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Jared Thomas spent 11 seasons as the starting catcher for the St. Louis River Walkers.
In Game 4 of the World Series, Thomas delivered a blow which might lift the Indianapolis Racers to a championship over his former team.
Thomas hit a grand slam off Greg Sones in the bottom of the eighth inning to cap a five-run outburst as Indy defeated the River Walkers 8-6 at the Astrodome (1995).
The win gave the Racers a 3-1 series lead.
Indy jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a big bottom of the third against St. Louis rookie starter Matt Wilson.
CJ Abrams drove in two of the runs with a double.
St. Louis tied it in the top of the fourth.
Manuel Coke hit a one-out solo homer off Racers starter Danny Munos.
Nick Shaw followed with a double and when Mark Waterson cranked one 363 feet over the left-field wall the game was tied.
Jordan Quinto drew a lead-off walk from Danny Munos in the fifth and scored on a Mark Herman fly ball to put the Walkers in front.
St. Louis increased its lead to 6-3 in the seventh.
Reliever Gil Meier walked Jordan Quinto to open the inning then hit pinch-hitter Wen He.
That set the stage for singles from Coke and Shaw later in the inning to drive in runs.
The bullpen has been the Walkers weakness throughout the second half of the season, especially from the left side.
It was never more apparent in this game as a pair of former stalwarts took a beating.
Nick Ruffalo opened the inning on the mound.
CJ Abrams led off and reached on an error by catcher Jackson Miler.
Danny Patino and Tony Galvan both followed with single, scoring a run to make it 6-4.
Sones took over and struck out right-handers Ben Shuster and Jake Parker.
But he walked the left-handed hitting Brian Newell to load the bases.
Thomas then unloaded on Sones for his grand slam, driving a 2-1 pitch 394 feet over the right-field wall.
Munos went five innings, allowing four runs on seven hits. He struck out two and walked one.
Gil Meier pitched the sixth and recorded the first two outs of the seventh, while being charged with the Walkers final two runs.
Jose Castenada got out of a jam to end the seventh.
Corey Moorehead (1-0) set the Walkers down in order in the eighth.
He would earn the win.
Ramiro Canales set St. Louis down in order in the ninth for his fifth save of the postseason.