NORTHRIDGE STUNNED LATE HAWAII SCORES FIVE RUNS IN FINAL INNING TO DEFEAT LOCALS.Byline: GERRY GITTELSON Staff Writer 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. -- After a string of dramatic, come-from-behind victories, Northridge Little League learned what it's like on the other side. The 12-year-olds gave up five runs in the top of the sixth and final inning in a 6-5 loss to Hawaii (10-2) in front of an announced crowd of 10,000 in Western Regional action Saturday night at Al Houghton Stadium. Northridge (13-2) must win at least one of its two remaining pool games to qualify for the Western Regionals semifinals Thursday, followed by the championship game at 6 p.m. Saturday, televised live by ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 2. Northridge's Kirby Shaw hit two home runs, a 250-foot, three-run shot deep beyond the center-field fence in Verb 1. fence in - enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard" fence inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" 2. the first inning, followed by a solo shot in the fifth. Hawaii's Jordan Stevens' two-run double proved to be the game-winning hit. Northridge continues pool competition against high-powered Arizona (17-0, 2-0) at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the third of four pool games. Northridge finishes against Nevada (7-1) at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, followed by the semifinals Thursday. 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). added a home run, and right-hander Bretton Bowman pitched five-plus innings, allowing four hits with no walks and four strikeouts. Bowman held Hawaii scoreless through four innings before pinch-hitter Chad Uyehara's 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 single in the fifth. Over the past 20 innings, Bowman has allowed one earned run earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team with 21 strikeouts. Northridge qualified for the Western Regionals after advancing through the District 40 tournament in Woodland Hills, the Section 2 tournament in Sierra Madre, and the Southern California Divisionals in Garden Grove. This is Northridge's fourth appearance at the Regionals, the last in 1994 when the team eventually finished as the World Series runner-up. Granada Hills won the 1963 World Series, the only San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. team to do so. Two years ago, Conejo Valley from Thousand Oaks finished as the World Series runner-up. gerry.gittelson@dailynews.com (661) 257-5218 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Northridge's Kirby Shaw, right, is greeted by teammate Payton Milone (14) after Shaw hit a three-run home run. Will Lester/Staff Photographer |
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