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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!!
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!!
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