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Baseball: Damon Aikins nearly hits for cycle for Venice Boys & Girls Club RBI

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Damon Aikins fell a single short of hitting for the cycle Thursday in Minneapolis after getting a home run, triple, double and walk during Venice Boys & Girls Club RBI’s 15-5 victory over Houston RBI in the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities World Series.

Aikins went three for three with a game-high five runs batted in and scored four runs. First baseman Juan Avena also went three for three with three RBIs and three runs scored. Third baseman Mike Duarte went three for four with three RBIs.

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--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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