SOFTBALL: A.V. STARS IN WORLD SERIES AFTER MARATHON COMEBACK.Byline: Aaron Levine Staff Writer PALMDALE - At 12:03 Friday morning, Scott Rutledge was speechless speech·less adj. 1. Lacking the faculty of speech. 2. Temporarily unable to speak, as through astonishment. 3. Refraining from speech; silent. 4. . As the manager of this year's 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 District 51 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, Rutledge had just witnessed a 6-hour, 3-minute, 19-inning marathon in which his team emerged as champion of the Big League (18-under) Western Regional Softball Tournament. The effort earned A.V. a berth in the World Series in Kalamazoo, Mich., for the second consecutive year. So when his squad rushed the field to celebrate at Domenic Massari Park, Rutledge could only stand and shake his head. ``I'm still in shock,'' he said after the game. The first-year manager was among a horde of hometown home·town n. The town or city of one's birth, rearing, or main residence. Noun 1. hometown - the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again" supporters feeling that way after District 51 fought its way through the losers' bracket for the second year in a row and beat Jurupa of District 24 - a team they had lost to earlier in the week - twice Thursday night to capture the title. 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 single by Nicole Brand was the difference in a 12-inning 3-2 victory that ended at 9:50 p.m. Then, Amanda Wachsmuth pitched a complete-game four-hitter in the second game to lead District 51 to a 6-2 win. CAPTION(S): photo |
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