2031 St. Louis River Walkers: The ring is the thing - Page 15

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Walkers news: Oct. 1 -- September statistics and results

rink23 · 01-18-2021, 05:41 AM

Player of the Month: Jordan Groshans -- The 31-year-old third baseman batted .276 with six homers, 15 RBIs and[/CENTER] 17 runs scored. He got on base at a .336 clip and slugged .495.
Starting Pitcher of the Month: Angel Tiburcio -- The 31-year-old right-hander went 1-1 in six starts but posted a 2.11 ERA over 42.2 innings. He struck out 59 batters and had a 0.75 WHIP.
Relief Pitcher of the Month: Josh Grissom -- The 31-year-old right-hander got into 12 games going 2-1 with a 2.92 ERA. He pitched 12.1 innings, during which he struck out 16 and had a 1.05 WHIP.

rink23 · 01-18-2021, 05:42 AM

Walkers news: Oct. 1 -- Team statistics for 2031 season

rink23 · 01-18-2021, 06:17 AM

Record: 94-64, 1st, 10.5 GA Cedar Rapids -- NL South clinched
Zach Hunsicker took a shutout into the ninith inning, and St. Louis routed Quad City 7-2 at Busch Stadium (1997).
Hunsicker (13-7) shook off a recent stretch of rough starts with eight scoreless innings.
He allowed five hits while striking out seven and not issuing a walk.
Hunsicker exited after hitting the Thunder's Ben Nelson to open the top of the ninth.
QC did manage to scrape out a pair of runs against reliever Nick Ruffalo, Myles Austin driving them both in with a double.
But Robby Albarran came on to retire the game's final two batters.
The River Walkers used the power of the long ball to pile up most of their runs.
Jean Carmona hit a three-run homer off QC starting pitcher Jose Castaneda to put St. Louis in front.
Jose Segura and Jordan Groshans hit solo homers, also off Castaneda in the third to make it 5-0.
A two-run homer in the fifth from Steve Rossi off Pascal Marcovicci capped the scoring for the Walkers.

rink23 · 01-18-2021, 07:09 AM

Record: 95-64, 1st, 11 GA Cedar Rapids; NL South clinched
Jean Segura hit a walk-off grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift St. Louis to an 11-8 win over Quad City at Busch Stadium (1997).
The victory gave the River Walkers a sweep of their three-game series against the Thunder.
Down 8-7 entering the bottom of the ninth, Thunder closer Craig Fritzler retired the first two St. Louis hitters.
But things changed when Daniel Becerra and Steve Rossi delivered back-to-back singles.
Jordan Groshans then coaxed a walk to load the bases.
Segura unloaded them when he blasted a 0-1 pitch from Fritzler 416 feet over the right-field wall.
It gave Segura 32 homers for the season.
A back-and-forth game, QC had gone up 8-7 in the top of the seventh when Ben Nelson hit a two-run homer off Walkers reliever Yeison Santos.
In the fifth, St. Louis had turned a 6-5 deficit into that 7-6 lead when Groshans hit his 43rd homer of the season, and second of the game, a two-run round-tripper off Omar Garcia.
Down 5-4, the Thunder had scored twice times in the top of the fifth -- and they didn't need a home run -- to move ahead 6-5
Nelson drove in both the runs with a bases-loaded single off reliever Ricky Cisneros.
.Way earlier, the Thunder had scored four times in the top of the second -- Jacob Gonzalez had a two-run double off Walkers starter Lenyn Crisp -- to go up 4-0.
St. Louis wiped that deficit out with five in the bottom of the third.
Steve Rossi hit a three-run homer and Groshans cranked his first of the game, both off QC starter Danny Garza.
Crisp lasted just 4.1 innings, allowing six runs on five hits. He
Cisneros pitched 1.2 innings, getting the game to the seventh.
Santos (0.2 IP) had his issues in the eighth, and Robby Albarran had to come on to finish the inning.
Argenis Batista (3-3) had his best outing in a while, with two scoreless innings, and came out of it with his third win of the season.

rink23 · 01-18-2021, 07:47 AM

Record: 96-64, 1st, 12 GA Springfield and Cedar Rapids; NL South and NL homefield clinched
Angel Tiburcio finished one out shy of a shutout in his final start before the postseason, as St. Louis downed Madison 8-1 at Busch Stadium (1997).
Tiburcio (10-9) dominated until the ninth when he seemed to run out of gas.
He struck out the inning's first two batters, before allowing three straight hits -- a double to Armando Trevino, a single to Yan C. Dixon and a double to Emanuel Feron, which ended the shutout -- which forced St. Louis to go to its bullpen.
Cory Tiller got the call, and got Jason Nolan to ground out to end it.
Overall, Tiburcio's line read one run on five hits over 8.2 innings. He struck out 10 and walked two.
The game was pretty much over by the time it got to the top of the ninth,
Solo homers from Daniel Becerra in the bottom of the first and Jean Carmona in the fifth, both off Muskies starter Danny Munos, put the Walkers ahead 2-0.
St. Louis broke it open with four runs in the seventh.
Steve Rossi drove in the final two runs with a single off Daniel Johnson.
The deficit grew by two in the eighth, TIburcio driving in the first run with a double.
In addition to a strong mound effort, Tiburcio was 2 of 3 at the plat with a run scored and an RBI.

