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Walkers news: Sept. 9 -- Rockford 6, St. Louis 3 (game was simed)
Record:82-56, 1st, 6.5 GA Cedar Rapids
Leading 1-0, Rockford added four more runs in the top of the fifth inning, and rode that to a 6-3 win over St. Louis at Busch Stadium (1997).
Coming off a four-hit, seven-RBI game the day before, Raynel Delgado got the Thunder rolling in the second game of the series with a lead-off singfe off River Walkers starter Zack Hunsicker in the opening inning.
He later scored on a Onofredo Hernandez two-out single as Rockford went up 1-0.
Rockford's four-run fifth off Hunsicker all came with two outs, beginning with a solo homer from Wade Martin.
Two singles later, from Hernandez and Alex Freeland, Jonathon Vaughns made it 5-0 with a three-run blast.
The River Walkers climbed back to within 5-2 in the seventh thanks to rookie Steve Kowal's first major-league homer, a two-run shot off St. Louis ace Alex Faedo.
An inning later, it was 5-3 as Ben Thompson opened the bottom of the eighth by taking Yuki Matsui deep.
The Thunder got that run back in the top of the ninth when Martin hit his second homer of the game, and 30th of the season, off Argenis Batista.
Former Walkers farmhand Kurt Halter handled the first four innings, allowing no runs on just one hits.
Faedo (3-0) handled the next two, setting himself up for the win.
Mark Henderson pitched the seventh, allowing the two-run homer by Kowal.
Matsui (0.2 IP) and Luis Palomo (0.1), another former St. Louis pitcher, combined to pitch the eighth.
Luke Dunkin set the Walkers down in order in the ninth for his 37th save.
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