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Baseball: Hart, Mater Dei pull out extra-inning victories

EL SEGUNDO, CA-AUGUST 14, 2019: Eric Sondheimer, Prep Sports Columnist, Los Angeles Times
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It took extra innings, but Newhall Hart and Santa Ana Mater Dei got victories Wednesday in important league games.

Hart (11-9-1, 5-5) defeated Saugus, 4-3, in an 11-inning Foothill League game. C.J. Millar came on to pitch in the sixth for the Indians and won it. He also had a double in the 11th to set up the winning run. Zac Vincej of Saugus sent the game into extra innings with a seventh-inning home run. Hart pulled to within a game of Saugus (10-9. 6-4) in the battle for third place.

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In the Trinity League, Mater Dei (18-3, 7-3) scored seven runs in the eighth inning to defeat Santa Margarita, 11-4. Derek Campbell hit his sixth home run of the season.

-- Eric Sondheimer

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Eric Sondheimer is the prep sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He has been honored seven times by the California Prep Sportswriters Assn. for best prep sports column.

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