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Record: 88-64, 1st, 4 GA Des Moines
St. Louis jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning and starting pitcher Jimmy Lambert worked into the seventh as the River Walkers defeated Quad City 6-2 at Fenway Park (1970).
The second batter of the game, Carlos Vidal, staked the Walkers to a 1-0 lead with a solo homer off Thunder starting pitcher Evan Steele.
But St. Louis wasn't done.
Rhys Hoskins, Andrew Benintendi and Fernado Tatis Jr. all followed with singles, Hoskins scoring on Tatis Jr.'s base knock to make it 2-0.
Ronald Acuna Jr.'s RBI double off Lambert in the third did make it 2-1.
But the Walkers got that run back in the top of the third, when Jared Thomas led off with a double and scored on a two-out double off Steele from Vidal Brujan.
St. Louis broke it open with a three-run fifth.
Jean Carmona drove in the first run with a double off Steele.
Jared Thomas chased home the second on a ground out.
Even Lambert got in on the action, with an RBI single which scored Carmona.
Lambert (7-9) lasted 6.2 innings, allowing two runs on eight hits.
John Curtiss got the final out of the seventh.
The eighth and ninth belonged to Nick Lodolo, who kept it 6-2.