Edwardsville Stags

Top Ten
Hitters (min 12 AB) AB H RBI AVG
Brian Lupa, Millstadt 28 12 5 .429
Grant Huebner, STL Spikes 27 11 4 .407
Kellan Murray, Edwardsville 15 6 1 .400
Seth Boschert, Edwardsville 25 10 5 .400
Conner Patton, Millstadt 16 6 2 .375
Kenny Otero, Valmeyer 16 6 3 .375
Matt Helm, Valmeyer 16 6 3 .375
Cal Kossina, Millstadt 27 10 6 .370
Skyler Schuster, Edwardsville 22 8 5 .364
Nicholas Bobinski-Boyd, Edwardsville 25 9 4 .360

Pitchers (min 9 IP) IP ER W/L ERA
Jacob Thompson, Valmeyer 21 0 3 – 0 0.00
Brayden Knoebel, Belleville 21 2 2 – 1 0.67
Adam Bieber, STL Spikes 10.1 1 1 – 1 0.68
Manny Martinez, Valmeyer 10 1 2 – 0 0.70
Zach Mevert, STL Spikes 15 3 0 – 1 1.40
Kamden Casey, Millstadt 14.1 5 0 – 0 2.44
Jake Stedman, Millstadt 10 5 1 – 1 3.50
Anthony Benz, STL Spikes 9.2 5 1 – 0 3.62
Drue Bravo, Edwardsville 9 5 1 – 1 3.89
David Hedley, Edwardsville 10.1 7 1 – 0 4.74

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