DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIP: T.O. RALLIES FOR FIRST SECTION SOFTBALL TITLE ANGELO PITCHES LANCERS PAST CALIFORNIA T.O. 4, CALIF. 2.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer IRVINE-When California High of Whittier jumped to an early two-run lead on Christine Wann's booming double off the center-field wall Friday, Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. pitcher Nicole Angelo never panicked. She didn't allow another hit until the seventh inning, patiently waiting out a 4-2 victory in the Southern Section Division II championship at Barber Memorial Park, the first 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' title in Thousand Oaks' history. Angelo, a lanky lank·y adj. lank·i·er, lank·i·est Tall, thin, and ungainly. See Synonyms at lean2. lank  i·ly adv. 5-10 right-hander with a tricky riseball, finished
witha three-hitter and six strikeouts.
In an up-and-down season ending very much on the up side, Angelo raised her record to 21-4, carrying the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. (26-5) on her back during a crucial stretch run through the playoffs that was nothing short of magnificent. California, wrecking its chances by committing seven errors, fell to 24-5. Wann (12-4) went 5 2/3-plus innings and took the loss. Plagued by arm troubles midway through the season, no one made a more convincing comeback. Determined not to waste her senior season after semifinal losses as a sophomore and junior, Angelo shredded her way through the playoffs. She threw four postseason shutouts to grease the path to the finals. Yes, her string of 40 scoreless innings - dating back to the second-to-last game of the regular season - ended in the first inning against California, but there was no way this wasn't going to be Angelo's night. She's still undecided about whether she'll participate in college softball College softball is softball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. College softball is played by women at the intercollegiate level, whereas college baseball is played by men. when she attends University of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. next season. But she was as dominant as anyone in the most important high school game of her life. Behind 2-0 in the first, Thousand Oaks didn't waste time making up ground. The Lancers answered with two runs of their own, parlaying three errors, two singles, a sacrifie and a stolen base. Thousand Oaks pulled ahead 3-2 in the third. Leadoff hitter In baseball, a leadoff hitter is a batter who bats first in the lineup. Strategy Leadoff hitters must possess certain traits to be successful: they must reach base at a proficient rate and be able to steal bases. Sheridan Fowler singled, advanced on Andi Keesling's groundout ground·out n. Baseball A play in which a batter is put out at first base after hitting a ground ball to an infielder. to third, and scored all the way from second when she tagged up on Jenny Cochran's flyout toright and scored when 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 Kelly Kliewer mishandled the throw. California's sloppy defense continued. Two innings later, Fowler scored again, getting aboard on an infield single and eventually scoring on Kliewer's second error of the inning (-) third of the game. That made the score 4-2, and Angelo's confidence grew even stronger. She was never in any real trouble after California initial outburst in the first inning. California's only rally was a mild one. In the fourth, Clarissa Goulet led off with a walk. Pinch-runner Devin Dehodia advanced on Kliewer's sacrifice, followed by an intentional walk to Candice Collins to put runners on first and second. But California ran itself out of the inning when Goulet was nailed trying to steal third, perhaps the result of a missed hit-and-run sign. |
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