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Baseball: Wilmington Banning gets on the board

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Wilmington Banning halved its deficit in the fourth inning when Lucas Macias doubled over San Pedro left fielder Nolan Meadows’ head, driving in Mike Encinas with the Pilots’ first run.

San Pedro leads the Marine League showdown, 2-1, going into the bottom of the fourth.

It looked like Pirates starter Jon Mata might get out of the fourth without allowing a run after Encinas tripled to right-center to open the inning. Mata retired the next two batters before Macias came through with his double.

But Banning stranded runners at second and third when Chris Johnson grounded out.

--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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