Millstadt Green Machine

PLAYER	TEAM	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
Holland	Marissa	62	19	35	25	.565
Blumberg	Fairview	31	10	16	7	.516
Adamson	Millstadt	33	13	17	10	.515
Heuer	Belleville	63	22	32	33	.507
Sangiolo	Belleville	50	15	25	14	.500
Altis	St. Louis	49	15	23	17	.469
Lyons	Edwardsville	31	6	14	10	.452
Maher	St. Louis	70	19	32	13	.457
Fuess	Waterloo	76	17	34	32	.447
Friederich	Waterloo	72	29	32	23	.444
Davis	St. Louis	36	6	16	9	.444
Weston	Millstadt	56	11	24	14	.429
Tampow	Belleville	79	24	33	8	.417
Hosler	Columbia	48	11	20	10	.417
Casey	Valmeyer	36	6	15	7	.417
Turnbull	Belleville	58	13	24	18	.413
Francois	Millstadt	68	20	28	21	.412
Melliere	Marissa	51	11	21	12	.412
Neal	Belleville	63	19	26	14	.412
Bergheger	Valmeyer	39	8	16	6	.410
J. Wahlig	Fairview	22	5	9	6	.409
Waldo	Edwardsville	47	12	19	11	.404
P. Miesner	Marissa	60	16	24	19	.400
Honnegger	Edwardsville	68	18	27	6	.397
Thoma	Columbia	48	8	19	11	.396
Wigger	Waterloo	57	22	22	14	.386
Caby	Waterloo	65	17	25	31	.385
Spotanski	Millstadt	65	20	25	2	.385
Lemly	St. Louis	42	6	16	7	.381
Yearian	Marissa	29	6	11	7	.379
D. Kleinschmidt	Columbia	74	17	28	15	.378
Stechmesser	Columbia	45	10	17	5	.378
Boeser	Fairview	53	10	20	7	.377
G. Rohlfing	Valmeyer	53	7	20	7	.377
Kelso	Belleville	24	5	9	6	.375
Knackstedt	Alton	24	4	9	2	.375
Kuntz	Columbia	19	6	7	4	.368
J. Thompson	Waterloo	49	15	18	9	.367
Beninat	Marissa	63	18	23	5	.365
Hardin	Waterloo	52	9	19	9	.365
Short	Fairview	55	14	20	12	.364
Bridgewater	Columbia	72	14	26	15	.361
Frazer	Columbia	72	16	26	5	.361
Jones	Alton	50	8	18	14	.360
Thomas	St. Louis	53	3	19	18	.358
Caulk	Edwardsville	68	13	24	17	.353
Bayers	Fairview	61	19	21	17	.344
Muskopf	Millstadt	32	10	11	7	.344
Range	Marissa	59	14	20	9	.339
Wallace	St. Louis	71	20	24	14	.338
Schwierjohn	Alton	63	10	21	17	.333
A. Thompson	Waterloo	48	11	16	11	.333
C. Miesner	Marissa	24	6	8	5	.333
Lux	St. Louis	18	6	6	5	.333
Haven	Belleville	46	5	15	3	.326
Allen	St. Louis	43	15	14	5	.326
Dawson	Waterloo	59	23	19	8	.322
Hurst	Waterloo	59	23	19	14	.322
Boruff	Belleville	28	5	9	9	.321
A. Thompson	Marissa	25	7	8	5	.320
Zollner	Marissa	25	6	8	4	.320
Santiago	St. Louis	42	9	13	5	.310
Mathews	Valmeyer	29	9	9	4	.310
Schaake	Alton	74	19	23	8	.311
Dolce	Belleville	52	8	16	6	.307
Riebeling	Valmeyer	52	10	16	12	.308
