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Record: 0-4, 7th (Tied/w. Kansas City), 3 GB Des Moines
Down 4-1, Quad City exploded for six runs in the bottom of the third inning as the Thunder rolled to a 9-5 win over St. Louis at Fenway Park (1975).
The big inning continued to haunt the River Walkers (0-4), as they've allowed innings of three runs or more four times in as many games.
In this one it was starting pitcher Jerry Tate who took the brunt of the damage,
Beginning with consecutive doubles from Chase Davis, Ben Nelson and Nick Gonzalez to open the inning , he allowed four straight batters to reach base before being pulled.
Gonzalez's double scored two.
Gabriel Hagan followed that with a single before a walk to Paul Totten loaded the bases.
Tate was diagnosed with a forearm injury after the game and is expected to miss a week.
Nick Ruffalo took over and struck out Jacob Gonzalez for the inning's first out.
The Thunder then went back to work, Bobby Wescott stroking a two-run single to make it 5-4 Q-C.
The inning's fourth double, this one from Chris Shelley, drove in the final two runs of the outburst as the Thunder went up 7-4.
An RBI single from Nick Shaw off Ashcraft in the top of the fourth drew St. Louis to within 7-5.
QC would add insurance runs in the sixth (Ben Nelson with an RBI single off Yeison Santos) and seventh (Harry Christensen with an run-scoring double off Luke Dunkin).
Ashcraft did not last long enough to earn the win, allowing five run on nine hits in just 3.2 innings. That went to Jaden Foster (1-0), who allowed two hits and no runs over 2.1 innings.
Scott Reeves and Bob Rios both pitched scoreless frames.
Bobby Stover (0.2 IP) and Craig Fritzler (0-1) took care of the ninth.