2033 St. Louis River Walkers: And the saga continues

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Walkers news: Sept. 1 -- Player Development Report

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The St. Louis River Walkers have added a pair of relief pitchers -- left-hander Frank Jimenez and right-hander Maxmilliano Minelli -- to their roster for the final month of the season.
Both pitchers have pitched in the majors earlier in the season.
Minelli began the season on the Walkers' roster and pitched quite well.
In 19 games, he was 0-2 with one save and a 2.95 ERA.
As the closer at AAA Memphis, Minelli, 26, was 4-2 in 31 games with 20 saves and a 2.29 ERA.
Jimenez started the season in AAA, moved to the majors, before being sent back to Memphis.
At AAA, the 24-year-old Jimenez has pitched in nine games going 1-0 with a 1.54 ERA.
For the Walkers, he got into 34 games going 2-3 with one save and a 2.73 ERA.

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Record: 76-55, 2nd, 3.5 GB Springfield
Ming Xiang shut out Green Bay on five hits -- while St. Louis hit four home runs -- as the River Walkers won in a rout 11-0 at PNC Park.
The win gave St. Louis victories in two of three games.
Xiang (12-5) dominated allowing five singles and one double over the nine innings.
He struck out seven and did not issue a walk.
The shutout was Xiang's first of the season and second in the MBL.
Nick Shaw hit the first of the St. Louis homers in the top of the second, a solo shot off Mallards starter Angel Hurtado to make it 1-0.
An inning later, Bob Saavedra belted a two-run homer off Hurtado.
When Coke hit the first of his two homers in the fifth -- a two-run shot off Hurtado -- it was 5-0.
The Walkers didn't need a homer to bust the game open in the seventh, when they scored four runs.
Mark Waterson drove in three of the runs with a bases-loaded double off Ernie Ruiz.
Coke drove in the first run of a two-run ninth with a homer off Joe Goodman.
Wenman plated the game's final run with a sac fly.
It scored Nick Shaw who had singled and moved to third when Waterson doubled.

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Record: 76-56, 2nd, 3.5 GB Springfield
St. Louis jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but Indianapolis scored the next five runs and rolled on to an 8-4 win at Busch Stadium (2006).
The River Walkers scored one run in the bottom of the first two innings off Racers starter Matt Loest.
But Indy wiped that out with a pair of runs in the top of the third.
Brian Newell had the big hit with an RBI triple off St. Louis starting pitcher Brad Monroe.
He later scored on a Tony Galvan single to tie it.
The Racers took the lead in the top of the fifth.
Brian Gonyon led off with a single off Monroe.
A double by Shinya Mori moved him to third.
Galvan collected his second RBI of the game with a sacrifice fly.
The Racers lead grew to 4-2 in the sixth.
Reliever Jesse Gaither allowed Indy's first three batters of the inning to reach base, beginning with a lead-off walk to Rich Calhoun.
Damiao Orozco followed with a single.
Calhoun scored on a John Stacy double, his first hit at the major-league level.
A rare double steal in the seventh led to the Racers going ahead 5-2.
With Mori on second and Galvan on third, Galvan took off for second an drew a wild throw from catcher Jackson Miiller.
This allowed Mori, who had broke at the same time, to score.
A pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh - -one of them coming on a lead-off homer from Danny Diaz off Justin Wrobelski -- pulled St. Louis to within 5-3.
But the Racers pounded out two homers off reliever Frank Jimenez in the top of the ninth -- Brian Newell led off the inning with a long ball, Galvan later hit a two-run shot -- to go up by five runs.
Loest (10-7) allowed two runs on four hits over 5.2 innings. He struck out five and walked one.
Wrobelski (1.1 IP) finished the sixth and also handled the seventh.
Paul Weaver (1.2 IP) and Ramiro Canales (0.1) took care of the remaining two innings.
Canales was awarded his 22nd save.

