St. Louis Spikes

Valmeyer Mid-Summer Classic
July 4
G1 Waterloo 2, St. Louis Printers 1
G2 St. Louis Spikes 12, Moredock Mashers 2
G3 Millstadt 8, Belleville 5
G4 Valmeyer 11, Edwardsville 2

July 6
G5 Edwardsville 10, Belleville 9 (9 innings)
G6 St. Louis Printers 8, Moredock Mashers 1
G7 Waterloo 7, St. Louis Spikes 2
G8 Valmeyer 7, Millstadt 6 (11 innings)

July 7
G9 St. Louis Printers 10, Edwardsville 6 (Consolation Champion)
G10 St. Louis Spikes 7, Millstadt 5 (Third Place)
G11 Waterloo 5, Valmeyer 2 (Championship)

Waterloo’s right handed pitcher Brooks McDowell threw two scoreless innings to close out their 7-2 win over the St. Louis Spikes on Saturday. He then came back on Sunday going all nine innings to earn the 5-2 win over the Valmeyer Lakers in the championship game to be named the tournament MVP.

Top Ten
Hitters (min 28 AB) -———————————- AB -——- H -——— RBI -——- AVG
Jake Issacs, Belleville -——————————- 31 -—— 15 -———- 4 -———- .484
Grant Huebner, STL Spikes -——————- 52 -——- 24 -——— 11 -——— .462
Brandon Gutzler, STL Spikes -—————- 30 -——- 13 -———- 9 -———- .433
Brian Lupa, Millstadt -——————————— 49 -——— 21 -——- 10 -———- .429
Ty Kueper, Waterloo -——————————— 43 -——— 17 -———- 9 -———- .395
Beau Collier, Edwardsville -———————- 46 -——- 18 -———- 9 -———- .391
Tony Kossina, Millstadt -—————————- 50 -——- 19 -———- 4 -———- .380
Kellan Murray, Edwardsville -——————- 32 -——- 12 -———- 3 -———- .375
Jaxson Grubbs, STL Spikes -——————— 39 -——- 14 -——— 11 -———- .359
Nate Albrecht, Waterloo -————————— 45 -——- 16 -———- 5 -———- .356

Pitchers (min 16 IP) -——————— IP -—— ER -——— W/L -——- ERA
Jacob Thompson, Valmeyer -—- 33.2 -—— 1 -———- 5 – 0 -——- 0.21
Philip Reinhardt, Valmeyer -——— 16 -——- 2 -———- 3 – 0 -——- 0.88
Adam Bieber, STL Spikes -——— 20.1 -—— 3 -———- 2 – 2 -——- 1.05
Brayden Knoebel, Belleville -——- 34 -——- 8 -———- 3 – 2 -——- 1.65
Zach Mevert, STL Spikes -———— 19 -——- 5 -———- 0 – 1 -——- 1.84
Trae Lee, STL Spikes -—————- 19.1 -—— 8 -———- 2 – 1 -——- 2.90
Kamden Casey, Millstadt -———- 20.2 -—— 9 -———- 0 – 2 -——- 3.05
Drue Bravo, Edwardsville -———— 25 -—— 11 -——— 1 – 3 -——- 3.08
Jake Stedman, Millstadt -————— 18 -—— 10 -——— 2 – 1 -——- 3.89
Aidan Lougeay, Waterloo -———— 16 -——- 9 -———- 0 – 0 -——- 3.94

Congratulations to the Valmeyer Lakers who completed the season by winning the Playoffs in back to back years and also the Trifecta . They won the Monroe Division with a record of 20-3, won the Valmeyer Mid-Summer Classic and then the Playoffs finishing with a final record of 26-3. The Lakers beat the Belleville Rockies 6-1 in game 1 and then 4-1 in game two to sweep the series on August 12. Jacob Thompson went all seven innings in game 1 for the win and Kenny Otero did the same in game 2. Jose Mieses led the Laker offense in game 1 with three hits and two RBI and Evan Davis hit a two run home run for game 2.

The Lakers were led by Kenny Otero who was named MVP of the Playoffs to capture his fourth award this season. Kenny was named MVP of the Valmeyer Mid-Summer Classic, the Mon-Clair All Star Game MVP, won the regular season ERA title and then the Playoff MVP.

Manager Mike McCarthy led Valmeyer to a 26-3 overall record and was voted Manager of the Year for 2023.

TOP TEN (as of August 3)
Hitters (min 46 ABs) ……………………AB…..H…..RBI….AVG
Preston Wright, Waterloo ……………..47……24…..10….. .511
Cal Kossina, Millstadt ………………….65……30…..17….. .462
Landon Tenkhoff, Cape Girardeau…….55……25…..10….. .455
Tony Kossina, Millstadt ………………..83……37…..12….. .446
Trevor Davis, Valmeyer…………………69…..30……19….. .435
Brandon Gutzler, STL Spikes…………..53…..23……23….. .434
Beau Collier, Edwardsville…………….56……23…..13….. .411
Cameron Roll, Cape Girardeau………..56……23……7….. .411
Grant Huebner, STL Spikes…………….69……27…..17….. .391
Tommy Mohan, Millstadt ………………59……23…..15….. .390

Pitchers (min 23 IP)…………………………IP…….ER….W/L…..ERA
Kenny Otero, Valmeyer……………………27.2……4……5-0…..1.01
Jacob Thompson, Valmeyer……………….30……7……4-1……1.63
Adam Bieber, STL Spikes…………………..30…….7……2-1……1.63
Trevor Davis, Valmeyer……………………30.2……8……4-0……1.83
Aiden Lougeay, Waterloo…………………29.2……8……4-0……1.89
Dawson Crawford, Cape Girardeau……..29.2…….8……2-2……1.89
Brayden Knoebel, Belleville………………39……11…….3-2……1.97
Mark Mueller, Belleville…………………..36.1…..11……1-3…….2.12
Ben Bledsoe, Cape Girardeau……………30.1…..10……1-4…….2.31
Joey Kossina, Millstadt……………………26…….11……1-1…….2.96