ROYAL'S BYER TOPS AGOURA : ROYAL 4 AGOURA 1.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Daily News Staff Writer Mike Byer favors finesse over fury. The Royal High School left-hander was not overpowering o·ver·pow·er·ing adj. So strong as to be overwhelming: an overpowering need for solitude. o but in command Friday as the Highlanders beat Agoura 4-1 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. baseball game Noun 1. baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League . It was Royal's fourth straight win and keeps the pressure on first-place Camarillo, still a half-game ahead in the league standings. Byer (3-2) went the distance, scattering four hits, striking out three and walking two. ``I thought I did pretty good,'' Byer said. ``I kept the ball down and I kept the ball away from their big hitters. Plus, we played pretty solid defense.'' Only three of Agoura's outs were hit beyond the infield. ``Byer looked like Cy Young today,'' Agoura coach Bruce Beck Bruce Beck is in his tenth year with WNBC. He is the weekend sports anchor for Newschannel 4. He also files numerous sports reports for the station's various weekday newscasts. said. ``You've got to give him credit. You don't need to throw the ball 95 mph. He had good movement on his pitches, and he mixed it up real good.'' Royal (9-6, 5-1) scored all of its runs in the first four innings. Matt Rainer hit two doubles and Danny Daugherty was 2 for 2 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 to spark the winners. Agoura (7-9, 2-4) - losers of five straight - avoided a shutout when Matt Dianella drove in Mike Falco with two outs in the seventh. ``We were flat,'' Beck said. ``The key to our success is our offense, but today our bats went to sleep. That happens sometimes. We just weren't aggressive.'' Three errors, all leading to Royal runs, did not help Agoura's cause. Royal coach Dan Maye felt the key was getting ahead early. ``It was nice to jump ahead,'' Maye said. ``That set the tone. Once we got the lead, Byer controlled the game.'' Catcher Scott Goldfarb thought Byer, who showed flashes of brilliance with an 11-1 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. record last summer, had his best outing. ``He was great,'' Goldfarb said. ``He had a lot of movement on his pitches, and he was really hitting his spots. He kept his curveball low, so they never got good barrel on the ball.'' After starting slowly, Royal is peaking at the right time, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Maye. ``We're playing as a team, and we're consistent through the whole lineup,'' Maye said. |
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