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Walkers news: April 27 -- St. Louis 3, Dayton 2
Record: 11-11, 4th, 4.5 GB Cedar Rapids
Jesse McNaboe took a shutout into the top of the eighth inning, allowing a pair of base runners which turned into runs, and St. Louis downed Dayton 3-2 at Busch Stadium (2006).
The victory brought the River Walkers to .500 (11-11) after a 1-10 start to the season.
McNaboe (3-1) extended his string of strong starts with his third straight quality effort, after a horrendous start to his season, holding the Pilots without a run for the first 7.1 innings
With the Walkers leading 3-0, Owen Martin led off the eighth with a single. A walk to Mike Wardlaw followed.
McNaboe faced one more hitter, getting Matt Freudenberg to fly out before exiting.
Joe Allen greeted reliever Nick Ruffalo with a double, making it 3-2.
Ruffalo, however, retired the next two to keep St. Louis in front.
In his 7.1 innings, McNaboe allowed five hits while striking out six and issuing two walks.
Scott Rissler handled the ninth with little difficulty to earn his second save.
A two-out double from Jovan Gill scored Dan Hillard with the game's first run in the bottom of the second.
Hillard had drawn a lead-off walk.
A inning later, the Walkers went up 3-0 on a two-run homer from Jose Segura.
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