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Record: 77-56, 2nd, 3.5 GB Springfield
St. Louis put up two runs in the bottom of the second inning and four more in the third and rolled to a 9-2 win over Indianapolis behind Miguel Cisenros who allowed two runs on four hits in 6.2 innings at Busch Stadium (2006).
St. Louis tallied twice in the bottom of the second with three consecutive one out hits off Racers starting pitcher Axel Kalman.
Mark Waterson started it with a single.
He scored when Danny Diaz followed with a double.
Jackson Miller followed with a single to score Diaz.
An inning later, the River Walkers busted the game open, Manuel Coke providing the big blow with a three-run homer.
Putting him over the 100-RBI mark for the season.
Waterson scored the inning's fourth run when he drew a walk from reliever Alfonso Zamora, who had just replaced Kalman.
He later scored on a Jackson Miller single.
Cisneros didn't allow a run until the seventh, when he allowed a two-run double to John Stacy to make it 6-2.
Leo Hermosillo relieved Cisneros with two outs and got Brian Gunyon to ground out to end the inning.
Cisneros (9-6), in his 6.2 innings, allowed two runs on four hits. He struck out two and walked two.
St. Louis scored three times in the bottom of the eighth against the Indy bullpen.
Mark Herman scored two with a double. Coke picked up another RBI, also with a double.
Herman joined Coke in eclipsing the 100-RBI barrier in this game.
Hermisillo finished the seventh and got the first two outs of the eight.
Brett McVey finished the eighth for St. Louis.
Maximilliano Minelli, called up from AAA on Sept. 1, retired the Racers in order in the ninth.

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Record:77-57, 2nd, 3.5 GB Springfield
Tied 3-3, Indianapolis scored four times in the top of the ninth inning -- which was more than enough to overcome the two runs St. Louis scored in the bottom of the inning -- as the Racers defeated the River Walkers 7-5 at Busch Stadium (2006).
Down 2-0, St. Louis had grabbed the lead in the bottom of the third when Mark Waterson hit a three-run homer off Indy starting pitcher Jorge Rodriguez.
The Racers tied it in the top of the fifth against St. Louis starter Xavier Wigfall.
Brian Gunyon led off the inning with a single.
He later scored on a two-out single by Shinya Mori.
It stayed tied until the top of the ninth.
Walkers rookie lefty Frank Jimenez started the inning on the mound.
He struck out pinch-hitter Aaron Watson to begin the inning.
Then it went south.
Gunyon and pinch-hitter Jake Parker both singled.
Tony Galvan then drew a walk to load the bases.
The Walkers then turned to closer Craig Fritzler.
He didn't bring much with him to the mound.
Nick Bitsko greeted him with a single, scoring two.
With Steven Williams at the plate, Galvan then stole third and scored on a wild throw by catcher Jackson Miller.
Brandon LaBree made it 7-3 with a single to score Bitsko.
A Nick Shaw two-run homer off Ian Goshe in the bottom of the ninth did make it 7-5.
But the Walkers didn't get another base runner.
Rodriguez lasted just 3.2 innings as the starter for the Racers, allowing three runs on four hits. He struck out three and walked six.
Five relievers followed Rodriguez to the mound, Duarate Picado (1.1 IP), Justice Fuller (2.0), Ricky Cisneros (1.0), Ian Goshe (0.1) and Ramiro Canales (0.2), to close out the game.
Cisneros (4-2) got the win.
Canales collected his 23rd save.