Gonzales	Alton	49	12	15	7	.306
Scarborough	Belleville	49	7	15	14	.306
Radake	Millstadt	36	5	11	7	.306
Hargis	Columbia	23	6	7	7	.304
Fravell	Edwardsville	46	8	14	10	.304
Mosbacher	Valmeyer	57	12	17	11	.298
Steen	Milstadt	47	4	14	19	.298
Potts	Millstadt	47	15	14	3	.298
Heinschmidt	St. louis	54	10	16	13	.296
Torres	Valmeyer	41	8	15	7	.294
Sidwell	Alton	41	6	12	6	.293
Donovan	Fairview	60	8	17	8	.283
Neff	Valmeyer	46	3	13	8	.283
Hein	Fairview	47	6	13	2	.277
Crooks	St. Louis	29	8	8	4	.276
Campbell	Fairview	26	9	7	3	.269
Rethwisch	St. Louis	41	9	11	6	.268
Hodges	Fairview	41	9	11	11	.268
Lawrence	Belleville	41	7	11	8	.268
Kessler	Columbia	19	3	5	4	.263
Novak	Fairview	46	8	12	9	.261
Sertich	Edwardsville	23	3	7	2	.259
Parker	Marissa	47	10	12	6	.255
J. Rohlfing	Valmeyer	40	3	10	5	.250
Amann	Valmeyer	28	6	7	2	.250
Chandler	Marissa	20	2	5	3	.250
Lutz	Millstadt	16	3	4	1	.250
Corchado	St. Louis	20	7	5	4	.250
Horton	Edwardsville	41	8	12	10	.235
Froelich	St. Louis	17	5	4	1	.235
Odum	Edwardsville	47	6	11	5	.234
T. Kleinschmidt	Columbia	47	7	11	10	.234
Kaiser	Fairview	57	2	13	5	.228
B. Lloyd	Marissa	22	9	5	5	.227
Kohnz	Valmeyer	40	8	9	4	.225
Pinnell	Alton	27	3	6	5	.222
Davis	Columbia	41	7	9	8	.220
Switzer	Millstadt	56	3	12	7	.214
French	Millstadt	38	7	8	5	.211
Hillen	Belleville	15	1	3	1	.200
Griswold	Edwardsville	43	3	8	6	.186
Morgando	Millstadt	20	4	3	3	.150
A. Voelker	Millstadt	41	0	6	1	.146
C. Galle	Marissa	41	5	6	8	.146
Chinea	St. Louis	15	4	2	1	.133
Savoie	Belleville	17	4	2	1	.117
Altwater	Columbia	27	6	2	1	.074
RBI LEADERS
Heuer	Belleville	33
Fuess	Waterloo	32
Ohlau	Waterloo	32
Holland	Marissa	25
Friederich	Waterloo	23
Francois	Millstadt	21
P. Miesner	Marissa	19
Steen	Millstadt	19
Thomas	St. Louis	18
Turnbull	Belleville	18
Bayers	Fairview	17
Caulk	Edwardsville	17
Schwierjohn	Alton	17
HOME RUN LEADERS
Holland	Marissa	8
Caby	Waterloo	7
Bayers	Fairview	5
Ohlau	Waterloo	5
Heuer	Belleville	4
TRIPLE LEADERS
Francois	Millstadt	5
Heinschmidt	St. Louis	3
Sangiolo	Belleville	3
DOUBLES LEADERS
Heuer	Belleville	20
Ohlau	Waterloo	12
Friederich	Waterloo	10
Fuess	Waterloo	8
Bayers	Fairview	7
Schaake	Alton	7
Schwierjohn	Alton	7
STOLEN BASE LEADERS
Friederich	Waterloo	11
Spotanski	Millstadt	11
Honegger	Edwardsville	9
Jones	Alton	8
Yearian	Marissa	8
J. Thompson	Waterloo	7
Dawson	Waterloo	7

