SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: DIV. I: LEADOFF BATTER RATTLES HART CHAMBERLAIN LEADS CAMARILLO TO WIN CAMARILLO 5, HART 0.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 CAMARILLO - Scorekeepers' standards in high school 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' vary widely, and Camarillo High softball coach Jack Willard is known as one of the toughest in the area. So you have to consider his point when Willard insists on awarding hits to leadoff batter Krystle Chamberlain when opposing defenders muff a groundball or are wide with a throw. ``Our scorebook counts those as hits because my whole plan is to make them get nervous and make errors,'' said Chamberlain, who broke the region's record for stolen bases in a career last season as a junior. Chamberlain reached base three out of four at-bats, scored two runs and stole three bases in Camarillo's 5-0 victory over Hart of Newhall in the second round of the Southern Section Div. I playoffs Tuesday, bringing her career total to 152 steals. The Daily News scored two of Chamberlain's plate appearances as fielding errors, making her 1 for 4 on the day, but Willard's point is well-taken because that line hardly reflects her impact on the game. Chamberlain slapped a soft groundball to third base and beat first baseman Gloria Slakoff to the bag to lead off the top of the third 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. . She then decided to test Hart catcher Erin Krallis and took off for second base, but slipped while coming off the bag. Krallis held her throw and seemed to have Chamberlain picked off between first and second. But Chamberlain bolted for second base and was able to slide by the tag of Hart shortstop Emily Sudik. Chamberlain advanced to third on a passed ball and came home with Camarillo's first run on a single through the left side by Cambria Miranda. ``After that first run, we really started pressing,'' Hart coach Cathy Giordano said. ``Maybe it's because we have eight seniors, and they all wanted to win so bad they started pressing.'' That run would prove to be plenty for junior pitcher Stephanie Byrne (12-4), who yielded four hits to Hart (21-9) and allowed only one runner past second base. Camarillo (23-6) added four runs in the sixth inning as 10 runners came to bat. Chamberlain was again key to the inning as she singled home Michelle Calderon, stole second base and scored when Krallis' throw went past center fielder Meaghan Flaherty. Camarillo will play Los Alamitos Los Alamitos (lôs ăləmē`təs, lŏs), city (1990 pop. 11,676), Orange co., NE of Long Beach, S Calif., in a suburban area; inc. 1960. Los Alamitos Racetrack and U.S. military installations are nearby. in a quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. game Thursday afternoon at a site to be determined by a coin flip this morning. --Sudik injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. : Sudik, Hart's freshman shortstop, injured her left knee sliding into second base in the top of the seventh inning and was taken to the hospital. But x-rays were inconclusive INCONCLUSIVE. What does not put an end to a thing. Inconclusive presumptions are those which may be overcome by opposing proof; for example, the law presumes that he who possesses personal property is the owner of it, but evidence is allowed to contradict this presumption, and show who is . CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Camarillo's Krystle Chamberlain, right, celebrates a run with Stephanie Byrne. Michael Owen
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