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Record: 78-57, 2nd, 2.5 GB Springfield
Down 3-1, St. Louis took command with seven runs in the top of the fourth inning and held on for a wild 12-9 win over Indianapolis at Busch Stadium (2006).
The victory gave St. Louis a split of the four-game series.
The Racers had scored three times in the top of the fourth off Walkers starter Kevin Hrdlicka to take the lead.
Indy benefited from three walks and a throwing error by catcher Jackson Miller in the inning.
Hrdlicka would last just 4.1 innings during which he issued six walks.
The six pitchers St. Louis combined to issue nine free passes.
Steven Williams, Damiao Orozco and pitcher Rob Mincey all had RBI singles for Indy.
Mincey faced seven of the first 12 batters St. Louis would send to the plate in the bottom of the fourth.
He retired just one of them -- lead-off hitter Nick Shaw.
The next batter, Mark Waterson homered to make it 3-2.
After that it was three walks, a single and a bunt by Hrdlicka which scored Jackson Miller, who had walked, with the tying run.
Ryan Wibbenmeyer, the final batter faced by Mincey, drew a walk to force in a run and make it 4-3 in favor of the Walkers.
Jose Infante replaced Mincey, only to be greeted by a twin-run single by Mark Herman.
Waterson would later connected a two-out single, driving in a pair to make it 8-3.
The Racers chased Hrdlicka with a pair of runs in the top of fifth to draw within 8-5.
St. Louis got two of those runs back in the bottom of the inning.
Daylen Reyes led off with a single off Infante.
He then stole second and third and scored on a Zach Wenman ground out.
Back-to-back two-out doubles by Wibbenmeyer and Herman later made it 10-6.
Both teams scored once in the sixth.
Brian Gonyon led off the top of the inning with a single off Ron Cox.
He later scored when Aaron Watson hit into a double play with the bases loaded.
Juan Munoz, who induced that double play, hit his first homer of his career -- in just his second at bat of the season -- in the bottom of the inning.
The Racers pulled within 11-8 in the top of he eighth.
Gonyon led off with a single off Greg Sones. He scored on a one-out double by Aaron Watson off Craig Fritzler.
Nick Shaw hit his second solo homer of the game -- he had gone deep in the second off Mincey for the game's first run -- in the bottom of the eighth off Ian Goshe.
Fritzler couldn't notch the save in the top of the ninth giving up a two-out single to Brian Newell to make it 12-9.
With runners on first and second, Kyle Smarr came on and struck out Tony Galvan to end it.
Hrdlicka pitched 4.1 innings, allowing six runs on seven hits. He struck out seven and walked six.
Brett McVey finished the fifth inning for St. Louis.
Ron Cox failed to retire any of the three batters he faced in the top of the sixth.
Juan Munoz (1-0) got out of the sixth without any further damage.
Munoz, who earned the win, also pitched a scoreless seventh.
Sones (0.1 IP), Fritzler (1.1) and Smarr (0.1) combined to pitch the eighth and ninth.
Smarr earned his first save since coming to St. Louis via trade on May 19.

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MBL news: Sept. 10 -- Week 21 -- Awards and standings

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Record: 79-57, 2nd, 1.5 GB Springfield
Ming Xiang took a shutout into the seventh inning before running out of gas, he also had two hits and drove in two runs to help lead St. Louis to a 3-1 win over Chicago at Wrigley Field (1938).
Xiang (13-5) scattered four hits (three singles and a double) before giving up a pair of singles around a strike out in the bottom of the seventh.
Jesse Gaither took over and retired the next two to keep the score 3-0.
At the plate, Xiang drove in the River Walkers second and third runs.
Manuel Coke had made it 1-0 with his 36th homer of the season in the fourth off G-Men starting pitcher Greg Sadler.
With two runners aboard, Xiang doubled with two outs off Keith Kirby in the seventh to make it 3-0.
Gaither went back out and pitched a scoreless eighth for St. Louis.
Leo Hermosillo allowed a lead-off homer to Nick Carey in the ninth.
But he retired the next three for his third save since joining the Walkers on July 3.
Hermosillo had gone to St. Louis in exchange for Kirby, who pitched in this game for Chicago.

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Record: 79-58, 2nd, 1.5 GB Springfield
Tied 5-5, Val Moreno drew a bases-loaded walk from St. Louis reliever Maximiliano Minelli in the bottom of the eighth inning to score Alfredo Cano with the winning run as Chicago defeated the River Walkers 6-5 at Wrigley Field (1938).
Kyle Smarr took the mound to start the bottom of the eight for St. Louis.
Cano opened the inning with a single, and after a flyout by pinch-hitter Nate Ungaro Jessie Willoughby doubled to put runners at second and third.
Josh Rosborough was then given an intentional walk and Smarr left the game.
Minelli took over.
It got to a 3-2 count and Moreno drew ball four to bring home Cano with what would be the game-winning run.
Earlier, with the G-Men leading 2-1, the River Walkers had scored four runs in the top of the sixth only to have Chicago tally three in the bottom to tie it at 5-5.
Four different players drove in runs for St. Louis, while three earned RBIs for the G-Men in the bottom half.
Chicago starting pitcher Juan Moreno pitched into the sixth, going 5.1 innings.
He allowed four runs on eight hits. He struck out two and didn't walk a batter.
Nate Wilson finished the sixth for the G-Men.
Ron Hall, Bill Brooks and Adam Olmstead all pitched an inning to round out the game for Chicago.
Brooks (1-1) earned his first win of the season.
Olmstead notched his 26th save.

