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Record: 1-0, 2nd (Tied/w. Springfield Kansas City), 0.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Tanner Knolhopp's two-out single off Quad City's Nick Wood in the top of the eighth inning scored Rhys Hoskins to help give St. Louis a 3-2 win in both team's season opener at Fenway Park (1970).
Andrew Benintendi had led off the inning with his third hit of the game, a single, and moved to second when Hoskins drew a walk.
Carlos Vidal was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Wood, however, struck out Jean Carmona for the first out and got Jared Thomas to ground out with Benintendi being thrown out at the plate.
That brought Knolhepp to the plate and he lined the first pitch he saw into right center to bring Hoskins home with the tie-breaking run.
A two-run double from Benintendi in the top of the third inning off Thunder starting pitcher Matt Ruppenthal had staked the River Walkers to a 2-0 lead.
Quad City got its first run of the season in the third inning when St. Louis starter Alex Faedo balked with a runner on third.
The Thunder tied it in the seventh when Andrew Bethea looped a two-out homer off reliever Dan Jennings around Pesky's Pole in right field.
Faedo allowed just one run on four hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked none.
Jennings followed him to the mound and recorded two outs before allowing Bethea's run.
John Curtiss (1-0) retired the only batter he faced to complete the seventh, and also ended up putting himself in line for the win.
Jake Brentz (0.2 IP) and Danny Grigg (0.1) combined on a scoreless eighth.
Edwin Diaz sent Q-C down in order in the ninth to earn a save.