DISTRICT 51 STARS BUZZED KALAMAZOO PITCHER SHUTS DOWN ANTELOPE VALLEY FOR CHAMPIONSHIP KALAMAZOO 3, A.V. 0.Byline: Lee Lamberts Special to the Daily News KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Sorry. Not this time. The Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley District 51 All-Stars gave it their best shot but fell short in the Big League World Series, falling 3-0 Saturday to the host team from Michigan, Kalamazoo's District 2 All-Stars. In Michigan pitcher Anna Ollgaard, the A.V. girls ran into a buzz saw. Ollgaard, who fashioned a 23-0 mark as a high school senior last spring, limited the District 51 stars to just two hits. Antelope Valley, meanwhile, committed an uncharacteristic un·char·ac·ter·is·tic adj. Unusual or atypical: an uncharacteristic display of anger. un five errors, including two in the fifth 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. when Michigan scored all of its runs on just two hits. ``My shoulder has been stiff the last couple of days, and I had trouble getting as loose as I normally am, but that wasn't the real problem,'' said Marciea Ball (2-1), who was tagged with the loss despite giving up just four hits. ``We just didn't have our bats today and we really needed those.'' ``My shoulder would stiffen stiff·en tr. & intr.v. stiff·ened, stiff·en·ing, stiff·ens To make or become stiff or stiffer. stiff up a bit between innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. , but I just tried to work through that. I pitched a better game than I did the other day (when she gave up six walks in a 4-1 win over Canada), But I feel horrible. I've never had that many walks and I'm really disappointed in that.'' Ball was pitching out of trouble most of the game and her only 1-2-3 inning came in the fourth. But even then, Michigan had its leadoff runner on only to be picked off at second in the tail end of a double play that began with a sacrifice bunt. The home team finally solved Ball's offerings - but with some help. Back-to-back singles and a double steal preceded a flyout, but then things caved in for the California girls. Sara Vroegindewey's swinging bunt resulted in one run as Antelope Valley third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Monique Saldana had trouble fielding the ball, then the second run scored when Saldana's throw to the plate ended up at the backstop. ``I can't make any excuses,'' Saldana said. ``I play different on the grass than I do on the dirt. I was expecting more of a hop, but the ball just rolled. I was thinking in my head to grab the ball and tag her because she was right next to me when I got to the ball. ``But it didn't work.'' Michigan got its third run when cleanup hitter In baseball, the cleanup hitter is the hitter who bats fourth in the lineup. Strategy Cleanup hitters often have the most power on the team and are typically the team's best all-around hitter; their job is to "clean up the bases", hence the name. Keilah Williams laid down a bunt in front of the plate that Ball misplayed into the second error and the third run of the inning. That was all Ollgaard needed. From the third through the sixth innings, she retired 11 A.V. batters in a row before Saldana led off the seventh with a solid double to the left-field fence. She never moved from there, however, as Heather Nix flied out, Melanie Aguilar took a called third strike on a change-up and pinch-hitter Tara Jensen grounded out to second to end the game. ``I don't want to take anything away from (Ollgaard) because she did a heck of job today,'' Antelope Valley coach Lester Ball said. ``She tied us up big time. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how many pop flies we had on the infield, but it was a bunch. ``She pitched a great game, and they deserved to win.'' Antelope Valley's only other hit, and its only real threat of the game, came in the third when Kari Pulcifer singled and Nix and Erin Yasumoto walked to load the bases with two outs. But Ball's surprise bunt attempt was fielded cleanly clean·ly adj. clean·li·er, clean·li·est Habitually and carefully neat and clean. See Synonyms at clean. adv. In a clean manner. clean by Ollgaard, who flipped to her catcher for the inning-ending forceout. |
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