DAILY NEWS VICTORY SPRING CLASSIC: ROYAL AVENGES LOSS TO OAKS CHRISTIAN ERRORS DETERMINE BATTLE OF HIGHLY-RANKED TEAMS ROYAL 2, OAKS CHR. 1.Byline: Sean Martin Sean Martin may refer to:
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. - Royal of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. head coach Bill Dishon has not forgotten the Highlanders' eight-inning, 3-2 loss to Oaks Christian of Westlake Village in the 2004 Daily News Victory Spring Classic. And so, Saturday's semifinal matchup with Oaks Christian in the Thousand Oaks Tournament was a chance for some Royal revenge. It was also a chance for Royal to solidify so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. its position ahead of Oaks Christian (21-5) in the Daily News rankings. No. 2 Royal (21-2) did both by beating No. 3 Oaks Christian, 2-1. ``Once again, the matchup came down to misfortunes,'' Dishon said. The Highlanders scored both their runs on a wild play in the bottom of the final inning. Royal's Heather Erickson hit what appeared to be a routine single to left field in the bottom of the sixth inning, the game's final frame because of time limitations, to score pinch runner pinch runner n. Baseball A substitute base runner. Brittany Barrett from second base. Two Oaks Christian errors allowed Erickson to score as well. She advanced to second when Oaks Christian's leftfielder bobbled the ball. Then, Oaks Christian's third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker threw wildly to second in an attempt to get Erickson out, but the ball went into the outfield. The sliding Erickson could not get up from second base immediately because she was pinned under an Oaks Christian player, even as seemingly every Royal player, coach and fan screamed for her to do so. She eventually made it home safely, though. ``It's a good win,'' said Dishon. ``For me, my biggest concern today is we didn't want to be No. 3. We wanted to win the game. It was a must-win game for us. We've been looking forward to seeing them ever since they beat us last year.'' Dishon said he especially wanted the win because Oaks Christian had defeated highly-touted Mater Dei Mater Dei is Latin for "Mother of God", referring to the Virgin Mary. The term has been used to name various institutions, often Catholic, including:
``I think anybody who saw the ballgame would understand there were two outstanding clubs playing and wins and losses were secondary,'' Ackermann said. ``I'll be very pleased if we can keep this kind of intensity into the playoffs. The performance was outstanding, the results were just not what we wanted.'' Early on, it looked like an error would lead to another Oaks Christian victory. It took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Amber Peterson lofted a fly ball deep down the leftfield line for a triple. She scored when Royal misplayed the relay throw. Oaks Christian clung to its 1-0 advantage for five innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. , even though Royal put a runner on base in every inning. But Royal managed only one hit in the first five innings, and only got two 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 before the final frame, stranding both at second. Oaks Christian beat Millikan of Long Beach 3-2 in the championship game. Sean Martin, (818) 713-3608 sean.martin(at)dailynews.com |
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