HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: PALMDALE'S OFFENSE HAVING A SWINGING GOOD TIME.Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer When Palmdale High pitcher Michael Tonkin takes the mound today, he can't be too worried about run support. Palmdale's batters have become the hottest in the league, outslugging even highly productive Quartz Hill. The Falcons reached their pinnacle Wednesday when they scored 17 runs in one inning. ``We're hitting pretty good lately,'' Palmdale coach Craig Mesler said. ``I think (Wednesday) it was really windy. We hit it hard the first couple of innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. , but we were hitting it right at them. I just told the guys some would drop in, and that inning they started to.'' Palmdale sent 22 batters to the plate during the fourth inning en route to a 20-7 victory at Highland. Falcons senior Tyreace House went 3 for 3 with a home run and four RBIs in the inning. Teammate Sean Sweeney added two doubles and three RBIs. The offense was more than enough to make senior right-hander Eddie Lopez a winner in just his second start of the season. Another hitting spree last Friday put second-place Palmdale (15-6, 7-2) in position to claim a share of the Golden League title. The Falcons upset first-place Quartz Hill 15-13. Palmdale has scored in double figures 11 times this season. The only team to shut out the Falcons this year was nationally ranked 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:
Palmdale entered the week with a .359 team batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. , led by junior Trevor Bloom at .653. The downside: Not everything has been so positive for Palmdale lately. The Falcons' fielding could be reason for concern. Palmdale committed four errors in. the seventh inning Wednesday, and that follows a six-error game Friday against Quartz Hill``We've had that problem all year,'' Mesler said. ``We're trying to correct it. We've got some young players in the field. ... I've been telling them they need to make they play, it might come back to bite us in the butt, but we've been able to get away with it so far.'' He can hit, too: Quartz Hill junior pitcher Nico Moreno hit a home run in his first at-bat of the season last Friday. The solo shot came in the seventh inning of the loss to Palmdale. Three's a crowd Three's a Crowd was a short-lived American television sitcom spinoff of Three's Company. It was, albeit loosely, based on the British TV series Robin's Nest, just as Three's Company had been based on a British series, Man About the House : Highland's loss to Palmdale on Wednesday dropped the Bulldogs into a three-way tie with Littlerock and Lancaster for third-place. Highland faces Lancaster twice next week while Littlerock plays Palmdale. Good week for Culvers: Cousins Calvin Culver cul·ver n. A dove or pigeon. [Middle English, from Old English culufre, from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula, diminutive of columba, dove.] of Quartz Hill and Malcom Culver of Palmdale were at their best when they faced each other last week for family and league bragging rights. Calvin, a 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. State-bound senior outfielder, hit three home runs and had seven RBIs as the teams split their two games last week. Malcom, a junior infielder recovering from a foot injury, went 3 for 5 Friday in Palmdale's 15-13 win. Strikeout strike·out n. Baseball Abbr. K or SO An out made by a batter charged with three strikes and credited to the pitcher who threw the strikes. Noun 1. king: For the second time this season, Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. senior James Smith James Smith is the name of: People named James Smith Sports figures
 sûrn`), Ger. Luzern (ltsĕrn`), canton (1993 pop. Valley. Smith is 7-1 for the Desert Mountain League leaders. In the rankings: Quartz Hill, the only Golden League team in the Southern Section rankings, moved up one spot to No. 7 in this week's Div. III poll. Locals are well represented in Div. VI with Boron at No. 5, Desert Christian at No. 8 and Rosamond at No. 9. heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Pitcher Michael Tonkin has been one of the beneficiaries of Palmdale's offense.Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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