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Record: 78-62, 1st, 8 GA Quad City
Record: 78-62, 1st, 8 GA Quad City
Marcos Francis homered twice and Kevin Hrdlicka earned his first win since May 23 as St. Louis downed Cleveland 7-1 at Cleveland Stadium (1980).
Francis led off the sixth inning with a home run off Juke Box Heroes to give the River Walkers a 3-1 lead.
St. Louis added another run later in the inning.
Jackson Miller singled and scored when Bob Saavedra reached on a two-out error by third baseman Edgar Bustrillos.
Francis second homer, and 23rd of the season, completed back-to-back bombs off Juan Munoz with rookie Mark Waterson to open the top of the ninth.
It also capped the scoring in St. Louis 7-1 win.
The Heroes had jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a run off Hrdlicka in the bottom of the first.
The Walkers tied it in the fourth.
Abdul-Nasser bin Amr singled with one out off Cleveland starter Luke Madden.
He moved to third on a throwing error by catcher Bruce Naverette on a ball hit by Hrdlicka.
Madden then uncorked a wild pitch to score bin Amr.
Manuel Coke connected on a two-out RBI double off Leo Hermosillo in the seventh to put St. Louis up 5-1.
It's been a strange season for Hrdlicka.
The 25-year-old right-hander won his first five decisions but then dropped the next six to earn a trip to AAA Memphis.
Getting a chance to start in the majors again, he had made a relief appearance which had not gone well, Hrdlicka settled down after allowing that first-inning run to throw six scoreless innings.
In his seven innings of work, Hrdlicka (6-6) allowed one run on five hits. He struck out four and walked two.
Armando Cintron set the Heroes down without a run in the eighth.
Rookie Ken Henry made his major-league debut with a scoreless ninth.