City Section 4-A Division Baseball Final At Dodger Stadium

WHO: Banning vs. El Camino Real.

WHAT: City Section 4-A Division baseball championship game.

WHEN: Tonight, 7:30 p.m.

TICKETS: Available at Dodger Stadium ticket booths--$6 general admission; $3 for students with school identification.

PARKING: Free.

FAST FACT: Valley high schools have won 23 of the past 24 4-A titles. Kennedy won the past two titles.

EL CAMINO REAL

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No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 1 Joel Morales OF 5-11 Sr. 3 Jared Maiden 2B 5-10 Jr. 4 Dan Williams P/OF 5-8 So. 5 Brian Somoza INF 5-10 Jr. 6 Mike Grossman P/INF 5-11 Fr. 7 Shaun Fishman P/OF 6-2 Sr. 8 Woody Cliffords 1B 6-2 Jr. 9 Brandon Kahan INF 5-9 Jr. 10 Joe Merchan 3B 5-11 Sr. 11 Junior Avina P/SS 6-0 Sr. 14 Mike Leduc C 5-7 Fr. 15 Scott Gilmore INF 5-9 So. 20 Ryan Gunches 1B 5-7 So. 22 Ray Leduc C 5-7 Sr. 25 Kurt Birkins P/OF 6-2 Jr. 28 Mark Dragin OF 5-9 Sr. 31 Josh Pfeffer INF 5-11 Sr. 32 P.J. Reyes P 5-10 Jr. 33 Adam Sperling P 6-1 So. 34 Connor Jackson 3B 5-11 Fr. 35 Jesus Gallo OF 5-8 Jr. 36 Matt Schwartz C 5-8 So. 37 Jesus Lopez SS 5-9 So. 40 Philip Chase INF 5-10 Jr. 42 Jason Sabolic C 6-0 Jr. 46 John Koegel P 5-11 So. 55 Sean McElroy Utl 5-10 Fr.

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TONIGHT’S STARTER: Either John Koegel (6-2, 2.73 ERA, 27 strikeouts and nine walks in 41 innings) or Kurt Birkins (3-0, 4.41 ERA, 33 strikeouts and 24 walks in 33 1/3 innings). Shaun Fishman (7-5, 3.09 ERA, 76 strikeouts and 14 walks in 68 innings) is available for five innings of relief.

TOP HITTERS: Woody Cliffords .474, 32 runs scored, 11 doubles, 8 home runs, 32 RBIs, 13 stolen bases; Joe Merchan .487, 8 doubles, 5 triples; Joel Morales .388, 11 stolen bases; Ray Leduc .378, 10 home runs, 36 RBIs; Jared Maiden .353.

TEAM FAST FACT: Senior Shaun Fishman is the only player on the roster who was on the 1994 El Camino Real team that won the section title. He was a reserve.

BANNING

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No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. 3 Albert Rocha 2B 5-7 Sr. 4 Oscar Morales OF 6-2 Sr. 5 Edgar Vigil P 6-0 Sr. 6 Miguel Perez Utl 5-9 Sr. 7 Ricardo Carrillo OF 5-10 Sr. 8 Marlo Ramos INF 5-10 Sr. 11 Jason Pastrano INF 5-6 Fr. 13 Marco Barera OF 5-9 So. 14 Mike Limosnero Utl 5-11 So. 15 Nick Garcia SS 6-1 Sr. 16 Ruben Martinez P/SS 5-8 Fr. 17 Steve Donini P 5-10 Jr. 18 Oscar Amaya P 5-6 Jr. 19 Michael Cockrell Utl 5-9 So. 21 Eduardo Vejar OF 5-11 Sr. 23 Frank Perez 1/3B 6-0 So. 28 Miguel Gallardo P/3B 5-10 Sr. 31 Vince Velasquez C 5-8 So. 32 Carlos Muniz P 6-0 So. 34 Thomas Tucay Utl 6-1 So.

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TONIGHT’S STARTER: Either right-hander Miguel Gallardo (3-5, 2.71 ERA in 36 innings) or right-hander Edgar Vigil (5-3, 3.24 ERA in 54 innings). Gallardo pitched the seventh inning and earned a save Tuesday against Kennedy. “We don’t have a No. 1 guy,” fourth-year Coach John Gonzalez said. “We pitch by committee.”

TOP HITTERS: Nick Garcia .509, 43 runs scored, 19 doubles, 4 triples, 3 home runs, 49 RBIs; Miguel Gallardo .444, 12 doubles, 3 triples, 3 home runs, 35 RBIs; Michael Cockrell .378, 43 runs scored, 7 doubles, 4 triples, 26 RBIs; Frank Perez .343, 11 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs (team high), 31 RBIs; Miguel Perez .354, 18 RBIs. Vince Velazquez .330, 5 doubles, 2 home runs, 17 RBIs.

TEAM FAST FACT: Banning last won a City title in 1961 but has reached the final three times since 1981. The Pilots lost to San Fernando, 3-2, in the 1991 final, their most recent appearance.