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Record: 7-6, 3rd, 3 GB Springfield
Brad Monroe picked up his first win since joining St. Louis, allowing Madison two runs on four hits over the first six innings as the River Walkers down the Muskies 7-2 at Comiskey Park (1969).
Monroe (1-0), who St. Louis acquired from Peoria the day after opening day, struck out five and walked two.
Both those runs came in the bottom of the third inning, Angel Solis tripled to drive in a run and later scored on a Mark Holland sacrifice fly, by which time the Walkers already led 5-0.
St. Louis scored in each of the first three innings.
It was one in the first off Muskies starting pitcher Dakota Franc.
Ryan Wibbenmeyer with a double and scoring on a two-out double by Mark Herman.
It was one again in the second.
Nick Shaw and Jackson Miller led off the inning with back-to-back single.
Shaw scored when Franc threw a wild pitch with Abdul-Nasser bin Amr at the plate.
Coke and Herman hit back-to-back homers off Franc in the third.
Waterson followed those homers with a single and scored on a single by bin Amr.
Coke collected another RBI in the fourth, his single off Danny Wright driving in Bob Saavedra who had led off with a single to make it 6-2.
Brett McVey pitched a scoreless seventh for St. Louis.
Greg Sones (0.2 IP) got the first two outs of the eighth.
Jesse Gaither notched the third.
Bobby Westerman handled the ninth without an incident.