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Record: 59-45, 2nd, 2.5 GB Springfield
St. Louis jumped out to a 4-0 in the top of the first inning, but River Walkers starting pitcher Xavier Wigfall could not get out of the second inning as Milwaukee scored seven runs off him and breezed to a 12-5 win at Miller Park (2020).
Bob Saavedra drove in two of the River Walkers four runs in the top of the first inning with a single off Crushers starting pitcher Rich Haas.
Milwaukee answered with a pair of runs off Wigfall in the bottom half.
The Crushers then really cut loose against Wigfall in the second.
Six of the innings first seven batters reached base.
Three of them got on base via walks, including one with the bases loaded.
Luke Leto also had an RBI double,
And when Jim Sukut drove in a pair with a single, it was 6-4 in favor of the Crushers.
Jose Flores followed with a single to load the bases.
Ron Cox replaced Wigfall, only to give up a single to Pete Crow-Armstrong.
Hammond scored on the hit by Jim Sukut was thrown out at the plate with the score 7-4.
Milwaukee added a run in the fourth, Hammond with a solo homer off Cox.
It added two in the fifth.
Crow-Armstrong with a lead-off homer off Cox.
Luke Leto, who finished the game 3 for 4 with two runs scored and three RBIs, drove in the Crushers 10th run with a single.
Hammond hit his second home run of the game in the sixth off Kyle Smarr, making it 11-5.
Leto drove in Andrew Allison, who had doubled, with single off Smarr in the seventh to cap the scoring.
Haas lasted just three innings, allowing four runs on three hits.
It was two innings apiece from Ed Sutherland, Bobby Bowden and Bill Van Gieson to wrap up the game.
Sutherland (3-1) came out of it with the win.