Walkers news: June 4 -- St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 1
Record: 31-22, 2nd, 5 GB Des Moines
St. Louis broke loose for four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to snap a 1-1 tie and open the door for a 5-1 win over Milwaukee at Busch Stadium.
With the win, the River Walkers swept the four-game series during which they limited the Keg Lifters to just two runs.
St. Louis starter Danny Duffy tossed six innings, he faced one batter in the seventh, allowing a single before departing, allowing just one run on seven hits. He struck out five and walked one.
Lifters starting pitcher Andrew Triggs tossed five shutout innings. He gave up five hits, while striking out four. He walked none.
Milwaukee struck first, with Luis Alexander Busabe hitting a solo homer off Duffy in the sixth inning.
St. Louis answered back in the bottom half, tying it when Nicky Delmonico went yard off Milwaukee reliever Arquimedes Caminero.
The Walkers busted it open an inning later with their four-spot.
Matt Bowman allowed St. Louis' first three batters to reach, loading the bases.
He got a runner on a force play at home, but followed it with a run-scoring walk to Andrew Benintendi.
Trevor Gott took over the mound duties, but did the same thing issuing a free pass to Rhys Hoskins.
Delonico got the bat on the ball to score the inning's final two runs, with a single off Gott.
Three relievers went a scoreless inning apiece -- Reyes Moronta (1.0 IP), Josh Lindgren (1.0) and John Curtiss (1.0) -- to close out the win.
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