DAILY NEWS INVITATIONAL ROUNDUP: THREE-HOMER DAY POWERS CHAMINADE.Byline: Daily News Inside, outside, over the plate. It really didn't matter where the Poly High of Sun Valley pitching staff threw the ball Monday, Casey Haerther was going to make contact. The Chaminade of West Hills junior hit home runs in three of his four plate appearances in a 12-4 victory in Daily News Invitational game and finished 4 for 4 with three runs and six 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 . ``I was determined to have a good day,'' Haerther said. ``There's a number of different variables involved in hitting three homers. I didn't go into the game thinking I could do it. It just happened.'' Haerther hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first, a solo shot to right field in the third, and another two-run blast in the sixth. He added an RBI single that scored Trevor Arroyo in the fourth. ``After my first two at-bats, I started thinking that everything was going to go my way,'' Haerther said. ``It wasn't a one-in-a-million day, but it was close to perfect.'' Teammate Tyler Weed also hit a home run for Chaminade (2-0). --Thousand Oaks 8, Cleveland 1: 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. (3-0) scored five runs in the top of the first and added three more in the fourth en route to the victory over host Cleveland of Reseda (0-1). Ian Brown
Ian George Brown started the opening rally with a leadoff double and, after Eric Guillen was hit by a pitch, Brown scored on a Zach Ginther single. Matt Lorenz was then hit by a pitch to load the bases, and David Fonseca David Fonseca was born in Leiria, Portugal, in 1973. He studied Cinema at Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa between 1992 and 1994, where he obtained a degree. David first began his professional life as a photographer, working for various fashion catalogues. walked, scoring Guillen. Cole Kahle hit a grounder to score Ginther, and Fonseca and Lorenz came around to score on a two-base error. The five-run lead was more than enough support for Ginther, who gave up one run on three hits with no walks and two strikeouts in four innings to pick up his first victory of the season. Lorenz finished 2 for 3 with two RBI, and Brown was 3 for 5. --Vasquez 10, Verdugo Hills 2: Curtis Leavitt tossed five innings of two- hit, two-run ball and went 2 for 4 with four RBI for host Vasquez of Acton (2-0). Vasquez led 4-2 entering the fifth inning, before Leavitt sparked a six- run inning with a two-run double. China McCarney went 3 for 4 with a double, triple and three runs, Jeff Granillo went 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI, and Joe Perez and J.C. Urso each added two RBI for Vasquez. --L.A. Baptist 21, North Hollywood 4: Colby Hyatt struck out five in four innings and received plenty of run support to earn the victory in the mercy rule-shortened season opener for both teams. Hyatt gave up two hits and walked one. L.A. Baptist of North Hills scored 11 runs in the second inning and finished with 19 hits. Brad Rice was 4 for 5 with three runs and three RBI. Mike Aragon added four hits, three runs and two RBI. Ryan McKinzie was 2 for 3 with four RBI and four runs, and Graham Miller was 3 for 6 with three runs and three RBI. --Malibu 13, Marshall 1: Brooks Fitch was a triple short of hitting for the cycle In baseball, a player hits for the cycle when he hits a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game, though not necessarily in that order. Collecting the hits in that order is known as a natural cycle. , going 3 for 3 with two RBI and three runs for host Malibu (1-2) in a game shortened to five innings by mercy rule A mercy rule, also well known by the slightly less polite term slaughter rule (or, less commonly, knockout rule and skunk rule), brings a sports event to an early end when one team has a very large and presumably insurmountable lead over the other team. . Phillip Johnson Phillip, Philip, or Phil Johnson may refer to:
--Notre Dame 4, Kennedy 0: Robert Dickmann gave up three hits, walked three and struck out eight in six innings for host Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks in the season opener for both teams. Teammate Matt DeVoss hit a three-run homer in the first inning, and Mark Sunga added a solo homer Noun 1. solo homer - a home run with no runners on base solo blast home run, homer - a base hit on which the batter scores a run in the sixth. --Granada Hills 3, Grant 1: Daniel Nimoy was 3 for 4 with three singles, scored a run and drove another in as visiting Granada Hills (4-0) defeated Grant of Van Nuys (0-1). Frank Neglio, Andrew Russell Andrew Russell may refer to:
--Campbell Hall 9, Wilson 4: Wilson 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. (0-1) scored three runs in the top of the first inning but couldn't make the lead hold up as Campbell Hall Campbell Hall can refer to:
--La Canada 6, Montclair Prep 4: Host Montclair Prep of Panorama City (0-1) scored three runs in the first two innings but gave up two in the third, two in the fourth and four more in the sixth to lose the season opener for both teams. --Antelope Valley 12, Eagle Rock 6: Antelope Valley of Lancaster (1-1) scored seven runs in the second inning of the nonleague contest. CAPTION(S): box Box: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS |
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