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            The Cerritos College baseball team scored four runs in the top of the ninth to avoid a devastating loss on Wednesday afternoon, as they defeated Los Angeles City College 11-8 in a South Coast Conference game. Entering the contest, the Falcons were looking to hold onto second place, while the Cubs were 3-20 on the season and 1-14 in SCC play. With the win, Cerritos is now 13-5 in the conference with six games to go, while they are 24-13 overall. The team has a double bye and will return to conference action next Tuesday when they play host to East Los Angeles College at 2:30 p.m. at Kincaid Field.

            After falling behind the Cubs, 4-1 after two innings, the Falcons found themselves trailing 8-7 heading into the top of the ninth inning. But freshman right fielder Jake Moore (Palisade, CO HS) led off the inning with a walk and was advanced to second base by freshman third baseman Jose Serrano (Artesia HS). Sophomore second baseman Dan Luyben (Lakewood HS) drove in Moore with a base hit to tie the game at 8-8 and LA City changed pitchers. Sophomore outfielder Phil Van Doren (La Mirada HS) kept the rally alive with a base hit until freshman catcher Phil Rodriguez (Norwalk HS) gave the team a 9-8 lead with a single, while sophomore shortstop Scott Patynik (Whittier HS) followed with a single to load the bases. Up stepped clutch-hitting first baseman Ryan Montgomery (La Mirada HS), who drilled a 1-2 pitch for a base hit, which scored the final two runs of the inning.

            In the bottom of the ninth inning, freshman pitcher Kevin Camacho (Santa Fe HS) closed out the game to earn the win with the final two outs coming on a double play. Camacho came on in the fifth inning in favor of freshman Robbie Dominguez (El Rancho HS), who allowed seven runs (five earned), while three of the four batters he walked came in to score. Dominguez punched out six batters, while Camacho struck out five and allowed just five hits to pick up his eighth win of the season.