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By Edgar Melik-Stepanyan, Special to the News-Press | June 22, 2012
In two days, it went from having an undefeated season to having its year come to an end. A day after falling to the second-chance bracket of the Little League District 16 Tri-Cities Major Baseball Tournament, Two Guys from Italy found itself needing a victory to keep its once perfect season alive. The Burbank League's Angels proved to be too much for the squad from the Foothill League, defeating Two Guys 7-3, on Friday at Montrose Park. "It was a tough loss," said Two Guys Coach Hutch Arzoumanian, whose team - which lost to Warren Printing, 11-1, on Thursday - ended its season at 26-2.
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By Andrew Shortall, andrew.shortall@latimes.com | June 29, 2012
NORTHEAST GLENDALE - Neither Chris Stroh or Julian Jarrad are one of the 25 pitchers listed on the Glendale Angelenos roster, but they were both called upon by Angelenos Coach Tony Riviera to close out Friday's game. While the pair let one run slip through, Jarrad retired the final two batters of the game to pick up the save in the 4-3 victory over Long Beach Legend at Stengel Field. "Stroh has been fantasy pitching in the outfield the entire season and I got a little tired of seeing it so I thought I'd let him put his money where his mouth is," said Riviera, whose team improved to 19-6 with the win. "We try to do stuff differently all the time to make the team feel a little bit loose and confident.
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By Andrew Shortall | April 20, 2012
PASADENA - Both coaches had to laud the play of Crespi second baseman Vince Leoni when reflecting back on Friday's Mission League game between the St. Francis High and Crespi baseball teams. St. Francis' Tei Vanderford sliced a blooping line drive that looked like it was going to sail just over Leoni's head at second base, but he made a nice over-the-shoulder catch and quickly doubled up the Golden Knights' runner at second base. Leoni's play stranded a runner at third and preserved Crespi's one-run lead in the bottom of the fifth.
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By Grant Gordon | May 17, 2006
NORTHWEST GLENDALE ? Two outs were all that separated the Hoover High baseball team from the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division I tournament. Two outs too many. Visiting Arlington of Riverside rallied for two runs with one out in the top of the seventh inning to edge past Hoover in a 4-3 nailbiter in a wild-card game Tuesday afternoon at Hoover High. "Our kids played with a lot of heart and a lot of desire. That's all I asked of them before the game, to come out, play with heart and play to their potential, and I got it," said Hoover Coach Jim Delzell, whose team ended its season at 14-10 after a third-place Pacific League finish.
NEWS
July 22, 2002
Hamlet Nalbandyan Kirsten Slouber is the new girl on the team, but the 15-year-old just might be the person to take the Glendale Senior Softball team to its second consecutive World Series championship. The reigning title holders had no problem moving into the championship game of the Little League Section 2 Tournament, all thanks to Slouber's dominance in the circle and the stellar defense behind her. Glendale, the District 16 representative, beat District 17's San Marino, 2-0, Sunday at Montrose Park as Slouber tossed a no-hitter.
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By Mario Aguirre Jr | June 8, 2012
NORTHEAST GLENDALE - A four-hour thriller saw the Glendale Angelenos trail, tie and then fall behind by as many as five runs in the seventh inning. But Glendale's summer collegiate baseball club made an improbable comeback when Ruben Padilla singled up the middle with two outs to score Matt Tellesco for the game-winning run. It capped a seven-run ninth inning, as the Angelenos defeated the SoCal Halos, 11-10, at Stengel Field. Glendale (7-2) trailed, 10-4, heading into the bottom of the ninth, as it got five hits, including four straight to close out the win. "Words can't describe how elated I am," Angelenos Coach Tony Riviera said.
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By Gabriel Rizk | July 9, 2008
MONTROSE — With their early lead, and even their starting pitcher, gone before the end of the top of the second inning, the tide seemed to be turning against the Foothill All-Stars in their District 16 9-10 Softball Tournament if-necessary championship contest with the Tujunga All-Stars on Tuesday. Alex Howard was able to right Foothill’s ship with 2 2/3 innings of one-hit ball in emergency relief of Jordan Lousararian and Tujunga’s control and fielding difficulties provided Foothill with ample scoring opportunities in a 13-3 mercy-rule shortened game at Montrose Park.
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By Charles Rich | May 30, 2012
The following are updates on local baseball players at the minor league level. Ryan Sherriff (Glendale Community College, 2011) starting pitcher, Palm Beach Cardinals: Sherriff, who helped the Vaqueros reach the state playoffs for the first time in the program's history in 2011, continues to impress with Palm Beach since being promoted May 20 to the Class-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals of the Florida State League. Sherriff, a left-hander who began the season with the Class-A Short Season New York-Penn League Muckdogs, struck out five and allowed two runs (one earned)
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By Gabriel Rizk | May 12, 2010
BURBANK — At this point, Crescenta Valley High pitcher Nate Rousey might be the last guy the Burbank baseball team wants to see on the mound. The sophomore right-hander beat the Bulldogs for the second time this season on Tuesday afternoon, allowing one run on four hits over seven innings to lead the Falcons to an 8-1 Pacific League victory at Burbank. “I was just trying to get ahead in the count and let the defense work for me,” said Rousey, who received plenty of run support from Troy Mulcahey and Elliott Surrey, who both went four for four with a combined seven runs batted in. The win was Crescenta Valley’s 12th in its last 13 league games since dropping its league opener to Burroughs on March 23. The Falcons’ only loss in that span came to Arcadia, which clinched the league title on Tuesday with its win over Glendale.
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By Gabriel Rizk | March 10, 2007
LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE — It took a while for the Flintridge Prep softball team to get a feel for the timing of Providence starting pitcher Natalie Kasbarian. Once it did, the result was a five-run sixth inning, as the Rebels broke open a tie ballgame. That outburst was just enough to withstand a furious seventh-inning comeback attempt by the Pioneers, who fell one run short in the Rebels' 9-8 nonleague win on Friday afternoon at Flintridge Prep. "These girls have been working real hard, and what I like is that it was a total team effort," Rebels Coach Julie Jaime said.