PITCHER HURLS, BATS CAMARILLO TO TITLE.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer J.T. Bricker spent most of the spring as a reserve catcher for Camarillo High. But the Scorpions' coaching staff didn't want to waste his strong arm, so they tried him as a pitcher during a practice. Bricker has been a pitcher ever since and he showed why with his performance for the Camarillo 17-and-under American Legion American Legion, national association of male and female war veterans, founded (1919) in Paris. Membership is open to veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. team in Tuesday's state final in Yountville. Bricker pitched a complete game to lead Camarillo to a 10-2 victory over No. 1 seed Danville, giving Camarillo its first state championship. Bricker also had two hits, including a home run, and drove in five runs in a game called in the sixth 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. because of the mercy rule A mercy rule, also well known by the slightly less polite term slaughter rule (or, less commonly, knockout rule and skunk rule), brings a sports event to an early end when one team has a very large and presumably insurmountable lead over the other team. . The win, which improved Bricker to 10-2, was his second of the tournament over Danville. The incoming senior right-hander didn't allow a run after the first inning. Camarillo (38-4) concludes its season with 22 consecutive victories. The final four wins came with just 11 players. Among those missing were shortstop Brad Boyer and outfielder Delmon Young Delmon Damarcus Young, (born September 14, 1985 in Montgomery, Alabama), the younger brother of Dmitri Young, is an outfielder on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and was, arguably, the top hitting prospect in baseball as of the end of the 2005 minor-league baseball season. , who had planned to join the team after playing in last week's Area Code Games but were ruled ineligible in·el·i·gi·ble adj. 1. Disqualified by law, rule, or provision: ineligible to run for office; ineligible for health benefits. 2. because they weren't with the team for the start of the tournament. ``That didn't bother us,'' coach Mike Scyphers said. ``Our kids responded extremely well. We tried not to think about what we didn't have and what we could have had and focused on what we did have.'' What Camarillo had Tuesday was an offense that pounded 14 hits. Every starter had at least one hit. Doug McGee went 3 for 3 with an 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 . Travis Sutton and Brett Scyphers both went 2 for 4 and Justin Frash was 2 for 3. ``We just played collectively,'' Mike Scyphers said. ``It was a great team effort. We've had to shift some guys around, but it worked out.'' After falling behind 2-0 in the top of the first, Camarillo took the lead for good with five runs in the bottom half of the inning. Camarillo scored two more runs in the fifth, sparked by an RBI single by Bricker. Bricker ended the scoring and the game in the sixth inning with a three- run home run that created a lead big enough by Legion standards to put the mercy rule into effect. Camarillo advanced through the postseason with victories over Moorpark, Westlake, West Hills Chaminade, Mission Viejo Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. , Hemet, Danville, Chico and Los Banos Los Banos could refer to:
Camarillo had opened the state tournament with a 4-3 win against Danville. |
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