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DAILY NEWS INVITATIONAL ROUNDUP : GRAY DOMINATES KENNEDY.


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Throwing strike after strike with a smooth sidearm side·arm  
adj. Sports
Thrown with or marked by a sideways motion of the arm between shoulder and hip height and relatively parallel to the ground: a sidearm baseball pitch.
 delivery, Chaminade High School's Chris Gray Chris Gray may refer to one of the following people:
  • Chris Gray, offensive lineman for the Seattle Seahawks
  • Chris Gray, rugby player for the Scotland national rugby union team
  • Chris Gray, video game developer of Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun
 turned in one of the best pitching performances of the early baseball season Tuesday by limiting third-ranked Kennedy to three hits in an 8-0 victory in West Hills.

Gray, who has thrown 13 shutout innings this season, struck out four and walked none. He faced just 22 batters as eighth-ranked Chaminade improved to 3-0.

``He was hitting every spot I set up,'' catcher Ryan Hamill said.

``He's a bulldog, he's a battler,'' Eagles coach Scott Drootin said.

``He pitched a great game,'' Kennedy coach Manny Manny may refer to:

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 Alvarado said. ``We came in ill-prepared for him.''

The game's outcome was decided after the first inning when Hamill hit a 3-0 pitch off Tim Arroyo over the net in right field for a three-run home run.

``He (Drootin) gave me the hit sign and my eyes lit up,'' said Hamill, who has signed with Nevada Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. .

Besides Gray's pitching, the Eagles displayed superior defense. There were 10 ground-ball outs, with shortstop Tyler Dersom and 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
 Chris Martinez showing why they form a top infield combination. Brian Kaye had three hits and Gray and Dersom added two hits apiece.

This could be a difficult season for two-time defending City 4-A champion Kennedy. The Cougars are rated No. 22 in the nation by Baseball America This article or section is written like an .
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 magazine and might look like a top team when All-City pitcher Jon Garland Jon Steven Garland (born September 27, 1979 in Valencia, California) is a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox.

Garland was selected by the Chicago Cubs with the 10th pick of the 1997 amateur draft.
 is on the mound. But without Garland, Kennedy is 0-2 and faces big pitching problems. Alvarado intends to keep having tryouts for a No. 2 pitcher over the next month.

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No. 6 Calabasas 5, Birmingham 1: Frank Carlisi, Brian Fatur and Ricky Stockton each contributed two hits for the Coyotes (3-1). Starting pitching Matt Sagoian allowed one run and three hits in four innings. Joe Rubin had two hits for Birmingham.

Antelope Valley 3, Poly 0: Brian Scoles and Jeremy Holiday combined on a five-hit shutout for the Antelopes (3-1). The Parrots (0-3), who have not scored this season, received eight strikeouts from starting pitcher Gus Banuelos.

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 11, Santa Paula 3: Ray Leduc had a fifth-inning grand slam and finished with two hits and five 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
 for the Conquistadores (2-1). Joel Morales had three hits and Jared Maiden and Michael Grossman each had two hits and one RBI for El Camino Real.

Cleveland 9, Malibu 1: Jared Mills led the Cavaliers (2-1) with a 4-for-4, two-RBI performance and also threw four shutout innings. Santiago Esparza had two doubles.

Palmdale 21, Grant 3: Cory Briggs (4 for 5) hit for the cycle and had seven RBI to lead the visiting Falcons (4-0). Mike Arellano was 3 for 3 with four runs scored.

San Fernando 5, Thousand Oaks 4: Edgar Esqueda went 2 for 2 and Tony Cardenas added two RBI for the visiting Tigers (3-0). John Smith had a home run and two RBI for the Lancers lanc·er  
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Westlake 10, Granada Hills 9: Ethan East hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Warriors (3-1) a come-from-behind victory. Westlake's Kevin Howard was 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBI.

No. 10 North Hollywood 15, Franklin 5: Ismael Rangsiyawong (four RBI), Victor Solis (two RBI), Merrill Dunn (two RBI), Cesar Soto (two RBI) and Edgar Pineda each had three hits for the visiting Huskies (3-0).

Glendale 14, South Gate 1: Jon Walton threw a complete-game five-hitter and allowed only one earned run for the Dynamiters (2-0). George O'Connor was 3 for 4 with four RBI.

Eagle Rock 10, Canoga Park 6: The Eagles (1-2) came up with a home victory.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Mar 12, 1997
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