BASEBALL ROUNDUP: HIGHLAND MAKES MOST OF WILD-CARD GAME.Byline: Daily News Highland High felt it didn't belong in a Southern Section Division I wild-card baseball game Noun 1. 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"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League . But the Bulldogs used Tuesday's 10-0 blanking of Channel Islands to their advantage. ``We actually weren't angry. We took it a different way,'' explained catcher Daniel Champieux, who homered and drove in four runs. ``All the other teams have a week off, and we have a chance to keep in the groove.'' The Bulldogs (20-6) easily took care of the Raiders (13-12-1) and meet fourth-seeded Lakewood on Friday afternoon. Highland scored four runs in the first, highlighted by Champieux's eighth home run. The Bulldogs added three runs each in the third and fourth to halt the game in the bottom of the fifth as a result of the mercy rule A mercy rule, also well known by the slightly less polite term slaughter rule (or, less commonly, knockout rule and skunk rule), brings a sports event to an early end when one team has a very large and presumably insurmountable lead over the other team. . Fred Rico Alfredo Rico Cruz (born July 4, 1944 in Jerome, Arizona) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He was signed by the Baltimore Orioles before the 1964 season, and later drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Orioles in the 1968 rule V draft. and Ryan Torres each had two hits and Jeremy White added a two-run triple. Tom Gonzales (7-2), who slumped during the Golden League season and was temporarily taken out of the rotation, was sharp. The right-hander allowed two hits and struck out six in five innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. . ``There was a string there of about four or five starts where (Gonzales) wasn't pitching well,'' Highland coach Mike Van Cheri said. ``We just sat him down one game . . . and that seemed to be the trick.'' - Chris Cocoles In Division IV: --Oak Park 8, Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. 7: Senior captains Derek Jacobi Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE (IPA: /ˈdʒækəbi/) (born 22 October, 1938) is an English actor and director, knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre. and Ryan Duffy led the host Eagles (8-14) to their first playoff win since 1994. Jacobi overcame two shaky innings to retire the final nine batters he faced to pick up his fifth win of the season and went 4 for 4 with 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 . ``I did not want to come out of the game, so I just stayed focused and threw strikes.'' Jacobi said. `` I wanted to win this game so badly.'' The Eagles seemed to thrive when presented with adversity. With two outs and Santa Paula leading 2-0, Jacobi hit a single to center field, scoring Mike Wasserman. Duffy (2-4, RBI) culminated the rally with a run-scoring single that evened the score at 2-2. Jacobi gave up four runs in the fourth only to have his teammates rally again, this time with two outs in the bottom half of the 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. . Wasserman hit an RBI double into the left-center-field gap and scored when freshman Seth Binder (2 for 3, two RBI) hit what proved to be a game-winning single. ``We had key hits with runners in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on today,'' said Duffy. ``We don't have any big home run hitters, but when we play fundamental baseball as a team, we are at our best.'' The Eagles. who have won seven of their past nine games, will travel to face Gladstone of Cerritos in a first-round game Friday. ``We have confidence now, and know we can come back to win these close games,'' coach Eric Pryor said. - Sean Ceglinsky In Division V: --Brentwood 11, Flintridge Prep 2: All the Eagles' starters had at least one hit in a wild-card victory over the Rebels at the Glendale Sports Complex. Neil Schacter led visiting Brentwood (16-8) with four hits, including three doubles, and drove in two runs. Jeff Decker went 3 for 5 with two RBI, and Andrew Ritter rit·ter n. pl. ritter A knight. [German, from Middle High German riter, from Middle Dutch ridder, from r and Mike Boardman added two hits each for the Eagles. Flintridge Prep's Eric Slatkin (3-3) gave up 11 runs on 16 hits while walking five and striking out two in a complete-game loss. The Rebels (5-12-1) got their only runs in the sixth inning, on back-to-back RBI doubles by David Poehler and Slatkin. Poehler and Chase Atkinson had two hits apiece for Flintridge Prep. Andrew Ritter had a two-run triple in a three-run Brentwood second inning, and Schacter added a two-run double in a three-run fourth for the Eagles. Jackson Cohn (2-3) got the win for Brentwood as he went 5 1/3 innings, surrendering two runs on five hits with four strikeouts. Patrick Pfeiffer pitched the rest of the game for the Eagles, allowing just one hit. - Alex Valladares --L.A. baptist 19, Villanova Prep 3: Andrew Peterson For Andrew Peterson, professional American soccer player, click here Andrew Peterson is an American singer-songwriter who plays Christian folk music. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife Jamie, sons Aedan and Asher, and daughter Skye. homered and John Guettler doubled twice as the visiting Knights (14-6) collected 17 hits. |
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