rink23 · 01-19-2021, 06:08 AM

Record: 96-55, 1st, 11 GA Springfield and Cedar Rapids
Madison rookie Mario Martinez shut out St. Louis over the first six innings, and the Muskies won 4-2 at Busch Stadium (1997).
Martinez (2-0) , making just his second start in the majors, allowed just two hits, although he did walk four while striking out two.
Madison broke in front in the top of the third when Chris Duncan led off with a single off River Walkers starter Jesse McNaboe.
Duncan ended up on third when McNaboe misplayed a bunt by Martinez, making a two-base throwing error.
Duncan scored on a Wyatt Olson ground out.
Aramondo Trevino and Yan C. Dixon hit consecutive one-out homers off McNaboe in the sixth to make it 3-0.
Joseph King worked a pair of innings in relief for the Muskies, giving up a run in the eighth on a bases-loaded walk to Rick Scott.
Daniel Becerra hit his 20th homer of the season in the ninth off Madison closer Bobby Westerman, but he was still able to close out his 25th save.

rink23 · 01-19-2021, 06:18 AM

The Cleveland Juke Box Heroes will get a chance to defend their 2030 Midwest Baseball League championship, after they clinched the American League East Division with a 2-1 win at Columbus.
The victory put the Heroes three games ahead of the Golden Bears with just two remaining.
Cleveland (89-71) will be the visiting team when the best-of-five American League Championship Series opens at Fort Worth.
The Traders (105-56) clinched overall home-field advantage in the playoffs long ago.
It is just the second playoff berth for Cleveland, which won the title a year ago by defeating St. Louis in seven games in the World Series.

rink23 · 01-19-2021, 06:30 AM

The Twin Cities Snow Cats will be going to the postseason, despite falling to the Milwaukee 6-1.
A 7-0 loss by Rockford to Cedar Rapids, left Twin Cities (92-69) two games ahead of the Lightning with one game remaining.
The Cats will open the best-of-5 National League Championship Series at St. Louis (96-65).
It is the third MBL division title for Twin Cities. The Cats also made the playoffs in 2028 and 2030, but lost in the NLCS both times to their upcoming opponent, St. Louis

rink23 · 01-19-2021, 07:13 AM

Record: 97-55, 1st, 11 GA Cedar Rapids
Rick Scott homered twice and St. Louis wrapped up its regular season with a 4-2 win over Madison at Busch Stadium (1997).
The victory gave the River Walkers two wins in their three games with the Muskies.
Up next, the National League Championship Series where St. Louis will host Twin Cities in Game 1 of the Best-of-5 series at Busch Stadium.
Scott's first homer came in the bottom of the second inning off Madison starter Alex Gallegos, giving the Walkers a 1-0 lead.
The second was part of a back-to-back with Ben Thompson in the bottom of the sixth, Scott supplying the second, to put St. Louis ahead 3-2.
Jeff Munn surrendered both sixth-inning homers.
Scott finished the regular season with 36 homers.
St. Louis added an insurance run in the seventh, Scott collecting his third RBI of the game by drawing a bases-loaded walk from Nick Lewis.
Rich Haas got a callup from AAA Memphis to start the regular-season finale.
He pitched the first five innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out five and walked one.
Josh Grissom pitched a scoreless sixth inning.
Yeison Santos (0.2 IP) and Robby Albarran (0.1) combined to do the same in te seventh.
Elian Acosta walked two batters, but didn't let Madison score in the eighth,
Ernesto Barbosa also walked two in the ninth, but didn't give up a run to end his regular season with 28 saves.

rink23 · 01-19-2021, 07:20 AM

MBL news: Oct. 6 -- Final power rankings

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MBL news: Oct. 6 -- Final American League leaders

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MBL news: Oct. 6 -- Final National League leaders

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Walkers news: Oct. 6 - -Final regular-season statistics

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MBL news: Oct. 7 -- ALCS preview -- Cleveland Juke Box Heroes vs. Fort Wayne Mad Men

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MBL news: Oct 7 -- Cleveland Juke Box Heroes lineups and season statistics

