Walkers news: May 6 -- Columbus 6, St. Louis 2
Record: 17-12, 3rd, 5.5 GB Springfield
Kerry Fackelman went 4 for 4 with two runs scored and an RBI to help lead Columbus to a 6-2 win over St. Louis at Forbes Field (1959).
Fackelman, who sat out the 2037 season after failing to find a free-agent deal, made an impact in the opening inning with a one-out single off River Walkers starting pitcher Xavier Wigfall.
He later scored on a two-out homer by Neil Assenjberg.
Their lead now at 2-1, Fackelman played a role in a two-run third for the Golden Bears.
Again, facing Wigfall Edgar Salas singled with one out and Fackelman followed with another single.
Matt Crawl scored them both with a double.
Its lead at 4-2. Fackelman also played a role in the two-run fifth.
With Wigfall still on the mound, pitcher Frank Garcia led off the inning by reaching on an error by third baseman Bob Saavedra.
Salas followed with a single putting runners at the corners.
Fackelman scored Garcia with a double.
Wigfall got Crawl to fly out before giving an intentional walk to Assenjberg to load the bases.
Wigfall followed that with another walk to Schneider to make it 6-2.
Bears starter Dae-ki Jung lasted just three innings, allowing one run on two hits, before leaving the game because of a blister.
Jung struck out two and didn't walked a batter.
Garcia (3-0) earned the win by getting the game into the sixth with one out.
Pat Borgen finished the sixth for the Bears.
fter that it was a scoreless inning apiece for former Walker Scott Rissler, Jorge Ariza and George McCardel to finish off the win.
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