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Record: 50-44, 2nd, 4.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Yushiro Onishi pitched into the seventh inning -- allowing one run -- and a trio of Kansas City relievers shut out St. Louis the rest of the way as the Monarchs won 7-1 at Busch Stadium (2006).
Onishi (9-9) allowed the one run on six hits -- a home run by the River Walkers' Alek Boychuk made the score 2-1 -- and struck out four and walked one while working 6.2 innings.
He exited after throwing 100 pitches.
Omar Moreno took over with two outs and a runner on first and got Manuel Coke to fly out to end the inning.
Bobby Stover worked a scoreless eighth and recorded the first out of the ninth.
Josh Bankes took over and was greeted by a Josh Allen double, but he retired the next two to end the game.
KC took a 2-0 lead with single runs off St. Louis starting pitcher Juan Farias in the second -- Sean Sumner with a two-out RBI double -- and third -- Bobby Scheid doubled off Frias with one out and scored on an Alejandro Crespo single.
With the score 2-1, the Monarchs broke the game open with a five-run eighth against the Walkers bullpen.
Alex Rios allowed three straight hits -- including a run-scoring single by Jim Peebles -- to score the first run.
Sumner did the rest with a grand slam off Carlos Hernandez.