CITY SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: VERDUGO HILLS SENIORS LEAD RALLY.Byline: Daily News The way seventh-seeded Verdugo Hills High of Tujunga figured, it was about time for the Dons to be on the right end of a nail-biter. Previous 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' defeats to nonleague opponents Highland of Palmdale, La Canada and Quartz Hill left Verdugo Hills (15-12) frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: . So with their season at stake, the Dons scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to rally past host Sylmar 6-5 Tuesday to reach Thursday's City Section Championship Bracket quarterfinal at Carson. Sylmar (14-8) took a 5-4 lead off a four-run sixth. But the Dons benefited from the batters due up heading into the seventh. Their senior leaders - Laura Hovestreydt (single, three-base error), Jessica McGivney (triple) and Dena DePompa (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 single) - collected three consecutive hits. Hovestreydt went 4 for 4 with a home run, three runs scored and a stolen base. -Chris Cocoles In other Championship Bracket games: --Granada Hills 3, South Gate 1: Junior pitcher Kat Walsh threw her fourth consecutive no-hitter, striking out 14, as host Granada Hills (23-5) advanced to Thursday's quarterfinals at 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. . --San Fernando 9, Eagle Rock 0: Selena Salazar pitched well, throwing a complete-game three-hitter with nine strikeouts to earn her 17th victory of the season for host San Fernando (20-4). --El Camino Real 12, Fremont 0: Megan Miller was overwhelming, throwing a complete-game one-hitter with nine strikeouts and no walks for host 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:
--Birmingham 1, Westchester 0: Pauline Morquecho threw her eighth shutout of the season for 11th-seeded Birmingham of Lake Balboa in an upset of sixth-seeded and host Westchester of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . --Kennedy 1, Banning 0: Daisy Esqueda's two-out single scored Jennifer Cortes with the game-winning run in the 10th inning as eighth-seeded Kennedy of Granada Hills (14-8) won at home and advances to face top-seeded and host San Pedro on Thursday. --San Pedro 4, Cleveland 0: Senior Laura Demetrion held top-seeded San Pedro scoreless through the first four innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. , finishing with a complete-game eight-hitter in the loss for visiting Cleveland of Reseda (12-12). In Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. Bracket games: --Roundup: In just her third start of the season, freshman Sarah Steinhorn threw a complete-game seven-hitter with five strikeouts for host Taft of Woodland Hills in a 2-1 victory over Poly of Sun Valley. |
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