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Baseball: Pitching carries Milwaukee Brewers to victory in Area Code Games

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Five pitchers from the Southern California-laden Milwaukee Brewers combined on a three-hit shutout during a 6-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday at Blair Field in the Area Code Games.

Marina right-hander Trevor Megill and Lakewood’s Shane Watson were among the quintet who baffled the Reds, with Megill striking out two of the three batters he faced during a perfect inning and Watson completing a scoreless inning.

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Edison’s Timothy Lopes singled twice and drove in a pair of runs and South Hills’ C.J. Saylor had an RBI double. Lakewood’s J.P. Crawford singled, reached on an error and scored a pair of runs.

The Brewers improved to 2-1.

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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