CHAMPIONSHIP: FLORES MAKES SCHWAL LOOK LIKE A GENIUS POLY 6, CARSON 2.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer Poly High coach Chuck Schwal said before the game that he knew he was taking a gamble. He not only took the risk of saving first-team all-league pitcher Joe Hampel for Thursday's City Championship semifinals even though a loss would mean elimination, but he went with a pitcher who had never started a varsity game. The roll of the dice paid off beautifully as junior left-hander Danny Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the pitched a complete-game four-hitter as Poly beat Carson 6-2 Tuesday in the second round of the City Section playoffs at Sun Valley. Poly plays host to Roosevelt in the City semifinals on Thursday with a trip to Dodger Stadium • • [ at stake. ``(Schwal) told me on Saturday that I would be getting the start,'' said Flores, who had pitched about 15 innings in relief this year, saving two games. ``I was nervous right up to the first pitch and then I settled down.'' Teammates rallied around Flores (3-0) early, offering encouragement after he balked balk v. balked, balk·ing, balks v.intr. 1. To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump. 2. a runner to second and allowed a run-scoring single that gave Carson a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Catcher Josh Wheeler threw out three runners in the first three innings to get Flores out of trouble. Poly (22-6) tied the score in the bottom of the inning Noun 1. bottom of the inning - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat bottom inning, frame - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat and Flores helped himself with a sacrifice fly in the fourth to give the Parrots a lead they would never relinquish. Zack Sims, in his second game back after an injury sidelined him for three weeks, doubled in two to break the game open later in the fourth. After 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 Guillermo Lopez walked, Sims and Lopez scored on an errant er·rant adj. 1. Roving, especially in search of adventure: knights errant. 2. Straying from the proper course or standards: errant youngsters. 3. throw to third by Carson catcher Francis Poni on an attempted steal, giving the Parrots a 6-1 lead. Flores allowed an unearned run in the sixth inning and set down the side in order in the seventh. ``The kid pitched great,'' Schwal said of Flores,. |
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