CHAMPS PULL OUT VICTORY CHATSWORTH 6, ECR 4.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Mike Fernandez is getting used to the significant changes with the Chatsworth High baseball team this season. Not only are several of his teammates from last season gone, but the senior is starting at catcher instead of third base for the first time in his varsity career. Fernandez made sure he didn't have to get used to another change Tuesday as he maintained the defending national champion Chancellors' status as the team to beat. Fernandez singled in the deciding run in the eighth 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. to give visiting Chatsworth a 6-4 victory over El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Fernandez finished 3 for 3. ``This is a big win for us,'' Fernandez said. ``This is one of the biggest games of the year for us. They're a good team and it's always good to beat them. ``We've heard a few things that we're not going to be as good this year. We're just going out there and trying to show we're as good as before.'' The Chancellors (9-0, 1-0) moved up to No. 18 in this week's national rankings, but claiming an early spot atop the league standings did not come easily. El Camino (6-3, 0-1), which is the only team aside from Chatsworth to win a West Valley title in more than a decade, forced 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 after Chad Boyd hit a game-tying home run in the sixth. The Conquistadores put the potential winning run 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 in the seventh and had the tying run at bat in the eighth after Chatsworth had scored two runs in the top of the inning. Matt Dominguez Matt Dominguez (born June 27, 1978 in Georgetown, Texas, United States) is a top receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. Matt attended Sam Houston State for college were he was the team's MVP twice and the school's first NCAA division I-AA , who was 2 for 4, opened the Chatsworth eighth with a single. Bryan Petersen followed with a sacrifice bunt before Fernandez singled to right center to score pinch runner pinch runner n. Baseball A substitute base runner. Andrew Baslow. Jake Norton later drove in Fernandez for the game's final run. ``I was shaking,'' Fernandez said of his final at-bat. ``I was nervous. I was just trying to put the ball in play.'' The Chancellors' clutch hitting opportunity was made possible by three innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. of scoreless relief by Petersen (1-0). He relieved starter Jason Dominguez with no outs and the potential go-ahead run on first in the sixth. Petersen got out of the inning within three batters, including two strikeouts. Petersen finished with five strikeouts. The only hit he allowed was a leadoff double in the eighth by Boyd, who was 3 for 4. The teams meet again Thursday at Chatsworth. Heather Gripp, (818) 713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: El Camino Real's Casey Greene (12) slides safely into second base, but Chatsworth's Willie Cabrera shows the ball to the umpire A person chosen to decide a question in a controversy that has been submitted to Arbitration but has not been resolved because the arbitrators cannot reach agreement, or one who has been chosen to be a permanent arbitrator for the duration of a collective bargaining agreement. in hopes of getting an out call during the sixth inning. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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