2032 St. Louis River Walkers -- Growing weary of just coming close

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Walkers news: August 1 -- Player Development Report

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MBL news: August 1 -- Players and Pitchers of the Month for July 2032

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MBL news: August 1 -- Rookies of the Month for July 2032 and standings

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MBL news: August 1 -- American League leaders

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MBL news: August 1 -- National League leaders

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Walkers news: August 1 -- River Walkers statistics for July 2032

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Player of the Month: Jean Carmona -- The 32-year-old shortstop batted .300 with two homers, 13 RBIs and five runs scored in 21 games. He got on base at a .325 clip and had a .400 slugging percentage.
Starting Pitcher of the Month: Jerry Tate -- The 29-year-old right-hander was 3-0 in four starts with a 1.61 ERA. He pitched a total of 28.0 innings, during which he struck out 21 and had a 0.86. Named NL Rookie of the Month.
Relief Pitcher of the Month: Ernesto Barbosa -- The 30-year-old closer earned saves in all seven of his appearances and posted a 0.00 ERA. He pitched a total of 7.1 innings, during which he struck out 10 and had a 0.41 WHIP.

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Walkers news: August 1 -- 2032 Full individual batting and pitching statistics

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Record: 62-41, 2nd, 2.5 GA Des Moines
Jerry Tate continues his impressive rookie season throwing 6.2 shutout innings to help St. Louis defeat Evansville 3-0 at Busch Stadium (1997).
The win allowed the River Walkers to split their four-game series with the Bosses.
Tate (11-1), allowed just three hits in his time on the mound. He struck out seven and walked two.
The 29-year-old right-hander left after allowing a two-out single to Josh Lynch in the seventh.
Reliever Josh Grissom struck out Andrew Allison to end the inning.
St. Louis had scored all three of its runs by the time the seventh inning rolled around.
Tate scored the game's first run in the bottom of the third.
He failed to get down a bunt after Ricky Liriano drew a lead-off walk from Evansville starter Ray Pocock.
A Matt Fulton single moved Tate to second, and he scored on a Jose Ramirez double.
Ramirez had all three of the St. Louis' RBIs, as he hit a two-run homer off Pocock in the fifth to make it 3-0.
Grissom got the first out of the eighth inning for St. Loiuis.
Yeison Santos recorded the final two.
Ernesto Barbosa increased his save total to 28 after a scoreless ninth.

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MBL news: Week 15 -- Awards and standings

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Record: 62-42, 2nd, 3.5 GB Des Moines
Kaneo Kawamoto's first start since his second stint on the injured list of the 2032 season was not pleasant, as Quad City roughed him up for five runs in 4.2 innings as the Thunder won 6-1 at Fenway Park (1976).
Coming off forearm injury which had kept him from starting in the majors since July 10, Kawamoto gave up single runs in the second and third innings, before getting chased when QC scored three in the fifth to make it 5-1.
Bobby Wescott opened the scoring with a solo homer off Kawamoto with one out in the bottom of the second.
Cesar Silva led off the third with a double and scored on a Chase Davis single.
Davis hit a three-run homer off Kawamoto in the fifth as the Thunder gap reached 5-1.
Jacob Gonzalez drove in the game's final run when he led off the bottom of the seventh with a homer off Walkers reliever Nick Ruffalo.
Veteran starter Cole Duensing (8-1) allowed one run on two hits over the first innings. He struck out four and survived issuing five walks.
Bobby Stover and Jake Woodford both provided a scoreless innings of reliever.
Mike Koontz did the same in the final two innings.

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Record: 62-43, 2nd, 4.5 GB Des Moines
Tied 1-1, Quad City battered St. Louis starting pitcher Rich Haas for five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and rode that to a 7-2 win at Fenway Park (1976).
It started quickly for the Thunder.
Glenallen Hill Jr. drew a lead-off walk and two pitches later pinch-hitter Ben Nelson hit a home run to put QC in front 3-1.
But the Thunder were not finished.
The next three QC hitters reached bases.
Cesar Silva singled.
Silva moved to second on a wild pitch by Haas.
A double by Angel Solis scored Silva.
A Chase Davis single moved Solis to third.
After Davis stole second, Solis scored when Nick Gonzalez grounded out.
A Gabiel Hagan singleT scored Davis with the inning's fifth and final run.
Thunder starting pitcher Pascal Marcovicci worked four innings, allowing one run on four hits. He struck out eight and walked one.
Rick Sessions (6-0) earned the win after giving up one run over the fifth and sixth innings.
After that, it was Bobby Stover (1.0 IP), Edwin Cervantes (1.2) and Travis Krogman (0.1) , who combined to close out the win without allowing a run.

