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Record: 20-13, 1st, 3 GA Springfield
Ming Xiang continued the impressive start to his rookie season, allowing one run over seven innings to help St. Louis defeat Detroit 6-3 at Tiger Stadium (1980).
The win gave the River Walkers a split of their four-game series with the Diesels,
Xiang (4-0), who signed with St. Louis from Taiwan during the offseason, didn't allow a run until the bottom of the seventh inning, by which time his lead led 6-0.
For the game, Xiang allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings. He struck out six and didn't walk a batter.
Brennan Weldon, making his first appearance with the Walkers since being called up from the minors, allowed a pair of runs in the eighth on a Kelly Allain homer.
Mike Fagan worked a scoreless ninth for his first save.
St. Louis jumped in front with a pair of runs off Diesels starting pitcher Pablo Maldonado in the top of the fourth.
Singles from Manuel Coke, Nick Shaw and Mark Herman opened the inning.
Herman's single scored Coke for the game's first run.
Eddie Estrella then connected on a double to make it 2-0.
An inning later, Marcos Francis led off with a single.
Jackson Miller got a bunt down to move Francis to second.
He scored on a two-out single by Shaw.
St. Louis doubled its run total in the seventh.
Xiang actually set things in motion with a single off reliever Sam Gibb.
Miller would drive in a run with a single.
Herman later collected two more RBIs with a single.