SOFTBALL: A.V. REBOUNDS FOR HUGE WIN.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News PALMDALE -- Nicole Madero knew it couldn't get any worse for the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Divisional All-Star softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' team. Now, the Knight of Palmdale standout hopes she and her teammates can produce another 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" like they did a week ago en route to winning the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, tournament. After suffering a 23-run setback to Arizona in its Big League Western Regional tournament opener, Antelope Valley rebounded to find itself on the positive end of a mercy-rule result Sunday, handing Washington a 17-4, six-inning loss at Marie Kerr Park. "(It was better) by 100 times," said Madero, who collected two hits -- including a run-scoring double in the first -- and drove in two runs for Antelope Valley, which scored seven times in the sixth to put the 10-run rule into effect. "We just tried not to think about (Saturday) because we didn't want to come in with that burden ... it just wasn't our day." After outscoring opponents 10-1 in three victories to advance to the 18-under regional tournament, Antelope Valley (4-1) managed a run and three hits in Saturday's loss to Arizona. But after Washington scored to cut the deficit to 2-1 in the third, Antelope Valley sent 13 batters to the plate in the fourth, resulting in eight runs. Brittany Keel keel 1. the ventrally directed large surface of the bird's sternum, the site of attachment of the major muscles of flight. Called also carina. 2. the prominent area over the sternum in Dachshunds. delivered a two-run double for Antelope Valley, which received consecutive run-scoring singles from Shana Rhinehart, Rhea rhea, in zoology rhea (rē`ə), common name for a South American bird of the family Rheidae, which is related to the ostrich. Weighing from 44 to 55 lb (20–25 kg) and standing up to 60 in. Murphy and Steph Gutierrez, all of whom finished with multiple hits. "We had such a hard time stringing hits together (last week)," said Madero, who walked and scored in the fourth. "(Last week) they'd be scattered Scattered Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest. around. We'd have great hits with no one on base. Being able to do that (Sunday) builds confidence with our lineup." Antelope Valley batted around again in the sixth, with catcher Nicole Radford the lone player for the District 51 representative to collect two hits in the 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. , leading off with a double and later adding a run-scoring single. "It was discouraging (Saturday) because we weren't playing as a team. We were making little mistakes that hurt us a lot," Radford said. "(Sunday) we played way better. I think we can (reach the championship series) if we all put our minds to it and play our best." Brittany Farrell and Karissa Hartwig combined for the victory for Antelope Valley, which plays Oregon in another pool-play game at 5 p.m. today at Marie Kerr Park. erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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