CSUN BATS FAIL; MINNESOTA OUSTS SOFTBALL TEAM FROM REGIONAL : MINNESOTA 4, CSUN 0.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer They came into this NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association 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' regional batting .291. They became the first to go home because they hit .174. Once again, the Cal State Northridge bats failed to show up as Minnesota eliminated the Matadors with a 4-0 victory Saturday at Fresno State. In two games, the Matadors (37-19) collected just eight hits in 46 at-bats. That's one less than last year, but the result was the same: two and out. In fact, it's the third straight year Northridge has failed to win in a regional. ``You can't hit, you can't win,'' Northridge coach Janet Sherman said. ``And we didn't hit, so we didn't give ourselves a chance.'' In the two games, Big West Conference Player of the Year Chelo Lopez went hitless in six at-bats. Only cleanup batter Elizabeth Sanches and outfielder Jessica Creith, who bats second, collected hits in each game. It wasn't from a lack of trying. After getting five hits Friday against Cal, Northridge took a long look at itself. The team had several meetings and pep talks Friday night and Saturday morning. ``They wanted to get our hearts into it,'' Lopez said. ``We didn't want it to be our last day playing. It was to get us motivated.'' Sherman also shuffled the lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. , benching senior 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 Augrista Belford and her 25 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 (second best on the team) in favor of Katrina Nolletti, who started for much of last year. Sherman also put Sanches, whose shin splints Shin Splints Definition Shin splints refer to the sharp pains that occur down the front of the lower leg. They are a common complaint, particularly among runners and other athletes. have kept her out of the field for most of the season, in left field and moved usual left fielder Jessica Creith to designated player. It didn't matter. Minnesota pitcher Steph Klaviter (20-12) gave up just three hits with one walk and no strikeouts, and allowed just two balls to leave 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 . She got two double plays, once retired the side on three pitches and faced one batter over the minimum. Two of the singles, by Creith and Ashlie Hayes, were close plays at first base that could have been called out. Sherman said Klaviter jammed the Matadors bats and the players didn't adjust. ``We were trying to tell them to get their hands out and get extended,'' Sherman said. ``Our pitch selection was better than (Friday).'' Minnesota, which played Cal later Saturday for the right to face Fresno State today, needed just one 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. to put the game out of reach, batting around and scoring four times in the third inning to chase Tara Glaister (19-10). |
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