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Record: 5-6, 3rd, 4.5 GB Des Moines
Twin Cities roughed up St. Louis starting pitcher Angel Tiburcio for five runs over the first three innings, and the Snow Cats rode that to a 7-2 win at Busch Stadium (2006).
The loss snapped a five-game win streak for the River Walkers.
Coming off a season where he missed more than half the campaign with bone chips in his throwing arm, Tiburcio's re-signing has been nothing short of a disaster for the Walkers.
The 32-year-old three-time Cy Young winner has lost two of his three starts and owns a 9.56 ERA, although it did drop below 10.00 after this outing.
The Snow Cats scored two runs on three hits in the first inning.
Daniel Sanabria drove in the first run with a single, while Jeff Waddell plated the other with a fly ball.
Roc Riggio hit a two-out homer in the second to make it 3-0.
The third saw Twin Cities again score two runs on three hits.
Jim Peebles led off the inning with a homer.
Sanabria later singled and scored on a Kurt Baty fly ball.
Leading 6-1, the Cats final two runs came in the top of the ninth on a two-run, two-out double by Jeff Friedman off reliever Luke Dunkin.
Twin Cities starting pitcher Joel Wisniewski (1-2) lasted five innings, allowing one run on two hits. He struck out six and walked one.
Four relievers -- Mason Montgomery (1.1 IP), Jose Castaneda (0.2), Jesse Gaither (1.2) and Gilberto Carballo (0.1) -- combined to finish the game.