SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL: CAMARILLO GOES DEEP FOR VICTORY HOMERS SPARK WIN OVER SAUGUS.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News CAMARILLO -- Lauren Erb said she felt nothing as the ball jumped off her bat Tuesday. By the time she got back to the dugout dugout: see canoe. , it was apparent to her that her Camarillo High teammates felt differently. ``Everybody was going crazy,'' she said. ``I couldn't hear myself think.'' The energized Scorpions went on to beat Saugus 2-1 in a Southern Section Div. I second-round 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' playoff game 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 . Camarillo (27-3) will make its fifth consecutive quarterfinal appearance on Thursday when it plays Riverside Poly at a site to be determined. The Scorpions will look to advance to the semifinals for the fourth time in five years. Their most recent section championship was in 1991. Erb's homer -- her fifth -- cleared the left center-field fence leading off the bottom of the fourth. It came on an 0-1 pitch off Saugus senior Sarah Hooper (17-5), breaking a scoreless tie. ``People say when you can't feel it, that's when you make the best contact,'' the 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 said. ``I don't even remember hitting it.'' Three batters later, senior first baseman Garen Garza cleared the fence with a solo shot to left -- her third. Saugus (20-10) scored its only run in the fifth when junior third baseman Alex Cueva hit a solo homer Noun 1. solo homer - a home run with no runners on base solo blast home run, homer - a base hit on which the batter scores a run to left -- her fourth -- off Camarillo junior Lindsey Dean (20-2). Dean pitched a two-hitter, keeping batters out of sync Out of Sync: A Memoir is the upcoming autobiography of American pop singer Lance Bass, set to be published on October 23, 2007. It features an introduction by Marc Eliot, a New York Times with a combination of mostly riseballs and changeups. She struck out seven batters and allowed two walks and a hit batsman. She escaped a seventh inning threat unscathed after allowing consecutive one-out walks. Saugus, which last season lost to Southern Section champion Royal of 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. in the semifinals, had to reshuffle re·shuf·fle tr.v. re·shuf·fled, re·shuf·fling, re·shuf·fles 1. To shuffle again: reshuffle cards. 2. its lineup after losing two starters to season-ending injuries. ``We had to move players around all season and they didn't give up,'' Saugus coach Rich Perez said. ``They stuck together and they battled every game and they had a great attitude the entire season. I'm proud of how they played.'' gideon.rubin@dailynews.com 818-713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Camarillo's Lauren Erb, right, celebrates after hitting a home run during Tuesday's game. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer Box: SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL |
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