SOFTBALL: QUEEN OF THE FOOTHILL VALENCIA WINS SHARE OF LEAGUE WITH VICTORY VALENCIA 6, BURROUGHS 2.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer VALENCIA - Valencia High's 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 continues to feast on Foothill League competition, as the Vikings pounded 12 hits - including two home runs, a triple and three doubles - in a 6-2 victory Thursday over visiting Burroughs of Burbank. The victory, Valencia's 16th in a row, gave the Vikings a share of the Foothill League title with two games remaining. ``We did a lot of work on our hitting, and it's paid off,'' said Valencia's Danyale Peterson, whose deep fifth-inning home run to center, her fifth of the year, was only the third over-the-fence home run in school history. Peterson, a four-year starter, had been waiting her entire career to hit one over the fence on her own field, and she did so in the final home game of the season. ``I had to have one before I left,'' she said. ``That was the longest ball ever hit here,'' Valencia coach Donna Lee Donna Lee is a bebop jazz standard itself based on the chord changes of the traditional jazz standard "(Back Home Again in) Indiana".[1] It is named after the now-obscure bassist Donna Lee. said. ``Petey's got a great swing, and she tore the cover off the ball.'' It didn't take long for Valencia (24-3, 8-0) to set the tone, as Ashley Herrera led off the bottom of the first by legging out legging out The closing of one side of a hedged position while leaving the other side of the hedge position open. For example, an investor might buy an October call on ExxonMobil and sell short a November call on the same stock. a home run over 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 Noemi Escamilla's head, Herrera's sixth of the season and 12th over the past two years. Kourtney Bell added two doubles and two 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 , Jaisa Creps was 2 for 4 with a triple, and Krystan Reed was 1 for 2 with an RBI double and a sacrifice. Meanwhile, dominating right-hander Tori Rocco (12-2) retired the first 13 in a row, finishing with a three-hitter and four strikeouts. ``Someone told me in the middle of the game that I was throwing a perfect game, and the next inning I messed up,'' said Rocco, who has two perfect games this season. ``But I think we did pretty good today. We'll keep working, and we won't let up because we want to stay No. 1.'' Burroughs right-hander Dani Regan (11-10) allowed 11 hits and five earned runs earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team in five innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. , striking out two. Burroughs (11-10, 3-5) parlayed two singles, an error, a hit batter and a fielder's choice field·er's choice n. Baseball A play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing base runner, thus allowing the batter to reach first base safely. Noun 1. into two runs in the top of the seventh. Sara Burdick and Lisa Dennis had RBI singles. The game ended when Burdick was thrown out at the plate. Valencia, which has now won three league titles in a row, is ranked No. 1 by the Daily News and No. 3 in Southern Section Div. I. ``We're doing really well,'' Peterson said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Danyale Peterson (8) is congratulated by her Valencia High teammates after hitting her fifth home run of the year in the Vikings' 6-2 victory Thursday. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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