Bay Area News Group Baseball Top 20
(Mercury News & East Bay Times)
(Records through Monday)
No. 1 DE LA SALLE (2-0)
Previous ranking: 1
Since last ranking: Beat Clovis 6-1, Kingsburg 5-0
Up next: Thursday at St. Mary’s-Stockton, 3:30 p.m.
No. 2 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (4-0)
Previous ranking: 2
Since last ranking: Beat Cardinal Newman 8-2, Elk Grove 1-0, Dublin 5-1, Palo Alto 6-0
Up next: Wednesday vs. Santa Teresa, 3:30 p.m.
No. 3 ST. IGNATIUS (3-0)
Previous ranking: 6
Since last ranking: Beat California 4-0, Del Oro 1-0, Dougherty Valley 5-1
Up next: Tuesday at Sequoia, 3:30 p.m.
No. 4 GRANADA (3-0)
Previous ranking: 8
Since last ranking: Beat James Logan 10-1, Irvington 17-3, Pittsburg 10-7
Up next: Tuesday at Liberty, 3:30 p.m.
No. 5 CLAYTON VALLEY CHARTER (1-1)
Previous ranking: 5
Since last ranking: Lost to Cardinal Newman 8-3, Mission San Jose 3-0
Up next: Tuesday vs. Dougherty Valley, 3:30 p.m.
No. 6 LEIGH (3-0)
Previous ranking: 19
Since last ranking: Beat St. Francis 7-3, Santa Cruz 2-1, Santa Clara 12-2
Up next: Tuesday at Archbishop Mitty, 3:30 p.m.
No. 7 ACALANES (4-0)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Beat Alhambra 4-2, Heritage 10-5, San Ramon Valley 7-2, Petaluma 2-1
Up next: Thursday vs. Vintage, 3:30 p.m.
No. 8 BELLARMINE (2-0)
Previous ranking: 11
Since last ranking: Beat Bear Creek 9-0, Oak Ridge 11-1
Up next: Tuesday vs. Pioneer, 3:30 p.m.
No. 9 SAN RAMON VALLEY (3-1)
Previous ranking: 3
Since last ranking: Beat Benicia 13-1, lost to Acalanes 7-2, beat Liberty 11-1, Irvington 16-0
Up next: Wednesday vs. College Park, 3:30 p.m.
No. 10 ST. FRANCIS (2-1)
Previous ranking: 9
Since last ranking: Lost to Leigh 7-3, beat Los Gatos 8-3, Menlo-Atherton 11-0
Up next: Tuesday vs. Mountain View, 3:30 p.m.
No. 11 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (3-1)
Previous ranking: 4
Since last ranking: Beat Prospect 10-1, Hollister 9-2, lost to Carlmont 8-5, beat Hollister 7-0
Up next: Tuesday vs. Leigh, 3:30 p.m.
No. 12 LOS GATOS (3-1)
Previous ranking: 7
Since last ranking: Lost to St. Francis 8-3, beat Saratoga 10-0, Pioneer 4-3, Carmel 4-3
Up next: Friday vs. Santa Teresa, 3 p.m.
No. 13 BERKELEY (1-0)
Previous ranking: 13
Since last ranking: Beat Dougherty Valley 10-0
Up next: Wednesday at LIberty, 3:30 p.m.
No. 14 PITTSBURG (3-1)
Previous ranking: 14
Since last ranking: Beat Miramonte 9-1, Kennedy-Fremont 8-1, San Leandro 4-2, lost to Granada 10-7
Up next: Wednesday vs. Mission San Jose, 3:30 p.m.
No. 15 SERRA (3-1)
Previous ranking: 18
Since last ranking: Beat Sacred Heart Prep 14-1, Foothill 4-0, Carlmont 10-1, lost to Capuchino 5-4
Up next: Wednesday vs. Sequoia, 3:30 p.m.
No. 16 CASTRO VALLEY (5-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Beat Liberty 4-2, Redwood Christian 13-0, Salinas 3-2, Amador Valley 5-4, American 6-0, lost to Archbishop Riordan 2-1
Up next: Tuesday vs. San Leandro, 3:30 p.m.
No. 17 PALO ALTO (2-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Beat Hollster 5-3, Carlmont 10-2, lost to Valley Christian 6-0
Up next: Friday at De La Salle, 3:30 p.m.
No. 18 JAMES LOGAN (1-1)
Previous ranking: 12
Since last ranking: Lost to Granada 10-1, beat Amador Valley 1-0
Up next: Wednesday at Foothill, 3:30 p.m.
No. 19 CAPUCHINO (5-1)
Previous ranking: Not ranked
Since last ranking: Beat Kennedy-Fremont 20-0, lost to Aragon 6-5, beat Mills 3-0, Terra Nova 1-0, Serra 5-4, Santa Teresa 9-3
Up next: Wednesday vs. Archbishop Riordan, 3:30 p.m.
No. 20 AMADOR VALLEY (2-2)
Previous ranking: 10
Since last ranking: Beat Miramonte 14-1, lost to Castro Valley 5-4, James Logan 1-0, beat Liberty 5-0
Up next: Wednesday vs. Bishop O’Dowd, 5:30 p.m.
Teams eligible for the Bay Area News Group rankings come from leagues based predominantly in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.
Source: www.mercurynews.com