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Walkers news: May 13 -- Green Bay 7, St. Louis 5
Record: 16-20, 4th, 10.5 GB Des Moines
Tied 4-4, Green Bay scored a pair of runs in the top of the fourth inning, and the Mallards went on for a 7-5 win over St. Louis at Busch Stadium (2006).
The early part of the game featured plenty of scoring.
The Mallard battered River Walkers starter for four runs in the top of the second inning, only to have St. Louis score three in the bottom half and another in the fourth -- a solo homer from Nick Shaw off Green Bay starter Triston Casas -- to tie it.
In the fourth, Casas got things going with a lead-off double off Tiburcio.
Scott Kern followed with another double, snapping the tie.
A balk by Tiburcio moved Kern to third.
Tiburcio then unleashed a wild pitch, scoring Kern to make it 6-4.
Jadn Agassi connected on an RBI single off Scott Rissler in the fifth, as the Green Bay lead reached 7-4.
Casas (2-0) earned the win, allowing five runs on seven hits in 6.1 innings.
Allan Stephany finished off the seventh and worked a scoreless eighth.
Justin O'Rourke did his job in the ninth for his ninth save.
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