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Walkers news: May 12 -- Rockford 8, St. Louis 5
Record: 22-16, 1st, 1 GA Cedar Rapids
Already leading 2-1, Rockford scored six runs over the fifth and sixth innings -- four in the fifth and two in the sixth -- and the Lightning went on to defeat St. Louis 8-5 at Busch Stadium (2006).
Rockford's Daylen Reyes seemed to be in the middle of everything, including the Lightning's two-run first.
Reyes led off the game with a single off River Walkers starting pitcher Josh McDonald.
He stole second, and moved to third on an Erik Stowe single.
Reyes then score don a wild pitch.
Stowe later scored on a two-out single by Javy Monjaraz.
Reyes ignited things again for Rockford in the fifth, with another lead-off single.
A ground out moved Reyes to second, and he scored on a David Blanton single.
Wade Martin then scored Blanton with a double, which also ended McDonald's time on the mound.
Zachary Stella took over and didn't bring much to the mound.
Monjaraz greeted Stella with an RBI double, scoring Martin.
After Monjaraz stole third, Marcos Francis drove him in in with a single.
The Lighting tacked on two more runs in the sixth, going up 8-1.
Reyes again lit the fire with a lead-off single off reliever Angel Tiburcio.
Stowe followed that with another single, putting runners at second and third.
Blanton plated Reyes with a double.
Stowe later scored on a Monjaraz fly ball.
A three-run homer from Jose Segura in the bottom of the sixth, pulled St. Louis with 8-4.
An RBI single from Manuel Coke in the seventh sliced the deficit to three runs.
That was as close as the Walkers would come.
Rockford starting pitcher Jon Diaz lasted five innings, allowing one run on one his. He struck out eight and walked two.
Matt Broussard (0.2 IP) and Josh Fleming (0.1) combined on the sixth inning, when the Walkers scored three runs.
Fernando Fernando allowed the final St. Louis run in the seventh.
Omari Gordon worked a scoreless eighth.
Marshall Larcombe sent the Walkers down in order in the ninth for his sixth save.
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