MOORPARK CAN'T PLAY CATCH-UP N. PARK 2, MOORPARK 1.Byline: Anel Laj Staff Writer Two errors on routine plays proved to be costly for the Moorpark girls' softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' team. The damage was done early, in the bottom of the first inning in·ning n. 1. a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs. b. innings (used with a sing. , but the Musketeers couldn't could·n't Contraction of could not. couldn't could not recover and lost to 2-1 to the Panthers in a Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. game at Borchard Park on Tuesday Tuesday: see week. . With one runner on, Amber Mastriano doubled to drive in Oli Keohohou giving the Panthers (8-1, 2-1) their first run. Mastriano advanced on the next play off a fielding error and scored the Panthers' second run on an error by Moorpark's Michelle Willette. Mastriano went 2 for 3 with two doubles. She was Newbury Park's only batter to have more than one hit. ``I think it's important to start off well and show the other team what you're about,'' said Mastriano. ``The first batter getting on base and being able to execute plays was important for us.'' The Musketeers (3-4, 0-2) struggled at the plate. They had only one hit and that came in the top of the seventh inning when Willette tripled. Panthers' pitcher Katie Stokx (4-1) did a good job of minimizing Moorpark's opportunities to get on base. She finished with six strikeouts and three walks. ``Defensively we were fine, offensively we didn't hit as well today,'' said Moorpark coach Kathy Nash. ``We weren't as focused as I would've liked us to be. We're a great late-game team and we need to move that up and be great from the beginning to the end. With the first inning taken away, it's just a different game. ``Newbury Park is a great team and it capitalizes on mistakes. It just wasn't there for us today and sometimes that's the way it is.'' The Musketeers played well defensively, especially in the sixth when Shortstop Christy chris·ty n. Variant of christie. Daley made three consecutive stops, preventing the Panthers from advancing. ``I'd like to see us score more runs,'' said Newbury Park coach Lynn Baum of the Panthers' batting Batting has several meanings:
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