Trey Baur, Turner Miller Vie For Spots On 17-U National Baseball Team

Two players from the Ladue-Frontenac Patch made the Midwest regional baseball team that will travel to Cary, NC August 23-26 to compete against regional teams from all over the country. The National team coaches will use that pool of talent to select the USA Baseball 17 and under national team for the coming year.

The area will be represented by third baseman Trey Baur, a junior at MICDS and by Turner Miller, a senior catcher from Ladue Horton Watkins.

Baur, who was the very first Patch “Athlete of the Week” hit .327 for MICDS with 22 runs and 21 RBIs this season. Miller batted .339 for Ladue, scored 16 runs and had 27 RBIs last spring.

This summer Baur played int he “Perfect Bat” game at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.

The two players were selected from a pool of talent who played at Saint Louis University over the weekend. Players from Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas battled for positions on the team.

The local team went 4-0 over the weekend and both Baur and Miller had big results at the plate.