DAILY NEWS INVITATIONAL: G.H. FRESHMAN SHUTS OUT POLY.Byline: Daily News Lucas Harris made his varsity debut Friday afternoon, and the freshman didn't show any signs of his inexperience. The Granada Hills right-hander gave up two hits and struck out four in six innings for the Highlanders in a 4-0 victory over host Poly of Sun Valley in a Daily News Invitational baseball game Noun 1. baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League . ``We knew nothing about him,'' Poly coach Chuck Schwal said. ``There were times when I was thinking, 'How could we be shut out by this kid?' I don't what to say. He made his pitches. He battled.'' Granada Hills (7-0) advanced to the Gold Division final against Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. on March 19 at USC's Dedeaux Field Dedeaux Field is a college baseball stadium in Los Angeles, California, and the home field of the University of Southern California Trojans baseball team. The stadium holds 2,500 people and was built in 1974, the year USC won its record fifth consecutive College World Series title. . Harris did create some trouble for himself, walking six batters, and he wasn't helped much by Granada Hills' defense committing four errors. But the 14-year-old was up to the challenge each time, as Poly (0-4) stranded nine runners in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on . ``He was right around the plate all day. He established his fastball and was able to get his curveball over,'' Granada Hills coach James Mulcahy said. ``I brought him up from junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. just for this game. In all honesty, I felt confident he could get the job done.'' Granada Hills provided Harris with all the run support he needed in the third. With one out, Thomas McKenna, Jacob King and Daniel Weingart each walked. - Sean Ceglinsky --Taft 7, Canoga Park 4: Taft of Woodland Hills (2-2) came back from two deficits and scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to win at home against Canoga Park (1-3). --Grant 4, St. Bonaventure 0: Host Grant of Van Nuys (1-3) scored four runs in the first three innings and Mike Krems made the lead hold up as he threw a complete game two-hit shutout with five strikeouts. --Sylmar 8, St. John Bosco "Don Bosco" redirects here. For other uses, see Bosco (disambiguation). Saint Don Bosco, born Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco, and known in English as John Bosco 4: Ivan Gonzalez, Johnny Contreras and Fred Duran 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 as Sylmar (3-1) rallied from a three-run deficit by scoring four runs in the fifth and another three in the sixth in a victory at home. --Campbell Hall 13, Huntington Park 5: Campbell Hall of North Hollywood (3-1) scored multiple runs in all but two innings, highlighted by three-run outbursts in the fifth and seventh, to defeat host Huntington Park (2-3). |
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