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MBL news: Oct. 12 -- NLCS Game 4 -- St. Louis 4, Twin Cities 2, St. Louis leads 3-1
Down 2-0, St. Louis scored four times in the bottom of the second inning off Twin Cities starting pitcher Vern De san Miguel and went on for a 4-2 win in Game 4 of the National League championship series at Busch Stadium (2006).
The victory gave the River Walkers a 3-1 lead in the series.
The Snow Cats jumped in front in the top of the first when Mike Sartain hit a two-run home run off St. Louis starting pitcher Jesse McNaboe.
The Walkers, however, came up big in the bottom of the second against De san Miguel beginning with putting their first four batters on base.
Nick Shaw led off with a single.
A Mark Waterson double put runners at first and third.
Marcos Francis then reached on a nubber back to the pitcher to load the bases.
Jackson Miller plated a pair with a single.
After Abdul-Nasser bin Amr hit into a fielder's choice.
McNaboe drove in Francis by getting down a bunt.
Bob Saavedra then made it 4-2 with an RBI single.
After Sartain's homer, McNaboe pitched well keeping the score at 4-2 until he left after the sixth.
For the game, McNaboe (1-0) allowed two runs on five hits. He struck out one and didn't walk a batter.
Elvis Pool (0.2 IP), Greg Sones (0.2) and Scott Rissler (0.2) all retired two batters over the seventh and eighth.
Bobby Westerman held the Snow Cats in check in the ninth for his first save of the postseason.
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