Mon-Clair Baseball League

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

The Belleville Rockies won the 2020 Mon Clair Playoffs by defeating the Millstadt Green Machine 13-11 in nine innings in the Championship game at Valmeyer on August 16. Belleville’s Mike Breyman was named Playoff MVP, going 8 for 11 in their three games including two singles and the game winning solo home run leading off the top of the ninth inning. The Rockies defeated Valmeyer 5-1 in the first round and then the 12-0 #1 seed Cape Girardeau Capahas 4-1 in the second round on Saturday. Belleville’s Mike Krumm pitched all seven innings against Valmeyer and the final two innings in relief against Millstadt to earn two of the Rockies’ three playoff wins. Millstadt defeated Fairview Heights 4-0 in the first round and then the St. Louis Printers 11-1 in the second round to reach the championship game. Millstadt catcher Austin Francis hit three home runs for the Green Machine including two in the championship game to lead their playoff offense.

Everyone,
I have added the waivers that and other important documents to the documents section of the website. They are open so that anyone can download them and print them out as needed. Please make sure that you have everything that you need for the first game of the year. If you have any questions please contact me and I will be glad to assist.

Thanks,
Ryan Dailey
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2020
PLAY BALL!! At the Mon Clair Meeting held in Millstadt on the night of June 29 the eight managers unanimously voted to start the 2020 14 game regular season on July 4. A COVID-19 Waiver must be signed, MLB guidelines will be followed and a temperature check each game day will be required for the safety of all

2019
Congratulations to the Millstadt Green Machine who won their second Playoff Championship in five years and overall defeating the Belleville Rockies in two straight games. Tony Kossina of Millstadt was named MVP of the Playoffs, going 7 for 16 (.438) with a .500 on base percentage, scoring 5 runs, 5 RBI, 3 stolen bases and played flawlessly at shortstop.

Monroe Division
Belleville 20 – 6
Fairview Heights 18 – 8
Waterloo 18 – 8
Millstadt 13 – 13
Valmeyer 6 – 20

St. Clair Division
Cape Girardeau 16 – 10
STL Printers 15 – 11
STL Spikes 12 – 14
Charleston 10 – 16
STL Latinos 2 – 24

Top Ten
Hitters (min 52 ABs) / AB / H / RBI / AVG
Wyatt Pratt, Charleston / 86 / 48 / 20 / .558
Blake Wolferding, Charleston / 87 / 45 / 43 / .517
Mason Mayberry, Fairview Heights / 60/ 30 / 15 / .500
Lee Cruz, STL Spikes / 64 / 30 / 21 / .469
Joel Ayala, STL Latinos / 60 / 28 / 5 / .467
Mike Breyman, Belleville / 58 / 26 / 30 / .448
Pat Gaul, Belleville / 100 / 43 / 15 / .430
Cal Kossina, Millstadt / 72 / 30 / 11 / .417
Mitch Meyer, Valmeyer / 64 / 25 / 16 / .391
Matt Reinholz, Valmeyer / 65 / 25/ 15/ .385

Pitchers (min 39 IP) / IP / ER / W-L / ERA
Mark Mueller, Fairview Heights / 46.1 / 9 / 5-2 / 1.36
Reid Hendrickson, Waterloo / 40.1 / 8 / 4-0 / 1.39
Zach Becherer, Fairview Heights / 43 / 11 / 5-0 / 1.79
Ryan Siverly, Belleville / 39.2 / 14 / 6-1 / 2.47
Adam Bieber, STL Spikes / 42.1 / 18 / 4-2 / 2.98
Mike Krumm, Belleville / 48.1 / 21 / 6-1 / 3.04
Andrew Yancik, Millstadt / 48.1 / 21 / 4-3 / 3.04
Parker Stidham, Waterloo / 44.2 / 22 / 4-4 / 3.45
Zach Gronek, STL Printers / 45.1 / 23 / 4-3 / 3.55
Cal Kossina, Millstadt / 46.1 / 26 / 3-5 / 3.93

Congratulations to the St. Louis Spikes who won their fourth Valmeyer Mid-Summer Classic Championship beating the Waterloo Millers 15-8. Lee Cruz of the Spikes was named tournament MVP, going 8 for 13 with 10 RBI and four home runs including a solo and grand slam in the championship game.