DAY IN SPORTS: POLY CAPTURES SUNSET SIX TITLE WITH SHUTOUT WIN.Byline: Daily News Poly of Sun Valley clinched the Sunset Six League baseball championship Tuesday with a 10-0 victory over visiting Hollywood in game that was called in the fifth because of the 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. . But Parrots
``We came out flat,'' said Schwal, in his 10th season with the program. ``We didn't swing the bat. And I think we looked past this game a little.'' If Poly did, it certainly didn't show up in the scorebook. Eddie Baeza and Danny Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the each finished with two 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 for Poly (17-11, 11-2), which benefited from six Hollywood errors. Teammate Sergio Rodriguez pitched a complete-game two-hitter with six strikeouts to improve his record to 6-1 this season. ``It's always nice to win the title outright,'' Schwal said. ``But the only thing that matters now is that we have a higher seed for the playoffs.'' The City Section playoffs begin May 24 and the matchups will be announced Monday. And according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Schwal, Baeza, a senior who's had more than 20 major-league scouts at any one of his games over the last two weeks, will likely get the start in next week's opening-round game. In prep tennis playoffs: --Hoover 18, Paramount 0: Singles players Dylan Kim and Segrey Vagramian won their respective matches in straight sets for second-seeded Hoover of Glendale (20-1) in the Southern Section Division I first-round match at home. --Calabasas 13, Lompoc 5: Gary Sacks, Jake Smith and Allen Lee each won their respective matches in straight sets for host Calabasas (14-3) in the Southern Section Division IV match. In men's golf: --Golden West Tour: Chris Zambri of Camarillo shot 66-69-135, then recorded a birdie on the first hole of a playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. to win the Golden West Tour event at par-72 Temecula Creek Resort. |
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