Baseball: Thousand Oaks’ Birgel heading to UC Santa Barbara

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Thousand Oaks outfielder Alex Birgel has committed to UC Santa Barbara. The 6-foot, 190-pound senior is batting .438 with 23 RBIs and six home runs, and is one of the reasons the Lancers are considered a favorite for the Division I title.

Now that he knows he’s going to be a big-time college ballplayer, maybe Birgel will have a breakout game against Royal on Wednesday. And I’m sure no one on the Lancers’ squad would mind, especially since the game will be knee-deep in playoff and Marmonte League title implications.

Oh, and special thanks to track and field guru Mike Kennedy for doing the legwork on this one.

-- Austin Knoblauch

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