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Baseball: Area Code Games start Wednesday

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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There will be no shortage of Southern California baseball stars on hand when the Area Code Games commence Wednesday at Blair Field in Long Beach.

The Californians will play on a pair of teams--Milwaukee Brewers Blue and Milwaukee Brewers Gray--competing among the eight vying to impress scouts and college coaches.

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The Milwaukee Brewers Gray is led by Maranatha pitcher Dylan Covey and Royal pitcher Cody Buckel. Crespi’s Ryon Healy and Mater Dei’s Cory Hahn should provide ample power among the hitters.

The Milwaukee Brewers Blue features Austin Wilson, a dynamic outfielder from Harvard-Westlake, as well as Redlands East Valley pitcher Tyler Shreve and Marina third baseman Chad Lewis.

The Brewers Blue open play Thursday against the Oakland Athletics (stocked with high school stars from the Southeast) at 8:30 a.m., with the Gray taking on the New York Yankees (featuring some of the best players from the Northeast) at 11:30 a.m.

--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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