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Walkers news: Sept. 3 -- St. Louis 3, Toledo 1
Record: 73-59, 1st, 7 GA Quad City
Jesse McNaboe allowed one run on one hit -- a solo homer from Ellis Parr in the fourth inning -- to help St. Louis to a 3-1 win over Toledo at Busch Stadium (2006).
McNaboe (8-8) allowed just two base runners in his time on the mound, the other coming on a walk. He struck out two batters.
Scott Rissler, Elvis Pool and Bobby Westerman all pitched a scoreless inning in relief.
Westerman earned his 21st save.
The River Walkers jumped in front in the top of the first inning against Mud Hens starting pitcher Josh Stauffer.
Bob Saavedra led off the game with a walk.
Marcos Francis moved him to third with a single.
Saavedra scored when Manuel Coke hit into a double play.
After Parr's solo homer tied it in the top of the fourth, St. Louis regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth.
Mark Herman scored the run after leading off the inning with a single off Stauffer.
A walk to Jackson Miller moved Herman to second.
Abdul-Nasser bin Amr hit into a double play but Herman moved to third.
Herman scored when Stauffer threw a wild pitch.
Coke capped the scoring with a homer off Aaron Kirkaldy with two outs in the sixth.
It was Coke's 28th home run of the season. He has homered in the last three games and six of the last seven.
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