| Posted by jaikeefu on July 14th, 2010 | |
On Monday #1 ranked Budweiser completed a 3 game mid season sweep of the #10 ranked Spartan. In Game 1 The Spartans sent ace Matt Boyer to the mound. Boyer gave a great performance but the Spartan offense wasn't able to muster any run support and the Spartans fell 2-1.
In game 2 The Spartans sent Casey Savage to the mound to face Budweiser for the second time. The Budweiser offense exploded on the Spartans and delivered one of their worse losses of the season 12-3.
In game 3 Will McNiff took the ball for the Spartans but was pushed out of the game after Budweiser hit the Spartans pitcher for 4 runs in the first. David Wiggins came in and kept the Spartans in the game as they scraped back and tied the game at 4, where it remained until a 2 run home run in the bottom of the 6th.
The story of the series was the Budweiser pitchers dominating Spartan hitters. The Spartans managed just 14 hits in the series while striking out 28 times.
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| Posted by jaikeefu on June 11th, 2010 | |
In game one of the double header Sunday night, the Spartans hurt themselves with a few untimely errors. After patching up the wounds, the Spartans found some timely hitting from Adam Boyer to take the game 5-4. John Auble took the win in his first start of the year; battling through 7 to get the complete game win.
Game two of the night was another low scoring affair. The Spartans got another solid...
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| Posted by jaikeefu on May 24th, 2010 | |
The St. Louis Spartans dropped a game Sunday night to the Bulldogs in HMML play. Despite another quality start by staff ace Matt Boyer the Spartan defense was shaky and the Spartan offense struggled after the long lay off due to rain.
Up next the Spartans are in action Wednesday night against the Rage in a MSBL game
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| Posted by jaikeefu on May 9th, 2010 | |
The Spartans kicked off their first season in the MSBL with a 2-1 win on saturday against the Black Sox. Will McNiff took the ball for the spartans and allowed only 2 hits over his five innings of work while picking up the win. Lee Essner got his first save of the year with 1 2/3 innings of work. The Spartan offense struggled with just 2 hits, both coming from Adam Smith. The Spartans...
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| Posted by jaikeefu on March 13th, 2010 | |
The St. Louis Spartans enter the 2010 season as the #5 ranked team in the St. Louis area according to S.L.A.B. as they return just about everyone from a team that finished 37-8 and won a CYC league championship. This year the Spartans will make the jump to the more competitive MSBL and the newly formed HMML.
The pitching staff will strong once again staff ace Matt Boyer (9-1, 1.27 ERA in 2009) returns...
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| Posted by jaikeefu on December 4th, 2009 | |
After a team vote it was decided that Matt Boyer and Lee Essner are the 2009 award winners. In the first year of the awards Boyer took home pitcher of the year honors while Essner wrapped up the MVP award.
Pitcher of the Year: Matt Boyer
Boyer was a unanimous decision for Pitcher of the Year. After a rocky start losing his first game and an injury that sidelined him for the next 5-6 weeks of the...
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| Posted by jaikeefu on November 10th, 2009 | |
After a reversal of fortune with the R Bar series the Spartans went on to win the CYC League Championship on Sunday against the Soxx. The Spartans offense pounded out 26 hits on the day. Matt Boyer was once again masterful giving up 4 hits and 1 earned run in 6 innings on his way to his franchise record 9th win. In game 2, Chris Peters took the mound and continued where he left off...
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| Posted by jaikeefu on November 4th, 2009 | |
Elite Eight Series Co-MVP's
Chris Peters
1-0, 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 14 K's
Matt Boyer
1-0, 6 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 12 K's
The Spartans finished up a series that took 2 weeks to play on Tuesday night with the Sharks. Spartans sent Matt Boyer to the mound for his first appearance in almost 2 months. After a rough first inning which saw Boyer pitch out of a bases loaded jam he settled down and was...
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| Posted by jaikeefu on September 20th, 2009 | |
The Spartans are looking towards the playoffs after an inspiring run through the CYC league this year which saw the Spartans capture both the Msgr. Meyer and Don Burrus division crowns with identical 12-1 records in both. The Spartans are the number one overall seed and will receive a first round bye once the playoffs kick off.
The Spartans plan on using the same winning formula that got them the best regular season finish in...
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| Posted by jaikeefu on August 31st, 2009 | |
Game 1: 7 Spartans and a Giant not enough for Derrty Birds
The Spartans fell 6-5 in game one to the Derrty Birds. The Spartans playing with eight for the first five innings and featured a depleted pitching staff from a heavy make up schedule. The Spartans used a team record four pitchers to get through the game. Although down early the team fought back to take a 5-3 lead only to lose it in he...
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