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The Valmeyer Lakers win the 2022 Playoffs beating the Waterloo Buds two games to none
The Valmeyer Lakers defeated the Waterloo Buds twice on August 13 by the scores of 4-3 and 3-0 (in 8 innings) to sweep the Playoff Championship in Valmeyer. Matt Reinholz of the Lakers was named MVP after driving in the tying run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning of game one and driving in the game winning run with a two RBI double in the top of the eight inning of game two of the Championship Series. Matt had 6 hits in 14 ABs for a .429 batting average with five RBIs. Jacob Thompson led Valmeyer’s pitching staff in the playoffs, including all eight innings in the final game against Waterloo. Jacob had a 2-0 record, throwing 15 innings with five strikeouts and did not give up an earned run for a 0.00 ERA.
The Valmeyer Lakers almost completed the coveted Triple Crown in 2022, losing to Belleville 8-7 in the championship game of the Valmeyer Mid-Summer Classic on July 4, winning the Monroe Division regular season with a 16-8 record and then winning the playoff championship. Manager Mike McCarthy led Valmeyer to a 22-9 overall record and was voted Manager of the Year for 2022.
Final 2022 Regular Season Top Ten
Hitters (min 44 ABs)
Name……………Team…………. AB………H……..RBI………AVG
Will Pratt……..SE MO Tropics………57………28……..10………0.491
Nate Albrecht………Waterloo……..86………41……..11………0.477
Ryne Bundy………Edwardsville……73………31…….19……..0.425
Kenny Otero ………Valmeyer………73……….30…….22……..0.411
Braedon Dobbs…….Waterloo…….55………22……..17………0.400
Tony Kossina………Millstadt………88………35……..10………0.398
Trevor Davis ……….Valmeyer……..71……….28…….16………0.394
Jake Issacs…………Belleville………49……..19………4………0.388
Will Lanxon………Edwardsville……47………18……..7………0.383
Jevon Boyd…………Belleville…….. 71……..27……..16………0.380
Pitchers (min 21 IP)
Name……………….Team……………….IP………ER………..W/L…………ERA
Elijah Dale……….….Waterloo…..………. 25.2….…..3……… 4 – 0…………0.82
Garrett Herring………..Millstadt…………25……….5………… 2 – 0…………1.40
Austin Dill ……………Cape Girardeau………42……..10………….2 – 5………..1.67
Brooks McDowell……….Waterloo……….. 21………..5………… 2 – 0……….1.67
Trevor Davis………..Valmeyer……………31.2………..8………..6 – 1………..1.77
Kenny Otero………….Valmeyer…………..31.2………..8………….4 – 2………..1.77
Adam Bieber………..St. Louis Spikes………23.2……..8………….3 – 3………..2.37
Brayden Knoebel………Belleville……………32………11………… 2 – 2……….2.41
Grant Menz…………Cape Girardeau……….35………13…………..2 – 2……….2.60
Evan Spears………….Millstadt……………….21……….8………….2 – 1………2.67
The Millstadt Green Machine wins the 2021 Playoffs beating Cape Girardeau Capahas
Millstadt defeated the Cape Girardeau Capahas twice on August 14 by the scores of 5-3 and 13-7 to sweep the Playoff Championship in Valmeyer. Cal Kossina and Austin Francis were named Co-MVPs of the Playoffs. Cal had 8 hits in 14 ABs for a .571 batting average with five runs scored, five singles, two doubles, a home run, a hit by pitch, two stolen bases and two RBIs. Austin had 9 hits in 14 ABs for a .643 batting average with four runs scored, five singles, two doubles, two home runs, two bases on balls, one stolen base and four RBIs. Logan Boente led Millstadt’s pitching staff in the playoffs with wins in Game 1 against Belleville and Game 3 against Cape Girardeau for a 2-0 record, throwing 11.2 innings with eight strikeouts and giving up only one earned run for a 0.60 ERA.
The Millstadt Green Machine completed the coveted Triple Crown in 2021, beating Belleville 13-6 to win the Valmeyer Mid-Summer Classic on July 5, the Monroe Division regular season with a 17-7 record and then the playoff championship. Manager Norm Toenjes led Millstadt to a 24-8 overall record and was voted Manager of the Year for 2021.
Hitters (min 38 ABs) ………………………….. AB ………. H …… RBI …… AVG
Joey Kossina, Millstadt ..……..……..…..……. 54 ..…….. 30 ..….. 15 ……. .556
Ryne Bundy, St. Louis Printers ………………. 42 ………. 21 …….11 ..….. .500
Ethan Ruff, Valmeyer ………………..……..…. 85 .……… 39 …… 17 ….… .459
Lee Cruz, St. Louis Spikes …………….………. 60 ……… 27 …… 26 …… .450
Trevor Davis, Valmeyer .………………..……… 55 ..……. 24 …… 12 .…… .436
Will Pratt, SE MO Tropics ..…..……..….…..….. 54 .…….. 23 ..….. 12 ….… .426
Matt Reinholz, Valmeyer …..………..…….…… 50 .….….. 21 …… 14 ……. .420
Dillon Sunquist, Millstadt ..…….……..……….. 41 .…….. 17 ..…… 5 .….… .415
Pat Gaul, Belleville ..……..….……………….….. 78 .…….. 32 ……. 10 ….… .410
Cameron Roll, Cape Girardeau ..….…………… 61 .…….. 25 ..……. 5 ….… .410
Pitchers (min 20 IP) ………………………………. IP …….. ER …… W-L ….… ERA
Austin Dill, Cape Girardeau ….……………….…. 20 ….….. 0 .….… 4-0 ….…. 0.00
Matt McGilvary, Waterloo .…….…………..……. 33.1 ..…… 3 ….…. 4-0 ….…. 0.63
Drake Downing, Valmeyer ….….…………….…. 22.2 ….…. 5 ….…. 1-1 ..…… 1.54
Kaleb Richards, Cape Girardeau ……………… 21.1 ..……. 5 ..……. 2-1 ….…. 1.64
Philip Reinhardt, Valmeyer ………………….…..27.2 ….…. 9 ….…. 5-0 ….…. 2.28
Garrett Herring, Millstadt …………………….….26.2 …..… 9 ….…. 4-0 …….. 2.36
Trevor Davis, Valmeyer ..…..…..….…..……..….. 23 ..……… 8 ..…… 4-0 ..…… 2.43
Carson Aycock, SE MO Tropics ..………….…..… 37.….….. 15 ……. 3-2 .……. 2.84
Will Smith, St. Louis Printers….………..……….. 33.1 .……. 14 ……. 2-1 ..…… 2.94
Jeremy Isenman, Waterloo .…….…………..…. 24.2 ..…… 13 ……. 2-1 ….…. 3.69
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