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MBL news: Oct. 7 -- Fort Wayne Mad Men lineups and 2031 statistics

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MBL news: Oct. 7 -- NLCS Preview -- Twin Cities Snow Cats vs. St. Louis River Walkers

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MBL news: Oct. 7 -- Twin Cities Snow Cats lineups and 2031 statistics

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rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 23,100	Walkers news: Oct. 1 -- Team awards for September Player of the Month: Jordan Groshans -- The 31-year-old third baseman batted .276 with six homers, 15 RBIs and[/CENTER] 17 runs scored. He got on base at a .336 clip and slugged .495. Starting Pitcher of the Month: Angel Tiburcio -- The 31-year-old right-hander went 1-1 in six starts but posted a 2.11 ERA over 42.2 innings. He struck out 59 batters and had a 0.75 WHIP. Relief Pitcher of the Month: Josh Grissom -- The 31-year-old right-hander got into 12 games going 2-1 with a 2.92 ERA. He pitched 12.1 innings, during which he struck out 16 and had a 1.05 WHIP. Attached Images

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01-18-2021, 06:17 AM	#285
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 23,100	Walkers news: Oct. 1 -- St. Louis 7, Quad City 2 Record: 94-64, 1st, 10.5 GA Cedar Rapids -- NL South clinched Zach Hunsicker took a shutout into the ninith inning, and St. Louis routed Quad City 7-2 at Busch Stadium (1997). Hunsicker (13-7) shook off a recent stretch of rough starts with eight scoreless innings. He allowed five hits while striking out seven and not issuing a walk. Hunsicker exited after hitting the Thunder's Ben Nelson to open the top of the ninth. QC did manage to scrape out a pair of runs against reliever Nick Ruffalo, Myles Austin driving them both in with a double. But Robby Albarran came on to retire the game's final two batters. The River Walkers used the power of the long ball to pile up most of their runs. Jean Carmona hit a three-run homer off QC starting pitcher Jose Castaneda to put St. Louis in front. Jose Segura and Jordan Groshans hit solo homers, also off Castaneda in the third to make it 5-0. A two-run homer in the fifth from Steve Rossi off Pascal Marcovicci capped the scoring for the Walkers. Attached Images

01-18-2021, 07:09 AM	#286
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 23,100	Walkers news: Oct. 2 -- St. Louis 11, Quad City 8 Record: 95-64, 1st, 11 GA Cedar Rapids; NL South clinched Jean Segura hit a walk-off grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift St. Louis to an 11-8 win over Quad City at Busch Stadium (1997). The victory gave the River Walkers a sweep of their three-game series against the Thunder. Down 8-7 entering the bottom of the ninth, Thunder closer Craig Fritzler retired the first two St. Louis hitters. But things changed when Daniel Becerra and Steve Rossi delivered back-to-back singles. Jordan Groshans then coaxed a walk to load the bases. Segura unloaded them when he blasted a 0-1 pitch from Fritzler 416 feet over the right-field wall. It gave Segura 32 homers for the season. A back-and-forth game, QC had gone up 8-7 in the top of the seventh when Ben Nelson hit a two-run homer off Walkers reliever Yeison Santos. In the fifth, St. Louis had turned a 6-5 deficit into that 7-6 lead when Groshans hit his 43rd homer of the season, and second of the game, a two-run round-tripper off Omar Garcia. Down 5-4, the Thunder had scored twice times in the top of the fifth -- and they didn't need a home run -- to move ahead 6-5 Nelson drove in both the runs with a bases-loaded single off reliever Ricky Cisneros. .Way earlier, the Thunder had scored four times in the top of the second -- Jacob Gonzalez had a two-run double off Walkers starter Lenyn Crisp -- to go up 4-0. St. Louis wiped that deficit out with five in the bottom of the third. Steve Rossi hit a three-run homer and Groshans cranked his first of the game, both off QC starter Danny Garza. Crisp lasted just 4.1 innings, allowing six runs on five hits. He Cisneros pitched 1.2 innings, getting the game to the seventh. Santos (0.2 IP) had his issues in the eighth, and Robby Albarran had to come on to finish the inning. Argenis Batista (3-3) had his best outing in a while, with two scoreless innings, and came out of it with his third win of the season. Attached Images

