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Record: 0-1, 4th (Tied/w. Springfield and Des Moines), 1 GB Cedar Rapids and Quad City
Quad City pounded St. Louis starting pitcher Jesse McNaboe for six runs in the first two innings, and the Thunder went on for a 9-5 win on Opening Day at Fenway Park (1976).
Christian Moore hit a two-out homer off McNaboe in the bottom of the first inning to open the scoring.
The Thunder then really went to work in the second.
Gabriel Hagan opened the inning with a single.
After a fly out, McNaboe issued a pair of walks to load the bases.
Pitcher Pascal Marcovicci then drove in a pair with a double.
After Chris Shelley for the second out, the Thunder put four straight batters on base -- including RBI singles by Moore and Paul Totten and a bases-loaded walk to Gabriel Hagan -- to go up 6-0.
RBI singles from Kyren Paris and pinch-hitter Dan Hillard in the top of the seventh off reliever Edwin Cervantes drew the River Walkers back to within 6-3.
A fly ball by Clay Owens off Oscar Martinez in the bottom of the seventh drove in a run, making it 7-3.
St. Louis made it 8-4 in the top of the eighth.
Eric Peretz tripled off Terry Zahnow and scored on a Nick Shaw fly ball.
But a two-run double from Hagan off Nick Ruffalo in the bottom of the inning, pretty much sealed it for QC.
Marcovicci (1-0) pitched 6.1 innings, allowing two runs on four hits. He struck out six and didn't issue a walk.
Edwin Cervantes finished off the seventh for the Thunder.
Zahnow pitched the eighth and recorded the first out of the ninth.
After that, it was an out apiece from Bobby Stover and Craig Fritzler to close out the win.
Fritzler picked up the save.