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Baseball:
Rio Hondo Prep secured third place in the Prep League with Friday’s 8-5 victory over Chadwick.
Jack Van Cleve earned the win after 6 1/3 innings of work.
Van Cleve surrendered four runs (one earned) on four hits.
He walked two and struck out 13 Dolphins’ batters.
Bennett Underwood picked up the save after getting the final two outs.
Stefan Lichtenstein came up on the short end on Friday, going all six innings and allowing eight runs (seven earned) on 11 hits.
Lichtenstein walked two and struck out five.
Gio Ortega walked, doubled, scored twice and had two RBIs for the Kares.
Anderson Lang doubled, scored and drove in two runs.
Van Cleve singled, doubled and drove in a run.
Ryan Olivas went 2-for-4 and scored.
Damyan Diaz walked and singled twice.
Ryan McCulloch doubled, scored and drove in a run.
Jonathan Guerrero singled and scored.
And Raymond Montez singled and scored.
Trevor Scott scored once in the win.
Box Score:
C: 0-3-0-0-0-1-1-(5)
RHP: 0-1-1-1-0-5-x-(8)
Win: Jack Van Cleve
Loss: Stefan Lichtenstein
Save: Bennett Underwood
2B: Anderson Lang (RHP), Ryan McCulloch (RHP), Gio Ortega (RHP), Jack Van Cleve (RHP), Mercer (C), Goodman (C)
Records: Chadwick (6-8, 4-8); Rio Hondo Prep (7-8, 5-5)
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