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Record: 18-12, 3rd, 4.5 GB Springfield
Miguel Cisneros pitched 5.2 scoreless innings and the St. Louis bullpen did the rest as the River Walkers defeated Columbus 4-0 at Forbes Field (1959).
Cisneros (3-0) scattered five hits -- four singles and a double -- during his time on the mound. He struck out four and walked on.
The right-hander left the game after allowing a pair of singles in the sixth.
Rookie Frank Jimenez came on with runners on second and third and got Neil Assenjberg to fly out and keep the score 1-0.
The Walkers had taken that lead in the top of the first against Golden Bears starter Chrs D'Alessandro.
Bob Saavedra led off the game with a double and moved to third on a Ruyan Wibbenmeyer single.
Saavedra scored when Manuel Coke hit into a double play.
Coke hit a solo homer off Columbus reliever George McCardell to lead off the seventh and put St. Louis ahead 2-0.
The Walkers added their final two runs against Evan Palmer in the eighth.
Wibbenmeyer collected an RBI with a single.
Coke drove in his second run with a single.
Brett McVey pitched a scoreless seventh for St. Louis.
Keith Kirby handed the eighth and got the first out of the ninth.
Jesse Gaither retired the only two batters he faced for his first save of the season.