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Record: 79-59, 2nd, 1.5 GB Springfield
Brian Burke hit a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to snap a 2-2 tie, Luis Tejada hit another solo shot in the seventh to add an insurance run as Chicago defeated St. Louis 4-2 at Wrigley Field (1938).
The victory gave the G-Men victories in two of three games.
Burke's homer, his first of the season, came off River Walkers starting pitcher Miguel Cisenros.
Tejada's 24th homer of the year came off St. Louis reliever Jesse Gaither.
The game had been tied 2-2 since the top of the fourth when the Walkers tallied a pair of runs off Chicago starter Jerry Krajancic.
Ryan Wibbenmeyer and Mark Herman led off the inning with consecutive doubles.
Mark Waterson later scored Herman with a single.
Krajancic worked five innings, allowing two runs on six hits. He struck out two and didn't walk a batter.
After that it was an inning apiece from four relievers -- Keith Kirby, Joel Wisniewskii, Lenyn Crisp and Adam Olmstead -- with Kirby (2-1) earning the win and Olmstead collecting his 27th save.

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Record: 79-60, 2nd, 2.5 GB Springfield
Ann Arbor cranked out four home runs to power its way to an 8-5 win over St. Louis at Crosley Field (1958).
The Wolf Pack got their first homer in the bottom of the first, former River Walkers top prospect Hector Tavarez driving out a two-run shot off St. Louis starting pitcher Xavier Wigfall.
After the Walkers tied it 2-2 with a pair of runs in the top of the third, Chris Nicholson put Ann Arbor in front for good with a three-run blast off Wigfall in the bottom of the third.
A Scott Kern single off Wigfall drove Alfredo Gomez with the Pack's sixth run in the bottom of the fourth.
Solo homers from Bryan Zador in the fifth and Danny Patino in the seventh gave Ann Arbor its final two runs and made it 8-3.
Ron Cox allowed both homers.
Pack starting pitcher Justin Potter (5-11) allowed three runs on three hits over 5.1 innings. He struck out five and didn't allow a walk.
Jesus Vasquez finished up the sixth inning for Ann Arbor.
Joe Donohoe worked the seventh and eighth.
Miguel Coke hit a two-run homer off Donohoe in the eighth.
Bobby Walls worked a perfect ninth for his 18th save.

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Record: 80-60, 2nd, 2.5 GB Springfield
It wasn't pretty but Kevin Hrdlicka took a shutout into the bottom of the seventh inning to help lead St. Louis to a 6-2 win over Ann Arbor at Crosley Field (1958).
Hrdlicka (13-9) didn't allow a hit until Kyren Paris singled with one out in the bottom of the sixth.
He got out of that inning without allowing a run.
But Lee Oakley ended Hrdlicka's outing when he led off the bottom of the seventh with a homer to make it 5-1.
For his six-plus innings, Hrdlicka allowed the one run on two hits. He struck out nine but did walk four.
Greg Sones pitched two innings of relief -- allowing the Wolf Pack's second run on a Jarred Kelenic homer in the eighth -- before Jesse Gaither pitched a scoreless ninth.
Offensively, the River Walkers did the most of their damage in the top of the second when they cored three times.
Danny Diaz opened the inning by reaching on a fielding error by Kelenic at first base.
After Mark Waterson was hit by an Erik DePasquale pith, Diaz scored on a Zach Wenman single.
Bob Saavedra drove in the inning's other two runs with a two-out double.
Danny Diaz homered off DePasquale in the third to make it 4-0.
A lead-off homer in the seventh from Daylen Reyes, his first since joining the Walkers in a July 8 trade, in the seventh made it 5-0.
Pack reliever Jim Dunphy allowed the homer.
An error by Kyrien Paris at shortstop allowed pinch-hitter Nick Shaw to reach base to begin the top of the ninth.
He later scored on a Manuel Coke fly ball to complete the scoring.

