Walkers news: May 19 -- St. Louis 3, Louisville 2, 10 innings
Record: 23-17, 1st, 2.5 GA Kansas City
Jose Ramirez snapped a 2-2 tie with a two-out homer in the top of the 10th inning, and St. Louis rookie Jesse McNaboe took a no-hitter into the eighth of a game the River Walkers won 3-2 at Dodger Stadium.
Louisville.
McNoebe, making just his second start of the season, didn't allow a hit until Vinny Figueroa doubled with one out in the eighth.
The next hitter, pinch-hitter, Kevin Vanwinkle, followed with a single to move Figueroa to third.
That ended McNoebe's outing, and by the time the inning was over the game was tied at 2-2.
Cory Tiller retired the first batter he faced, but allowed consecutive singles to Jonathan Vaughns and Matt Bryant to tie it.
Elian Acosta replaced Tiller, and got Kellum Clark to fly out to keep it tied.
It remained deadlocked until the 10th, when Ramirez launched a 3-2 pitch from Josh Forgy 399 feet over the fence in left-center.
Jared Thomas had an RBI single off Sluggers starter Zachary Fuller in the second, and in the seventh doubled off Jose Hernandez and scored on a Daniel Becerra single for the two Walkers' runs.
McNaboe allowed two runs on two hits in 7.1 innings. He struck out three and walked one.
After getting the final out of the eighth, Acosta retired two in the ninth.
Closer Ernesto Barbosa faced just one batter to keep it tied in the ninth..
That earnedf Barbosa (2-0) the win.
Yeison Santos sent Louisville down in order in the ninth for his first save.
Last edited by rink23; 12-15-2020 at 05:37 AM.
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