PITCHING LEADERS
Name	Team	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Spotanshi	Millstadt	11.1	8	2	2	7	1.24
Musso	Waterloo	46.0	39	10	10	40	1.52
Blumberg	Fairview	18.0	14	4	8	23	1.56
Kars	St. Louis	16.0	10	3	5	15	1.69
Dugan	Millstadt	15.2	19	4	0	12	1.79
Crooks	St. Louis	35.1	24	8	13	29	2.04
T. Lee	St. Louis	18.2	13	5	9	8	2.41
Sidwell	Alton	13.0	10	3	2	5	1.62
Blackwell	Waterloo	41.1	37	10	8	30	1.69
Lyons	Edwardsville	34.2	35	10	15	25	2.02
A. Hill	Fairview	36.1	39	11	8	26	2.12
J. Harres	Millstadt	22.2	24	7	14	25	2.16
Garcia	Fairview	35.0	36	12	14	44	2.40
Briesacher	Valmeyer	49.0	52	17	5	23	2.43
Herman	Columbia	17.0	22	6	2	18	2.47
Germann	Millstadt	50.0	39	18	25	48	2.52
Hottenrott	Belleville	44.0	41	19	14	27	3.02
Hudnut	Belleville	16.0	12	7	7	10	3.06
T. Hill	Alton	24.1	35	11	5	16	3.17
Otten	Waterloo	17.2	19	8	1	18	3.17
Morgan	Columbia	27.2	33	14	10	26	3.18
Horton	Edwardsville	15.1	15	7	12	8	3.20
Norton	Marissa	27.1	34	13	5	15	3.33
Waeltz	Waterloo	22.2	19	11	6	20	3.40
Lucht	Valmeyer	46.2	58	26	20	14	3.90
Forrester	Marissa	28.1	29	16	20	14	3.95
Meyler	Fairview	17.1	24	10	6	19	4.04
Scott	Edwardsville	20.1	21	12	20	21	4.13
Catto	Marissa	23.2	22	14	23	27	4.14
Muskopf	Millstadt	20.0	25	12	11	11	4.20
Tampow	Belleville	10.0	8	4	6	4	4.20
Larsen	Edwardsville	16.2	19	10	9	15	4.20
Barriger	Belleville	22.0	21	14	8	17	4.45
Stearns	Marissa	38.0	59	26	15	20	4.79
Hein	Fairview	10.0	13	7	5	7	4.90
Gonzales	Alton	17.0	24	13	3	10	4.94
M. Lee	St. Louis	40.0	48	22	24	27	4.95
E. Kuntz	Columbia	15.1	18	11	13	16	5.03
Collignon	Alton	35.0	50	26	20	23	5.20
Waldo	Edwardsville	10.2	15	8	6	4	5.25
Bazile	Belleville	28.0	40	21	16	10	5.25
Jones	Alton	31.1	39	25	21	12	5.59
Utlaut	St. Louis	14.0	18	9	4	11	5.79
Bernat	Columbia	25.0	30	21	10	17	5.88
Moore	Millstadt	16.0	29	15	19	6	6.56
Reichert	Columbia	31.0	43	31	23	13	7.00
WON / LOST LEADERS
Musso	Waterloo	7-0
Harres	Millstadt	3-0
Waeltz	Waterloo	3-0
Garcia	Fairview	2-0
Otten	Waterloo	2-0
Blackwell	Waterloo	7-1
Germann	Millstadt	6-1
Crooks	St. Louis	5-1
Muskopf	Millstadt	4-1
Stearns	Marissa	6-3
Briesacher	Valmeyer	5-2
M. Lee	St. Louis	4-2
Lucht	Valmeyer	3-3
Reichert	Columbia	3-3
Scott	Edwardsville	3-3
Barriger	Belleville	2-3
Hottenrott	Belleville	2-3
SAVES LEADERS
Dugan	Millstadt	5
Boeser	Fairview	3

