CITY BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: CAVS PULL ONE OUT CLEVELAND 3, SAN PEDRO 2.Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer After a season full of difficult games in the West Valley League, a down-to-the-wire playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship seemed normal to Cleveland Cleveland, former county, England Cleveland, former county, NE England, created under the Local Government Act of 1972 (effective 1974). It was composed of the county boroughs of Hartlepool and Teeside and parts of the former counties of Durham and High of Reseda's baseball team. Rigo Ramirez drove in the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to give Cleveland a 3-2 victory over visiting San Pedro in Wednesday's first round of the City Section playoffs. ``What's great about playing in the West Valley League is we had about eight or nine games like this,'' Cleveland coach Joe Cascione said. ``We're used to games like this.'' Playing in the same league as nationally ranked Chatsworth and 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:
``Most of the time we're overshadowed by El Camino and Chatsworth, so this is good for us to show people what we can do,'' Cleveland pitcher Justin Kaid said. Kaid (6-5) pitched a four-hitter with five strikeouts. He didn't allow a hit until the fifth 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. , when back-to-back doubles drove in the Pirates' only runs. ``He's a gutsy guts·y adj. guts·i·er, guts·i·est Slang 1. Marked by courage or daring; plucky. 2. Robust and uninhibited; lusty: "the gutsy . . . pitcher,'' Cascione said. ``I'm not surprised by what he did out there today.'' San Pedro (19-12) had two runners on when Ryan Stanovich hit a drive to left in the seventh, but Cleveland left fielder Larry Panko rifled ri·fle 1 n. 1. a. A firearm with a rifled bore, designed to be fired from the shoulder. b. An artillery piece or naval gun with such spiral grooves. 2. rifles Troops armed with rifles. a throw to cutoff man Robert Almendarez to throw out pinch-runner Sean Stone at home for the inning-ending out. Bobby Kraft and Kaid were both hit by pitches to give Cleveland two baserunners before Ramirez ended the game with a line drive to left center. Ramirez and Miguel Castillon led the Cavaliers with two hits each. heather.gripp@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Cleveland's Miguel Castillo Miguel Castillo is a Honduran football (soccer) player, who most currently plays for Motagua. He was transferred from Olimpia alongside his brother Fernando Castillo. steals second base in the fifth inning of the Cavaliers' win over San Pedro on Wednesday. David Sprague/Staff Photographer Box: WEDNESDAY'S OTHER GAMES |
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