SOFTBALL BEAT: ROBERTS - 20 FOR 21 - PROVING TO BE UNPITCHABLE.Byline: Jim Inghram Daily News Staff Writer Advice to opponents of Grace Brethren. Stop pitching to Crystal Roberts. And while you're at it, watch what you throw to Lisa Estil. Roberts is on an incredible run. She has 17 consecutive hits and is 20 for 21 for the season. In Friday's 15-0 victory over West Valley Christian of West Hills she was 4 for 4 with a home run and four 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 . Estil? She's not doing too shabbily, either. In addition to blanking the Seekers on three hits while striking out eight, she hit a grand slam grand slam n. 1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games. 2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. . It was her fourth home run in two games. Tourney champs: Success in 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. isn't limited to Grace Brethren. Simi Valley captured its own tournament Saturday for the second consecutive year and sixth time in the 90s. The Pioneers defeated Righetti of Santa Maria Santa Maria, city, Brazil Santa Maria (sän`tə mərē`ə), city (1991 pop. 217,592), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil. It is a major railroad terminus and the site of an important military base. 6-2 Saturday at Rancho Simi Rancho San José de Nuestra Senora de Altagarcia y Simi is one of the land grants in California by the Spanish government. The name derives from Shimiji, the name of the Chumash village here before the Spanish. Park. The Warriors played without their best pitcher, Jocelyn Forest. Forest is one one of the best pitchers in the state and was away at a national-team tryout. It didn't matter to the Pioneers. ``They were missing their star pitcher,'' senior third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Jill Clarkson said. ``But we're still proud of our accomplishment.'' Indeed, the tournament was littered with solid teams throughout and just reaching the championship game was an achievement. Simi Valley rolled into the final beating teams by an average of 6-0. ``This shows people we're out there and we're not going to let up,'' said senior Lori Tande, the tournament MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. . ``It doesn't make a difference to us that we're ranked No. 1. We just want to win, whether they think we are going to or not.'' A bit of bad news for the Pioneers was a shoulder injury to pitcher Brittney Green. She had to leave the game after the second inning. Her injury was not believed to be to severe. She should miss about a week of action. Tande pitched the final four innings to improve to 4-0. The team is 5-0 overall. Dawn Carifi, Clarkson, Tracie Hall joined Tande on the all-tournament team. La Reina's Mackenzie Vandergeest and Stephanie Hall and Royal's Jenney Wilkenson also were honored. You can always change your mind: Calabasas junior Jennifer Bittner led off a game against Agoura last week batting left-handed. She took a called strike on the first pitch and meekly fouled off the next. She hesitated for a second then switched to the right side and promptly lined a single up the middle. It was one of only five hits the Coyotes would get off of the Chargers' Jennifer Grennan. Moorpark: It was just the Musketeers second game, but pitcher Erin Heinbechner was in midseason form as she pitched a four hitter with 10 strikeouts to lead Moorpark past Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. 11-0 in a 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. game Friday. Cori Fredette had three hits and an RBI for Moorpark (1-1, 1-0). CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Moorpark's Meaghan Finnerty is safe at home when Agoura's Kim Whitcher loses her glove. Terri Thuente/Daily News |
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