DAY IN SPORTS: NORTH HOLLYWOOD STAYS ON PACE.Byline: Daily News Saul De La Torre La Torre is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 357 inhabitants. allowed one hit in six innings in North Hollywood's 1-0 victory over Poly of Sun Valley on Thursday in a Sunset Six League game at Poly. With the victory, North Hollywood (5-3, 1-1) avoided falling two games behind In sports, the phrase games behind, often abbreviated as GB in tables, is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division. Poly (4-6, 1-1), the two-time defending league champion, in the league race. ``It was exactly what we needed,'' said North Hollywood coach George Vranau, whose team is expected to battle Poly for the league title. ``If we fall 0-2 in league, we need some other team to help us out. Instead, we're even with one more game left to play against each other.'' De La Torre (1-0), making his first start of the season, wasn't especially dominating as he had just three strikeouts. However, the sophomore left-hander, who took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, got the Parrots to hit 12 ground balls and the defense backed him up. Erick Melara, who took the loss for North Hollywood against Poly on Tuesday, pitched a perfect seventh inning for his first save of the season. The Huskies failed to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. several scoring opportunities but finally pushed across a run in the fifth inning. With runners on second and third with one out, Luis Casas hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring De La Torre to put North Hollywood up 1-0. Despite the loss, Poly might finally have found a quality No. 2 pitcher in Daniel Mercurio. The sophomore left-hander allowed one run on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. ``My 10th grader was really focused out there,'' Poly coach Chuck Schwal said. ``He was simply outstanding. He's got the best movement of all my pitchers, including (ace pitcher) Eddie (Baeza).'' - Nevin Barich Nevin Barich (born August 6, 1979) is a former American sports journalist now working as the Senior Editor of The National Notary, a trade magazine based in Los Angeles with a circulation of more than 300,000 nationwide. In other prep baseball: --Paraclete 3, Desert Christian 2: Cole Norton scored the game-winning run for host Paraclete (5-3) of Lancaster in the fifth inning on Jared Sammet's sacrifice fly in a first- round game at the Paraclete Tournament. In prep 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' : --Verdugo Hills 6, Sylmar 0: Dina DePompa and Jessica McGivney each had three hits and 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 and Danielle Burch pitched a complete-game two-hitter with six strikeouts for visiting Verdugo Hills (6-6) in a nonleague game. --L.A. Baptist 8, Flintridge Prep 0: Katy Gustaverson pitched a no-hitter with 10 strikeouts for host L.A. Baptist of North Hills (6-2) in a nonleague game. --Thousand Oaks 1, Newbury Park 0: With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Chelsea Berthiaume's double scored Amy Pilkington with the game-winning run for host 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. (4-4, 3-1). Chrissy Zappia had 12 strikeouts in the losing effort Newbury Park (2-8-1, 0-3). Local notes: --Herrington homecoming: Dean Herrington, previously an assistant football coach at Hart High of Newhall and Occidental College History The Birth of Occidental College Occidental College (commonly referred to as Oxy) was founded on April 20, 1887, by a group of Presbyterian clergy and laymen. , has been hired as offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator typically refers to the coach on a football team in the National Football League or College football who is in charge of the offense. This position aids the head coach by designing and scripting plays, delegating work to offensive position coaches during at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. . ``It was too good of a situation to pass up,'' said Herrington, a former quarterback at Hart. ``There's no disadvantages for me. It's close to my home and COC See chip on chip. has one of the top programs around. I'm looking forward to the opportunity.'' --Attention prep baseball and softball coaches: Beginning Monday, March 25, the Daily News will be taking prep baseball and softball statistics every Monday from noon to 5 p.m. for the remainder of the baseball and softball seasons. Coaches and/or scorekeepers are encouraged to call in their stats during that time to (818) 713-3612 or fax them to (818) 713-3436. PRIME-TIME PLAYERS Prep baseball --Wes Tom (Verdugo Hills) 2-4, HR, 2 RBI --R.J. Johnson (L.A. Baptist) 12 strikeouts Boys' golf --Nick Geyer (Viewpoint) one-under par 33 --Taylor Neal (Westlake) even-par 71 Prep softball --Chrissy Zappia (Newbury Park) 12 strikeouts --Cassie Shires (Chatsworth) 8 strikeouts --Shayne Lotito (Vasquez) 6 strikeouts, 2-2 HR, 2 RBI --Anna Schnitger (Hoover) complete game one-hitter CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Infielder Miguel Gomez of Poly puts the tag on tag on Verb to add at the end of something: a throwaway remark, tagged on at the end of a casual conversation Verb 1. North Hollywood baserunner Hector Ramirez in the third inning of their game Thursday. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News Box: PRIME TIME PLAYERS (see text) |
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