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DAY IN SPORTS: NOTRE DAME STUNS WESTLAKE.


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Jonathon Brewster's single up the middle in the bottom of the seventh inning in·ning  
n.
1.
a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs.

b. innings (used with a sing.
 gave 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  High a 5-4 upset of previously undefeated Westlake in a non-league 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  Wednesday at Notre Dame (11-5).

The No. 1-ranked Warriors had opened the season with a school-record 16 consecutive victories.

``I'm not happy about the streak being over,'' Westlake coach Chuck Berrington said. ``You don't learn anything from losing. But I'm very proud of my guys. We didn't lose a playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff
game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours"

playoff - any final competition to determine a championship
 or a league championship game. All we did was just lose a regular baseball game.''

Westlake didn't score until the fifth inning, when the Warriors pushed across two runs, thanks in part to a Daniel Browne error and an 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
 double by Cory Taillon.

Taillon's sacrifice fly capped a two-run Westlake sixth, giving the Warriors their only lead at 4-3.

But Westlake unraveled in the bottom of the sixth, when Brewster tried to steal third base with two outs and catcher Mike Nickeas' throw went into left field, allowing Brewster to tie the game.

``They're such a great team,'' Brewster said. ``We didn't come out here to worry about their streak; we were just thinking about beating a quality team.''

``We came out here to get ready for the playoffs,'' Notre Dame head coach Tom Dill said.

Browne gave up three earned runs earned run
n. Baseball
A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages.

Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team
 and struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31.  for Notre Dame. Tyler Adamczyk gave up three earn runs on four hits in four innings for Westlake.

The teams play again today at Westlake High at 3:15 p.m.

- Jack Pollon

In other prep baseball:

--Celts win: Marshall Plouffe pitched a five-hitter and Matt Wilson doubled to lead No. 3-ranked Crespi (13-3-1, 7-1-1) to a 3-1 Mission League win over visiting Harvard-Westlake.

In boys' golf:

--Coyotes howl: Justin Ohye shot even-par 72, Aaron Levine 74 and Peter Heilbron 79 as No .2-ranked Calabasas (10-1) scored a second consecutive win over Orange County power Servite of Anaheim, edging the Friars (10-2) in a 389-390 non-league match at Calabasas Country Club. Ryan Cole (74) and Nico Bollini (75) led Servite.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Apr 20, 2000
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