COX TOO MUCH FOR SAUGUS : QUARTZ HILL 2 SAUGUS 0.Byline: Dave Desmond Daily News Staff Writer Jodie Cox set a Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). record last season for triples and probably another one for most times stranded at third base. ``We batted her third last season,'' Rebels 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' coach Coy Ray said. ``She'd come up with two outs, hit a double or a triple, then we couldn't get her in.'' If Thursday's 2-0 nonleague victory over visiting Saugus was any indication, that problem appears to be solved. Cox now bats leadoff lead·off n. 1. An opening play or move. 2. One that leads off. lead  off , and it's her opponents who are left
stranded, trying to figure out how to keep the speedy sophomore from
scoring.
She was 2 for 3 against the Centurions (8-3) and scored both runs for Quartz Hill (7-5). Cox, who also earned the victory in the circle, led off the first with a ground-rule double and later scored on freshman Sara Moore's sacrifice fly. Cox led off the sixth with a flare single over shortstop and scored two outs later on an error. ``It was a good confidence builder,'' she said of beating the defending Southern Section Division II champions. ``And it was a good personal achievement for me.'' Cox (6-4) was the first left-hander Saugus had faced this season. It showed. She retired the first nine batters BATTeRS (バッターズ) stands for Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey. It is a Japanese project to find asteroids. It is associated with the Japanese Spaceguard Association. Members include Takeshi Urata. she faced, struck out eight and did not allow a ball to be hit out of the infield Infield is a widely used term in sports terminology, its meaning depends on in what sport it is used. In baseball In baseball the baseball diamond plus a rounded region beyond it (see diagram), usually clear of grass, in contrast to the more distant, usually grass-covered . The only ball hit hard by Saugus came off the bat of Shannon McRoy to lead off the seventh. It was speared by diving second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Christa Galier, who easily threw out McRoy. ``You just don't see left-handers very much,'' Centurions coach Ron Hilton said of Cox. ``But if she were right-handed, she'd probably have done the same thing to us today.'' Through 6-2/3 innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. the only player to reach base against Cox was Centurions pitcher Nicole Giordano (8-3). She reached on a bunt bunt: see smut. single in the fourth and beat out a grounder to short in the sixth. With two out and no one on in the seventh, however, things got interesting. Cox hit Lauren Blaire with a pitch. Tracy Passafiume followed with a grounder to shortstop that was thrown away by Amber Slaton. Cox, who had thrown first-pitch strikes to 16 of the first 22 batters she faced, then hit Valarie Reyes with another pitch to load the bases. Sonia Zapata was retired on a called third strike, however, to end the threat and the game. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Nicole Giordano of Saugus, right, steals second base under the tag of Quartz Hill's Amber Slaton. Evan Yee / Daily News |
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