ECR A ONE-MAN SHOW KORT HITS, PITCHES CONQUISTADORES PAST KENNEDY ECR 12, KENNEDY 4.Byline: Sean Ceglinsky Staff Writer Things didn't start out the way Shaun Kort envisioned Tuesday after he struck out to lead off the bottom of the first inning. But the El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
El Camino Real gets a rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® with West Valley League rival Chatsworth, which the Conquistadores have beaten twice in three meetings this year, in Saturday's 3:30 p.m. title game at Dodger Stadium • • [ . Kort came a triple short of hitting for the cycle In baseball, a player hits for the cycle when he hits a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game, though not necessarily in that order. Collecting the hits in that order is known as a natural cycle. , going 4 for 5 with three runs and four 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 . He hit a three-run home run in the second, doubles in the third and fifth, and a single in his final at-bat, in the sixth. ``He did it all for them,'' Kennedy coach Manny Manny may refer to: In nobility:
The left-hander also threw a complete game, giving up four runs, three unearned, on five hits and striking out five. He fanned the side in the fourth inning. ``I was hyped - we all were hyped - coming into this game,'' Kort (10-1) said. ``Once things got started, I calmed down. ``My job is to go out and put up zeroes. My fastball didn't have the velocity I would have liked, but my other three pitches - the change, slider A block of material that holds the read/write head of a magnetic disk. See flying head. and curve - were working. El Camino Real (28-6) went ahead in the first when Sammy Donabedian walked and came home on Casey Greene's RBI single. The Conquistadores added four more runs in the second, on Kort's homer and a solo shot by Ryan Lavarnway, who went 3 for 3 with four RBI. Kennedy scored in the third, but El Camino Real answered with four more runs in the bottom of the inning Noun 1. bottom of the inning - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat bottom inning, frame - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat to build an insurmountable 9-1 lead. ``We wanted to jump on them early,'' El Camino Real coach Matt LaCour said. ``Once we get a lead, we like to shut teams down. It's tough to come back on us.'' Kennedy scored three times in the sixth only to see El Camino Real add two more in the bottom half of the inning. Kort shut down the Golden Cougars in the seventh. ``Shaun did what he's been doing all year for us, and that's going out there and getting the job done ...,'' LaCour said. ``Our approach isn't going to change much. We're going to go out and try to find a way to win.'' Sean Ceglinsky, (818) 713-3607 sean.ceglinsky(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: El Camino Real's Shaun Kort pitches a complete game and goes 4 for 5 at the plate Tuesday. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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