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Baseball: West Ranch uses unusual strategy

EL SEGUNDO, CA-AUGUST 14, 2019: Eric Sondheimer, Prep Sports Columnist, Los Angeles Times
By Eric Sondheimer
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Valencia West Ranch Coach Casey Burrill decided Friday he wasn’t going to let sophomore Trey Williams of Valencia beat his team at the plate no matter what situation.

So Burrill ordered an intentional walk for Williams in the fourth inning with the bases loaded to force across a run.

‘We promised ourselves if we got into a jam today, we’d walk him,’ Burrill said. ‘It didn’t feel good, but I liked the result.’

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Williams ended up hitting his sixth home run against West Ranch in three games later in the day. West Ranch won, 8-4.

-- 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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