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Record: 71-85, 5th (Tied/w. Kansas City), 25 GB Des Moines
Evansville beat up on St. Louis starting pitcher Shane Drogo for seven runs in just three innings, and the Bosses went on to defeat the River Walkers 9-6 at Yankee Stadium (1968).
The win gave Evansville a split of the four-game series.
The Walkers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead thanks to a two-run home run from Jared Thomas off Bosses starting pitcher Cory Maddox in the top of the first.
Evanvillle quickly wiped that deficit out in the bottom of the frame.
Drogo gave up a pair of early singles, leading to a Luke Leto RBI.
Than with two outs, Brian Schlegel cranked a two-run homer to put the Bosses in front.
That lead grew to 5-2 in the second when Royce Lewis spanked a two-out, two-run homer off Drogo,
An inning later, with the score now 5-3, Drogo was done but not before Schlegel drove in his third run of the day with a single.
Cesar Salazar followed with another single as the Bosses lead grew to 7-3.
Nathaniel Dixon hit a two-run home run for St Louis off Maddox in the top of the fifth, drawing the Walkers within two runs.
Salazar capped the scoring with a two-run homer off Josh Forgy in the bottom of the seventh.
Maddox lasted just four innings, allowing five runs on seven hits.
Matthew Liberatore (2-3) earned the win for working the fifth inning and recording the first two outs of the sixth.
Jose Castaneda retired the only batter he faced to finish the sixth.
Travis Krogman, Jeff Young and Mike Moore all worked scoreless innings to close out the win.
Moore earned his 33rd save.