SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: DIV. I: HART OVERCOMES HIGHLAND'S SCARE TACTIC HART 6, HIGHLAND 1.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer NEWHALL - For an inning in·ning n. 1. a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs. b. innings (used with a sing. , the Highland High of Palmdale 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' team seemed every bit the worst kind of first-round opponent for Hart of Newhall: A dangerous young team playing with confidence that can knock an opponent out of the playoffs quickly. But maybe because Hart has felt the pain of upset losses this season, or maybe because they have eight seniors who aren't ready for the year to be over yet, the Indians INDIANS. The aborigines of this country are so called. 2. In general, Indians have no political rights in the United States; they cannot vote at the general elections for officers, nor hold office. battled back from a 1-0 deficit with two runs in the bottom half of the first and another in the third on the way to a 6-1 victory Friday in the first round of the Southern Section Div. I playoffs. Hart, ranked No. 5 by the Daily News, lost two games last week to Saugus and Village Christian of Sun Valley. Highland, the second-place team from the Golden League, had won five in a row, including a confidence-boosting win over first-place Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill. And when Highland (12-14) scored a run in the top of the first inning, the upset script seemed to be coming true. But Hart rallied behind senior Erin Krallis, who has become a team leader since being allowed back on the team after a four-game suspension in April. Krallis drove in Meaghan Flaherty with Hart's first run on a hard-hit ground ball to the right side, then singled in Megan Allen with Hart's third run with a line drive through the right side. ``She could've chosen to tank the rest of the season (after the suspension), but she didn't,'' Hart coach Cathy Giordano said. ``Since she's come back, she's been wonderful, the best team player we have. She's a changed player now, and she was clutch for us today.'' Krallis started the game at designated hitter designated hitter n. Baseball Abbr. DH A player designated at the start of a game to bat instead of the pitcher in the lineup. Noun 1. but came in to catch after starter Brianna Bernardi had trouble handling starting pitcher Noun 1. starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; Lindsay Tognetti in the first inning. With Hart (21-8) leading 2-1 after the first inning, coach Cathy Giordano elected to change the entire battery going into the top of the second. Robyn Kontra came in to pitch and Krallis, who was switched to catcher midway Midway, island group (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) NW of Honolulu, comprising Sand and Eastern islands with the surrounding atoll. Discovered by Americans in 1859, Midway was annexed in 1867. A cable station was opened in 1903. through the year, went behind the plate. The effect was immediate as Kontra, whose best pitch is her dropball, struck out the side in the second and only allowed two baserunners in the final six innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. . Hart continued to add to its lead, scoring one run in the third and fourth innings and two runs in the sixth on a single by Gloria Slakoff. ``I think we really put a scare into them in the first inning, but Hart is just a solid team and they're so aggressive on the bases,'' Highland coach Glenda Potts said. ``I thought we played a solid game, but those two girls (Flaherty and Allen) just killed us.'' Hart will play Camarillo in the second round Tuesday. Since both teams hosted in the first round, a coin flip this morning will determine the host school for Tuesday. Camarillo (23-6) reached the semifinals last season and is ranked No. 4 by the Daily News. |
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