STRIKING OUT AREA LITTLE LEAGUE TEAMS STRUGGLE.Byline: GERRY GITTELSON Staff Writer WOODLAND HILLS -- A difficult run for local Little League baseball teams continued during District 40 competition Wednesday, as Canyon Country West was no-hit in a 21-0 loss to tournament favorite Northridge in a game shortened short·en v. short·ened, short·en·ing, short·ens v.tr. 1. To make short or shorter. 2. to four innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. because of the 10-run mercy rule A mercy rule, also well known by the slightly less polite term slaughter rule (or, less commonly, knockout rule and skunk rule), brings a sports event to an early end when one team has a very large and presumably insurmountable lead over the other team. . Canyon Country West (0-1), Canyon Country East (0-1) and Castaic (0-1) remain alive in the 13-team, double-elimination tournament A double-elimination tournament is a competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost two games or matches. , but it doesn't look good; Canyon Country East opened with a 13-1 loss to Granada Hills on Saturday, and Castaic lost 23-0 to Woodland Hills on Sunday. The tournament ends July 17, followed by the Sectionals, Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Divisionals, Western Regionals and finally the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. ``We're a scrappy scrap·py 1 adj. scrap·pi·er, scrap·pi·est Composed of scraps; fragmentary: scrappy evidence. scrap team. We come from just a three-team league,'' Canyon Country West manager Mitch Garrett said. ``We're trying to do the best we can and be the best team we can and never let down. The kids have a good attitude.'' Against Northridge, Garrett's son, Joseph, was the only Canyon batter who managed to hit the ball out of the infield when he led off the bottom of the first with a flyout to center field. After No. 2 hitter Joe Diehl got aboard on a catcher's interference play and advanced to second on a wild pitch, no other Canyon player advanced past first, as Northridge right-hander Anthony Losurdo was perfect -- except for Steven Farnworth reaching first on an infield error in the second 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. . From that point, Canyon Country was retired in order, including six strikeouts through the final nine outs. Garrett lined softly to second in his next at-bat, Lucas Daggon grounded out to second in the second inning, and Nick Della Ripa grounded to second in the third. The rest of the at-bats were strikeouts. Canyon Country right-hander Farnworth pitched three innings and walked just one but allowed two home runs and didn't get much help defensively, as Canyon Country committed seven errors -- including three times committing two errors on the same play. Canyon Country West plays an elimination game against San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. at 4 p.m. today at Woodland Hills. Canyon Country East plays at 1 p.m. today at Woodland Hills against an opponent to be determined. gerry.gittelson(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5218 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Northridge's Brett Sesma catches Canyon Country West's Joe Diehl between bases during their Little League game Wednesday. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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