Mon-Clair Baseball League

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