The Mon-Clair Playoff Championship between the Waterloo Buds and the Fairview Heights Redbirds was a best two of three series played Saturday, August 5th:

Game 1:     Waterloo 5, Fairview Heights 4

Fairview Heights jumped out to a quick 4-1 lead after 2 innings, only to see their bats go cold for the remainder of the contest against Buds starter Chris Otten.  Fairview starter Garcia matched Otten pitch for pitch until Jake Hurst came up with the game winning hit in the bottom of the eighth with a blast off of the right field wall that scored Pat Hardin.

Game 2:     Waterloo 15, Fairview Heights 5

The second game of the series was quite different than the first, as Waterloo scored early and refused to look back.  The Buds' bats came alive as they scored two in the first, three in the second, and seven in the third to put this game out of reach.  Eric Caby and Jake Friedrich each homered in the contest, and Brandon Waeltz nabbed the win as Waterloo completed its championship season.

Congratulations to the Waterloo Buds:  2006 Mon-Clair Playoff Champions     

The Semi Final Round games were completed on Thursday evening with the following results:

In the first game between the #2 seed St. Louis Spikes and the 3rd seeded Fairview Heights Redbirds, the Redbirds came out victorious in a pitching duel by the score of 1-0.

Marcus Lee of St. louis and Adam Hill of Fairview Heights battled the entire evening. Both pitchers threw complete games. The game was scoreless into the top of the 6th. A one out single by Bill Boeser and a two out walk by Jake Bayers put runners on 1st and 2nd with Andrew Donovan at bat. Donovan drilled a single to left to drive in the runner from second base to put the Redbirds up 1-0. Lee had a one hitter entering the 6th and finished with a 3 hitter while fanning 9 and giving up 1 walk.
Hill picked up the victory while giving up 4 hits, 5 strike outs and walking 2 and also pithed around 3 Redbird errors in the process.
Congratulations to Manager Jay Davis and the Spikes on a great year as they picked up their first St. Clair Division Title and finished the season with a record of 16-8.
Good Luck to Manager Ed Emge and the Redbirds as they advance to the Best 2 out of 3 Championship Series.

In the nightcap between the defending champion and top seeded Waterloo Buds against the #4 seeded Millstadt VFW, the Buds outlasted Millstadt by the score of 5-0.
The Buds picked up single tallies in the 1st and 2nd, and added 3 more in the 5th to solidify the win.
Millstadt threatened early - with two out, Jay Francois and Kenny Weston delivered back to back singles to put runners on 1st and 2nd. Greg Steen drove the ball to the left centerfield gap, but the shot was caught by Centerfielder Travis Dawson with a diving catch to end the inning.
In the bottom of the 1st,  Dawson drew a one out walk and advanced to second on a base hit by Craig Ohlau. Brian Fuess was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Eric Caby picked up a sacrifice fly RBI to left field.
In the bottom of the 2nd, Jake Hurst went deep to left with a towering home run to make it 2-0 Waterloo.
Jordon Harris of Millstadt and Brandon Musso locked up in a duel until Waterloo scored again in the 5th. Jake Friederich led off with a base hit and after consecutive walks to Dawson and Ohlau to load the bases, Eric Caby drove in his second run of the game with a one out base hit. Bobby Dugan came in to relieve Harris and gave up RBI singles to Pat Hardin and Chaz Wigger  to close out the scoring with the Buds leading 5-0.
Harris took the loss for Millstadt with a valient effort.
Musso picked up the win with a complete game 4 hitter while fanning 11 and issuing 1 walk.
Congratulations to Manager Lenny Voelker and the Millstadt ballclub for an outstanding season. They finished with a 15-9 record and a tie for second in the Monroe Division.
Good Luck to Manager Vernie Moehrs and the Buds as they advance to the Championship Series.

