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Walkers news: May 1 -- St. Louis 7, Cleveland 1
Record: 10-9, 3rd, 3 GB Des Moines
Nicky Delmonico went 3 for 4 with a double, a homer, two runs scored and four RBIs to help power St. Louis to a 7-1 win over Cleveland at Cleveland Stadium (1980).
Delmonico collected his first RBI in the opening inning, with a single off Guitar Heroes starting pitcher which scored Bo Bichette to make it 2-0.
Bichette had driven in the game's first run with a double, scoring Edmond Americaan who had led off the game with a single.
Delmonico hit a solo homer off reliever Tyler Beede to make it 4-1.
He also drove in a pair of runs in a three-run seventh, his double scoring Andrew Benintendi and Rhys Hoskins.
Delmonico also scored the game's final run scoring on a Jean Carmona single.
The River Walkers got a strong seven-inning outing from starter Argenis Batista, who allowed one run on three hits. He struck out 10 and walked two.
Phil Maton pitched a scoreless eighth inning. Reyes Moronta did the same in the ninth.
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