BIG BLOW ELIMINATES HART : W. TORRANCE 13 HART 10.Byline: Dave Desmond Daily News Staff Writer Every swing of Greg Sain's bat was a Hart-breaker, but none more than his last. West Torrance High School's hard-hitting third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker slammed a three-run home run in the bottom of the 10th to give the Warriors an improbable 13-10 victory over visiting Hart Friday in the quarterfinals of the Southern Section Division II baseball playoffs. ``I had a lot of confidence and didn't want anyone else to have to do it,'' said Sain, who finished 5 for 6 with three home runs and seven 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 knew I had to game it up.'' The scouting report on Sain - great nephew of former Braves pitching great Johnny Sain ``Our scouting report said not to let him beat you, but we never got into a situation where we could do anything but let him beat us,'' said Hart coach Bud Murray, whose team led 9-3 after two innings. Kevin Bell slugged a two-run homer in the first and Bob Potruch's grand slam grand slam n. 1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games. 2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. in the second sparked a seven-run inning as the Indians (20-9) staked Oklahoma-bound left-hander Bobby Graves to a 9-3 lead. But Graves, who entered with a 2.29 ERA, was unable to subdue a Warriors lineup that entered batting .375. He finished with 10 strikeouts, but allowed 10 earned runs and 12 hits, including four home runs. ``Those guys are awesome hitters,'' said Graves, who was touched by Sain for a three-run homer in the first and a solo blast Noun 1. solo blast - a home run with no runners on base solo homer home run, homer - a base hit on which the batter scores a run in the sixth that tied it 10-10. Reliever Brian Hernandez (8-3) entered one batter later and stuffed second-seeded West Torrance (26-4) through the ninth. In the 10th, however, Warren Trott led off with a single and advanced to second when right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield Chris Wright Chris Wright may refer to:
The Indians then intentionally walked Tony Cosentino to set up a double-play situation - against Sain. Cosentino, who owns the Southern Section career hits record with 189, hit his 10th home run of the season in the Warriors' four-run third. Kyle Banfield also homered for West Torrance, which plays Damien on Tuesday in a semifinal. Cody Joyce and J.T. Stotts each had two hits for Hart. Wright's two-run double in the second inning established a school record for hits in a season (48). |
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