The final round of the 2006 Mon-Clair Playoffs will take place on Saturday, August 5t with a 1:30 PM game time for the first game, with the second game beginning 15 minutes following the first game at Long Acre Park in Fairview Heights. The format is a best 2 out 3 series between the #3 seeded Fairview Heights Rebirds and the #1 seeded Waterloo Buds. If there is a split between the teams on Saturday, a final Championship Game will be held on Sunday at 1:30 at Long Acre Park.

The first round of playoffs were completed on Wednesday evening - the results are as follows:

In the first game, the 4th seeded Millstadt VFW (14-8) prevailed over the #5 seed Valmeyer Lakers (14-8) by the score of 5-3.
Millstadt took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second on a single by Kenny Weston, advanced to second on a groundout, then came home to score on a throwing error by the pitcher, who had taken a hard hit grounder off the bat of Eric Muskopf.
The Lakers knotted the score at 1 in the top of the 4th on a leadoff home run by Justin Rohlfing.
Valmeyer took the lead at 2-1 in the top of the 6th with a leadoff double by Justin Rohlfing, a bunt single by Chris Mosbacher down the 3rd base line, which put runners on 1st and 3rd. Kenny Mathews then laid done a perfect suicide squeeze bunt to score Rohlfing from 3rd and the Lakers led for the first time in the game.
Millstadt came roaring back in hurry in the bottom half of the 6th. DH Austin Voelker singled to leadoff off the inning . Representing the tying run, Manager Lenny Voelker went to his bench for the speedy Steven French to pinch run for Voelker. The move paid off when Michael Adamson lined a double in the right centerfield gap driving home French from 1st to tie the game at 2 runs each. Starting Valmeyer Pitcher Dave Breisacher fanned the next hitter for the 1st out of the inning. With 1st base open, Valmeyer Manager Dennis Pieper then elected to intentionally walk the hot hitting Jay Francois of Millstatdt in order to set up a double play. Unfortunately, the first pitch to home was wild and Adamson moved up to 3rd base with one out. The intentional pass was completed and set up runners at 1st and 3rd with one out when Valmeyer opted to also give Kenny Weston a free pass as well - the bases were loaded with one out. Greg Steen stepped to the plate looking for a fastball he could drive and promptly took the first pitch to the right centerfield gap for a base clearing double to give Millstadt a 5-2 lead.
Valmeyer would not go down easily.in the top of the 7th - Jeff Riebeling lined a double to right center with one out and scored on a two out base hit by the game's hitting star Justin Rohlfing to close the scoring at 5-3.
Tough loss loser Breisacher yielded only 4 hits, 2 walks (both intentional) and fanned 3 over 6 innings.
Matt Germann was the winner with a complete game effort - 9 hits, 2 walks and fanned 3 over 7 innings.

In the second game, the #2 seed St. Louis Spikes (15-7) outlasted the #7 Belleville Merchants (10-12) in a contest that lasted 3 hours and 20 minutes. Belleville had twice taken the lead in extra innings only to see the Spikes tie the game and prolong the battle. The final was 4-3 St. Louis in 11 innings.

The third game matched the 3rd seeded Fairview Heights Redbirds (14-8) against the #6 seed Marissa Young Guns (11-11). Marissa led for much of the contest until Fairview bolted ahead to take the game 6-4.
Marissa jumped out to a 4-0 lead through 5 innings. Young Guns starting pitcher Kyle Cato held the Redbirds to only 2 hits after 5.
In the bottom of the 6th, Cato showed signs of wearing down in the 90 degree heat as he walked the bases loaded. Manager Jason Chandler went to his bullpen calling on John Norton to put out the fire. After an RBI groundout, the Redbirds put together a pair of RBI singles before Wahlig delivered the crushing blow - a 3 run homer to give Fairview Heights a 6-4 lead.
Blumberg started the game for Fairview and managed 5-1/3 innings before Ryan Meyler relieved in the sixth to pick up the victory. Adam Hill pitched a scoreless 7th to earn the save.

