YOUTH BASEBALL; LITTLE FELLA, BIG ARM; HAMILTON, EL DORADO CUT DOWN OPPONENTS.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer Little League teams probably take one look at 85-pound pitcher Ryan Hamilton and then figure it's going to be a big day at the plate. Until Hamilton starts pitching, that is. The little pitcher that could - did. He pitched Lancaster El Dorado El Dorado, legendary country of South America El Dorado (ĕl`dərä`dō, –rā`–) [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. to an 11-0 All-Star baseball All-Star Baseball is a baseball video game series developed and published by Acclaim Entertainment. The series began in 1998 with the release of All-Star Baseball '99. victory (four innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. , 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. ) over Bishop on Tuesday at Park View - his second win in the District 51 tournament - and El Dorado (5-1) continued its climb from the loser's bracket with its fourth straight triumph. El Dorado played Rosamond late Wednesday. If El Dorado won, the teams play again at 8 o'clock tonight at Park View for the championship. The Sectional starts Saturday at El Monte El Monte (ĕl mŏn`tē), city (1990 pop. 106,209), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1912. A residential, industrial, and commercial city in the San Gabriel Valley, El Monte manufactures furniture, electronic equipment, semiconductors, . Hamilton, an 11-year-old curveball specialist who is the smallest player on the team at 4-foot-8, held Bishop to three hits with six strikeouts. On Saturday, the right-hander beat Tehachapi with a 6-2/3-inning relief performance. In his last 10 innings, Hamilton hasn't yielded a run or allowed a runner past second base. ``It's all in the skills,'' Hamilton said. ``I think I pitched pretty good.'' El Dorado coach Bob Miller awarded Hamilton the game ball against Bishop. ``I think Ryan fools teams because of his size,'' Miller said. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. where he gets it from. He's like a Tazmanian devil.'' Eric Wickliffe, who missed summer school during the day because he had the flu and was running a fever, was 3 for 3 with two home runs - both line-drive shots over the center-field wall - with five RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in . ``I think we can do it now and go all the way,'' said Wickliffe, who has three playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. home runs after leading the league in hitting during the regular season. ``Everybody doubted us at first, but we've come together as a team. We just need to keep focusing hard and play good defense. The defense is most important, because if teams can't score, then they can't win.'' Wickliffe's two-run home run 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. chased loser Nick Williams For other persons named Nick Williams, see Nick Williams (disambiguation). Nick Williams (born August 2 1983 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a rugby union player who plays for North Harbour in the Air New Zealand Cup and for the Blues in the Super 14. , who was pounded for six hits - three for extra bases - and five runs (three earned) in one inning plus. Wickliffe's second shot, a three-run shot off James Chase, made it 10-0 with no outs in the third inning. Wickliffe has performed brilliantly in the District tournament. He has eight hits and a walk in his last nine appearances. ``I've got a team this year,'' said Miller, who's been coaching for 10 seasons. ``Everyone can do it on this team. We've got pitchers and we've got hitters. We're practicing every day, and we come out 90 minutes early and take batting practice before every game. It shows.'' Bishop (2-2) had outscored its first two opponents 27-2. However, it will be a long trip home after losing to Rosamond 13-0 on Monday before being eliminated by El Dorado on Tuesday. Hamilton, who bats leadoff, was 2 for 3 with three runs. Shortstop Nick Gaudi was 2 for 3 with a two-run double and two runs. El Dorado totaled nine hits, four for extra bases, in three innings. The boys have 27 hits in their last eight innings. ``There was no way we were going to lose this game tonight,'' Miller said. ``I knew that from the minute we got here. I could just tell the boys came here to play.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Ryan Hamilton, all 4-foot-8 of him, hasn't allowed a runner past second in his last 10 innings. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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