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Walkers news: June 23 -- St. Louis 5, Green Bay 1
Record: 40-33, 1st, 2 GA Springfield
Tied 1-1, Marcos Francis hit a two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning to help lift St. Louis to a 5-1 win over Green Bay at PNC Park.
The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the River Walkers.
Mallards starting pitcher Alex Duarte retired the first two St. Louis hitters in the fifth.
But he walked pitcher Ming Xiang and Francis made him pay driving 2-0 pitch 398 feet over the wall in left field.
The Walkers got another home run in the sixth, this one from Nick Shaw off reliever Matt Broussard.
It was of the inside-the-park variety, the second of the season for Shaw who has hit 16 homers overall.
Zach Wenman made it 5-0 in the top of the ninth with a lead-off single off Keith DeRemer.
A single by Jose Segura moved Wenman to third.
Wenman scored when Abdul-Nasser bin Amr hit into a double play.
Xiang (9-2) continued to excel in his first season in the MBL, he allowed one run on seven hits over 7.1 innings. He struck out eight and didn't issue a walk.
Nick Ruffalo finished the eighth inning.
Scott Rissler set the Mallards down in order in the ninth.
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