Occidental freshman Justin Hirschberg throws a strike in his college pitching debut against visiting Bates. Photo courtesy of Jeff Hirschberg
One year ago, Justin Hirschberg was the ace of the Palisades High baseball team’s pitching staff. Now, he is a freshman at Occidental College in Eagle Rock and the crafty left-hander made his season debut Feb. 19, striking out four batters and allowing three hits in four innings in the Tigers’ 6-5 triumph over Bates College. He has pitched 5.1 innings in two appearances with a 3.38 earned run average and six strikeouts.
Last spring, Hirschberg made the Western League first-team for the second time, earned All-City second team honors and retired all three batters he faced (with one strikeout) in the City vs. Southern Section All-Star Classic in Lake Balboa. He verbally committed to Occidental in October 2016.
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