SOFTBALL: SENIOR CARRIES HART HART 7, AGOURA 5.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer 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, - Hart High of Newhall 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' coach Cathy Giordano doesn't often let her pitchers hit for themselves, but there was something in the way senior Lindsay Tognetti was swinging the bat during warm-ups that made her deviate from habit and insert Tognetti into the eighth spot in the batting order Noun 1. batting order - (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate" lineup, card . It turned out to be great instinct Friday as Tognetti went 2 for 2 at the plate with five 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 and struck out six over six innings to earn the victory and the save in Hart's 7-5 victory over Agoura (3-1) in a semifinal of the Hart softball tournament. ``That's the first time all year outside of preseason games I've let her hit for herself,'' Giordano said. Hart (3-0) will play the winner of today's semifinal between Valencia and Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. in the championship game at Central Park tonight at 8. The Indians will be going for their fourth consecutive Hart tournament championship. Weather reports are predicting heavy rains today and Sunday, and if necessary, the games will be rescheduled for March 28 at Valencia High. Agoura took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but Hart answered quickly in the bottom of the frame with five runs. Junior Meghann Flaherty led off with a single, and freshman shortstop Emily Sudik blasted a double to left to score Flaherty. Tognetti broke the inning open six batters later with a single to left that went under the glove of the left fielder. Three runs scored on the play and Tognetti ended up on third base. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion