HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

By Mike Bresnahan

June 3, 2001 12 AM PT

Placentia El Dorado 9, Westlake Village Westlake 0--Nick McMillan pitched the first shutout of his career and the Golden Hawks won the Division III title.

McMillan (9-1), a 6-foot-4 right-hander, pitched a three-hitter, striking out nine and walking one for No. 3-seeded El Dorado (26-5), which won its second title in three seasons.

“My fastball was moving and shaking and baking,” said McMillan, a senior who pitched only 1 1/3 innings last season. “I kept them on their heels.”

Micah Hazen had two hits and three RBIs, including a two-run double in the first inning that gave El Dorado a 3-0 lead.

Top-seeded Westlake (25-7-1) gave up five unearned runs and had only one hit through five innings, a bloop single in the third by Luke Riordan.

High School Sports

Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

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