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Record: 37-34, 3rd, 2.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Kansas City starting pitcher Alex Wood and three relievers all at least two shutout innings apiece as the Pit Masters won 7-0 over St. Louis at Busch Stadium (1997).
Wood shut the River Walkers down for 2.2 innings, before departing with back spasms.
Wily Peralta finished the third inning and kept St. Louis off the board in the fourth and fifth to earn his fifth win of the season.
Andrew Ryan and Dario Alvarez both threw two innings apiece to close it out.
The Masters blew the game open with a four-run top of the third inning against St. Louis starting pitcher Luiz Gohara.
A throwing error by center fieldr Ender Inciarte on a single hit by Brian Mundell drove in the game's first run.
Joey Gallo followed with a three-run homer, making it 4-0.
Allen Cordboa led off the fifth with a solo homer off Gohara.

An RBI single from Yordan Alvarez, also off Gohara, later expanded it to 6-0.