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Walkers news: Sept. 25 -- St. Louis 11, Springfield 3
Record: 96-65, 1st, 4.5 GA Des Moines, Magic Num.: 5
St. Louis cranked five homers, including two apiece from Vidal Brujan and Rhys Hoskins, as it routed Springfield 11-3 at Olympic Stadium (Montreal).
The River Walkers went to work right away, the third batter of the game, Hoskins, hitting a two-run homer off Prairie Fighters starter Pablo Lopez to put them up 2-0.
A solo shot from Springfield's Eric Hosmer in the second off Walkers starter Adonis Medina made it 2-1.
But St. Louis broke it open in the sixth when Larry Ernesto pounded a three-run blast off reliever Kenley Jansen to make it 5-1.
Brujan made it 7-1 in the seventh with his first homer, a two-run job off reliever Juan Then.
With the score 7-3, Brujan notched his second two-run homer in the ninth off Rich Nelson.
Hoskins added a solo shot later in the inning to cap the scoring.
Medina (12-8) took care of the pitching duties for seven innings, allowing three runs on fiv hits.
Argenis Batista handled the eighth inning. Derek Gordon took care of the ninth.
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