SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL: RARE PLAY SAVES DAY FOR HART DEFENSE BIG IN DEFEAT OF ROYAL.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News 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. -- It is an unusual play that Hart High of Newhall's softball team practices daily, even though nobody ever really expected to use it. On Friday, Hart did, sending sophomore first baseman Christina Lincoln out past second base to anchor a rare 8-6-3-2 triple-relay. The Indians worked the play to perfection Adv. 1. to perfection - in every detail; "the new house suited them to a T" just right, to a T, to the letter at a pivotal juncture of their 3-0 first-round Southern Section Div. I playoff upset over defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Royal of Simi Valley. Hart (17-11) will play Norco in the second round on Tuesday at a site to be determined. Royal trailed 1-0 with one out in the bottom of the third when junior catcher Kacee Cox hit a drive to left-center that would have cleared almost any other softball fence for a score-tying 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 . Freshman center fielder Devon Lindvall hustled after the ball and quickly threw to senior shortstop Danielle Duhart. Lincoln took the throw from Duhart near the edge of the outfield grass and threw a strike to freshman catcher Jessica Shults, who applied the tag on tag on Verb to add at the end of something: a throwaway remark, tagged on at the end of a casual conversation Verb 1. Cox. ``That was the play of the game,'' Hart freshman pitcher Destiny Rodino said. ``On that play we really came together as a team. That gave us the momentum and the confidence that, `OK, we can do this.''' Rodino (10-8) pitched a seven-hitter, relying heavily on her defense to escape scoring threats in every inning but the sixth. Royal (21-5), which stranded nine baserunners and was 0for6 with runners in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on , loaded the bases with one out in the seventh on three consecutive singles, but Rodino induced Cox hit a line drive to Lincoln at first for a game-ending double play. Royal committed three errors with several players playing out of position. gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (818)-713-3607 |
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