic all-tournament team. He started the season 3 for 16 before going 12 for his last 16. He also leads the area with 21 stolen bases. VALLEY PAC-8 Poly, which won the Bishop Gorman tournament, plays Van Nuys. Poly coach Chuck Schwal took his team to watch Sylmar play the Wolves. Sylmar had its hands full before prevailing, but Schwal noticed his players saying things like, ``Whoa! We can't look past Van Nuys.'' Monroe might put up more of a challenge, coach Fred Pudrith said, if the Vikings weren't so banged up. Catcher Rafael Arroyo broke his wrist in the first game of the season, and pitcher Vince Vargas can play only the outfield because of a rotator cuff injury Rotator Cuff Injury Definition A rotator cuff injury is a tear or inflammation of the rotator cuff tendons in the shoulder. Description . But Eric Roman, up from the JV to take Arroyo's place, has improved every game. Canoga Park has it worse. The Hunters, who won one game last year, are 0-9 heading into Tuesday's game with North Hollywood. They haven't had more than four hits in any game. Tuesday's Monroe-Grant game was postponed to April 16. The rain had something to do with it, but so also did a fire drill that sent students trampling over the field, giving it less time to dry. It also denied Grant's Felipe Tetelboin a chance to extend his hitting streak In baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit. Games in which a player does not have any official at bats due to walks, or sacrifice bunts, or being hit by a pitch, are ignored (neither break the streak . He has hit safely in all 13 of the Lancers' games and is batting .486 with four homers, 14 RBI and a 1.000 slugging percentage In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (abbreviated SLG) is the most popular measure of the power of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats: . NORTHWEST VALLEY Here comes Kennedy. Although no one's batting better than .400, the Cougars put it together to beat 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:
FOOTHILL Canyon often finds a way to beat Hart at least once a season. The Cowboys didn't disappoint, handing the Indians their first Foothill League loss. Surprising sophomore Chris Seddon Christopher Jon Seddon (born October 13, 1983 in Northridge, California) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins. He was called up and made his Major League debut on September 3, 2007. External links
``He wasn't intimidated,'' Hart coach Bud Murray said of Seddon. ``He showed no fear; he came right after us. You have to tip your hat to him.'' Hart's Jamie Shields (3-0, 1.84 ERA), who has proven invaluable from the batter's box Noun 1. batter's box - an area on a baseball diamond (on either side of home plate) marked by lines within which the batter must stand when at bat baseball diamond, infield, diamond - the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate and as a starting pitcher Noun 1. starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; , has recently shown his prowess as a reliever. The junior picked up saves in Hart's past two games, giving him three this season. He has struck out 49 batters in 26-2/3 innings and is batting .452 with a team-high 23 RBI. The Santa Clarita-based programs are on spring break this week, but Saugus (8-6-1, 3-2-1) and Valencia (9-5-1, 1-4-1) played Monday because Valencia had committed to last week's Babe Herman tournament. Saugus senior Justin Babin (5-1) had the longest pitching performance of his prep career in Friday's 8-6 loss to Valencia. He went 7-2/3 innings and struck out 13. Babin already has one more win than he did all of last year. Valencia sophomore Richie Martin earned the win in relief and also hit his area-best ninth homer. Burroughs (7-9, 2-4) has been led by Spencer Steward (.380, 17 RBI), Mike Shamoon (.383, 7 RBI) and Tim Murphy (.339, 9 RBI). DELPHIC League play finally began Tuesday, but Campbell Hall has a bye. Still, the Vikings are the coaches' consensus pick to win, and who can argue since the Vikings are 12-1? Junior Michael Frost is 6-1 with a 1.44 ERA and batting .390, and junior Aaron Kerr's .512 average leads all small-school hitters. DAILY NEWS TOP 10 No. School Record LW 1. Chatsworth 11-2 2 The good teams know how to win. Chancellors are a good team. 2. Crescenta Valley 11-1 3 Playing Mtn. View in Herman tourney final 7 p.m. Sat. 3. Notre Dame 12-3 1 Rain gives Knights one more day to think about Crespi. 4. Hart 13-2 4 Domination continues down in Anaheim. 5. Crespi 13-3 5 Mike Jackson says to expect unexpected vs. Notre Dame. 6. Camarillo 13-2 7 Hope the week off doesn't cool off Miranda. 7. Granada Hills 11-3 10 Impressive against Chatsworth. How about same vs. 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) ? 8. Sylmar 10-3 8 One more easy week. Next week, East Valley League play begins. 9. Royal 10-2-1 9 Tough Marmonte games coming up. 10. El Camino Real 12-2 6 Conor Jackson: This season's Ozzie Smith. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO Granada Hills' Kameron Loe Eric Grigorian/Special to the Daily News BOX: DAILY NEWS TOP 10 (see text) |
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