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Record: 75-59, 1st, 8 GA Quad City
Eddie Estrella homered twice and Mark Waterson was 2 for 3 with a homer and four RBIs to power St. Louis to an 11-7 win over Toledo at Busch Stadium (2006).
Ronny Maurcio hit a two-run home run off River Walkers starter Josh McDonald in the top of the first.
But when St. Louis responded with four in the bottom half of the inning -- Waterson plating three of them with a homer off Mud Hens starter Matt Todd -- it never trailed again.
The Walkers gradually built on their lead from there.
Jordan Quinto, who getting a rare start went 3 for 4, tripled and scored on a Bob Saavedra fly ball.
When Toledo pulled to within 5-4 with a pair of runs off McDonald in the top of the third, St. Louis answered with a run in the fourth -- Estrella's first homer of the game -- and four in the fifth -- Estrella with a three-run blast off Travis Hailey -- to go up 10-4.
Toledo would not go away.
Quiang Chang hit a two-run homer off McDonald in the sixth to make it 10-6.
Kevin Hrdlicka, who the Walkers were hoping to contribute as a reliever during the stretch run, failed miserably in his first attempt when he took the mound in the seventh.
He hit the first batter he faced.
The next two batters singled, with a run scoring.
He then threw a wild pitch before striking out Ellis Parr for the first out.
Hrdlicka followed that with a walk.
That was it. Experiment probably over.
Scott Rissler took and struck out Kevin Valentin to end the inning and keep it at 10-7.
The Walkers added an insurance run in the eight.
Quinto singled with two outs and scored on a pinch-hit double by Alex Nunez off reliever Jason Slone.
McDonald (8-7) got an ugly win.
He allowed six runs on seven hits in six innings. He did strike out 10 and walk just one.
Hrdlicka pitched one third of an inning. He allowed one run on two hits with a walk.
Scott Rissler (1.1 IP) and Armando Cintron (1.1) both went an inning and a third.
Cintron earned his seventh save.