The final contest of the evening saw the top seeded Waterloo Buds (21-1) move past the  #8 seed Columbia Saints(9-13) by the score of 5-2 . Waterloo jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first, and left the rest to starting pitcher Cory Blackwell who limited the Saints to just four hits while fanning twelve.

Thursday's games will pit the #2 St. Louis Spikes (16-7) against the #3 Fairview Heights Redbirds (15-8) in a battle that promises to include solid pitching and defense. In regular season league action, the two teams split with St. Louis winning 8-2 and Fairview Heights winning 5-3. Game time is 6:30 PM on the main field at Long Acre Park in Fairview Heights.
The nightcap will feature the #1 Waterloo Buds (22-1) against the #4 Millstadt VFW (15-8) ballclub. Waterloo's only set back of the regular league season came at the hands of Millstadt with Waterloo taking the other half of the twinbill for a split. Game time will be 15 minutes following the first game on the same field.

The winners of each game will advance to the Best 2 out of 3 Championship Series on Saturday, August 5th - game time is 1:30 for the first game and 15 minutes following for the second game. If there is a split on Saturday, the Final Championship Game will be played at 1:30 on Sunday.

The game was played on Thursday, July 27th at the GCS Stadium in Sauget. The Mon-Clair All Stars came out on top with a 5-3 victory. Brandon Musso of Waterloo started the contest and earned the victory.

Jay Francois of Millstadt got things going in the bottom of the first with a ground rule double to right with one out. Jake Bayers of Fairview Heights corked the next pitch deep to right field for a two run homer. Bayers earned Most Valuable Player honor for the Mon-Clair ballclub after finishing the night going 2 for 3 with a walk, two runs scored and 2 RBI, including the first innning homer - congrats to Jake.
Steve Maher of the St. Louis Spikes added an RBI single later in the first to make score 3-0 after one.

The score remained 3-0 through the first 4 innings behind the strong pitching of Musso, Matt Germann of Millstadt and Justin Clayton of Granite City - the 3 pitchers gave up just 3 hits combined. Clayton was the only Mon-Clair pitcher to throw 2 innings as Manager Lenny Voelker of Millstadt had an arsenal of a pitching staff on hand - 9 pitchers for 9 innings (Brandon Waeltz of Waterloo was unavailable due to an outing on Wednesday evening).

Adam Hill of Fairview Heights entered the game in the top of the fifth. After a leadoff walk, a base hit to left center sent the lead runner to third with the throw from the outfield going to third. Mon-Clair third baseman Brian Fuess of Waterloo attempted to pick off the runner at first, but the ball sailed into the seats (a short rain delay had the field in wet conditions) as Fuess failed to get a firm grip on the ball. Both runners moved up on the error - the only miscue of the game by both teams - resulting in Clinton County's first run. A sacrifice fly later in the inning made it 3-2 after 4-1/2 innings.

The Mon-Clair All Stars came roaring back in the bottom of the 5th - Bayers walked and Ryan Holland of Marissa followed with a booming drive to left center near the 345 Ft. mark and cleared the towering high wall to make the score 5-2 after 5 innings.

Clinton County closed the scoring with a run in the top of the 7th to make the score 5-3.

The match up between these two leagues was the first since 2001 and hopefully this will become an annual event - Mon-Clair holds an 8-1 advantage overall aginst Clinton County.

The attendance, based on ticket sales, was 376 paid, children 13 and under were free.

A special thanks to Clinton County officials - President Ken Haselhorst and Secretary-Treasurer Pete Schumacher for their fine effort in working with Mon-Clair League President Dave Powell, Vice President Ed lange and Vice President Rich Fisher to pull this event off.

In addition, we appreciate the donations made by all of the Managers from both Leagues for attendance prizes, and to all of the managers, coaches, players and umpires for their participation.

Last, but not least, we appreciate the hospitality of The Gateway Grizzlies for the use of their fine facility. Rich Sauget and his staff provided excellent accommodations to hold this event - thanks Jeff!!