SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS ROUNDUP: LATE ERROR IS COSTLY IN BIRMINGHAM LOSS.Byline: Daily News A throwing error in the bottom of the eighth inning allowed host Granada Hills to score the winning run in a 2-1 victory against Birmingham of Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). in the 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' City Section quarterfinals. With one out and runners on first and second, shortstop D.J. Jeppson fielded a groundball and stepped on second base for the forceout, but her throw to first bounced in front of the bag, scoring Ashley Lewis. "It sucks to lose like that, but it was bound to happen to somebody," Birmingham coach Jim Rose Jim Rose may refer to a number of persons:
game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship though, extra-inning ball game, that's the way playoffs should be." It was the third consecutive time Birmingham had lost a one-run game to the Highlanders this season because of an error. "They've all been close," said Highlanders sophomore pitcher Rebecca Patton, who finished with 12 strikeouts. "They're a tough team and we just scored at the right times and jumped on it." Granada Hills scored in the second on an two-out 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 Jaclyn Russell, who finished 2 for 3. In the eighth, Lewis reached first base on 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. then second when Ana Izaquirre walked. Farah Saleh then made contact, ending the game on the error. "I thought it could go either way at any time," Granada Hills coach Carolyn Gunny said. "I never felt that we had it in the bag, I never did, until it was over." -- Lindsay Czarnecki El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Laura Perry hit a home run for the Conquistadores (25-6). Kennedy 3, Cleveland 0: Julianne Martinez struck out 12of the 16 batters she faced to help third-seeded Kennedy of Granada Hills defeat ninth-seeded Cleveland of Reseda. Jackie Villafana, who pitched a perfect seventh inning for the save, went 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs for the Golden Cougars (22-10). Chatsworth 11, Westchester 5: Christianne Saiz pitched a complete game and tripled for fifth-seeded host Chatsworth (20-3) in a victory against the 12th-seeded Comets. Sylmar 5, Venice 4: Crystal Herandez had a triple and three RBIs and pitched the seventh inning to pick up the save as eighth-seeded host Sylmar (22-10) defeated ninth-seeded Venice (14-4). San Pedro 12, San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. 0: Taylor Petty pitched a one-hitter and finished with 19 strikeouts and the top-seeded host Pirates routed 17th- seeded San Fernando (11-18). Petty struck out the last 17 batters she faced and Perelini Koria hit two home runs for San Pedro (27-2). CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Granada Hills' Ana Izaguirre collides with Birminghman shortstop D.J. Jeppson, forcing Jeppson to make an error on the relay to first and allowing Granada Hills to score in winning run in the bottom of the eighth during in a 2-1 victory Thursday. Michael Owen
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