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Walkers news: August 23 -- St. Louis 7, Quad City 0
Record: 75-51, 1st, 0.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Jesse McNaboe pitched seven shut-out innings and Manuel Coke went 5 for 5 at the plate as St. Louis downed Quad City 7-0 at Fenway Park (1976).
McNaboe (14-3) became the first Midwest Baseball League's first 14-game winner.
The right-hander went seven innings, allowing four hits while striking out seven and walking two.
Angel Tiburcio pitched the final two innings for the River Walkers.
Coke's 5 for 5 included a double, a homer, two runs scored and two RBIs.
The Walkers went up 1-0 in the top of the first against Thunder starting pitcher Antonio Ceja.
Jackson Miller singled with one out, and moved to third when Coke singled.
Miller scored on a Nick Shaw ground out.
St. Louis went up 2-0 in the second, with McNaboe driving in the run with a double.
His hit plated Jose Ramirez, who had doubled off Ceja to lead off the inning.
Coke's homer came in the third inning, pushing the St. Louis' lead to 3-0.
Jackson Miller scored the run that made it 4-0 in the fifth, when he tripled to lead off the inning. He scored when Coke followed with a single.
McNaboe scored a run in the sixth when he hit his second double of the game.
He scored on a Bob Saavedra sigle.
The Walkers tallied twice in the ninth.
Jackson Miller hit a lead-off homer off Juan Sandoval.
Coke followed that with a double. He scored on a Nathaniel Dixon sacrifice fly.
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