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Record: 62-44, 2nd, 5.5 GB Des Moines
Quad City overcame an early 2-0 deficit, as the Thunder rallied to defeat St. Louis 4-2 to complete a three-game sweep at Fenway Park (1976).
A two-run homer from Alex Greene off QC starting pitcher Carlos Lomeli staked the River Walkers to that early lead.
Solo homers from Chase Davis and Myles Austin in the fourth and fifth innings, respectively, both off St. Louis starter Zach Hunsicker allowed the Thunder to even matters.
QC then took control in the bottom of the sixth.
Angel Solis led off with a single off Hunsicker and moved to second on a Davis ground out.
Hunsicker than issued consecutive walks to Nick Gonzalez and Gabriel Hagan to load the bases.
Ricky Cisneros replaced Hunsicker only to see his first pitch to Jacob Gonzalez be smacked down the first-base line to score the game's final two runs.
Lomeli pitched five innings, allowing the two runs on five hits.
After that, it was a scoreless inning each from Jake Woodford, Rick Sessions, Travis Krogman and Craig Fitzler.
Woodford (4-6) earned the win.
Fitzler notched his 18th save.

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Record: 63-44, 2nd, 4.5 GB Des Moines
Jared Thomas hit a third-inning grand slam off Indianapolis starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore, and that provided all of St. Louis' offense in a 4-2 rain-shortened seven-plus inning win at Busch Stadium (1997).
Trailing 1-0, a lead-off walk, a sac bunt attempt which ended up with both runners aboard and a Jose Ramirez single loaded the bases against Liberatore with one out.
Alex Greene struck out for the second out.
But Thomas smacked a 3-2 pitch 385 feet over the wall in right field to put the River Walkers in front.
The Racers would pull to within 4-2 in the top of the fifth.
Mike Lamoreux singled with one out off St. Louis starter Jesse McNaboe.
He later scored on a two-out double by Joey Pal.
That, however, was the last of the scoring for Indy.
McNaboe (12-6) picked up his 12th win of the season by allowing the two runs on seven hits over 6.2 innings.
He exited after allowing a two-out double to John DeSautel.
Cory Tiller came on to get Pal to fly out to end the inning.
Tiller also set the side down in order in the eighth, setting himself up for his first save,
The game was called after the rain returned following a Jose Ramirez single to lead off the bottom of the eighth.

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Record: 64-44, 2nd, 3.5 GB Des Moines
St. Louis hit three home runs over the course of the first two innings, and rookie starter Jerry Tate continued to pile up the win, earning his 12th victory of the season, as the River Walkers downed Indianapolis 6-2 at Busch Stadium (1997).
Back-to-back one-out homers from Jose Ramirez and Jose Segura off Racers starting pitcher Matt Loest in the bottom of the first staked St. Louis to a 2-0 lead.
An inning later, with their lead at 2-1 following a homer by the Racers' Adrian Penucci, Jean Carmona blasted a three-run homer off Loest to make it 5-1.
Jose Ramirez had an RBI single off former St. Louis prospect Ron Petersen in the seventh to complete the scoring for St. Louis.
Tate (12-1) allowed two runs on seven hits over seven innings. He struck out three and walked one.
Nick Ruffalo pitched a scoreless eighth inning.
Josh Forgy got the first out of the ninth, but also allowed two base runners.
Andres Hernandez took over and got John DeSautel to hit into a double play to end it, and give him his first save of the season.

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Record: 64-45, 2nd, 3.5 GB Des Moines
Indianapolis broke open a scoreless game by scoring four times against St. Louis rookie starting pitcher Xavier Wigfall in the top of the fifth inning and the Racers rode that to a 5-1 win at Busch Stadium (1997).
Wigfall had allowed just one hit before Mike Courtney opened the top of the fifth with a double.
He hit the next batter, Adrian Penucci, with a pitch.
Jonathan Vaughns followed that by reaching on an error by second baseman Daniel Becerra to load the bases.
Wigfall got Greg Colvin to hit into a fielder's choice where Courtney was thrown out at the plate for the first out.
But Mike Lamoureux got the Racers on the board with a single to score Penucci.
Pitcher Matt Walilzer made it worse with a two-run double.
Joel Pal made it 4-0 with a third straight hit, a sigle which scored Lamoreux.
Indy made it 5-0 an inning later.
Penucci doubled with one out off reliever Nick Ruffalo.
He scored on a two-out double by Colvin.
Walizer (1-1) , who the Racers acquired from Cedar Rapids before the trade deadline, earned his first win for Indy by going six shutout innings during which he allowed six hits. He struck out three and walked one.
Greg Keith got the first two outs of the sixth before giving way to Glenn Dunn, who finished it off and than pitched into the ninth.
Nate Green struck out two of the three batters he faced in the ninth.

