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Walkers news: July 25 -- St. Louis 6, Madison 1
Record: 58-40, 2nd, 3 GB Des Moines
Luis Gohara stepped in when St. Louis starting pitcher Francisco Lirano had to depart with an undislosed injury in the top of the third inning and delievered 4.2 innings of shutout baseball to help lead the River Walkers to a 6-1 win over Madison at Busch Stadium (1997).
Gohara was scheduled to start the third and final game of the Walkers' series against the Muskies. But with ace Aaron Nola expected to be on full rest, the decision was made to use Gohara in relief.
He shined in the role, as he allowed two hits and three walks but did not allow anyone to cross the plate before exiting with one out in the eighth inning.
Grant Dayton handled the rest of the eighth.
After Brandon Moss smacked a two-run, pinch-hit homer in the bottom of the eighth to make it 6-1, Keona Kela offered up a 1-2-3 ninth to close it out.
St. Louis jumped on top 2-0 in the bottom of the first thanks to a two-run homer from Michael Conforto off Madison starting pitcher Aaron Slegers.
Adeiny Hechavarria had an RBI single and Jin-hwan Chung chased in another run in the second when he drew a bases-loaded walk from Slegers.
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