SO. SECTION BASEBALL ROUNDUP: OAKS CHRISTIAN RALLIES IN EIGHTH.Byline: Daily News There's no quit in Oaks Christian of Westlake Village's baseball team. Trailing by a run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth Friday, the Lions rallied for a 3-2 victory over visiting Woodcrest Christian of Riverside in a Southern Section Div. V quarterfinal. Joey Navarro drew a walk, and Jimmy Dunn followed with a triple. Tim Johnston singled, scoring Dunn with the winning run. ``We know anything is possible,'' Oaks Christian coach Mike Maio said. ``We're going to play until the last out, like everyone else does.'' Johnston, the starting pitcher Noun 1. starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game baseball, 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"; , gave up two runs - one earned - on three hits in seven-plus innings. Joe Dembesky came on with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth and struck out Trent Knapp. Oaks Christian (12-17), which finished third in the Frontier League The Frontier League, based in Troy, Illinois, is a professional, independent baseball organization located in the Midwestern United States and Western Pennsylvania. It operates mostly in cities not served by Major or Minor League Baseball teams and is not affiliated with either. , will make its first semifinal appearance Tuesday at home against top-seeded St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery of Santa Fe Springs Santa Fe Springs, city (1990 pop. 15,520), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., inc. 1957. The city lies in an oil and natural gas region and has diversified manufacturing. . ``It only gets harder,'' Maio said. ``We're a good ballclub, though. We're peaking at the right time.'' In other games: DIV. I --Canyon Springs 5, Royal 4: Second-seeded Royal of 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. (25-4) opened 2-0 and 4-2 leads, but errors in the fifth and sixth innings were costly in an upset loss to Canyon Springs of Moreno Valley Moreno Valley (mərē`nō), city (1990 pop. 118,779), Riverside co., S Calif., inc. 1984. In 1990, Moreno Valley was California's fastest-growing city, with a population increase of more than 300% between 1980 and 1990, but major reductions (20-8). Eric Blackwell homered in the first and Clayton Edwards in the second for the Highlanders. Phil Boscarino hit a two-out, two-run double in the fifth. Edwards gave up two runs on four hits with four strikeouts in four innings. D.J. Smith surrendered three hits in three innings of relief. DIV. II --Cypress 8, Camarillo 3: Visiting Camarillo scored two runs in the fourth but managed little offense afterward and lost to top-seeded Cypress, which advances to the semifinals for the first time. DIV. III --Murrieta Valley 13, Lancaster 3: Josh White, Lancaster's ace, gave up nine runs on seven hits in the first inning, and the host Eagles (16-11) never recovered in a quarterfinal loss. DIV. VI --Campbell Hall 14, Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Christian 0: Ruben Munoz and Garrett Markley went 3 for 4 and Matt Cherry 2 for 4 with three 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 as fifth-seeded Campbell Hall of North Hollywood (19-6) routed Santa Clarita Christian of Canyon Country (20-5) in a quarterfinal at the Master's College. --Vasquez 9, Pasadena Poly 8: Jeff Granillo's bases-loaded, ground-rule double in the bottom of the eighth lifted second-seeded Vasquez of Acton (21-4) to a quarterfinal victory. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Lancaster ace Josh White walks dejectedly de·ject·ed adj. Being in low spirits; depressed. See Synonyms at depressed. de·ject  ed·ly adv. to the mound after
falling behind 8-0 in the first inning against Murrieta Valley in a Div.
III quarterfinal. Murietta Valley romped 13-3.
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