SO. SECTION: VALENCIA DONE IN BY ROYAL STANDOUT.Byline: Daily News Royal of Simi Valley's D.J. Smith hit the go-ahead home run in the third inning of Friday's 3-2 victory over Valencia in the first round of the Div. I playoffs, but that wasn't his biggest contribution. Smith held visiting Valencia (15-13) scoreless while pitching the final two innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. , striking out the final four batters he faced to give Royal (24-3) the victory in its first playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship since 2001. The first strikeout of that stretch stranded three Valencia runners on base to preserve Royal's one-run lead in the top of the sixth inning. Smith got Valencia's Jordan Bottenfield to chase two low-and-outside pitches for the strikeout. ``We've been burned so many times this year when we've tried to get a strikeout by throwing (pitches in the strike zone),'' Royal head coach Daniel Maye said. ``I wanted (Smith) to throw a pitch with some movement and see if we could get him to chase it.'' Smith gave Royal, the 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. champion and No. 2 seed in the Div. I bracket, the lead for good when he turned on an inside fastball and hit it over the left-field fence for a solo home run in the bottom of the third inning to put the Highlanders ahead, 3-2. Smith was 1 for 3 on Friday. Royal's No. 2-6 batters each got at least one hit. Kellen Fink fink Slang n. 1. A contemptible person. 2. An informer. 3. A hired strikebreaker. intr.v. finked, fink·ing, finks 1. To inform against another person. and Tyler Diamond drove in the Highlanders' first two runs with 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 singles in the first inning. Valencia almost ruined Smith's day before he struck out Bottenfield. The Vikings loaded the bases one batter earlier when Garrett Pascolla singled with runners on first and second and two outs in the top of the sixth inning. Valencia's pinch-runner was held at third base when Fink made a near-perfect throw from left field to home plate. Justin Shults and Pascolla scored the Vikings' two runs in the top of the fifth inning when Armando Gallardo singled. Pascolla scored when Royal right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield Cory Vane Vane , John Robert 1927-2004. British pharmacologist. He shared a 1982 Nobel Prize for research on prostaglandins. vane the membranous or main part of the contour feather in birds as distinct from the shaft. bobbled the ball. - Sean Martin Sean Martin may refer to:
DIVISION I --Moorpark 5, Saugus 0:Justin Bogoyevac hit a three-run home run as unseeded Moorpark, the Marmonte League's third-place team, upset third-seeded Saugus (23-4), which won the Foothill League. The loss snapped Saugus' school-record 18-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" . Drew Dowl pitched a two-hitter with three strikeouts for visiting Moorpark (18-11). --Hart 8, Agoura 7 (9 innings): Ryan Petterson bunted in teammate Matt Sreden for the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning as Hart, the Foothill League runner-up, upset host Agoura in a first-round game. Hart had four home runs, including two two-run shots by Shane Carlson. Ryan Gagnon and Tyler Fick hit the Indians' other home runs. Carlson also scored the first run of the ninth inning for Hart. He led off the inning with a walk, stole second base and was driven in on Sreden's single. Jason Stoffel had seven strikeouts in seven innings for Agoura, but allowed six runs. Hart is 18-8-1. Agoura, the Marmonte League runner-up, finished 19-7. DIVISION V --Oaks Christian 5, L.A. Baptist 4:Chris Auten hit a solo home run and Ryan Hancock Ryan Lee Hancock (born November 11, 1971, in Santa Clara, California) is a retired professional baseball player who played 1 seasons for the California Angels of Major League Baseball. hit a two-run double as Oaks Christian (10-17) upset fourth-seeded host L.A. Baptist of North Hills (18-4). Brad Rice went 2 for 3 with three RBI and hit a home run for L.A. Baptist. DIVISION VII --Highland Hall 7, Newbury Park Adven. 3: Paul Ricklen struck out a career-high 15 batters as Highland Hall of Northridge defeated visiting Newbury Park Adventist. Daniel Forner and Wylie Bryant each doubled for Highland Hall (15-3). --First Lutheran 13, Cate 11:First Lutheran of Sylmar almost blew a 13-2 lead, but was able hold on to defeat visiting Cate of Carpinteria. Alex Zubaite went 3 for 4 with three RBI for First Lutheran (14-4), which drew 12 walks and scored its 13 runs with only five hits. First Lutheran, the Omega League champion, won despite committing seven errors. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Royal's Kellen Fink, bottom, is out on a pickoff pick·off n. 1. Baseball A play in which a runner is caught off base and is put out by a quick throw, as from the pitcher or catcher. 2. Sports An interception, as in football. play after Valencia's Casey Mulligan mul·li·gan n. A golf shot not tallied against the score, granted in informal play after a poor shot especially from the tee. [Probably from the name Mulligan.] Noun 1. makes the tag. (2) Royal's D.J. Smith, right, is congratulated by teammates after his home run in the third inning. Joel Lugavere/Special to the Daily News |
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