DAY IN SPORTS: VALENCIA PITCHER K'S 24.Byline: Daily News Jordan Taylor struck out 24 and surrendered just two hits in an 11-inning shutout as Valencia High beat host Burroughs of Burbank in a showdown for first place in Foothill League 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' . Mallory DiFatta went 3 for 4 with a double 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 Valencia (17-1, 4-0), which had seven hits of its 15 hits in the 11th inning. Burroughs is 9-8, 3-1. In other softball: MARMONTE LEAGUE The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. --Newbury Park 4, Royal 3: Tiffany Curtis threw a six-hitter and drove in the winning run as visiting Newbury Park upset 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. (14-2, 7-1), ranked No. 2 by the Daily News. GOLDEN LEAGUE --Littlerock 1, Quartz Hill 0 (9 innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. ): Nickie Perez pitched a three-hit shutout and struck out 12 as Littlerock upset first-place Quartz Hill in nine innings. BASEBALL SUNSET SIX LEAGUE --Verdugo Hills 18, Hollywood 0: Anthony Herdliska pitched a no-hitter with 11 strikeouts as visiting Verdugo Hills of Tujunga won a five-inning game. CAPTION(S): box Box: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS |
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