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Record: 2-2, 4th, 1 GB Des Moines, Springfield and Quad City
Nick Shaw went 3 for 5 with two homers and six RBIs to help power St. Louis to a 9-5 win over Peoria in its home opener at Busch Stadium (2006).
Down 3-0, Shaw’s first homer came in the bottom of the fourth inning, a three-run shot off Rivermen starting pitcher Frank Garcia to highlight a four-run inning.
Pitcher Jesse McNaboe later plated the inning’s fourth run with a two-out single.
Tied 4-4 after Peoria’s Wes Cohen homered off McNaboe in the top of the fifth, the River Walkers responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning.
Shaw again played a big role, with a two-run homer off reliever Riley Pallister to plate the inning’s first two runs.
Marcos Francis scored the third, following that homer with a double. He scored on a Mark Herman single.
The Walkers lead grew to 9-4 with single runs in the sixth – when Shaw collected his sixth RBI of the game with a run-scoring single off Alex Rios – and seventh – Abdul-bin Amr with a RBI double off Lorenzo Mascorro.
Making his first start in the majors since May 15 of last season, when he suffered a torn UCL, McNaboe (1-0) pitched six innings, allowing four runs on nine hits. He struck out two and didn’t issue a walk.
Scott Rissler and Ron Cox worked scoreless seventh and eighth innings.
Rookie Maximilliano Minelli had his troubles in the ninth loading the bases and walking in a run.
Greg Sones got the call to face one batter and got Cohen to fly out to end it and earn his first save.