CITY SECTION SOFTBALL: NO-HITTER PUTS ECR BACK IN SEMIS.Byline: Daily News Megan Miller struck out 15 for her third no-hitter in four games as No. 2 seed 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:
n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] on Tuesday afternoon at El Camino Real. ``We took care of business today,'' said Miller (20-3), who has six no-hitters and 193 strikeouts in 156 innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. on the season. ``Thursday is the big game, though. We've been looking forward to the semifinals all year.'' El Camino Real (26-6) will play No. 3 Carson, a 4-1 quarterfinal winner over Birmingham of Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). , at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at South Gate Park. The Conquistadores beat Carson to win the 1999 title but have lost in the semifinals each of the past five years - to Carson 2000, `02 and `03 and San Pedro in `01 and `04. Francesca Enea and Amanda Macintosh each had two 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 Tuesday. Macintosh (1 for 3) and Enea (2 for 4) hit back-to-back RBI doubles as part of a five-run fifth inning. Daria Iglow was 1 for 2 with three runs scored and freshman Kelly Caplan was 2 for 3 with one RBI. El Camino Real has outscored its three playoff opponents 54-0 and outhit them 50-3. Miller faced the minimum 21 batters and the only baserunner was catcher Altanee Manor, who reached on an error in the second inning. Manor was called out on an attempted steal because left first base early. ``We started slowly today but we finished strong,'' El Camino Real coach Lori Chandler said. ``We're hitting the ball well, playing good defense and Miller is throwing very good right now. ``This is a hungrier team this year. ... We're in the same position Pedro and Carson have been in the past couple of years because we have a veteran team and they're a little young. Hopefully we can use our experience to our advantage.'' - Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. --Carson 4, Birmingham 1: Lolita Valdez (9-5) allowed three hits, struck out four and walked two for host Carson (23-11). Christina Campos Campos (käm`p  s), city (1996 pop. 391,299), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on the Paraíba River near its mouth. doubled with two outs to break up the shutout bid
for Birmingham (23-12).
--San Pedro 2, San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. 0: CSUN-bound Selena Salazar pitched a four-hitter and struck out nine for No. 8 San Fernando (20-9), but was outdueled by Taylor Petty, who threw her third no-hitter of the season and struck out 15 for top-seeded San Pedro (28-2). Jackie Conlin's two-run double snapped a scoreless tie with two outs in the sixth inning. San Pedro next plays fourth-seeded Banning of Wilmington in Thursday's semifinals. --Note: The Daily News will be taking final regular-season stats for softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' and baseball on Monday, May 23 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Coaches can fax their stats to (818) 713-3436, e-mail them to stats(at)dailynews.com, or call (818) 713-3607. The stats will run on May 24 and The Daily News also will run stats when the playoffs are finished at a time to be determined. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: El Camino Real's Megan Miller strikes out 15 for her third no-hitter of the season in a City Section quarterfinal victory over Crenshaw. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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