Amador Valley vs Foothill, By The Numbers

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North Coast Section Division I baseball champioship

Saturday, June 5, 4 p.m.

at Dougherty Valley High, San Ramon

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Live blog coverage of the game will be provided by PleasantonPatch

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No. 1 Amador Valley

Record: 24-3

Streak: Won 13

Cal-Hi Sports state ranking: 6

Cal-Hi Sports NCS ranking: 1

MaxPreps.com state ranking: 7

MaxPreps.com NCS ranking: 1

*East Bay Athletic League champions

No. 2 Foothill

Record: 20-7

Streak: Won 3

MaxPreps.com state ranking: 38

MaxPreps.com NCS ranking: 3

*Unranked by Cal-Hi Sports, finished second in the EBAL with San Ramon Valley

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Foothill 

1. Matt Owen, CF — Hitting .366 with 17 RBI's, 8 extra-base hits and leads the team with 10 stolen bases

2. Jake Jefferies, 3B — Switch-hitter ranks first on the team with 25 runs, second with 31 hits and is hitting .356.

3. Brandon Defazio, SS — Oregon State-bound senior is hitting .373, has 31 hits, leads the team in doubles (13) and home runs (3).

4. Michael Theofanopolous, P — Cal-bound senior is hitting .395, leads the team with 32 hits, is second with 20 RBIs and has hit 3 home runs.

5. Brandon Viceral, DH — Sophomore lefty is hitting .378, leads the team with 22 RBIs and is second with 11 extra-base hits.

6. Cameron Rowland, RF — Standout football player is hitting .355 with 18 RBIs and a pair of homers.

7. Will Anderson, 1B — Known more for his pitching, but the Fresno State-bound senior leads the Falcons with a .417 batting average and has collected 7 extra base hits.

8. Garrett Moore, LF — Speedy left fielder is sixth on the team with 16 runs, while hitting .276.

9. David Camarena, 2B — Hitting .323 with 14 RBI's, has shown flashes of power with a home run and a triple.

Catching: Andrew Brazil — Foothill backstop has not made an error all year.

Amador Valley

1. Brian Hamm, 2B — Hitting .361 with a team-high 32 runs, has a .491 OBP.

2. Joey Moroney, CF — Hitting .350 with 14 RBI and 29 runs

3. Chris Keck, SS — EBAL's most dangerous hitter is hitting .453 with 4 home runs, 3 triples and 24 RBIs; has been walked 30 times (.604 OPB) and struck out just 6 times.

4. Tommy Pluschkell, 3B — Captain and clutch hitter is hitting .298 with a team-high 24 RBI's.

5. David Johnson, DH — Hitting .423 with 6 doubles and one home run.

6. Devin Finn, LF — Finn is hitting .297 with 4 doubles and a triple.

7. Tony Olguin, C —Carrying a .355 batting average with a pair of homers and 15 RBI's.

8. Greg Dillon, 1B — A good defensive player, Dillon is hitting .174 in 14 games.

9. Michael Lam, RF — Hit a walk-off single to beat Foothill in the regular-season finale, hitting .382 with 3 doubles.

Pitching: Michael Mallory

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Foothill

Michael Theofanopolous

Record: 6-2

Era: 2.98

IP: 51.2

K/BB: 58/36

Note — Has not pitched against Amador Valley in his three-year varsity career.

Amador Valley

Michael Mallory

Record: 8-0

Era: 1.34

IP: 62.2

K/BB: 50/24

Note — In 3 1/3 innings against Foothill this year, Mallory has allowed 7 hits and 2 earned runs.

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• Neither school has ever advanced to the NCS championships game in baseball, let alone win it
• Game will be at Dougherty Valley High in San Ramon, where former Foothill coach Brian Freitas is the baseball coach and athletic director 
• Just one No. 1 seed has won the NCS baseball title at the highest level since 2001, (De La Salle, 2007) 
• Winner will be the first East Bay Athletic League team since San Ramon Valley in 2004 to win the NCS title 
• Winner will become the third EBAL school to win an NCS title in history (SRV has won 3, Monte Vista 1, DLS's titles came before it entered the league)
• Foothill seniors Brandon Defazio (Oregon State), Will Anderson (Fresno State) and Michael Theofanopolous (California) are set to play Division I baseball ... Amador junior Chris Keck is committed to UCLA, but cannot sign a letter of intent until later this year.
• Amador Valley has won 5-straight games against Foothill, including in the NCS playoffs in 2009
• Several players on opposing teams grew up playing with and against each other, including Foothill's Garrett Moore and Amador' Tommy Pluschkell, who began playing together around age 9, Pluschkell said.

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*A game preview story will be online Saturday morning

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