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Record: 64-46, 2nd, 4.5 GB Des Moines
Indianpolis jumped on St. Louis starting pitcher Kaneo Kawamoto for four runs in the first three innings, and then broke it open with four more in the top of the eighth against the St. Louis bullpen as the Racers won 9-6 at Busch Stadium (1997).
The win gave Indy a split of the four-game series with the River Walkers.
Jake Parker hit a two-run homer off Kawamoto in the top of the first to give Indy an early lead.
Two innings later, Justin Flatten spanked a two-run double off Kawamoto to make it 4-0.
Back-to-back homers from Jose Ramirez and Jose Seura in the bottom of the fourth off Racers starter Brent Autin made it 4-2.
Indy went up 5-2 in the top of the seventh,
Jonathan Vaughns singled with one off Kawamoto, the last batter he would face.
Josh Grissom took over and walked Greg Colvin before giving up a single to Danny Patino which loaded the bases.
Joel Pal followed with a single to score Vaughns.
Colvin was thrown out at the plate by Segura, the center fielder.
The Walkers pulled back to within 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh.
Nick Shaw led off the inning with a homer off Josh Fleming.
Ricky Liriano later doubled with two outs and scored on a pinch-hit single by Jae-hong Chang.
Cory Tiller took most of the damage in the Racers' top of the eighth outburst.
He allowed a double and three consecutive singles to open the inning.
Adrian Penucci and Mike Lamoureux both drove in runs with their singles.
Ricky Cisneros took over and allowed a two-run double to Greg Colvin.,
The Walkers did close the gap in the bottom of the eighth with a pair of runs.
Nate Green, however, set St. Louis down in order in the ninth to end it.
Autin (10-9) allowed two runs on three hits in the first six innings. He struck out six and walked one.
Josh Fleming and Willie Calderon both allowed two runs while working an inning apiece before Green took came of the ninth and posted his 20th save.

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MBL news: Week 16 -- Awards and standings

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Record: 65-46, 2nd, 4 GB Des Moines
Zack Hunsicker starred on the mound and at the plate as the St. Louis River Walkers routed Quad City 10-1 at Busch Stadium (1997).
On the mound, Hunsicker (8-6) allowed one run on three hits over the first seven innings.
The right-hander struck out nine and walked one.
At the plate, Hunsicker was 2 for 3 with a home run and four RBIs.
St. Louis broke the game open early with a five-run bottom of the first inning.
Two batters in, it already was 2-0 as after Jean Carmona opened the inning by reaching on an error by Thunder third baseman Paul Totten, Jose Ramirez crushed a 2-2 pitch from QC starting pitcher Pascal Marcovicci 450 feet into the batter's eye in center.
The Walkers added three more runs before the inning was over.
Nick Shaw plated the first one with a single.
Hunsicker took care of the other two with a two-out single.
Shaw collected his second RBI of the game in the third with another run-scoring single off Marcovicci.
St. Louis hit a pair of homers off reliever Scott Reeves in the fifth to go up 9-0.
Peter Ahn, back in the majors for the first time since 2030, hit a solo homer.
After a walk to Matt Fulton, Hunsicker cracked his second homer of the the season, a two-run shot.
Nick Ruffalo pitched a scoreless eighth for the Walkers.
Andres Hernandez did the same in the ninth, despite allowing a pair of hits.

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Record: 66-46, 2nd, 4 GB Des Moines
Jesse McNaboe pitched 6.1 innings of shutout ball and Jose Segura provided the game's lone run with a first-inning homer, as St. Louis downed Quad City 1-0 at Busch Stadium (1997).
Segura's homer came on a 0-1 pitch from Thunder starting pitcher Carlos Lomeli with two outs.
It soared 428 feet over the wall in right-center.
McNaboe allowed just two hits, while striking out nine and walking two in his time on the mound.
He exited with a batter on first and one out in the seventh.
Yeison Santos took over and retired the next two to keep it 1-0.
Yeison Santos worked around a one-out hit by pitch in the eighth.
Ernesto Barbosa now has 29 saves after a 1-2-3 ninth.