HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: ECR, MEJIA ROLL OVER BIRMINGHAM EL CAMINO REAL 8, BIRMINGHAM 0.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News Perhaps when 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:
But the Michigan State-bound senior shortstop continues to dominate at the high school level, and she displayed just about all the tools that have wowed scouts for years in Friday's 8-0 West Valley League victory over visiting Birmingham of Lake Balboa. Mejia went 3 for 4 with a double, a homer and five RBIs, and also made two outstanding defensive plays. She took away a single from Birmingham's D.J. Jeppson leading off the fourth inning, fielding a grounder up the middle and then completing the play with an off-balance throw to first. With one out in the seventh, Mejia backhanded a ball three steps to her left and made a powerful and accurate throw to first to retire Dorothy Morentin. If not for an outstanding shoestring catch shoestring catch n. Sports A running catch made near the ground. Noun 1. shoestring catch - (baseball) a running catch made near the ground in shallow right by Birmingham outfielder Paula Ferreira with one out in the fourth, Mejia would have been 4 for 4, and could have had a chance at 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. . All 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) coach Lori Chandler could do was shake her head and shrug her shoulders when asked if there is a hole in Mejia's game. "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. ," Chandler said. "We haven't discovered it yet. She's just solid all the way around. "That's a typical game for her." ECR (15-1, 7-0) led 2-0 on Mejia's two-run double to left in the first. The Conquistadores broke the game open when they batted around in a four-run second in which Mejia's run-scoring single was among five hits. ECR starter Megan Miller, who was credited with the victory, struck out four batters in four innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. of one-hit ball, and reliever Brittany Goodchild pitched three innings of shutout ball. Birmingham (10-8-1, 3-2-1) had just two baserunners, neither of whom advanced past first. Defending City champion ECR is on course to win its 13th consecutive league title and its 26th league title in 27 years. "They're the best team in the City, no question about it," Birmingham coach Jim Rose Jim Rose may refer to a number of persons:
gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: El Camino Real starter Megan Miller struck out four batters in four innings of one-hit ball to help the Conquistadores win. Joel P. Lugavere/Special to the Daily News |
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