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It’s a battle of the bullpens at UCLA

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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National powers UCLA and Arizona State have gone to their bullpenswith their Pacific 10 Conference showdown deadlocked at 1-1 in the top of the eighth inning tonight at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

Arizona State’s Kole Calhoun knocked out Bruins starter Gerrit Cole with a double to right-center field leading off the eighth. Cole pitched seven-plus innings, giving up six hits and four walks. He also struck out nine and threw 124 pitches.

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Sun Devils starter Seth Blair went 6 2/3 innings, being relieved after Chris Giovinazzo singled through the left side of the infield with two outs in the seventh. Giovinazzo stole second base but was stranded when Beau Amaral grounded out to end the inning.

Blair gave up six hits and one run, striking out six and walking three.

--Ben Bolch

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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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