CITY SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: SAN PEDRO AVENGES TITLE DEFEAT SHUTS OUT DEFENDING CHAMPION ECR IN CITY SECTION SEMIFINALS SAN PEDRO 4, EL CAMINO REAL 0.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News SOUTH GATE -- 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:
San Pedro avenged the defeat Thursday, upsetting the top-seeded Conquistadors See also
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No. 4 San Pedro (29-2) will play Marine League rival Banning of Wilmington (19-6), the No. 3 seed, in the May 31 title game at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) (27-2) came into the semifinal with a 16-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" and with victories in 32 of 33 games, dating to lastseason. The Conquistadores had outscored opponents 261-8 this season. ``We lost to them last year, so we worked really hard for this game,'' San Pedro sophomore pitcher Taylor Petty said. ``We came out ready.'' Petty (20-2) tossed a one-hitter, striking out 14 batters and allowing just one walk. ECR's only hit came in the fourth, when senior catcher Francesca Enea beat out a grounder to third. The Conquistadores helped Petty, swinging at riseballs well out of the strike zone. ECR coach Lori Chandler had spoken to her players about laying off Petty's riser, a devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. pitch with explosive late movement. ``We just weren't very disciplined,'' Chandler said. ``We had situations in other games where we needed to make adjustments, and we did, but today for some reason we didn't. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if they were too excited, or if they were just trying too hard, but everyone could see we had to lay off the rise, but we didn't. ``They're a great team, but it's disappointing because we had a game plan, and we didn't stick to it.'' Michigan State-bound phenom phe·nom n. Slang A phenomenon, especially a remarkable or outstanding person. Bianca Mejia struck out in all three of her at-bats. San Pedro batted around in the sixth, scoring all its runs on four hits, a walk and a hit batsman. Freshman outfielder Holly Stevens' leadoff homer to left triggered the rally. ``That was monumental, especially off (Ohio State-bound pitcher Megan Miller),'' San Pedro coach Tony Dobra said. ``Then all of a sudden we all started to relax and they all started to hit.'' gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: El Camino Real's Aubree Poldinec, left, and Kelly Oswald wipe away tears after losing to San Pedro in the City semifinals. Alex Collins/Special to the Daily News Box: OTHER GAMES |
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