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Record: 84-69, 1st, 8 GA Quad City; Magic No.: 2
After putting up six runs in five innings against St. Louis starting pitcher Xavier Wigfall, Akron manhandled the River Walkers' bullpen for seven runs in the bottom of the seventh to open the door for a 13-9 win at Candlestick Park (1993).
Single runs in the third and fourth innings off Flying Feet starting pitcher Orland Claude (third) and Joe Black (fourth) staked St. Louis to a 2-0 lead.
Akron wiped that out with back-to-back three-run innings against Wigfall in the fourth and fifth.
Black, the pitcher, drove in two of the fourth-inning runs with a two-out triple.
An inning later, John Polk ripped a two-out three-run homer to put Akron ahead 6-2.
Then it was St. Louis' turn for a seven-run inning.
It's coming in the top of the sixth.
With one out put five straight batters on base against Black and Dave Crocker.
Included in that were two-run singles from Abdul-Nasser bin Amr and Bob Saavedra.
Manuel Coke handled the rest of the damage with a two-out three-run homer off Estrada.
In the bottom of the seventh, it was the Fly Feet's turn.
They put their first three runners on base against Ken Henry, loading the bases.
Elvis Pool took over.
He was not good.
He gave up an RBI single to Victor Romero.
Then saw a run score on a wild pitch.
Polk drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.
Jimmy Johnson plated the inning's fourth run with a double before Tony Urbalejo drew a walk putting two on with one out.
Ron Cox got the call.
Three pitches later, the ball went over the wall pinch-hitter Danny Morrison with a three-run homer to make it 13-9.
Claude lasted just three innings, allowing two runs on two hits. He walked three and didn't strike out a batter.
He was reported as having a herniated disc, which could keep him out for the rest of the season.
Black pitched 1.2 innings, giving up a pair of runs on three hits.
Dave Crocker gave up five runs on four hits in just a third of an inning.
Alex Disney finished off the sixth for Akron.
Francisco Justo (3-1) pitched a scoreless seventh.
Justo would be awarded the win.
Joe Hatchett allowed four base runners but not runs in the eighth and ninth.