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Record: 81-60, 2nd, 2.5 GB Springfield
Ming Xiang picked up his 14th win by allowing two runs over the first six innings and Alex Nunez took advantage of a rare start by hitting two home runs as St. Louis won 7-3 over Ann Arbor at Crosley Field (1958).
Xiang (14-5) allowed two runs on seven hits over his six innings. He struck out six and walked two.
With the score 6-2, Frank Jimenez and Maximilliano Minelli pitched scoreless seventh and eighth innings for the River Walkers.
Jesse Gaither gave up a run in the ninth to make it 7-3.
St. Louis scored in each of the first four innings off Wolf Pack starting pitcher Ryan Lodge to build a 5-0 lead.
Ryan Wibbenmeyer singled off Lodge with one out in the first and scored on a two-out double by Nick Shaw.
Nunez hit the first of his two homers in the second, a two-run shot making it 3-0.
Wibbenmeyer drew a lead-off walk in the third and scored on a two-out double by Danny Diaz.
Nunez went deep for the second time when he led off the fourth.
The Walkers added late runs in the seventh -- Jordan Quinto led off with a pinch-hit double and scored on a Wibbenmeyer sacrifice fly -- and ninth -- pinch-hitter Rece Hinds led off with a double and scored on a Bob Saavedra single -- to cap their scoring.

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Record: 82-60, 2nd, 1.5 GB Springfield
St. Louis jumped on Ann Arbor starting pitcher Joe Alvarado for five runs in the top of the second inning and the River Walkers rolled to a 9-2 win at Crosley Field (1938).
The victory was the third straight for the Walkers to complete the four-game series.
Making his first major league appearance of the season, Alvarado set St. Louis down in order in the top of the first.
The second was quite different as beginning with a lead-off double by Nick Shaw the Walkers put six of their first eight batters on base -- and the two outs were both sacrifice bunts -- to take control of the game.
In that mix were an RBI singles from Jackson Miller and Ryan Wibbenmeyer.
A run scoring bunt by Daylen Reyes. A wild pitch which scored the inning's first run and a throwing error by center fielder Chris Nicholson which allowed another run to score.
The Wolf Pack did pull within 5-2 with single runs off St. Louis starter Brad Monroe in the third and sixth.
But the Walkers scored at least one run in each of the final three innings to pull away again.
Mark Waterson hit a pinch-hit homer off Jesus Vasquez to lead off the seventh.
Saavedra had a two-out, two-run double off Joe Donohoe in the eighth.
Nick Shaw hit a solo homer off Kyle Gatti in the ninth.
Monroe (13-5) earned his 13th win by allowing two runs on five hits over 5.2 innings. He struck out three and walked three.
Monroe exited the game with runners on first and third with two outs in the sixth.
Brett McVey took over and struck out Scott Kern to keep the score 5-2.
Leo Hermosillo (0.2 IP) and Maximilliano Minelli (0.1) combined on a scoreless seventh.
Ron Cox handled the eighth and ninth-inning mound duties for St. Louis.

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MBL news: Sept. 13 -- Week 22 - Awards and standings

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Record: 82-61, 2nd, 2.5 GB Springfield
St. Louis starting pitcher Miguel Cisneros retired the first 19 batters he faced before giving up back-to-back doubles to Cedar Rapids' Jose Morillo and Eric Gerhardt in the bottom of the seventh inning, those hits helped propel the Grapplers to a 2-1 win in opening game of a doubleheader at Connie Mack Stadium (1960).
After Cisneros retired Jerry Perez to begin the bottom of the seventh of a scoreless game, Morillo drilled a 1-1 pitch into left field for Cedar Rapids' first hit of the game.
Gerhardt followed by hitting a 2-2 pitch into the gap in right-center to score Morillo with the game's first run.
The Grapplers added an insurance run in the eighth on a two-out solo homer from pinch-hitter Steve Ricca off reliever Kyle Smarr.
The River Walkers were held scoreless until the ninth inning by four Grapplers pitchers, led by starter Jake Richardson, who scattered five hits over the first six innings.
Richardson struck out six and walked one.
Jeff Durako pitched a scoreless eight for the Grapplers.
Durako (1-3) would earn his first victory of the season.
Justin Sterner got the first out of the eighth.
Anton Melendez came on with two on and runners at first and third.
He struck out Ryan Wibbenmeyer and got Mark Herman to fly out.
In the ninth, Mike Gil allowed St. Louis to load the bases with two outs.
Jim Cole came on and gave up an RBI single to Zach Wenman.
But Jackson Miller was thrown out at the plate by right fielder Ryan Cleaver to end the game.
It was Cole's first save of the season.

