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World Series Game 5 -- Cleveland 5, St. Louis 0, Cleveland leads 3-2
Luis Vasquez pitched six shutout innings, and a pair of Cleveland relievers followed suit as the Juke Box Heroes downed St. Louis 5-0 in Game 5 of the World Series at Busch Stadium (1997).
The win gave Cleveland a sweep of the three games in St. Louis. The visiting team has won all five games of a series, the Heroes lead 3-2.
Vasquez scatted four hits over his six innings. He struck out two and walked one.
Gunnar Hoglund worked a pair of scoreless innings.
The ninth belonged to Freddy Tarnok, who set the River Walkers down in order.
Cleveland would get the only run it would eventually need in the top of the first off St. Louis starter Kaneo Kawamoto.
Tyler McKenzie led off the game with a single, and moved to third when Mac Horvath also singled.
Tanner Kohlhepp scored McKenzie with a ground out.
It stayed 1-0 until the seventh, when Will Holland belted a two-run homer off Kawamoto.
The game's final runs also came via the long ball, Adrian Hernandez and pinch-hitter Fernando Jimenez both taking rookie reliever Ron Peterson deep in the top of the ninth.
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