BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: LEAGUE TITLE IN VALENCIA'S GRASP.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer There are more than two weeks left in the regular season, but the Valencia High baseball team can essentially secure its third consecutive Foothill League title this week. The Vikings' pivotal game is Wednesday against second-place Saugus, a team Valencia already has defeated twice this season. A victory would give the Vikings a 3 1/2-game lead in the standings with only two of its remaining league games against an opponent with a winning record. Even if Saugus (13-4-2, 5-2-1) beats Valencia, it would need outside help to catch the Vikings (12-5, 8-0). The week will be a busy one for Valencia and Saugus as they both play three league games. Wednesday's contest is a rescheduled game from its original date, which allowed the Vikings to compete in the National Classic. Valencia is coming off a week in which it outscored Burbank a combined 41-3 in two victories. The Vikings hit five home runs last week, one more than Saugus has all season. --Pascolla power: Valencia is used to counting on senior Wes Pascolla as a constant source of offense and steady catcher behind the plate. But now the Vikings are also getting quality pitching from an all-Pascolla battery. Younger brother Wiki is aware of the following uses of "'Younger Brother":
n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team in four innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. of the victory over Burbank. Wes Pascolla, who is batting Batting has several meanings:
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 and two home runs for the week. --Big relief: Valencia junior reliever Nick Margis earned his first save Friday by striking out eight in three innings against Burbank. --Close, but not enough: Hart is just percentage points behind second- place Saugus. The situation is fitting considering the Indians INDIANS. The aborigines of this country are so called. 2. In general, Indians have no political rights in the United States; they cannot vote at the general elections for officers, nor hold office. have come up short all season. Hart (10-9-1, 5-3-1) dropped out of second by losing to Saugus 9-8 on Friday, a game in which the winning run scored on a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh inning in·ning n. 1. a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs. b. innings (used with a sing. . The game was the fourth one-run loss of the season for the Indians and the second time last week they fell shy of a victory against the Centurions. Hart and Saugus played to a 6-6, 11-inning tie Tuesday. The Indians tied the game in the bottom of the seventh to force 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 , then responded to two Saugus runs in the 11th with two more of their own before the game was called because of darkness. Heather Gripp, (818) 713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Valencia's Jared Clark and the rest of the Vikings can all but secure a Foothill title with a win over Saugus this week. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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