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Record: 83-70, 2nd, 3 GB Springfield
The major-league debut of St. Louis starting pitcher Billy Herman was an ugly one as Cedar Rapids pounded him for seven runs in the first two innings of an 11-2 win at Connie Mack Stadium (1960).
The victory completed a doubleheader sweep for the Grapplers.
Cedar Rapids wasted no time going to work against Herman as four of its five batters delivered hits.
David Henderson opened the game with back-to-back single.
After a fly out, Dane Finch made it 1-0 with the third single of the inning.
Santos Villanueva followed with a double to make it 3-0.
An inning later, the Grapplers put three straight runners on base after a lead-off fly out -- pitcher Joel Glenn singled, Henderson drew a walk and Jose Morillo reached on an error by shortstop Rece Hinds -- to load the bases.
Eric Gerhardt drove in the inning's first run with a fly ball to right.
Dane Finch did the rest with a three-run homer.
The River Walkers did climb to within 7-2 with a pair of runs in the top of the third.
Glenn left the game after walking the bases loaded.
Reliever Trevor Wortham was on the mound when the runs scored.
But that was all the offense St. Louis would muster.
The Grapplers, meanwhile, would get two-run homers later in the game from Gerhardt (in the fourth off Brett McVey) and Villanueva (in the eighth off Kyle Smarr) to turn it into a rout.
Glenn lasted just 2.1 innings, allowing two runs on one hits. He struck out two but walked four.
Worthman (5-1) earned the win after working two innings.
Elji Konno (2.2 IP), Jordyn Ibarra (1.1) and Anton Melendez (0.2) combined to shut out the Walkers the rest of the way.

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Record: 82-63, 3rd, 3 GB Springfield
Down 5-4, Cedar Rapids' Tim Jurgensen hit a two-run homer off St. Louis relief pitcher Frank Jimenez in the bottom of the eighth inning to help lift the Grapplers to a 6-5 win at Connie Mack Stadium (1960).
It was the second homer of the game for Jurgensen, who had hit a solo shot off River Walkers starting pitcher Xavier Wigfall as part of a four-run bottom of the fourth inning as Cedar Rapids took a 4-2 lead.
In the bottom of the eighth, Steve Ricca had led off the inning with a single.
Jimenez followed with his homer driving a 2-2 pitch 401 feet over the high wall in right center.
It was the 24th homer of the season for Jurgensen.
Jimenez has given up eight runs in just 2.1 innings since being recalled to the Walkers on Sept. 1.
Single tallies in the top of the third and fourth innings had given St. Louis a 2-0 lead.
That lead disappeared as Wigfall ran into trouble in the bottom of the fifth.
Jerry Perez tripled with one out and scored when relief pitcher Michele Vassalotti doubled.
Miguel Mato then hit a two-run homer.
After a fly out, Jurgensen hit his first home run of the game making it 4-2.
The Walkers tied it with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth.
Ryan Wibbenmeyer drove in both runs with a single off Antonio Echevaria.
Grapplers starting pitcher Tomas Vasquez lasted just 4.2 innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out three and walked two.
Vassalotti finished the fifth inning and got the first two outs of the sixth.
Echevaria wrapped up the sixth and worked a scoreless seventh.
A scoreless eighth earned Jeff Durako (2-3) the win.
The save went to Dennis Turner, who allowed two hits but no runs.

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Record: 83-63, 2nd, 3 GB Springfield
Kevin Hrdlicka allowed one run on seven hits over 7.1 innings and Mark Waterson snapped a 1-1 tie with a two-run homer in the top of the fourth inning as St. Louis downed Cedar Rapids 3-1 at Connie Mack Stadium (1960).
The win allowed the River Walkers from being swept in the four-game series.
The lone run allowed by Hrdlicka came in the bottom of the second inning on an RBI single by Matt Thurston.
That run matched the run-scoring single by St. Louis' Zach Wenman that came in the top of the second.
Waterson gave St. Louis the lead with his 25th home run of the season.
It came Cedar Rapids starter Hector Miro.
Nick Shaw, who drew a lead-off walk, also scored on the homer.
For the game, Hrdlicka (14-8) allowed the one run while striking out eight and not issuing a walk.
Leo Hermosillo came on with one and one out in the eighth and struck out the next two to end the inning.
Craig Fritzler set the Grapplers down in order in the ninth for his 31st save.