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Arizona State gets tying run against UCLA

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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UCLA ace Gerrit Cole had faced only two batters over the minimum through the first three innings before running into a little trouble in the fourth during the Bruins’ Pacific 10 Conference showdown with Arizona State on Friday evening at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

Cole walked Kole Calhoun on a full count leading off the fourth. Calhoun advanced to second base on a passed ball and scored on Riccio Torrez’s double to right-center field, pulling Arizona State into a 1-1 tie. Cole walked another batter in the inning but stranded runners on the corners when he got Matt Newman to fly out to left field to end the inning.

-- 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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