Walkers news: April 18 -- St. Louis 1, Indianapolis 0
Record: 10-2, 1st, 1 GA Springfield
Xavier Wigfall pitched seven scoreless innings and Abdul-Nasser bin Amr provided the game's lone run with a home run in the top of the seventh, as the River Walkers defeated Indianapolis 1-0 at the Astrodome (1995).
Indy starter Chung Pei matched Wigfall scoreless frame for scoreless frame for the first seven innings.
Pei exited to begin the eighth, being replaced by Craig Martinez.
Martinez struck out Jose Segura to begin the eighth.
bin Amr, however, got ahold of a 0-1 pitch and smacked it 393 feet over the left-field wall for his second homer of the season.
Wigfall (2-0) allowed three hits -- two singles and a double -- in his seven innings. He struck out six and walked three.
Greg Sones worked a scoreless eighth for the Walkers.
Closer Bobby Westerman registered his third save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
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