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            The Cerritos College baseball team fought back from a 5-2 deficit against El Camino College on Thursday afternoon and scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning to pull out a 6-5 South Coast Conference victory. With the win, the Falcons are now 13-8 on the year and 4-1 in conference play. They will now travel to East Los Angeles College on Tuesday for a 2:00 p.m. conference game.

            Sophomore Phil Van Doren (La Mirada HS), who was the team’s starting pitcher and stayed in the game as the designated hitter after he was replaced on the mound, led off the ninth inning with a base hit. Freshman center fielder Nick Armstrong (Marina HS) followed with a walk before the first out of the inning was recorded. Freshman third baseman Jose Serrano (Artesia HS) singled to load the bases, while sophomore second baseman Dan Luyben (Lakewood HS) drove in the first run of the inning on a ground out. Freshman catcher Phil Rodriguez (Norwalk HS) then singled home two more runs before sophomore first baseman Ryan Montgomery (La Mirada HS) singled in pinch-runner Tomoya Mizutani (Ogaki Minami, Japan HS) on an 0-2 pitch.

            Freshman pitcher Kevin Camacho (Santa Fe HS), who came on in relief of Van Doren in the sixth inning, pitched the final 3 1/3 innings to record the victory. After allowing a lead-off single and sacrifice bunt, another infield ground out moved the runner to third base. Camacho ended the game on a called third strike.