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Baseball: Big inning propels Bishop Amat past Lakewood

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Bishop Amat sent 15 batters to the plate during a nine-run third inning tonight on the way to a 12-6 victory over Lakewood in the Redondo tournament at the Major League Baseball Urban Academy in Compton.

Mike Rodriguez, Jerry McClanahan and Josh Genzuk had two hits apiece for Bishop Amat (16-5), ranked No. 9 in the Southland by The Times. Anthony Razo went three for four and drove in two runs for No. 24 Lakewood (14-9-1), which has dropped four consecutive games and will likely fall out of the rankings.

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Nevada Las Vegas-bound right-hander Brady Zuniga (7-1) pitched a complete game for Bishop Amat, giving up eight hits and six runs--five earned--to win his seventh consecutive game. Zuniga struck out seven and did not walk a batter.

Bishop Amat advanced to play Long Beach Wilson on May 2 in the championship of the Redondo tournament at a site and time to be determined.

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

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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