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Walkers news: August 26 -- Milwaukee 3, St. Louis 1
Record: 73-52, 2nd, 4 GB Des Moines
Justin Buck didn't allow a hit over the first six innings and Milwaukee completed a three-game sweep of St. Louis with a 3-1 win at Milwaukee County Stadium (1973).
Buck no-hit the River Walkers through six innings before giving up a lead-off double to Jean Carmona in the seventh.
Buck exited the game after the hit.
Scott Mueller came on and retired the next three to retain what was a 3-0 lead.
Buck (8-5) in his six innings, allowed the one hit while striking out eight and walking one.
Mueller, Daniel Espino and Bill Webb all pitched scoreless innings to close the win.
Webb earned his 26th save.
The Crushers took the lead in the bottom of the first when Erik Rivera led off with a solo homer off St. Louis starter Kaneo Kawamoto.
Rogelio Mercado connected on a two-out, two-run single off Kawamoto in the fourth to make it 3-0.
Nathaniel Dixon drove in what-would-be the lone Walkers' run with a single off off Daniel Espino in the eighth.
Espino retired the next two, keeping the score at 3-1.
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