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Walkers news: May 31 -- St. Louis 11, Louisville 2
Record: 31-19, 1st, 4.5 GA Cedar Rapids
St. Louis scored two runs in each of the first three innings - and later blew it open with a five-run bottom of the eighth -- as the River Walkers routed Louisville 11-2 at Busch Stadium (1997).
A homer from Jonathan Vaughns in the top of the first inning off St. Louis starter Jesse McNaboe staked the Sluggers to a brief 1-0 lead.
Vaughns would hit another solo shot in the , accounting for both of his team's runs.
That's because in the bottom of the inning, Jordan Groshans hit the first of his two homers, this one a two-run job off Louisville starter Joe Wahl.
An inning later, it was Jean Carmona going deep, his also a two-run homer off Wahl to make it 4-1.
In the third, Groshans bashed his second two-run bomb, again off Wahl, as St. Louis went up 6-1.
The Walkers' five-run eighth featured a solo homer from Jean Segura (off Owen White), a pair of bases-loaded walks issued by Brian Baker, and a two-run single from Steve Rossi off Josh Forgy.
McNaBoe (3-0) allowed two runs on six hits over 6.1 innings. He struck out fouc and walked none.
Yeison Santos finished the seventh and worked a scoreless eighth.
Argenis Batista struck out the side in the ninth.
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