DAY IN SPORTS: SAN FERNANDO PASSES SYLMAR.Byline: Daily News San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. took over first place in the Valley Mission League baseball race Monday with a 6-2 win over Sylmar at San Fernando High. Going into the game, both teams held a share of first place, with Daily News Invitational champion Kennedy of Granada Hills 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. . Sylmar's Hector Chavez and Jesus Martinez started the game with back- to-back singles and Chavez scored on a Tigers' error. But San Fernando (11-2, 5-0) came back and scored five runs on four hits in the bottom of the first. With the bases loaded, Aldo Maltavan drove in a run with a single, then John Sandoval (2-3) followed with three more 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 on a triple to the left-center-field gap. Starting pitcher Noun 1. starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game baseball, 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"; Jess Moreno earned the complete-game victory, allowing four hits and one earned run. San Fernando's defense committed three errors, but each time the Spartans threatened, Moreno and his defense came to the rescue with two inning-ending double plays. A diving catch by second baseman Pedro Montero mon·te·ro n. pl. mon·te·ros A hunter's cap with side flaps. [Spanish, hunter, from monte, mountain, from Latin m was the last out of the game. The Spartans (8-4, 4-1) get another chance at the Tigers on Wednesday at Sylmar at 3 p.m. - Aaron Thomas In other prep baseball: --Hillcrest Christian 22, AGBU AGBU Armenian General Benevolent Union AGBU Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit 2: The host Eagles of Granada Hills (7-3, 2-1) scored 10 first-inning runs en route to the International League victory, which lasted only five innings because of the mercy rule. Jake Mann (3 for 3, triple, double, five RBI), Brett Urie (3 for 3, home run, four RBI) and Jason Stilz (2 for 2, triple, three RBI) contributed to the Eagles' 12-hit attack. In junior college golf: --COC victorious: 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. placed three golfers, Tommy Barber, Anthony Harju and Charlie Smith, in the top five and finished with a team score of 351 to win a Western State Conference match at the par 71 Marshall Canyon Golf Course in La Verne. Barber shot a 4-under-par 67, which included four birdies and an eagle. Harju and Smith finished at 68 and 71, respectively, for Canyons, which broke its previous school record low round (359) by eight shots. Moorpark's Atsushi Takase earned medalist honors with a six-under 65. Teammates Chad Wensel and Daisuke Sakurai shot 73 and 75 respectively for the Raiders, who finished in second place (367), followed by Ventura (371). |
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