SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: HART'S GOOD FORTUNE IS PERFECT AGAINST CALIFORNIA.Byline: Daily News Hart High junior Amanda Fortune emerged from a team bear-hug all smiles after the host Indians defeated California High of Whittier 1-0 in the second round of the Southern Section Division II 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' playoffs. The pitcher who always expects so much from herself was flawless on Tuesday, as she struck out 11 in the first perfect game of her softball career at any level. ``They looked like all good hitters,'' Fortune said of the California lineup. ``But I went after each one just as hard. Even if you let down on the not-so-good ones, they can still bite you.'' There would be no bites for California on this day. And it might never have happened, had Hart coach Cathy Giordano not deviated from her normal game plan, which was to start Fortune and have Lyndsey Kontra replace her after the fourth inning. ``She was pitching so well, I said, `You know what, I'm going to go with it,' '' Giordano said. ``Then in the fifth inning, she didn't get up to run out there (on the field) and I said, `What are you doing?' '' Casey Pickard singled home Jocelyn Evans for Hart's only run in the fourth inning. -Scott Magoloff In other Southern Section softball playoff games Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship Tuesday: Saugus 3, La Serna La Serna may refer to: People
El Dorado (ĕl`dərä`dō, –rā`–) [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. 2-1. Cornelison, playing with the flu, got her game-winning hit off right-hander Karla Rivera, who had retired 15 of the first 16 batters. ``I took (the at-bat) as a challenge,'' Cornelison said. ``(I was thinking) it's my turn to help out the team. I was feeling achy and sweaty sweat·y adj. sweat·i·er, sweat·i·est 1. Covered with or smelling of sweat. 2. Causing sweat: a sweaty job. (Tuesday) and I couldn't get out of bed Monday.'' ``She's a three-year starter and I knew she'd be ready,'' said Saugus coach Ron Hilton. ``She looked awful at (Tuesday) brunch. But I only needed one hit out of her.'' - Brian Dalziel Harvard-Westlake 1, Lompoc 0: Freshman Elena Ferrero's two-out, sixth-inning single scored Kim Koral with the deciding run as the host Wolverines (16-15) advanced to the Division IV quarterfinals with a win at Valley College. Ferrero also took took the pitching victory, striking out seven in a three-hitter. Second-baseman Koral, who made the defensive play of the game with a diving A DIV Associate of Divinity grab in the fifth, started the winning rally with a two-out single. She stole second and reached third on a wild pitch to set up Ferrero's winning hit as the Terry Elledge-coached Wolverines, with no seniors, knocked off a second straight league champion. -Dave Shelburne Calvary Chapel Calvary Chapel is a non-denominational, Protestant fellowship of churches which began in 1965 in Southern California. The term "fellowship of churches" is used in contrast to a denomination. (SA) 5, Paraclete 3: The Eagles broke a 3-3 tie with two runs in the ninth inning of a Division V game at Paraclete to eliminate the Alpha League runner-up Spirits (19-9), who were bidding for their school's ninth berth in the section final. L.A. Baptist 4, St. Joseph (SM) 3: Nikki Girard pitched a complete game and went 2 for 3 with 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 to help the Knights (13-11) upset the top-seeded team in the Division V playoffs. Kelly Feirfeil and Jillian Rice added two hits each for LAB, which reached to the quarterfinals for the first time since 1988. TOP PERFORMERS Amanda Fortune, Hart, 11 strikeouts in pitching a perfect game against California. Nikki Girard, L.A. Baptist, 2 hits, 2 RBI and pitching win in upset of top-seeded St. Joseph 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. . Ashley Redlin, ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) , pitched one-hitter against Carson to lead Conquistadores to 10th City championship. Elena Ferrero, Harvard-Westlake, pitching victory and game-winning hit for Wolverines freshman. CAPTION(S): Box Box: TOP PERFORMERS (See text) |
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