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SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES: GOLDWATER HELPS A.V. TO WORLD SERIES VICTORY.


Byline: Gerry Gittelson Daily News Staff Writer

Mikki Goldwater held Beardstown, Ill., to four hits and her teammates came through with key defensive plays as Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming.

The Antelope Valley
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 at two games in the Big League 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'  World Series Wednesday at Vanderberg Park in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Goldwater of Palmdale High struck out six with a hybrid mixture of off-speed pitches Noun 1. off-speed pitch - a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball
change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up

pitch, delivery - (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
, curveballs and a sneaky fastball. The 5-1, 100-pounder took advantage of her first World Series start in place of slumping ace Summer Richardson, holding Beardstown hitless for three innings.

``Mikki pitched a good game,'' Antelope Valley coach Ken Durost said.

Antelope Valley, which won the World Series at the same site in 1996, is 1-2 in pool play with two games remaining.

Including last week's Western Regional tournament in Palmdale, Goldwater is 2-1 in the playoffs. Antelope Valley is 4-3 overall.

Center fielder Kristi DiMarco, an ex-Goldwater teammate at Palmdale, threw out Christy Swan at home plate to end the game. (Goldwater and DiMarco reunite re·u·nite  
tr. & intr.v. re·u·nit·ed, re·u·nit·ing, re·u·nites
To bring or come together again.


reunite
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[-niting, -nited
 next year at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. .)

``Now the pressure's off,'' said Durost, celebrating Antelope Valley's maiden Series win. The 18-and-under team met Victoria, B.C., on Thursday.

Antelope Valley scored the game's first run when Richardson's double - her second in as many days - brought home Jennifer Durost.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Aug 21, 1998
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