Baseball Showcase This Weekend at Founders, Shaw Park

Lake Saint Louis' Founders Park, as well as baseball fields in Bridgeton and Clayton will serve as the home bases for one of the Midwest’s biggest and best summer baseball showcases, the Greater Midwest Baseball (GMB) St. Louis Super Series Tournament.

The weekend’s event, the Missouri/Illinois Bi-State Championships, is one of nearly 20 tournaments GMB stages in the area every summer, and will feature all-day youth league baseball action for teams from all over the region, ranging from ages 11-18.

Friday and Saturday games will played at in Lake Saint Louis, and the Bridgeton Municipal Athletic Complex (BMAC) in Bridgeton, with the tournament semifinals and championship games slated for Shaw Park in Clayton on Sunday.

The marquee event of this weekend’s Super Series is the 18-under team tournament, which features several top St. Louis-area select club teams and several other top programs from Illinois.

Among the teams expected to play this weekend, are two teams from the Rawlings select baseball program, the Tigers and the Prospects, and two Rawlings Redbirds teams, the White squad and the Red squad.

Also appearing are the Warriors Gold and Blue teams, the St. Louis Captains, and the Wentzville Stallions 17U team.

Two of Illinois’ best summer squads will also play, as the Southern Illinois Bullets and Illinois Braves will appear, along with the Illini Baseball and Granite City Baseball programs.

Rounding out the group are the Mustangs and JSCA select programs.

Weather permitting, the teams are guaranteed three games this weekend, with all 14 of them playing some form of a doubleheader on Friday, tourney quarterfinal play based on seeding on Saturday, and the semifinals and finals on Sunday.

Listed below is the 18U Super Series weekend game schedule. Interested fans should stay tuned to Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch all weekend for full coverage of the entire event.

Friday, June 24

At Founder’s Park, Lake Saint Louis

• Field 2 – Wentzville Stallions vs. Rawlings Prospects, 11:15 a.m.
• Field 2 – Rawlings Prospects vs. Warriors Gold, 1:15 p.m.
• Field 2 – Wentzville Stallions vs. Warriors Gold, 3:15 p.m.
• Field 2 – St. Louis Captains Blue vs. Mustangs, 5:15 p.m.
• Field 2 – Rawlings Redbirds White vs. Southern Illinois Bullets, 7:15 p.m.
• Field 2 – Mustangs vs. Southern Illinois Bullets, 9:15 p.m.
• Field 3 – Rawlings Tigers vs. St. Louis Captains Blue, 11:15 a.m.
• Field 3 – Rawlings Tigers vs. Rawlings Redbirds White, 1:15 p.m.

At BMAC

• Field 1 – Warriors Blue vs. Granite City Baseball, 3:15 p.m.
• Field 1 – Warriors Blue vs. Illinois Braves, 5:15 p.m.
• Field 1 – Illini Baseball vs. JSCA, 7:15 p.m.
• Field 1 – Illinois Braves vs. JSCA, 9:15 p.m.
• Field 2 – Rawlings Redbirds Red vs. Illini Baseball, 3:15 p.m.
• Field 2 – Granite City Baseball vs. Rawlings Redbirds Red, 5:15 p.m.

Saturday, June 25

Games begin at 8:30 a.m. at Founder’s Park and BMAC.

Sunday, June 26

Semifinal games begin at 8 a.m. at Shaw Park.