01-18-2021, 07:47 AM	#287
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 23,100	Walkers news: Oct. 3 -- St. Louis 8, Madison 1 Record: 96-64, 1st, 12 GA Springfield and Cedar Rapids; NL South and NL homefield clinched Angel Tiburcio finished one out shy of a shutout in his final start before the postseason, as St. Louis downed Madison 8-1 at Busch Stadium (1997). Tiburcio (10-9) dominated until the ninth when he seemed to run out of gas. He struck out the inning's first two batters, before allowing three straight hits -- a double to Armando Trevino, a single to Yan C. Dixon and a double to Emanuel Feron, which ended the shutout -- which forced St. Louis to go to its bullpen. Cory Tiller got the call, and got Jason Nolan to ground out to end it. Overall, Tiburcio's line read one run on five hits over 8.2 innings. He struck out 10 and walked two. The game was pretty much over by the time it got to the top of the ninth, Solo homers from Daniel Becerra in the bottom of the first and Jean Carmona in the fifth, both off Muskies starter Danny Munos, put the Walkers ahead 2-0. St. Louis broke it open with four runs in the seventh. Steve Rossi drove in the final two runs with a single off Daniel Johnson. The deficit grew by two in the eighth, TIburcio driving in the first run with a double. In addition to a strong mound effort, Tiburcio was 2 of 3 at the plat with a run scored and an RBI. Attached Images

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rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 23,100	Walkers news: October 4 -- Madison 4, St. Louis 2 Record: 96-55, 1st, 11 GA Springfield and Cedar Rapids Madison rookie Mario Martinez shut out St. Louis over the first six innings, and the Muskies won 4-2 at Busch Stadium (1997). Martinez (2-0) , making just his second start in the majors, allowed just two hits, although he did walk four while striking out two. Madison broke in front in the top of the third when Chris Duncan led off with a single off River Walkers starter Jesse McNaboe. Duncan ended up on third when McNaboe misplayed a bunt by Martinez, making a two-base throwing error. Duncan scored on a Wyatt Olson ground out. Aramondo Trevino and Yan C. Dixon hit consecutive one-out homers off McNaboe in the sixth to make it 3-0. Joseph King worked a pair of innings in relief for the Muskies, giving up a run in the eighth on a bases-loaded walk to Rick Scott. Daniel Becerra hit his 20th homer of the season in the ninth off Madison closer Bobby Westerman, but he was still able to close out his 25th save. Attached Images

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rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 23,100	MBL news: Oct. 4 -- Cleveland clinches American League East title The Cleveland Juke Box Heroes will get a chance to defend their 2030 Midwest Baseball League championship, after they clinched the American League East Division with a 2-1 win at Columbus. The victory put the Heroes three games ahead of the Golden Bears with just two remaining. Cleveland (89-71) will be the visiting team when the best-of-five American League Championship Series opens at Fort Worth. The Traders (105-56) clinched overall home-field advantage in the playoffs long ago. It is just the second playoff berth for Cleveland, which won the title a year ago by defeating St. Louis in seven games in the World Series. Attached Images Last edited by rink23; 01-19-2021 at 06:22 AM.

01-19-2021, 06:30 AM	#290
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 23,100	MBL news: Oct. 4 -- Twin Cities is last playoff qualifiers, wins NL North The Twin Cities Snow Cats will be going to the postseason, despite falling to the Milwaukee 6-1. A 7-0 loss by Rockford to Cedar Rapids, left Twin Cities (92-69) two games ahead of the Lightning with one game remaining. The Cats will open the best-of-5 National League Championship Series at St. Louis (96-65). It is the third MBL division title for Twin Cities. The Cats also made the playoffs in 2028 and 2030, but lost in the NLCS both times to their upcoming opponent, St. Louis Attached Images

01-19-2021, 07:13 AM	#291
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 23,100	Walkers news: Oct. 5 -- St. Louis 4, Madison 2 Record: 97-55, 1st, 11 GA Cedar Rapids Rick Scott homered twice and St. Louis wrapped up its regular season with a 4-2 win over Madison at Busch Stadium (1997). The victory gave the River Walkers two wins in their three games with the Muskies. Up next, the National League Championship Series where St. Louis will host Twin Cities in Game 1 of the Best-of-5 series at Busch Stadium. Scott's first homer came in the bottom of the second inning off Madison starter Alex Gallegos, giving the Walkers a 1-0 lead. The second was part of a back-to-back with Ben Thompson in the bottom of the sixth, Scott supplying the second, to put St. Louis ahead 3-2. Jeff Munn surrendered both sixth-inning homers. Scott finished the regular season with 36 homers. St. Louis added an insurance run in the seventh, Scott collecting his third RBI of the game by drawing a bases-loaded walk from Nick Lewis. Rich Haas got a callup from AAA Memphis to start the regular-season finale. He pitched the first five innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out five and walked one. Josh Grissom pitched a scoreless sixth inning. Yeison Santos (0.2 IP) and Robby Albarran (0.1) combined to do the same in te seventh. Elian Acosta walked two batters, but didn't let Madison score in the eighth, Ernesto Barbosa also walked two in the ninth, but didn't give up a run to end his regular season with 28 saves. Attached Images

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