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            The Cerritos College baseball team spread out 13 hits, including a two-run home run by sophomore first baseman Ryan Montgomery (La Mirada HS), his second in as many games, to help lead the Falcons to an 8-2 South Coast Conference road win against Pasadena City College on Thursday. With the win, their seventh in the last eight games, Cerritos is now 11-7 overall and 2-0 in conference play. Weather permitting, the team will travel to face cross-town rival Long Beach City College on Saturday at noon.

            Montgomery’s home run, a two-run blast in the top of the third inning, gave the Falcons a 4-0 lead for freshman starting pitcher Kevin Camacho (Santa Fe HS), who went 6 2/3 innings and allowed two runs while striking out seven batters. In the second inning, Montgomery got the inning started by being hit by a pitch. After moving to second base on a wild pitch, he came home on a double by freshman center fielder Nick Armstrong (Marina HS). After he advanced to third base on an error, Armstrong was driven home on a sacrifice fly off the bat of freshman third baseman Jose Serrano (Artesia HS).

            That would be enough offense for Camacho, who worked out of several jams throughout the game. With runners on first and second in the third inning, he recorded the final out on a strikeout, while he worked out of a bases loaded jam in the fifth inning after allowing two hits and a walk.

            In the fourth inning, freshman left fielder Andrew Baslow (Chatsworth HS) doubled and scoring on a base hit by Serrano, while sophomore designated hitter Phil Van Doren (La Mirada HS) drove in two runs with a two-out single in the eighth inning that scored Armstrong and Baslow. Sophomore shortstop Scott Patynik (Whittier HS) drove in the team’s final run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.