PONY BASEBALL: SIMI VALLEY DENIED IN TITLE GAME.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News Although Washington Park This article is about baseball parks in New York. For other uses, see Washington Park (disambiguation). Washington Park was the name given to two different major league baseball parks in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, located at 3rd St. and Williamsport are separated by more than 200 miles, the return trip to Pennsylvania ended on a similar disappointing note for four members of Simi Valley's 14-year-old baseball All-Star team. Two years removed from Conejo Valley's loss to Willemstad, Curacao, in the Little League World Series final, Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. had its quest to win a PONY world championship halted Saturday by another Caribbean representative. Caguas, Puerto Rico Caguas (KAH-gwahs) (founded in 1775) is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto; west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo; and east of Aguas Buenas. Caguas is spread over eleven wards. , scored four times in the third inning, and despite a late rally, Simi Valley's title bid was denied in a 4-2 loss in the 55th PONY final at Lew Hays Field. James Brady, Sean McCarthy and Cody Thomson -- veterans from the Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by team that won 22 consecutive games in 2004 before losing 5-2 to Curacao in the championship -- had the only three hits for Simi Valley (17-3). Despite being held hitless Saturday, Danny Leon -- the fourth Conejo Valley holdover hold·o·ver n. One that is held over from an earlier time: a political advisor who was a holdover from the Reagan era; a family tradition that is a holdover from my grandparents' childhood. Noun 1. -- won the Wilson batting title, hitting two home runs during the tournament. The West Zone champion had outscored its series opponents 38-8 entering the final, but Caguas' Jovany Padilla kept Simi Valley's explosive lineup in check, retiring 13 of 14 batters during one stretch. McCarthy's double in the top of the seventh scored Gabe Ruiz, but Thomson, who walked, was cut down at the plate trying to score from first. McCarthy later scored on a wild pitch to cut the deficit to two runs, but Alexander Claudio came on in relief of Padilla to strike out pinch-hitter Nick Schmidt Nick Schmidt (born October 10, 1985) is a pitcher[1] who was drafted by the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball 23rd overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.[2] He played college baseball for the Arkansas Razorbacks. , clinching Caguas' first title since 1987. Brando Tessar, who struck out 18 in Tuesday's 5-1 victory over host Washington, retired six in a row before Caguas' Ronald Sanchez delivered a two-run double in the third. Sanchez later scored on a wild pitch and Roberto Pena added a run-scoring single for Caguas, which had recorded come-from-behind victories in its three previous games. Simi Valley was looking to become the first area team since Santa Susana Santa Susana can refer to several places:
Caguas' title was the first by a Puerto Rico team since 2001 and sixth overall. erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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