BASEBALL BEAT WHO'S HOT.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer --Jason Dominguez, Sr., Chatsworth: The Pepperdine-bound right-hander improved to 10-0 by throwing a two-hitter with six strikeouts and no walks in a five-inning victory Tuesday over Taft of Woodland Hills. He also went 2 for 3 with a double and a two-run home run. Dominguez, who is batting .477, also had two 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 in the Chancellors' previous game. --Brett Scyphers, Sr. Camarillo: The 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 entered the week batting .527, extended 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 to 27 games in Tuesday's wild-card victory. He has 49 hits this season, including at least one in every game. --Curtis Leavitt, Jr., Vasquez: In his first game back from a fractured hand, Leavitt (3-1) threw a one-hit shutout with 16 strikeouts in a 1-0 victory Friday over Villanova Prep. The Mustangs improved to 21-3, and Leavitt lowered his ERA to 0.78 --Ernie Rafael, Sr., Eagle Rock: He allowed one hit and struck out 10 in four innings in a victory Monday over Belmont of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . --Steve Sanchez, Sr., Hart: The left-hander entered the week ranked among the region's leaders with a 1.70 ERA. He lowered it with 7 2/3 scoreless innings in a Div A DIV Associate of Divinity . II wild-card game Tuesday against Palmdale. Sanchez also drove in the winning run in the 10th inning of the 2-1 victory. --Mario Colleto, Sr., Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. : He went 3 for 4, including a double, with two RBI Tuesday against Downey to help the Pioneers win in their first playoff appearance in nearly a decade. Colleto is 6 for 8 in the past two games, raising his average to .337. --Jake Norton, Sr., Chatsworth: In his final start of the regular season, the left-hander had 11 strikeouts in a shutout of Granada Hills to improve to 11-0 with a 1.62 ERA and 79 strikeouts in 64 2/3 innings. THOUSAND OAK's TUMBLE A year ago, 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. was the underdog pulling off upset after upset en route to winning the program's first Southern Section title despite not being the league champion. This upset trend continued for the 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. this year, but this time Thousand Oaks was on the losing end. The Lancers' bid to defend their Div. II title ended Tuesday with a 3-0 loss to Dos Pueblos of Goleta in the wild-card round. Thousand Oaks' fortune began to turn before the playoffs started. The Lancers got their league title this year, sharing the Marmonte championship with Moorpark, but that wasn't enough to get them a better playoff draw. Thousand Oaks was the only division team to finish higher than third in its league and have to play a wild-card game. The Lancers lost three of their final four regular-season games. ALL-STAR COACHES Four area coaches have been selected to guide the region's leading seniors in the annual Daily News Bernie Milligan all-star game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games . Jared Snyder of Valencia and Manny Manny may refer to: In nobility:
Snyder, Alvarado and Mutz each led their respective teams to league titles this season. Cascione's Cavaliers also are in the playoffs as the third-place team from the West Valley League. LEAGUE UPDATES MISSION 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 of Sherman Oaks shortstop Nate Corday committed to Nevada. ... Chaminade of West Hills pitcher Sean Clemens committed to Cornell. ... Finishing in third place turned out to be better for Alemany of Mission Hills than last year's tie for second. The Indians were the odd team out last year in the three-way tie, in which Crespi of Encino and Harvard-Westlake of Studio City earned playoff berths. Alemany, which plays at Ocean League champion El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and today, opened this year's playoffs with an 11-1 wild-card victory over Wilson of Hacienda Heights Ha·ci·en·da Heights An unincorporated community of southern California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Population: 56,100. . NORTHERN Eagle Rock has to settle for second place after losing its league finale Wednesday against champion Los Angeles. The 7-4 loss ended a streak of seven consecutive victories for the Eagles, who entered the game tied for first. PACIFIC Youth hasn't slowed 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. of La Crescenta, which won the outright league title after sharing it with Arcadia last year. The Falcons have two sophomores and two freshmen in the top five slots of their batting order and have an all-freshman battery when Dustin Emmons (3-1) pitches. ``We knew it would take some time, but they've really come together,'' Crescenta Valley coach Phil Torres said. ''You look at a guy like Chad Nacapo back there at catcher and you'd never know he's a freshman by the way he plays.'' Nacapo is batting .365. Emmons doubles as a slick-fielding third baseman and is batting .325. PACIFIC VIEW Camarillo is used to being a highly-seeded team in the postseason, but this year the Scorpions get to find out what it is like to be on the other side. The league's third-place team faces No. 1 Lakewood in a Div. I first-round game today at 3:15 p.m. Send high school baseball information to Heather Gripp at heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 4 boxes Photo: (1) Chatsworth's Jason Dominguez improved to 10-0 by throwing a two-hitter in a victory Tuesday over Taft. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer (2) Camarillo second baseman Brett Scyphers has 49 hits this season, including at least one in every game. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer Box: (1) DAILY NEWS TOP 10 (2) SEVEN-DAY FORECAST (3) KEEPING TABS (4) PLAYOFF CALENDAR |
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