Baseball: Agoura reaches VIBL championship game
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After a last-place finish in the Marmonte League last season, Agoura is showing this summer that it could be one of the most improved teams in the Southern Section. On Wednesday, the Chargers earned a spot in the championship game of the Valley Invitational Baseball League playoffs with a 12-2 victory over Newbury Park.
Agoura will face Valencia West Ranch, an 8-7 winner over Encino Crespi, in Friday’s 6:30 p.m. championship game at Lake Balboa Birmingham.
Senior left-hander Patrick Brennen struck out four, walked two and gave up six hits in a complete-game performance for Agoura. Clay Quina had a double and single for the Chargers, who broke open the game with a six-run sixth inning.
West Ranch is seeded No. 1 in the 31-team tournament and survived a six-run rally in the seventh by Crespi. Ryan Keller allowed one unearned run and one hit in five innings. Jared Ortiz and Randy Poe each had two-run doubles.
Michael Hubbard hit a grand slam in the seventh for Crespi.
-- Eric Sondheimer