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Record: 1-0, 1st (Tied/w. Cedar Rapids and Springfield), 0.5 GA Des Moines and Kansas City
St. Louis hit five home runs -- including two apiece from Rick Scott and newcomer Alex Greene -- as the River Walkers routed Peoria 9-0 in their season opener at Busch Stadium (1997).
Greene, acquired in the offseason, had quite the debut going 3 for 4 with two runs scored and three RBIs.
The Walkers took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning against Rivermen starting pitcher Shane Drgo.
Jose Segura led off the inning with a single and moved to third on a Matt Fulton double.
Scott scored Segura with a ground out, while Jared Thomas chased Fulton home with a fly ball.
The score grew to 4-0 in the third, with back-to-back homers off Drogo from Greene and Jose Ramirez.
Scott hit his first homer of the game , and earned his second RBI, takling reliever James Bowman deep to leadoff the inning.
The Walkers made it a blowout witrh four runs in the eighth.
Greene plated the first two with a homer off Noah Murdock.
Segura posted the third run when he tripled and later scored on a Fulton fly ball.
Scott capped the scoring for the inning, and the game, with his second homer also off Murdock.
The Walkers got three good innings out of starter Angel Tiburcio, but than some bad news as after shutting out the Rivermen during his time on the mound he had to exit with a hamstring injury.
He is expected to only be out for a few days.
But the bullpen picked Tiburcio up with nothing by posting nothing but zeroes.
Ricky Cisneros worked three scoreless innings.
Rookie Nick Ruffalo and newcomer Josh Forgy followed with a silent inning each.