MERBL Teams Entering Regular Season’s Final Week
An East St. Louis 2 player makes it to 3rd base a split second before the throw during a MERBL match again Troy 5 on Friday, July 12. (Photo by S. Rensberry)
By Anthony Jones, Reporter
After another week of play, Maryville 2 suffered their first loss to Troy 6 in a 7-6 contest, which left Collinsville 6 as the lone undefeated team in the league and atop the American League. Maryville 2 is still well within striking distance still of them, and Troy 6 is close behind.
On average, American League teams are only trailing the team ahead of them in the standings by 0.65 games, so these final games may prove critical for playoff seeding.
The National League is still headed by Collinsville 3, with a closely trailing Collinsville 5 behind them. Both Maryville 1 and Dupo 1 have rallied recently to jump up to the third and fourth spots, respectively.
The National League is still very up for grabs and likely to shift as all of the top 9 teams are within 4 games of each other with a little under a week of the regular season to go.
American League
Team / Coach
W-L-T GB
M2 / McNamara
8-0 —
C6 / Brady
6-0-1 1.0
T6 / Tonn
4-2-1 3.0
ESL2 / Mestemacher
4-2-1 3.0
C2 / Mullins
5-3-1 3.0
T2 / James
3-4 4.5
T4 / Lacefield
2-6-2 6.0
C4 / Leopold
2-6 6.0
B2 / Hardester
1-5-1 6.0
D2 / Castaldi
0-4 6.0
National League
Team / Coach
W-L-T GB
C3 / Kamp
7-2-1 —
C5 / Keinle
7-3 0.5
ESL1 / Conley
5-3 1.5
M1 / Falbe
5-3 1.5
D1 / Stanberry
4-3 2.0
T1 / Vosholler
4-4 2.5
C1 Romanich
/ 4-4 2.5
T5 / Stroud
4-5-1 3.0
M3 / Wallace
4-6 3.5
OF1 / Portz
3-9 5.5
T3 / Biagi
0-9 7.0
All standings are current from MERBL’s website as of 7/10/2019 at 11:27 a.m.
