GOOD ENOUGH TO BEAT ECR; MONROE'S ENNIS DOWNPLAYS WIN : MONROE 7, EL CAMINO REAL 2.Byline: Chris Branam Daily News Staff Writer He wasn't throwing darts and his control wasn't that sharp. But by the sixth inning, John Ennis was able to kick his legs up in his dugout with the knowledge that he did what he needed to do to win. Ennis, Monroe High's senior right-hander, gave up two hits in five innings and the Vikings beat defending City Section 4-A champion and host 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:
adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. . ``It felt like a first game,'' Ennis said, referring to the early season opener for both teams. ``Your body feels good, but going out there and facing batters is another thing.'' Ennis, who was 7-4 with a 2.50 ERA last year, pitched with about 20 scouts behind home plate. He is expected to be an early-round pick in the Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. free-agent draft in June. His fastball topped out at 86 mph, about 4 mph slower than he was throwing in the Area Code Games last summer. Eight of his first 18 pitches were balls and Ennis ended up walking four. Again, he said he's not pitching for the scouts. Ennis has already signed a letter of intent to play at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . ``I got (the ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) batters) out, that's all that matters,'' he said. ``It's the best way to start off the season.'' It's wasn't a great way to start for El Camino Real. The Conquistadores committed three errors, causing at least one run scored each time. ``When we make errors like that,'' ECR coach Mike Maio said, ``then that's my fault to see that it doesn't happen.'' Johnny Koegel, a junior right-hander who turned 16 on Tuesday, wasn't helped by shaky defense in the first. A run scored when Woody Cliffords fielded Ennis' grounder and then collided with Ennis in a tag attempt. The ball rolled into right field and Victor Hall scored. That play typified how most of the rest of the game went for the Conquistadores, who are known for their slow starts. ``It's definitely not the end of the world,'' Maio said. Ennis also picked up an 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 in the fifth on a fielder's choice field·er's choice n. Baseball A play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing base runner, thus allowing the batter to reach first base safely. Noun 1. and again in the seventh on a triple. Monroe scored three times in the fifth, providing some cushion for right-hander Jesse Madrid, Ennis' replacement. Madrid allowed singles to Cliffords and Conor Jackson Conor Sims Jackson (nicknamed Co-Jack or Action) was born May 7, 1982 in Austin, Texas. He is a first baseman in Major League Baseball who plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He bats right handed and throws right handed. He is 6'2" and roughly 225 pounds. to open the sixth. But with one out, a run in and Jackson on third, Madrid retired the next three batters to get out of the jam. ``With (Madrid) lobbing it in there and John gunning it, it was a nice contrast,'' Monroe coach Fred Pudrith said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO El Camino Real's Timothy Harding dives but can't catch a fly ball in right field. The Conquistadores lost to Monroe 7-2. Evan Yee/Daily News |
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