LITTLE LEAGUE: DARKNESS DELAYS NORTHRIDGE.Byline: GERRY GITTELSON Staff Writer GARDEN GROVE Garden Grove, city (1990 pop. 143,050), Orange co., S Calif., a suburb of Long Beach and Los Angeles, on the Santa Ana River; founded 1877, inc. 1956. Many of its residents work in nearby aerospace and defense installations, and there is light manufacturing. -- Northridge Little League's 12-year wait to return to the Western Regionals in San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. -- the last stop before the World Series in Williamsport, Pa. -- has been extended at least one more day. With the 11- and 12-year-olds hoping to remain undefeated and close out the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Divisionals against Canyon Springs of Moreno Valley Moreno Valley (mərē`nō), city (1990 pop. 118,779), Riverside co., S Calif., inc. 1984. In 1990, Moreno Valley was California's fastest-growing city, with a population increase of more than 300% between 1980 and 1990, but major reductions on Tuesday, the game was called because of darkness with the score tied 6-6 in the top of the eighth inning in front of an overflow crowd of about 700 at West Garden Grove Little League. The game resumes at 4 p.m. today at West Garden Grove. If Northridge (11-0) wins, the team qualifies for the Western Regionals beginning Friday. If Northridge loses, the teams play again immediately afterward for the championship of the eight-team, double-elimination tournament A double-elimination tournament is a competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost two games or matches. . ``I don't really know what to think about this, but it isn't good,'' said Northridge slugger Bretton Bowman, who hit his seventh home run (fourth in Divisional competition). If a second and final game is necessary today, Bowman, Northridge's top pitcher, is scheduled to face Canyon Springs ace Evan Perez. ``It could be worse,'' Northridge manager Kevin Shaw said. ``I thought our defense was a little suspect (Tuesday), and that's what came back to bite us. Errors and walks will kill you in Little League, and that's what happened to us.'' Right-hander Christian Lopez Christian Lopez (born 15 March 1953 in Aïn Témouchent, Algeria) is a retired football defender from France, who earned 39 caps (one goal) for the France national football team from 1975 to 1982, and participated in two World Cups (1978 and 1982). pitched four innings for Northridge, followed by a solid three-inning relief stint from Cody Thompson, making only his second pitching appearance of the postseason. Bowman was 2 for 4 with a home run, double and two RBIs. Northridge couldn't hold on to an early 4-1 lead. Tied 5-5 after the regulation six innings, Canyon Springs (12-1) pushed across the go-ahead run when Dennis Banks Dennis Banks (born April 12, 1937), a Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author, is an Anishinaabe born on Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. got aboard on an error and eventually scored on a wild pitch. As dusk settled into darkness, Northridge tied the score in the bottom of the seventh on Brett Sesma's bases-loaded walk, bringing home Kirby Shaw. Crescenta Valley falls: The Crescenta Valley of La Crescenta Little League 12-under softball team lost 6-0 to Gilroy in the Western Regional tournament in Vancouver, Wash. gerry.gittelson@dailynews.com (661) 257-5218 |
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