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Baseball: Long Beach Poly pulls out 2-1 win in 12 innings

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High school baseball games don’t get much better than Thursday night’s Moore League title decider at Blair Field. Long Beach Poly defeated Long Beach Wilson, 2-1, on Xavier Lavelle’s two-run double in the bottom of the 12th.

Poly finishes the regular season 24-6 and 11-1. Wilson is 23-7 and 9-3.

Wilson’s Chase DeJong didn’t allow a hit in 10 scoreless innings while striking out 12. He was almost matched in scoreless innings by Poly’s Chris Castellanos, who struck out 13 in nine scoreless innings.

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DeJong was determined to get his team a victory, and he came through with a triple to lead off the 12th. Pinch runner Logan Burns scored the game’s first run on an error.

In the bottom of the 12th, Poly’s Jeff Turley drew a leadoff walk against Mike Semonsen. Peter Fierros followed with a single and then Lavelle lined a double down the right-field line to drive in the tying and winning runs and start a joyous victory celebration for the Jackrabbits, who hadn’t won a league title by themsevles since 1968.

-- Eric Sondheimer

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